The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-09-08
Inc Proclamation Of the Governor-The Les.
son OF the Uprising Ia Richmond County.

The Proclamation Of the Governor-The Les.
son OF the Uprising In Richmond County.
The blood o. sill the King-' ID up and Gov
King has issued bis proclamation placing Staten
Island under martial Law until the returning
sense OF the people Of Richmood county shall
render the presence Of the military unneses.
ssry, or until the Legislature shall otherwise
direct.
There is homely ada9e about shutting the
stable door after the steed IS stolen which
we would commend 10 the attention Of Gov.
King. Had be thought OF these proceedings
before, when he was feasting ia the city, or at
any former time, be might have used success
fully the source of prevention" where now the
pound OF cure" W II be Of no avail. Long
stree has the hostility of the people of Staten
lsland against this pest-house Of physical and
poli'ic'i corruption in their mids', been patent
to the world. They have used every effort to
nave it removed. They have obtained an act
otthf Legislature sanctioning its removal: their
Grard Juries have iDdict d it "a a nuisance;
their Boards Of Health have protested against
its continuance; their local authorities haze
eShensted every effort to carry out the
viii of the people; ard all this has been
Of 10 avail. Not that their exertions
wee not founded upon justice and the rights Of
every social community, but because the Qua.
rantiDe establishment was rooted in political
corruption, and was and is part aud parcel of
tha' hss grown up amongst us and is sapping
the very 'ouudations Of our government
For years every party. democrats, wings,
black republicans and Know Notbings, have all
fought 10 obtain the control of the Quarantine
establishment, because it afforded an immense
fund for the corruptiDg purposes of party. The
growing commerce Of New York lie the rich mine
that yields, bow many hundreds of thousands of
dollars yearly, no one except the few initiated
know. This corruption fund bus been freely
used against every effort to remove or reform
the Quarantine. Country members Of the Legis-
lature have been bought up at so much head
10 sustain IL, at rates less than the price of bull
beef Dead Rabbit and Plug Ugly votes have
been hired to control pr mary elections and to
brighten people away from the polls at the popu-
lar ones Hungry officials have been bribed
into silence, aud the whole machinery OF
government has been prosttuted to sanction
and guard the system. In order to snield
this outrageous system of public p'uuder,
of which the Quarantine scheme is q part, the
plan Of putting everything into the hands of
impersonal and irresponsible boards has been
adopted.
Thus we have the Board of Health, where no
BODY is responsible for anything. II the mer.
chants complain that they are robbed ia the
quarantine charges, the Health Officer turns il
upon the Board Of Health; this Board shifts II
upon the shoulders Of the iightermsn aud steve
dores; and these, again, lay it upon yellow !
Jack, or some such creation Of the fancy. In
the same way vas the responsibility Of the neg
lect OF the defence Of the State property shifted
from shoulder TO shoulder. When the outrage
was committed there YVES one general outcry
against Gov. King, who bad been junketing
here for some days, and should have known
what was 50 openly plotted. lie shifts IL upon
once turn round and place II upon the head Of
Superintendent Tsllmadge. This gentleman
comes out with strong card, and shows that
be did all be was ordered TO do. aud very sue
cesstully shows that the responsibility on his
part was stopped by another impersonai and ir-
responsible board. The attempt TO place the
whole blame on the head of Mr.. Tallmadge.
when he can act only upon orders from one side
and acquisitions from the other, is an outrage
which he is bound to resist In justice to him
SELF
The true source Of all this evil lies In the cor.
rupt system of the administration of govern.
ment The public Offices are filed through q
system Of bullying, shoulder hitting, brow beat.
ing aud bribery. Men are placed there who
trade in power and plumber, n though autbo.
rity we're given only to enrich them. asd tho
public treasury were nothing bu, the undivided
stock Of band OF thieves Fine houses are
wring from their subordinaies; fat bor-es gold
watches and silver goblcts are presented by their
psndcrers; and the greed for spoil possesses
every one in authority. II Il not atone The
miserable and inefficient Metropolitan Police
and the Board at Health, tb-t exhibit theee
eyils Our city government stinks with it, own
rottenness; our State Organization u one vast
scheme CT plumber from III, cansir downward. for
The Thurlow Weeds Of every section; ard our
Judiciary IL destroyed by its all pervadIng
poison. Against such q mass Of misgovern.
ment there Is no defepce except In the sen-e o
right and the public virtue Of the people. tits
no wonder that II breaks out, ss IL has done in
San francisco New Orleans, and Staten Island
and II will break out evcrywhere wnerc
such practices ss we witness here are tolerated
The bnsves that have bullied themsciv, into
power in our city and State are fast carrying
Ne into position where revolution will he on
only remedy. The censure Of an indcpenden:
press il their only cheek now aud they arc f4s
losing all fear Of that
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