The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-02

man who never ran away-never turned his back
upon friend Or an enemy-not man who was q
royalist in England and . republican in America;
but true patriot, without any humbug about him,
and practical statesman, of which Kossuth is but
. counterfeit. Meagher was willing to seal the
truth Of his principles with his blood and to offer
himself sacrifice; and how narrow his escape was
rom that fate, may be seen by reference to the
swer Of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the recent
memorial published in Mondays HERALD, praying
for his release, together with that of tho other poll
teal captives. His Excellency thought these men
got off rather too easily, by determination Of the
sentence of death to the Punishment and degrade
ton ffeons and murdsrers. How little did he dream
that Meagher was then on his way to this coun-
try, where he will be received with such public
honors as will put to shame the barbarian Of the
sentence of hanging, drawing, and quartering pro-
nouneed upon him. For the exact words Of that
sentence and the short but manly and appropriate
speech made by Mr. Meagher, in reply to the question
whether he had anything to say why such sentence
should not be delivered against him, we refer to
another column. This speech will be read with
deep interest at the present moment; and furnishes
specimen, but by no means the most eloquenS, f
those stirring and classic speeches which have made
Dim 50 rcuOWucU Vi UotH cAuoc VI euo AuduolC. III
these grounds, and on the ground that Mr. Meagher
is going to settle down quietly in this country as
republican-which we advised Kossuth long since to
do-and because the Irish race have done, and are
now doing more in day to advance the interests
of this country than all the Hungarians ever did
or ever will do to the end Of time-the Irish
patriot has far higher claims to the friendly recog
milton and honors Of the people Of the United
| States, than any Magyar ever hal or can
have. The cause of Ireland, too, stands upon
far higher ground than that Of Hungary and
one thing is very certain, that if Ireland
had an army of 10000 strong, with arms
in their hands, and the prestige Of successful battles
to encourage her, she never would have laid down
those arms, or surrendered them to the British
power as Hungary did to Austria. In 1913, the
Irish people wisely did not fight, though goaded to
madness, because they had no arms and because the
masses were exhausted by famine, and because
there was hostile and powerful force in possession
Of every stronghold, who wanted to drive tho
country to premature outbreak force, with
mighty feet to bring them stores and supplies and
relnIorvvmrnte. ana 10 cut on all succvr to the
inhabitants. But if Ireland had then had the op-
portunties and advantages of Hungary, there would
! be very different story to tell to-day.
siastc heroism did not shrink in the face Of that
| overwhelming force, to proclaim the right of his
country to freedom and independence, and offered
himself as martyr for the cause Of his native land
BROADWAY AND OTHER STREETs.-The condition
Of Broadway and the other thoroughfares and back
streets of this city, mperativey requires the atten-
ton of the Corporation and public in order that such
improvements may be made therein, q regard for
the health comfort and cleanliness of the city de-
mands. and which are even necessary for its pros
perty in q commercial point Of view, by removing
the objections for the visits Of strangers. The
streets have not perhaps, for the last six months
presented such an abominabe array of filth,
desolation and discomfort in almost every shape,
as at the present time. In those back streets
which are less frequented by passengers, the
footpaths and sides of the road are rocking with
filth and garbage, and the cutters flowing with
blood from butchers shops-a which combined, pro-
duce a stencil most intolcrable and which cannot
ia to affect most adversely the health of the resi-
DENTS and probably give rise to epidemic diseases.
In Broadway, and the main thoroughfares, the OBJ
jections are Of different character. The passers
by are incommoded, every block or two, by rubbish,
scafoding, and falling walls where laborers are en-
gagged pulling down good, substantial and valuable
houses, to put up more modern ones in place of
them. There is no end to this sort of
vandalism and it is melancholy to see many of the
houses undergo this work Of demolition, and which
require more labor in pulling down than will be
expended in putting up new ones in their places for
the manner of constructing houses a.days is Of
the most fragile, gingerbread, discreditable des-
cription.
Another serious cause of complaint is the want Of
all system and regulation in paving streets. Look
at Broadway, blocked and barricadcd in three or
four different places, by different systems Of pave
ment For the last thirty years. all of expert
ments in that line have been tried, and only has
proved Of any utility-the improved Russ pavement,
now in progress Of construction in the upper part
Of Broadway The other systems are found to be
expensive, ridiculous, absurd, and utterly useless;
but the Perrine pavement is above ALL the greatest
humbug, greatest bore, and greatest atrocity in
that line
Remedies for this state Of things Immediately
required. The cleansing of the streets is matter
which could be easily enforced. Some attempts have
been made since the present Corporation came into
power, to keep Broadway clean, and we believe a
sort Of half and half system was established
to commence sweeping from one to two o'clock
every morning, which, combined with the watering
process during the day, has made some improve
ment in its condition but much more could yet be
done by perfect system Of sweeping, such as they
have in London and Paris. AS to the by streets
there seems to be no intention to have them kept
clean at all; and even if they swept daily it
would not be of much avail unless tho inhabitants
made to keep the sidewalks free of rubbish |
There ought to be law enacted, compelling every
householder and storehecper-unaer a penal. |
ty-to sweep the foot-path clean, into tho gutter |
or street, at nine o'clock every night. This
could then be removed n the course Of tho night |
a ID the streets and sidewalks might thus be-
ma lie 10 present zach morning ~ agreeable con
tfas % hat condition Of which we nave now TO |
compls IN. such aw i rendered absolutely ne
aessary = tho protection d Ne ely from disoasc