The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-04-10
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
NEw York, Friday night

.s April 8, 1859.
The almost certain prospect that the new charter
which passed the house of assembly yesterday will pass
the senate and become law is causing no little excite
ment and indignation among the people here morn
ing paper has very apty entitled the proposed bill
amendments to the charter for taking away the NUM-
cipal rights of New York There meeting of the
democratic general committee last night in Tammany
Hail. at which long series OF resolutions was adopted
by acclamaton denouncing in the strongest possible Ian
guage the nsdious attempt of the back-republcan ma
jorty OF the Albany legislature to undermine civic
rights curtail or abolish municipal privileges and
finally deprive of all practical voice in the control and
direction of immediate affairs The general
committee of the Mozart Hall democracy also met last
night and among others passed the following resolution
from which you form adequate opinion of the gen
eral Indignation ..... . .n.' #
Resolved That these city
charter provide registry law to deprive the people power
special grants individuals by which to lay rails and run
sohoa he ororaion these acts pass
ed will principles utterly rights 10 which
We have referred and against which We protest the
the people and corporation Of New York, tsaatss ~ a#
/ have known two or three renegade democrats who
joined the black republicans within the last year. who
when treated with contumey by all honest men for their
unpnncped reachery have endeavored to defend them
selves by boldly asserting that they still sJeerso-
man democrats, of the purest and most sterling stamp
thought that this vocerous assertion of devotion to
the great founder of republican democracy was the HON
age that conscious political nfamy paid to the highest po
litical virtue but it appears that was mistaken now
see that the abotonists claim that Thomas Jefferson
was zone of them and 90 determined opponent of hui
man slavery" after the manner of Greeley Cheever
Bryant q hoe genus The fact that Mr. George B.
Loring, in his speech at the celebration of Jeersons
birthday at Salem, Massachusetts, omitted to mention
that the Apostle of Liberty Niger worsbpper
is made ground of grave complaint against him by the
Evening Post and the same journal takes Mr.. Benjamin
r. Hallet to task for his sublime audacyi IN assert
ing that Jefferson recognised the institution of domestic
slavery Il is some paliaton of the crime Of Messrs
orng and Hallet that most people in the United States
entertain the settled conviction that Mr. jefferson was
not an aboonst, and that he fully recognised African
slavery as perfectly legal Institution wherever the peo
pie desired to adopt it.. 4,..-- ...ra ,. r. .~..-
The Post would probably pardon the offenders because
we cannot all be profound historians than
can be poets political renegades authors OF stupid
books of travel had not the audience gathered in New
England, and especially in the State of Massachusetts
actually listenedand what is far worse "listened with
patience to ''tho logic of the above.named gentle
men. To defeat rsonaliberty bill, and TO listen
with patience to Jeiferson's being .ugged in
as an apoogst and defender of the social curse of his
country, during the short space of seven days. and in
the State of Massachusetts, is sad sight Another his
torca discovery which the Post has made and which
viii strike most people by its novelty is that 1.-THE mem
obe ordinance of 1887 raised perpetual barrier to the
progress OF slavery II the Post had said that that mem
orabe ordinance distinctly asserted that Congress had no
power to prohibit slavery in the Territories and that it
furnishes the ampest REPUTATION of all the black republican
dogmas and is the strongest proof of The nconsttuton
atty OF the Missouri Compromise il would for have
told the TRUTH historically and politically Grief is be-
wilderng in its effects and the recent conduct of Mass
chusetts must be laceatng to the feelings the sens
tive Post ... s raa-..t- r'yG #tea. ..rr|
There Is very fair prospect that ere many days we
shall hear officially that Commodore Vanderbilt has with
drawn the boats which he announced his discrimination
to in opposition to the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany. The Commodore who is always open to certain
species of convictions is than likely to be convinced
this time. The difference between him and the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company have been referred to the arb
traon of Moses Taylor and Robert Mnturn and though
it is not known in what precise form the settlement will
be made, 10 is generality believed that the Pacific Mail
Company viii not have any opposition. Their stock
went up 81 per cent since yesterday and closed buoy
antly at S5A, ttsn- ADSUM