The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-06-06


HINT To New York Taxpayers.
The whole country has been surprised at the
sudden outbreak of popular feeling in the city
OF New Orleans, and with the announcement
that a Vigilance Committee has taken possession
OF the municipal government, and is determined
upon permitting an honest expression of public
sentiment tomorrow, at the polls, for the cleo
ton of municipal officers, without obstruction
or hindrance from the rufdanism that for years
past has attended the city elections of that as
well as Of many other Of our large cities
This outbreak in the Crescent City is the mi
tiative of reform movement in municipal 60
vernment, which, if honestly carried out there,
will sweep over every large city in the Union.
II is the same upheaving of the property hold
ers and taxpayers there that we have long since
seen to be inevitable in this city, plundered and
outraged as it is by politicians and spoilsmen-
The citizens Of New Orleans have determined
TO separate their municipal government from all
questions of federal and State politics, and to
have their affairs honestly administered by citi-
zens who not only have interests at stake
but who have no connection with any
of the political parties of the day. They
have chosen as their standard bearer Major G.
T. Beauregard, an officer of the army, who has
never been immersed in the sinking pool
of politics, but who, by his gallantry abroad
and his honesty at home has earned high DO
sition before the country and in the estimation
of the government
The events in New Orleans that have led to
this sudden ebullitiOn have their parallel in New
York. Their treasury has been openly plum
dered by a defaulting treasurer, who, though
caught in his flight and brought back, has
neither been made to disgorge nor brought to
justice. Rascals and political rufIians, who
have earned their reward by making the polls
unsafe to honest men and political opponents,
have been quartered in fat public Offices, or en-
couraged in the exercise Of their brutal instincts
by appointment as officers of the municipal
police. Jobs and contracts of all kinds have
lantern lodges, while the streets have become
receptacles of filth, and the public works only
so many schemes for obtaining more plumber.
This state of things was inaugurated in New
Orleans four years ago, by the election Of the
Know Nothing nominees, and they have ma
naged to maintain themselves in power long
after the masses who were led away by that
mushroom excitement had abandoned the
dark lantern lodges, through the institution
of secret band of ruffians popularity
called Thugs" after q sect Of secret
murderers formerly existing in India. During
the city elections last year in New Or
leans, so great was the fear Of these Know
Nothing Thugs that fully two thirds of the re-
gistered voters refrained from going TO the
polls Not only were naturalized citizens
beaten and driven away from them, but even
Americans were Thugged" and many of them
killed. One of the Judges of the Supreme
Court Of the State Of Louisiana is now an in
mate of an asylum through blows upon the
head from these Thugs at the polls in New
Orleans, three years go
However much We - deplore the violent
course that has been resorted to by the citizens
of New Orleans to purify and reform their mu-
nicipal government, we cannot but look upon it
as proof Of the existence Of shame and sense
Of right among them. The property holders
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into doing the same thing few years hence,
If they do not abandon their present criminal
Indifference In regard 10 our city government,
and inaugurate the separation of il from all fe-
deral and State political cliques There is little
doubt but that the city election in New Orleans
will 60 of quietly enough tomorrow, because
the honest citizens Of all the old political parties
have taken the affair into their own hands, and
determined to Dust the rascals from Office.
CoSGREss-THE SESSION EXTENDED ONE
wEEK-The original time fixed for the adjourn.
ment Of this session of Congress, Monday next,)
according TO the resolution Of the Senate has
beeen extended to the Thursday following,
the 10th instant. Doubtless this extension
will be sufficient to cover all needful measures
of legislation required to keep the government
wheels in motion till December next. In the
meantime, from all that we can learn the rapa.
cious Washington lobby, disappointed and hun