New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-06
BAD LEGISLATION
r, 1A< CAi,or Of IN. N. y. ry2sr.


SIR: ThS Legislature 10 still in session. Thar. :.
be no respite from anxiety until they adjourn. r.,
day brings fortS its peculia, nquiiy. Esch S,r a,
the end Of the ,e>sion approaches sons new TIA, !,
sprupg; and, presic some horrid sch me Of yi.,,,
sppesrs ike Minerva from the brain Of Ju,;,er |.
full development.
To-day it is the Broadway Railroad vhica 1.
brought forward, snd rushed teroayh to third re,,
ing. Tomorrow double measure of ibfany-.ts
Police bill tacs I'd on 10 he end OF a new Chm.et .Oe
the Ciiy-is 20 appesr. TIE Ca, ha, gons forh l.
" down on the slate" SOUR aud whip ars to be Dat
Oh, and both Police anu Charter bills % bscons
laws-ogeinst the interests OF order AID good m).la
arc Sc ms, me wishes clearly expressed, OF al good
citizers What sIe their opinions or their de 90 10
wos aga Dst the plans Of pJli;iciarsl Mr. Leutsa-
ant Governor must % mace GovernSr; Mr. s )s,ker
must be made Lieutenant Governor: Fort G ,uss.
wort is to be bought the Courts tue contrary a,.
niihst6ucrg; The pipe layers age 20 have new iobx
and new Receiversbips; some are to be allowed /,
dip their fingers into the Canal revenues Others are
10 have the tax psyers me Ci.y q New losk a.
their feat 6nd, with bunderbuss IN hand, 70 be n.
lowed with the ors Of law to rife their pockets 70
the last sLi liug.
To ofect this, they must have the political coutrol
Of tie City. The first and only step 10 such conya
is the Police. The plan has been boldly concoctslI
asd but fOr the s'Ioug expression Of public fe:iDg
shown in the late meetirg 81 the Tabernacle would
by Il is time hsve been well advanced toward con Us
ton Ii seeu.s, however tnat nothing 10 stop tbs
uuloly purposes the spoilers and they lave started
rcsir on q rev tack. rbe organ In this CITY hes
blown blast, ana shown Gle Ily ia what quarter
tie storm s coming Ii suad T the guiso Of saJns
sicn 20 public opr ion under the preteLsa Of fJlOw
ing out the recommendations OF the Mayor and with
ora~ing tAe Ponce rOm political cJnrol; that tie
MAYOR aid Recorder aye wi.hhl liny ag9li0' nsn5
urt sitter Tire adjourn msnt OF the Legislature, sith
the view OF iiiDg them then with taeir polite Il px
tisans-ihat he onset is 70 b, maze. l. is cureDdy
nj - 4 he tka -
that there sre eome eighty vacancies ia tas Police
wbion ou9ht to have been fl led Ia )nths age aud
which ar kept hack for the Gi,hOnes purpose abovs
entiOred. 1, is false, and the piopags)rs Of the
story know it to be so.
The lumber Of vacancies does not exceed af,eeu:
and besides hese there shout forty Of per-
holding over, awaiting resppoiatmeot, whore
they are competent and worthy OF It, All OF them
shCu nd sid would hsve been acted upon soma time
eco il the Commissioners ad been able 10 get mset-
ing. The Mayor and Recorder have always been
tajy 10 act. More than mOoth ago they expected
TO do end only delayed and adj 'urGed ever 10 COZ
sequence of the absence of the other Commissioner.
snd 10 avoid the imputAton OF bad faith "a having
acted without him. The next day Q leading Osper
grav els Informed lite readers in terms Of stroog
cemnstion, that the majority oi tae Commissioners
bad tok n advantage OF the absence OF their colleague
10 make all the ap oointments from their political
friends. The game evident; they wished the d 10
dofo II is clear TO how the strings are pulling
the present Commissioners having never in sIogie
Gaze acted from any political bias, and whsrs the
parties were competent and cams up to tho prescribed
STANDARD, they have resppointet every man whose
term of service had expired without much a. ask
ing what were his politics Whatever may have been
their former course the two Democratic Commission.
ers sre co.. Quoting themselves nov as good citizens
and honest men and not as partisans Toe people Of
NewYork have confidence in the n; they willing
to trust them. They have spoken in their louieI.
voice END ssid " let them alone They say now:
For Gods sake, for the sake OF law, OF order, Of
Z" huna ri:y, of civilization, let Us alone We waa.
gro char &c in the Police Laws; We want no change
81 in our Charter"
1--WE appeal to the Legislature in the name Of
order of morality, and of religion, and il these h,vs
no weight, then W. appeal in the Of party. For
as sure as there is One above who watches U.s.
you carry out your nef.rous schsmes, you will drva
from the Wing party every good citizen, every hon
est men in its ranks. Hundreds and thousands Of
those who have never voted any other ticket WI
abandon GU for ever. WING.
Nttc- Yo,k April 8 1855.