The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-03

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NO No A Of Congress The OF nation are liked upon
,im nth deep socitude and intense interest," and thou
anc have watched his with pleasure and have
ol owed with expressions OF applause In the
nth the democracy viii stand by him steadily and
Ausiasticaly and the efforts Of preudced presses like
Che HAID and abolition echoes like the Tribune, WILDE
vany resorted to to lower him in the regard OF those
who know him personally by reputation We have no
comments for the dis between Mr. Breckenridge
and another member Of the House, and trust may
not be called upon to speak of it, But when sec
concerted effort made by newspapers that profess differ
emit opinions in regard to the Nebraska BILL but are
doubtless both eager for its defeat to put false and
scsndalous construction upon the position of Mr.. Breck
enrdge in that affair feel TO be duty to expose
and to denounce part of the brutal tactics that
have long distinguished those prints which first
bear witness 10 each others shame and then proceed to
make common cause in the work OF abuse and msrepre-
sentaton.
We copy this article, not with any view to
provoke merrment at the expense of the juve-
nile rhetoric it contains; but simply in order
that every man of Judgment in the country
may be enabled to Judge Of the sincerity of the
administration organ. To couple the HERALD
with the Tribune required no common impu-
dence; to call an article ruthless and reck-
less assault" was ahigher fight yet. We have
yet to see any reason for altering one letter of
what we wrote. That Mr.. Breckenridge was
instigated by the President to make the attack
on Mr.. Cutting, with the view of throwing the
onus Of the defeat of the bill on the national
democrats, we have not the smallest doubt;
and the debate is in type to bear us out in the
judgment we formed on the manner in which
he fulfilled his task. OF Mr. Breckenridge per-
sonally, we know nothing that is not to his
credit; and we do not suppose that he has been
in the habit of regarding any journal North or
South as more friendly disposed towards him
than the HERALD. Nothing, we are convinced,
but the insidious Vaccinations of Mr.. Pierce
and his Cabinet would have ever induced him
SO far to forget what he owed to himself and to
Mr.. Cutting as to exhibit the woeful lack of
self-respect and decorum which characterized
his language of Monday last. Let the blame
rest where it is due--on the head of Franklin
Pierce.
MUNICIPAL MIsRuLE = The Prosperity OF
NEW YoRK-For many years the PEOPLE of New
York have loudly complained of the ignorance
and corruption of their city government, whose
sole desire seemed to be to enrich themselves at
the expense of hard working community. In
the year 1853, when some persons were bold
enough to call for an amsnded charter and
q reform Common Council, the advocates of
reform were successful the amended charter
passed both houses of the Legisl ,ture, and, on
being submitted for the sanction IF the people
in June last, was adopted by the tremendous
majority of thirty-three thousand votes. Tax
payers and householders were in ecstacies,
bright dreams of the future passed in fanciful
visions through their minds but, alas they
were all doomed to disappointment for on
second of January last not one-third Of that
body professed to be reformers, or, since that
period by their actions it would seem, intend
to remove any of the difficulties and previous
wrongs, that afflict an overtaxed and outraged
community. We have only to refer to the
fact of the Common Council stopping the
payments for cleaning streets and then in
few weeks afterwards when they became so
filthy as to demand the action Of the Board of
Health, appropriating $4,000 for one or two
weeks street cleaning. This will give our
readers some idea of the character Of the men
that now compose our city legislature.
In few weeks after the streets pass from the
hands Of the City Inspector they will be as dirty
as ever, and 1t will cost US fifty to hundred
thousand dollars more to have them re-cleanea.
for our Street Commissioner has no power to
sweep them that must be done by contract,
and where are the contractors? What is to be
done in order to remove the various difficulties
that seem to beset and obstruct on every side
the due performance of the duties imposed by
law on our Common Council? What course
should be pursued to counteract the dire
full evils that are threatening us? What
shall be done to save the city from pestilence,
and New York retain the rank in commerce
and trade as the first city in the Union? All
this is matter Of grave consideration, and of
vital Importance to the inhabitants of New York
at this moment.
Already have country papers babe stran-
gers who visit our city beware, lest the
plague should break out amongst us before
their return home. Stimulated by Phila-
delphia and Boston influence they seek to de-
stroy the enviable position that the Empire City
occupies in commercial point of view on this
Continent they point out an impending pesti-
lence, and the various dangers and disadvan-
tages that would attend the visit of the country
merchants. and conclude their advice by re-
Philadelphia or Boston as fit cities
in which to make their semi-annual purchases,
in preference to New York.
Filthy streets and a badly organized police
force are perhaps two of the greatest evils that
can befall commercial emporium, and sooner
or later are the means Of almost entirely re-
moving the prosperity and trade of that city to
others less advantageous for mercantile pur-
poses, but where greater attention is given to
the health and comfort of the inhabitants, on
the part of the municipal government, than to
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