New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-07

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the discharge Of importsn, public trusis OF spft per
sor. cutie o. certain that there are radical de'ecr
in the s1iting charter of tie city which demsnd cor
reetiop. .;s.
II, not nv purpose or province To point oat IN &c
tail ,Iee detects because they viii be more propery
and fTcciusily bro1eht 10 your no'ite by memorials
rom ,hs citizens Of NewYork aud by iis chosen rep
resen,stiv,s | deem il my daty ho~ever, IN say
that TIE reOrgsr Bsto on of the police E stem a ms. e
an. abs lSiely necessary At present the Recorder
spd CITY Judge are of the memb ~ Oh ihe boAru
Of the Police Commissioners, the Msyor beng ICE
hnd Experience has shown in this instance IS IN Al
oibtrs where the s'empt has ben made ms u Is IN
wise 10 throw upon judicial officers the discharge OF
snch functions Their tine IL WI bdrawn from thetr
prorer du'es While their authority a. magistrates Is
weakened if not de.trUyed by such ncongfuoas S;cu
nations If a. should &c the case with 81 Judlcla
Ulcers they devote themselves exclusive 10 their
udicsl duties snd thus fail 10 discharge helf duties
Is Police Commits orers, the whole management oI
the police svsisu with ia vast poser and patronage
il Il rovn INTO the haLds of toe May eoHe. H. neg
leciipc the Bench they act Police Commissioners
thew can scarcely fail 10 become the ohJects ~
subjects cf Political or personal controversy ana
III will new police system for the Cuy oi
New.York d therefore required. E1PeT,ence re tn
Gers Il cutie certain that the Lee lslsture VIII
hesitste 10 ptrust the management of thai syS'
TEN 10 the Mayor alone. Blu; whether the power
should be lodged in b ard elected and constituted
upon The some priv cples which haYe proved 50 ea.
reptlv Der fetal in regard to the Governors OF the
Alus. House Of the City Of Neg lork-securlng IN
teerifv. economy snd efficiency With freedom from
ali disluibirg political or patty elemeots-or whether
tie Board sbOud be appointed by the Go'ernor' Ntu
or without the sdylce ard consent Of the Senate are
matters hiCh submit 70 the superior wisdom OF tne
Leen lature. Nor Go venture 20 make any suSges
tious as 10 the proper mooe OF appointment auo
teure of fce Of the reads Of Departments and other
nun cpsl officers Of the members Of the I'm
n on CoIr ell themselves. conceive that discharge
n duty in calling your attention 10 toe suoJec aod VI
assuring you OF my cCncurence II all Iusf ani proper
,.lla fHe NflT
rose oflescuipg the citizens Of eciI caps
frm the evils under which they are suffering 81 So
yerely.
YET another subject Of res, interest to the city and
tdted TO the State bas bttn pressed upon my notice
ss coUbtltss it will again be upon yours that of the
removal of the Quaran ire establishment iron its
present site Staten Island 10 some point more distant
from the city. H. the Absence Of any personal know-
edge official information respecting IT, which NIGH
cradle me to speak with confidence, must content
myself with commencing TO your care this With other
city matters.
have yet another duty to perform duty, the
obligations Of which am not al liberty 10 neglect
il were 20 csposedsnd the performance of when, IN
ny judgment is rendered imperative by the respect
which is cue the sentiments and votes ia the recent
Presidential election Of great majority of the people OF
this State and of the other Free States.
DO this in TO part an spirit but under the cOlvc-
ton that the crest principle ST in the election a1d
which is iriUu phaIy vindtaed, lies a. the rot of
our free Institutions and Is alike the cOncsn, snd
should be equally the care of all citizens VINO ri-hty
e,tiuate tbOse institutions. No mere party snesttOn
could call forth 90 deep an interest and slSninc Snt
al decisive a vote throughout the length and breadth
Of the State; and venture To believe do not mistake
lite import your convictions respecting It, when
assume, lts deliberate and rreVerslble decree tuat
so lar ss The State Of NewlOrk ia c1nct rned there
,hsn be bsnceforth ext nsiOn of Slavery the Ter
rtories of the United Slater.
