Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-07-17
TIE FREE PRESS
BURLINGTON
FRIDAY MORNING. July ", 1857.
New York Police Aniirs.

New York Police Anlirs.
A bret view of the main points of the no.
lice difficulties of New York which have
occupied SO much puhlic attention OF late,
may he interesting to our readers.
Under the old law the appointment ana
removal Of ali the policemen OF the city de-
pend upon commission of three officers
of the city. the NJ ,vor. the City Judge and
the Recorder. TIE Mayor is the chief ex-
ecutiyr off 'er Of the city. The City judge
and the Recorder are the two Judges who
have the disposal OF the great mass G. Grim
inal business which comes up through the
| p lice department OF the present incum-
bent Of these three Offices. the Mayor, Fer
nando Wood, is VIGOROUSLY a man of law
! less habits, destitute ofu character for COM
mon honesty, and wholly INSCRIPTIONS as
to the use of any means necessary to accom-
plish his own selfish purposes. Russell, The
City Judge, is n lawyer OF slender reputn-
ton, and generally considered to be mere
tool of the Mayor. The reputation of Smith.
the Rec Ter, is by no means an enviable
one hut II feud existing between him and
Mayor W ood, Wood and Russell have acted
without regarding Smith, and have filled
the police with IL large number of vicious
aud violent men, who have shown hy their
conduct that they considered it their chief
business to work for Wood and the party ut
elections, and to be more of II terror to good
md Dn,t nuu In on hun 70 owl Ihn,
are uil thoroughgoing partizans of the sham
democracy Of the day.
The peace and order of New York City
concern the whole State-in fact the whole
country. Multitudes are there at all times
from all plrts of the land. Their property
and lives should not be Mt the mercy of the
thousands of lawless villains who congre-
gate there from all parts of the world A
disciplined corps of policemen, men not
placed in Office TO work for political leaders
hut to preserve order, t. detect and bring to
justice without fear ,r favor all who disturb
the pelce-mcn Of firm, resolute aud rela-
bic character who know their duty and ARE
ready to do it's absolutely need, fnr the
protect n Of society. Such corps of po-
licemen, New York has not had for Il long
time but one in which clements of an op
pnsite character have existed in abundance
Beyond all question under Fernando Woods
drumsty ti.. ,~n Tad reached to u flghtlul
height The welfare and honor of the State
WAS concerned in bringing it to an end
The Metropolitan Poli,e District estah-
li>hed by the last L -isl,rurc comprises the
four adj .cent counties, New York, West
chester. Kings and Richmond, a district
containing nearly million and half of
people. From all parts of throngs 90 to
Aew York City and return home the same
day. By making one police system cover
the whole ui il, the chances for rugucs to
escape the hands Of justice are greatly
lessened The now Board of Commissioners
which Is clothed With all the authority and
power Of the old board, consists Of five pr
sons appointed from the district by the
Governor and Senate, and the Mayors Of
New York and Brooklyn. In such IL board
Mr. Wood must lose his overwhelming in
Gupnce. lie can no longer have police
corps which he can fill up and change at
his pleasure llrnce his refusal to obey
the law, and his resistance to legal process
from the courts til he found that bayonets
and cold lead would be used to enforce his
obedience if he resisted any longer. Every
court IN succession decided IN favor of tn,
constitutionality of the law. lie and his
hackers relied upon the Court Of Appeals,
the court of last resort, becaus" nearly all
the members Of that court were known to
he politically democrats; hut that court de-
cidrd the same way. Submission WAS no
longer avoidablc; but he has put forth an ap
peal to the people of the State for a repeal
of the law The impIdent and abusive
language of his appeal, and the gross false
hoods and perversIons which pervade it will
hardly serve him any useful purpose The
convict! on also in the minds f large
portion of the community,-of some even
who leaned strongly to his favor before
that he did all in his power to impede the
efficient action Of the new police, after the
law was sustained by the court of last
resorr-that he was favorer of the rioters
OF the fourth, whose misteeds he so i'm
/ pudently mputes to the new commission,
will 60 far to take away from him what
influence he otherwise might have retained
over the minds of many of the better sort
in his own party.
MoRMoNs RETURNING TO THE STATES The
Quindaro ChindOwdn of the 4rh INST. re-
ports that party OF several hundred Nor
mons. just from Utah, and en- route lor the
southern part OF Kansas, where they pro-
pose to settle passed Fort LeGvenworth on
Tuesday They are heartily sick Of the
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