New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-19

selfsby and unscrupuousy welded by Wood, IN
large majority against him in the popular vote for
Mayor. BY that majority, early and earnest de-
msnds were made that Woods abused power
should be curtailed; and the Legislature only
Needed the public voice of our City in essening it.
1t might have been more polite TO fOrego this
measure of justice, aimee Wood had become odlous
to the better portion Of his own party, aud was
sure soon to sink beneath their Reproduction; but
the pretense that the City bills of last Winter were
impeled BY Republican party spirit and raPaclty Is
impudently false. After the glaring abuse OF his
Police power by Wood at the November Election
it became an imperative duty of the Legislature to
diminish that power We think this duty might
have been more wisely discharged, but it ought not
TO have been intermitted.
Now LET US look at the immediate indictments
to the rebellion and bloOdshed Of Tuesdsy:
The Superintendent Of Streets died suddenly last
not be pretended that said party would or could
lose anything by any possible succession to his
Office. The People of our City had chosen TO place
this Office in the hands of an opponent of Mayor
Wood and his party; but an unforeseen calamity
placed it constructively within Woods grasp He
could only pretend to right to fill it under the
New Charter of last Winter, which he aud his
hackers have so loudly stigmatzed as usurpation,
unconstitutional, &c. The Office being vacant,
Gov King acting under the best Democratic legal
advice deemed il his duty TO appoint a successor,
and did so. Mr.. c. Turner, Deputy of the just
deceased Superintendent, claimed a right TO hold
over, as We believe he under the old
Charter could have legally done and refused to sur
render the papers to Mr.. Conoyer, whom Gov.
King bad appointed. Here were two acting Super
intendent-, each ignoring the claims of the other,
some days before Wood appointed c. Deyln as
third; but there had been no fighting, no violence,
till now. But Woods man. in the spirit Of his
master, upon being appointed, walked into the
Office, and backed by Woods Police, proceeded to
eject Mr.. ConOver by force; and this was the origin
of the riot and blOodshed of Tuesday. Mr. Como
yer, finding that Wood was the real author of the
violence by which he had been expelled from the
office, swore cut criminal information against the
chief offender as well as his leading subordinaes;
and it was by resisting the service of this process
that Wood stirred up the fight Of Tuesday caused
several innocent and worthy men TO be beaten,
gashed and MANNED TO the brink of death, and
brought our City to the very verge of civil war.
Had not the conflicting authorities eyinced far more
forbearance and better spirit, hundreds of yalua
bic lives must have been sacrificed
So it has been from the beginning of this contest
until he was compelled to succumb to oyerwhelm-
ing force. Nothing was ever morally demonstrated
if the unfness Of Fernando Wood, by reason of his
reckless invocation Of turmoil and bloodshed for
any public trust, has not been placed beyond dis
pute by the events of the past few days.