The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-21


81 81, chiefly reported at the latter figure Canadian
fair white At 81 9b, prime private terms, with
cine los Georgia white Of 50, and North
Cayolra, damaged at 81 g. Corn was firm and supplies
moderate Sales Of Western mixed were made at S5c.
s5hc, with some lots prime reported at s6c Pork was
firm and active, with sales OF between 900 900 bbls
mess In the regular way and for future delivery ct 1913 so
s24 Sugars active with sales OF 200 400
hhds Of the rates given In another column Coffee
quiet hut steady. Freghs hanged while there
waS rather more Offering for British pors.
Che Metropolitan Polico-Its Ineniciency-
What Is TO be Dome!
Corrupt and scheming and weak minded as
was the Legislature which imposed on this metro.
polls the Metropolitan Police bill, we hardly
think that, could they have iogesecn the momen-
tons consequences Of that piece of legislation it
would ever have been enacted We cannot con-
ceive it possible that ordinarily intelligent men
from the rural districts, or any where else would
for moment harbor any intention or desire to
degrade and ruin the interests of the great city.
in whose glory, freedom and prosperity the citi-
zens, not only of this State but of the United
States, should feel qualification and delight
And yet who fails to see now that the tendency
of that law is not only to degrade the city and
to disfranchise her people, but also to injure ma
terially her great commercial aid property in
terests? He must be wilfully blind to reason or
destitute of intelligence who will deny that the
condition of anarchy and riot In which We have
been drifting for the last three weeks is ruinous
to the trade and commerce of New York, as it is
disgraceful to her reputation. The necessary
&c eto ~ FL;
said before, to deter merchants and pleasure
seekers from visiting this metropolis, andfo drive
away and keep in the country the families of
wealthy residents. This is at once disgrace
and serious injury to Que city.
Whatever may have been the faults of tina! old
police system that was annihlated by the act of
the Legislature, all candid persons will admit
that, due allowance being made for the smallness
of the force, it was highly efficient The peace
of the city was preserved in all quarters. II row.
dyism showed itself it was promptly subdued
Peaceable citizens were not then, as they are now
liable TO be attacked and beaten in open day, in
the most populous streets, and before the eyes of
the police officers too timid and inefficient to 10
terfere Property was as safe in New York as
in any other city Of its magnitude in
the world. But all that is changed nov.
Associations Of brawlers disturb the peace with
impunity ard overawe the new flock Of police
Riots break out from day to day, and the
majesty of the law is spurned and condemned
Outrageous mobs attack and demolieh factory
in the very teeth Of large police force, and no
effort is made to prevent them. When the police
do venture to show any pluck at all, they do so
not in the character Of police officers but rather
in the character Of adherents of an opposite fac
tion-they act, not as guardians of the peace,
but as combinations of Plug Ueles or Dead
Rabbits might be supposed to act with their es-
pecial enemies arrayed against them. Instead
of siernly and determinedly selling On the ring
leaders Of riot, they draw up In battle array
and-as described in Capt. Hartt's mock heroic
reports-dash forward into the ranks of the
enemy giving and receiving thrusts and blows
Who ever before heard Of police acting il such
a way Aud yet such Is the new system of
police tactcs 70 which. unfortunately, we are
now delivered up.
II is plain that this condition Of affairs must
not he allowed TO continue. Toe city pays for a
police force not for an organization of fght1g
men. But TO all intents and purposes we would
be just as we'll Off IL We should take toto the SER
vice of the city Plug Ugly association, Dead
Rabbit club, OF the Empire Guard. We have
had enough experience of the new force 70 i'm
press us with that conviction. We don't want a
regiment Of Albany anissaries, for our nes police
lust amounts TO that and no more. We want
steady, orderly, experienced men, who know their
duty as officers and will not shrink from perform
ing it. The question is, bow can we get such
deadYatwm2 That is a momentous question at
the present time. 1t is question which presses
itself on the attention of every good citizen more
especially on the attention of that numerous class
Of pertops who represent hundreds of millions
worth of property in the city, and whose proper.
ty is now at the mercy of the thieves and outlaws,
who are enjoying complete saturnala In our
midst.
OF course no Improvement Is possible for the
present, except what may be effected under the
Metropolitan Police act itself. That act has
been declared constitutional, and until abrogat-
ed or repealed, we must make the most Of t.
IL Is idle foolish and absurd to be raising up
petty little obstacles in its way or to attempt to
ihwa,t its full execution by the legal bubbles OF
pettifogeers The battle was fought in open
field The iseue was fairly and broadly made
aud those who were on the side Of municipal
tights were defeated. That campaign lie ended
AID 1t is lot credtable for us TO continue the
fight by guerilla diminishing We have en-