The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-04-28


The cotton marke, continued arm yesterday, while sales
were confined 10 abou, 500 900 bales The -four market
WAS higher yesterday with good local and speculative
demand, including purchases Of Southern brands for
export, and closed al advance especially on the higher
and extra grades, Of i5c c barrel Whcs. was held
above the views OF buyers, which checked transactions
Corn held Al &c. for Western mixed and Southern
yellow while sales OF moment TRANSFERRED. Pork was
heavy and lower, with sales OF ~ III 70 81
and prime Sl8 50 $ls co. The rain In the fore
tended 70 check sels OF sugar the market Arm,
however, while sales confined 10 aboat 600 hhds
Cuba rates given In another column Coffee
6rm with sales OF s700 bags OF Rio stated
elsewhere. Ireghts Continued irregular with Light
gagemea.s, while 6oar and grain FOE Liverpool we're no
mimi
The Municipal Rswolutson-Secessaty fo< 4.
Great Public Demonstration.
The struggle that has just commenced between
the corporate authorities and citizens of this metro
polls on the one side, and the Executive and Legis
latve departments of the State on the other Is cal
culated 10 spread and magnify itself until it he.
comes the great preponderant political question of
the day, in this city and State On our part. the
struggle Is one In defence Of oar constitutional
rights and our corporstefreedom. desperately and
recklessly attacked by the infamous State Legisa-
ture Of 1857 Ontheir side, II iss struggle 10 obtain
political supremacy in this city, and to quarter
their political psrtisans upon its treasury. by
measures utterly subversive OF all the principles
on which not only our own Institutions, but those
Of the whole republic, rest
These miserable politicians, who have signal
lied their possession Of authority by the batch
OF oppressive and unconstitutional laws which
they parsed, In reference to this city. have
been hanging on TO the skirts Of p0liti-
cal parties In the State for the last twen-
ty years They have been struggling all
the time to get political power into their hands,
that they might use il for their own corrupt and
mercenary motives They raised the cry Of
Justice 10 the negro and appealed to all the
fanatcal aud intolersnt notions Of Puritanism
that they could address themselves to; and yet
all the time they cared for nothing but their own
selfsh end. And when they did succeed in i'm
posing on the eredulity OF a majority OF the
electors of the State, and in gettiog the control
Of the legislation at Albany into their hands,
they only did what might have been expected
from then--pander 10 fanatcism and intolerance,
and quarter their political partsans like 10
many vampires on the people.
The infamous acts OF legislation which they
passed in regard to this city were concocted at
the Astor Houe, by the influence Of Thurlow
Weed, and under the general direction Of William
VI. Seward. They were not dreamt of until after
the failurc and exposure OF the corrupt machina-
tons and spoliation measures Of the niger wor-
shipping representatives at Washington and The ex
pulson Of Matteson and his fellows from the halls
Of Congress. Fooled. defeated and dsgraced In
this way, they turned their attention 10 this me
tropolis, and got up uese various measures
to disfrsnchise our citizens and TO quarter their
hungry lszzaroni on our treasury. Their objects
were twofold Ia the first place 10 reward their
hungry retainers at Cur expense; and In the
second place 70 get political patronage into their
hands, that they might use IL in carrying this
city and State for William ii. Seward in 1860.
There never was such pslpable infraction Of
fundamental laws attempted before by say Legis-
lsture In this country-certainly never since we
ceased 10 be colony Of England The measures
against which the corporate authorities and the
in open violation Of the constitution in utter
antagonism 70 the forms and usAges Of our
political system. and in direct opposition TO the
rights and interests Of the people Of this great
city All classes Of our citizens, from the mer
chant down 10 the laborer, feel this legislation TO
be direct asssult upon their rights, and are re-
solved TO resist il 10 the last extremity A
wonderful unanimity Of opinion exists In regard
to THE matter. All concur in denouncing those
oppressive laws which a corrupt and unscrupu-
lous Legislature has thought ct to foist upon US
We think that fitting expression should be
given TO this universal sentiment of our citizens
We think that 1t ought not 10 be left altogether
TO the slow and uncertain action Of the law 10
declare-as we have no doubt the courts will de-
! clare-thst tbo=e measures DISTINGUISHING the
people Of this city are unconstitutional. and
therefore imperative and void. Let publIa de-
monstration be got up 10 denounce these laws
snd their Infamous authors, and LET the voice of
the people b. heard In defence Of their rights and
privileges Let, in fine, such manifestation 80
forth Of the indignation Of the citizens Of this
metropolis, and of their resolve 10 resist to the
utterrnost all such encroachments on their rights.
M will teach scheming politicians for ages TO
come that they must not dare to triHe with the
city OF New York or 10 use IL for the advance
ment Of their corrupt and mercensry enda BY
al means YET W. have ~ indignation mass
meeting,