The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-03-08

AHures shss cry fuvtaer sxpsvtuepss IN shs 49, cs~
PEI would seen 70 B. mo's than useless, for en-
oeced fscs tbas oil sh~ awendnents nos TIE ohaSscr
we.
DO ans wertaf Tho resp'sso % tbis question readily
SoegesHd Only by sutnor,zny tosm 10 hold oouves.
op 70 be composeo aclns,veiy OF bu iness men Of ex
perienCa and 1aHx nept srnin their midst who sha,i
meet In Convention and aacuss tho whole subie;,
fully and rssy IN al Ia ossriDEs II by this uesss
- Satisfactory result be obtaaed oeYtaanly a
ss.so, be by ihoss are and Of necessity nu1
be, comparatively i.nr rant Of the sorkiugs OF I'll The
d1eyen OF and 81 the business aud wants
Of the city. mere competent lrsuna the
orsADk Law OF = large CONNER ,ia city like New York
the busI II oisv ana 70 them alone nay
look With cc sad the expectation thai IN their
mAipYe judgment experience and wke coanseis the
people rnsy yos reAZ h beuedss or we'll regulated
well projected arc nonesr cms government
The gpeas republican 1noipie OF soif government t-
pos The eht Of the c'zip 70 parncipase IN the lorna
t0n Of under 400 10 live aaa ton ugh whtoh
he must and pr@scton prrson and property, and 1t
would bp, N thf js, mctt o. your comsnee de par
tore from this zst principle, should tue LegtsA
lure, upap the o ndvi tusis pottos,
saoOcatone alt<r amend the organic law bv which
body Ike the p'ople %, New York are governed, and
Without their sanction ,rvpssian
10 oonsiferasion ahsrenf sud IN WOW OF tho fact thai
me csszens Of Se- York 'ho oues whose welfare "
nost 70 be effected ny the chatter OF ssad
Guy, your oonmtss consoer " nut Simple jusucs that
'bfy enouid No acoorc.d all privileges that be
sIsned under abe O'nstiuos t, mako and sdops suoh
mfsnio Av - N ths Aensnt VIII best meet and an
svsr .ne sn"e ,ougo, Ia . q oowplisned.
Your committee ,iso ardiaoa 10 tne ssove views set
,orb submit the folio ting points In psnan Of the bill
they have reoommsndsd:-
The nrst ohcs - char,ar being 70 benefit the peo.
PIE for whom IL u made sse be none who better
unoerstsnd IL requirements than they
The charter the cty ha. the constitution N N
sne STATE ana every sreEemeat revsion OF should
DO coDs idered a cs-4ul,
3. rhe ople ste not consider thar repre-
Hbtaves ness especial ecoted that ruPposel OF
e1fcuve cmcers the upon them
see es acrao thr consultation and the neople
OF the CITY tnthk consider alton IN nat
ers relating n ,he city CHARTER being ts organic law
The pyojscss Z" amendment b. fore ths Lsxtsls-
ture do not come In any wsy fron the people: On
oil eidts 20 heg evidently and oonold slveiy pre-
pared TO efe, par pm pos's to streagtben and
pevpe,uate the very evils Of which oisens most reason
Ably compar.
Fur many years citizens have haA little or no CONF.
msny dhpotes and prJtest- regard 70 them "a evf
d.pcr hat their Of confidence some respects and
b some csres 10 ts'ined Hence the pAn Of sseoHnT
YepYese ntsvsa TO changed - pro
pos Cd in the btu here Nth by new orrsuiss-
non Of Dsoecsors at election placing IN those posuoas
mel ip VIII m the suo)e boa, OF citizens warranted
IN relying
g. he very fact II Ut mary projects OF amendmeus
src revision being urged for before the Legisia
tpfe While shows the iD ravo eed Of sono refo m
shows also that bosu who urge these projects
30 de,erp,tpssN and peseve,iogy % not Aot wholly
apart from dhnteyessd modves therefore that thsr
lowspce
II ~ believed that the passage Of The hill recon-.
meptsd b. minority N committee Will have ths
efeot Of throwing sha mun!cioai A6su Of the city Of
New York out cf state Pouos, aud euabte her oh
sens 70 CORRECT tbe evils sxs,pg IN their midst.