New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-06

gives what he knows TO be false reason for an act
which he knows to be proper and just. The
"suspcion " under which Ebling has "fallen y 10
that Of making money too fast and too easily by
means of bis Office That this suspicion is just, we
do not say; that it is general all men here do know
1t is the same with Seah and this, and none other,
is the suspicion which has cast them out OF
Office.
Mr. Wood complains that new Districts have
been formed for the election Of Aldermen. He
conceas the fact that the old Districts had become
so glariDgly unequal that two thousand electors in
certain localities had more power in the Board OF
Aldermen than ten thousand residing in other parts
Of the city. And this peterborough scandal
against which bis own party had demonstrated
when il was not half so fragrant as now, was grow
ing every year worse. No party could have revised
our Charter without correcting this gross anomaly
And the charge that the new districts are unfair to
the Democratic party, rests on the bare assertion
Of the author.
Mr.. Wood objects that the Mayor Of this city is
henceforh to be subject to removal for cause by the
Governor and says this liability twill prevent any
imam worthy and capable of filling the Office from
"hoding it." 1t is unfortunate that the fasehoOd Of
this assertion cannot be demonstrated while Fernan-
do Wood continues Mayor. He has but to step
aside to have it proved a wanton calumny. AL the
Sherifs, &C., of the several Counties hold subject to
this very power of removal by the Governor and no
man fit to hold such post objects to it, And if
Fernando Wood can compass reelection next De-
cember, he will do it to the exclusion of some
"wOrthy and capable" man, and to the exposure of
his own reckless calumnies.
As to the Police act Mr.. Woods assertions that
it confscates City property, deprives the Mayor
of all control over the Police forbids the approach
of voters within two hundred feet Of the poll, is
designed to fill four counties with anarmy of Black
Republican officials for life, &C.. &C., only serves
to show the madness Of the man and his utter
recklessness Of truth. The answer to these ca
lumnies will be given in the working of the act
itself. If it does not give us purer and more or
derby elections, with fairer chance to vote better
protection for life and property fewer crimes and
a sharper curb on vice, than have hitherto had,
then the Act will fall, and its supporters with it. If
il does-as we are confident it will-secure all this
good, and much more, then it will stand, and tine
Mayors Incorporate denunciations will be rernem-
bered only to be secuted.
Mr.. Wood is especially severe on that feature
Of the Police bill which is calculated to abridge
materially the immunities now enjoyed by bis
devoted and steadfast friends, the professional
gamblers. 1t is bitter pill for them, and it is
but natural that the Mayor should wax indignant
in their behalf but the Act will be none the less
acceptable to the great mass Of the People.
That the City Hall and Central Park Commits
sOns are vinegar to the eyes Of our chief OF plum
derers, is very natural We quite agree with him
for once in wishing that there had been no urgent
need Of these appointments. 1t is sad to see that
our city was cursed with ouch municipal rulers
that the Legislature compelled to interfere in
behalf of our long suffering taxpayers. The act is
right, but the. precedent is bad, and we fought
against setting it until convinced that the despera
tOn of the disease absolutely required heroic
remedy Even our Mayor does not impeach the
character of the gentlemen appointed on these
Commissions, though he tries to give the false i'm
preston that they are all "Black Republicans
and that the object of the bill is party advantage.
Will he pretend that such men as Robert j. Dillon
and James Z. Cooley hold Office for the benefit Of
the Republican party
The Port Wardens bill we dislike as badly as the
Mayor, and shall insist on its modification next
Winter. Some of its provisions are proper, while
others have purely selfish object. But how the
Mayor can rail as he does at the HarbOr bill We
cannot imagine That bill is based on careful sur.
yeys BY the eminent Federal functOnares in charge
of the United States Coast Survey; its passage
was absolutely essential to the protection Of our
Harbor against ruinous encroachments, and it was
called for by the shipping merchants with scarcely
81 exception. The opposition to it was purely self
isb. and its demands lacked even plausibility.
What insanity can have induced Mayor Wood to
damage his own cause by identifying it with oppo-
sition to this wholesome and necessary measure
The Mayor appeals to the Courts, and promises
to respect their decisions The appeal is his right,
and we heartily commend it. He has right to
contest the constitutionality Of any or all the new
acts but he has no right TO insist on their nullfca
ton pending the Judgment Of the Court of Appeals.
Let him make bis case and carry it up; be cannot
doubt that strongly Democratic Court of Appeals
will do Kim full Justice, Is against the acts of
.. Black Republicans" Let him respect the laws
while contestng their validity, and heed the truth
in his ordinations of their authors, and he may
contest the validity of those laws until satiated.
We think he has not chosen the beet way, either to
popularity or power; but this is free country, and
each will do within the laws limits, as he shall
see ft.