New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-24

shed periods and poDderous didactics iSx xAel \.
il 90 Justly distinguished, but. ia this else y o,s
who 4" sees not, yet thinks be sees."
The Cosrier and Enqnirr is uoqestioasbt NAT
"in deprecatins the introduction Of pUS pskin
";nto the Board Of Police COMMISSIONER -
unquestionably right that we doubt Il tAee Ne
journal in the State, no matter Of what psssica
that would venture to advocate any other psscy q
lust and proper in regard to th,t body II Is
attempted to provide against the possibility 4 nak.
itc he Board subseIvient to party polltict b. IL
very Constitution, and we are even disp'ssd b h
Ieye that the Justice and wisdom Of this GsW ~
parent that could each Of the great parties 4 ~
State be persuaded that the other would ns~ -
use il. both would glsdly consent to the most ~
gent m. asures to preserve its purity. We sNanI
this is true Of the Republicans; We hope II y -
of their opponents. On this point, tnen' ~ ~
only sympsthize with the Courier, but are asi(s
willing to bear our testimony to the TACT eat 10
essay upon this subject, though not lively, hsssai
nd wholesome reading.
On the present occasion. however, We are CO.
strained to differ with that Journal The Bosrl L
Ems, have seen ct to dismiss the 6rst Dspsk
Clerk of Police, Mr. Hssbrouck. What he'd ".
Hssbrouck done Mr.. Iiasbrouck had acted istAs
State Republican Convention at Syracuse - Q
delegate from his district in Brooklyn. Has ~
Board any rule bearing upon such acts' he
Board has very positive, very proper ~
very necessary rule, which forbids for the cbsisss
purpose of keeping party politics out Of ps6ss
management any member Of the force becooiag Q
member of partisan conventions, or similar bodisa
Mr. HA.brouck Vas perfectly aware OF this ne.
for he had seen it enforced, and he knew perfectly
we'll that. if violated, it would be enforced ssaia.
A member of the Board accidentally heard 4
this act of Mr.. Hasbrouck, which cssA
hardly be looked upon as anything ut
defiance: this Commissioner, in accoseAace
with his well known duty and his welltsWu
character, reported the case to the Board. ~
moved the dismissal of the delinquent, The oeAs6
needed no very transcendent sense Of righA ~
even any acus sense of its own dignity, vt
PROMPTLY in such a case, and accordingly vstsd.
With two exceptions only, that Mr.. Has5rouck 10
dismissed
IL there anything out Of the way in this 70.
deed. could the members of the Board, If dt1A
10 occupy that station, do anything elsc' N
Courier, nevertheless, is shocked by it. 1t ~
it evidence of the Board having become ptV1n
political machne-tbe power Of making i ~.
ing been given to it through mistaken @aghAain-
ity, but the real weakness Of Gov. Morgm. We
regret to differ from our elder and larger tien4
but we do not think that Gov. Morgan has nads
any INTAKES in his appointments, or been leRvsd
into any weakness. We do believe that tlAIedfu1
of the Board Of Police Commissioners srd hoss1l
men, who know their duty, and mean to don, ~
moreover, in this matter we believe they As1s 49,
exactly right. 1t does not matter whether u HaH
brouck was the most useful or the most uaslso
member of the force; it does not matter ~ =
happened to 20 to Syracuse, whether to sesa -
grandmother, or some other invalid prOon1N-
except indeed, that We should have thos(A -
more of bis fiiAl piety had he not left the bs1ab
of his aged relstive-ner does it matter Wee(A9
he was member of the Convention two husn Z
two days He dsobeyed orders; his mastsn bsuhs
him; and they would have not been &. ior ~
places had they done nythiDg else To see ~ part
san purpose in such act, is to fud larger mares
nest than even our venerable contemporary b scsw
toned to discover.