This conclusion most unreservedly adopt, and am
prepared abide by it at all tunes, under all circum
stances, and in every emergency.
am the mph1tic on ths point, becsnse It has
been thought by the present incumbent not nconpati
bic sith the dignity and decoru of the Presidential
chair stg maize the conduct in the recent election,
of large aioriiy of the people of this State well
as Of other Free States, by unwarrshtlby impu'ng to
them motives which they do not entertain, and aims
directly contrary 10 those they both and strive TO
promote. TbOse impHtstiOns know 10 be- wholly
eIoundess; YET they been put forth with all tue
authority which high station aud deliberate and artful
preparation con'er; and IN the Discussion in the
senate Of the United States OF the Presidents Mes
sage they TO be received and treated true by
ITs whOse poetic Senators gives we ght To their
6ikuuens. HeIce IL will not be out of place here To
tiaie the views which OF the Free States co enter
tain in TtieIoe 10 the great issue that has called down
upon such extraordinary denuDci ,riJLs We hold,
then, fret, TO ell the obg cations compromises snd
guuIaL's If he Constitution, az explained and un-
delsOCd by its founders and until comparatively
cent days, acquiesced in by the whole country, and
tspsci,ly We hold, as 10 Slavery, that 10 the States
where il elsts, II exists by virtue Of the local law
alone; but that is peltner exits, Tor - confirmed
there anywhere by tie force aud effect Of tle Con-
stitutUn of tie United States. Secondly, that under
the Constitution of the United States, Congress
fas the power 10 EXCLUDE Slavery from the Ter
Iorhs, and we lis Il that ii shou5 exercise It's
power, whenever Necessary, 10 effect that pur-
pose. TLhdly, that under the Constitution Con
press has the power b. admit States into the
Union, when, and as il may judge proper and e1pe-
cirt, having reference among other considerations, TO
then social notion EOurby ths, the constitutional
q NJ u
bibt the sayerade and the prohi 1ltiOn aterVard of
that trade by acts Of Congress constitute Oi the
COnpromises of the Constitution, which should be
firmly insisted upon and for msibtalned iDviOaie
Bun we do not claim, on the contrary we dsclaim
spy right power deeire purpOse, b interfere
with the domestic Institutions Of any Stat, with the
lave of tie respective States, within tie jurisdiction
thereof The agitation of the subject Of Slavery not
attributable 10 US but forced upon the country by
the peal Of the Missouri CoDprOn re, and by the
and uDsound construction attem pied 10 be given 10 The
Constitution of the United Stsss, by which thai nstu
Uent is made 10 carry Slavery wherever It goes.
When therefore, resist this aggressive spirit, and
the extension Of Slavery TO which it tends act
ing within the CONSTR ution in defense alike Of ,s
spirit ard its letter. and in opposition 20 the fans icism
OF Slavery.
These are fundamental principles which we have
mantsined and shall continue 10 maintain. II falls
not within province TO legsate upon the subject of
Slavery in ether States Happily at early day this
State purged III elf from that great evil, and i's record
since has been consistent and unyayiDg in behalf Of
Liberty. When the agitation csDg the Gdmiss
of Missouri at it's night, shs State So far ~ is
Senators End Represt natives in Congress would obey
the voice Of the Legislature, forbade by almost
unanimous vote the admission OF Missouri a. Slave
Safe That vote stands unrepeaIed ~ this day
and its generous spirit spoke again, yet more
inpressiyeiy, at the late election, when it
sad that Kansas, too, must be free. The
Missouri Compromise resisted by this State
GIL uLwansntable concession 10 Slavery, and deep
wrcns to Freoom; but with the loyalty 10 the Consti
tuon and the Uhit D. in which che has f4ltered
when the Congress of the UBi;sd State. decided TO