New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-08


It was announced when the decision of the Court
of Appeals on the new Police Law was first pro-
mulgated that Mayor Wood "bowed to the law"
This was decided Misrepresentation OF the case,
or else decided misuse of the English language.
Bowling implies yielding gracefully, whereas Mayor
Wood does no such thing. He submits as an un-
ruy child does to be washed and dressed, but only
because he cannot help it. In submitting ne kicks
and squalls with all his might calls the Legislature
that enacted the new law all sorts of hard names,
and is by no means sparng of insnuations against
the Court that susains it. In the very act of having
the new frock forced on him. like the unruly child
of our comparison he does his best to tear it TO tat
tiers, squalng all the time as savagely-which no
evidently takes for something quite charming and
attractive-as tomcat at midnight 1t is in this
style that in his Message on the New Police and the
decision of the Court of Appeals in favor OF It's
constitutionality addressed to the City Council,
Mayor Wood scream. ont to the people OF the sew
era counties, cities, towns and villages df the
State to come to his aid and that of the rOwdles who
find the Government of the City of New-York slip
ping through their fingers.
1t is to be expected, however, that the people OF
the several counties, cities, towns and villages OF
New. York, will recollect that while they are
citizens Of those several counties, cities towns and
villages, they are also at the same time
citizens of the State of New.YOrk, and as
such interested in maintaining the powers OF
the State and the authority of the Legislature in
condition to act as great balance-wheel with
hi 10 nv locality
from running riot, and to compel our municipal
sub governments, instead Of each being left to run
its own rig according to its own impulses, all to
work together tremendously for the good Of the
whole. The doctrine of which Mayor Wood sets
himself up as the champion, that the Legislature is
to be stripped of all authority, and that each city,
county, town and village is to be left to govern itself
without interference, is doctrine of pure anarchy.
Upon the same principle, we might declam just
as vehemently against the interference Of the Mayor
and Common Council, and insist that the bloody
Sixth Ward, for instance, should be left to manage
it's own affairs in its own way. What do the resi-
dents in the upper part of ths city know about the
feelings, wishes and ideas of the inhabitants OF the
Sixth Ward, Is it not an outrage much more III
toerable than that of the interference of the State
Legislature with the City Police, that the people OF
the Fifth Avenue should presume to dictate to the
inhabitants Of the Five Points, Nor would this
anarchical course Of reasoning stop here. Mayor
Woods theory Of government gees the length OF
no government at all, and of throwing-whlch no
doubt is bis fayorite scheme-the whole control of
affairs into the hands of the most audaeOus and the
strongest.
Alderman Wilson, who is true echo aud
faithful disciple of Mayor Wood, thinks it very
hard to be obliged to yield up as he expresses
it, the Police Station Houses to " strangers" to
- foreigners" from Albany. The scheme Of Mayor
Wood and Alderman Wilson is, on the other hand,
to Weld up those Station. Houses, the control of
the Police, and the management Of the City Gov
eminent to " strangers" |" foreigners" the sweep
ings Of the pureus Of the civilized world, collected
here in New.York to live by their wits and organ
lied into party to control the City Government
under the guidance of such men as Wood and
Wilson.
Between I" the strangers L" the foreigners"
who make up the Legislature of the State of New
York, and the " dead rabbits" the " strangers"
tie &" foreigners" men collected in this City for
the purpose of living by fraud and plumber and at
the head Of whom Mayor Wood and Alderman
Wilson aspire to place themselves, We do not think
that the quiet, law-abidiDg tax-paying citizens of
New.York will have much difficulty or hesitation in
choosing. Even if it were to come to the point of
having all our Municipal Authorities appointed for
US by Albany Regency, or having them selected for
US by Wood and Five Points regency, We do not
think it would take the respectable citizens very
long to choose.