The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-23

long as she permits Spain to violate the com.
pact entered into with her, we must be permit
ted to doubt the sincerity of her philanthropy.
At all events, whether the slave trade be per-
mittcd or not, the United States cannot and
will not submit to such insults to her flag aud
annoyance 10 her chipping as those of recent
occurrence by the direction of the late Pre-
loier OF England. II his SUCCESSORS III Office
/ ave not The wisdom to put stop 70 tho
g. stem, and make such amends as Mr.. Bu-
chanan may demand, they will find that
the fiaterpal feeling so much relied upon be-
tween the two countries, will not be strong
enough TO bind them in Ngatures of peace mucn
longer.
The fact that slavers eail often under the Anne
rican flag II no palliation for the gross outrages
committed upon our regular traders, which
no man with the eye of seaman could possibly
mistake for slavers 1t is irue that many of the
schcorers engaged in this abominable traffic in
bO7ales are American built. and are entitled to
sail from here to the African coast under
American colors. That happens because
We have the reputation of building the
fastest vessels in the world. But in no single
in.tsnco, on. Of the twenty-five vessels recently
insU.ted by British officers, has q SLAYER been
discovered. They were all engaged in legiti-
mate trade, and bore in their build, shape and
rig prima tacie evidence of that fact. 1t is i'm
possible. then, that there could be any mistake
in the matter The outrages were US wanton as
they were impudent.
The course which Congress shows Z DISPOSE
ton to adopt not only does honor to that body
but il is the surest method of stopping these
outraees end of preserving peace between us
ard England. 1t is great error to suppose
that the best way to maintain peace is to keep
upa spirit Of subserviency and halfway mea-
sures. No administrative step that ever was
taken was half So successful as peace mea.
sure as the celebrated reply of General Jack
son to Louis Philippe" Pay or fight" There
has not been a ripple on our relations with
France since that time, now twenty-eight years
since. If Palmerston had got such a reply
from the United States twenty years q 10 we
should have had no outrages to chronicle now.
An act of Congress to build sixty gunboats, and
the capture OF the Styx, will secure a perma-
nent and unrufled peace with England for
three unboats, Styx and Peace
The Tsxraycss or the Cssy-What are they
10 Do:
II is time that the oppressed and plundered
taxpay ers of this city should take tie manage
mept of its affairs into their own hands. before
they are absolutely ruined by the horde of cor
rupt officials who, under the present infamous
system are preying upon the vitals OF the trea-
sury. There is but one remedy left to the tax
payers, and that is the immediate organization
of al Independent or taxpayers party, which
will ignore and sweep away all other parties
tons themselves.
We have had the wing party in Office, the
Know Nothing party, the democratic party
each one as wicked end corrupt as the other
and under all Of them the taxes have been in
creasipg every year by millions.
II is the taxpayers who vote these men into
Office, supposing that when one party has
proved corrupt and faithless another may be
found honest. But how bitterly have they been
deceived And why? Because the elections
are controlled by gang of vagabonds fighters,
burglars, gamblers, thieves and pickpockets-
the worst classes in the conmunity-iellovs who
Fay no taxes, but who put men into'rlac who
get the property Of he taxpayers al heir dis
posal; and we see the result in our ten millions
year taxation, whereof fully three millions
90 into the pockets OF dishonest office holders
the nominees Of the Five Point rowdies
Now let us see how easily an independent
party can be formed and these abuses rciormed.
dent taxpa ye.s Who are taxed on property TO
various amounts, varying from five hundred
dollars to lour millions and a quarter. We
have their names aud the value Of their
property now before us. The sons aud employ IS
of these men, who have the same Interest," in
volved, amount at least to twenty thousand
more. Here, then, is party Of fifty thousand
representing taxation Of Aine millions--an
average of three hundred dollars apiece for the
thirty thousand-and deeply interested in keep
ing down the taxes. The vote at the last cleo
ton was about eighty thousand-thirty thou
sand Of which belong to non-.axpayers, small
politicians, rowdies, dead rabbits" blacklcgs,
lawyers without fees, and all that class-thc
Arabs OF civilization. These fellows have al
ways controlled the elections ard to this fact Is
attributable the horrible state Of things which
exists to-day In our city government
Suppose this City thousand taxpaying class
were TO combine in an Independent party,
break of all their old political connections, and
90 in for a radical reform, and nothing else
they would ICON purge the city departments.
AID sweep off all the corrupt politicians, lighting
men and vagabonds generally. A subscription
Of two dollars each would create fund sufll-
cient for all the expenses of an election. A
committee Of competent and upright men,
taken from the list of taxpayers, might make
The nominations, irrespective OF all factions and