New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-01
PROnIsE oP POLICE.


TIE lev sgp-nl teroens d Poses, Hr. Pii'-
bBy, enters today upa tie egtse. Of hS
CFee. snd II ,h. pubic -7er have :te night 10
s.,uu. future fsilaf4. ..r'ire from Psst career
I'D sola rSya'stios already esrn-d, ~ msy
boy. ths, he city II i. pol'ce sssifs Las s~zsn
rev ~. Ey,n dn We s.Sw ro,tlhs Of Ar.
Pl.bLry. We ,t0uid dI.s cheerful sggury FROG
b.. litter of seeeytsbe- Wa.cb "s pntli.h,d scns
TIM. ago, a. ~ The prvpO.-i sdmini.srsiioa Of
tas duties Of bic rex ofics. 10 ',a' % "ss
careful ~ ssy TIE, bs would .ccep''te spp0ini-
meat Only on cordition that al po.er ssd s1lhsfi'y
(eo..i.'est With law rece..ay T. f1inil II. du''es
should he cOBf.rr.c upon hin a. tic eLiei eIse2-
tive oaicer of the Police DeYsitneD! IL "a no'
surprisra that there us. warm opposition, q.
the par, of obe or two COnui,.iDner., to accepting
,uch re,pOn,s 10 The appointment IL bs' b--
TIE habit of TIE Board, or Of members Of u, se'e-
tOf0rr 70 consider tDem.e.Te. the cfsei Executive
81 vel o. the etief legislative power Of tie Ponce
DspsiimeIt. They lave ivfgotteL, or have ehJsen
DO, 10 remember, that tie Act ~hich Called
them iLto ex .tence requires that tie active
ou,ie. of tie police shall be executed
BY police force properly ofhceTeo. wiz ouaes
distinctly defued, and carefully REQUESTED By the
30, rd from time 10 time, ss il. IN its w,dom, shall
sac proper The Trainer. u tts, Act undoubtedly
u.eaut that tie Board saoud direct wtst 1as 70 Be
Gone, ard not how 10 do i. The EIecuii'e De-
psrtment vas put il tue hands Of the
.ffcen AID men, under due responsible
". II VAS 10. tie intention Of the Legl,-
IL. .l. IT,, D,ffo Act
there should BE- FIVE General super.rtendents VI
Police 70 at - per day but tho, there should
be Lsei,lstive Department q toe Police con
sistlLg of five Conmis-'oners, "hO should meet at
Inieiyoh 10 form such rules sod regulations {"
might be Necessary for the direction Of the Executive
D-psrtment-tbs General Superintendent and bis
suborcinstes But IS some Cf lie Board have not
talen this view Of the matter, the objections raised
10 Mr. PilstuIy's note were Lot unexpected.
Efforts even we're made 10 induce hun 10
change its pbrsseology. Ills reply vas that
having said precisely What be meant, he saw no
necessity Of any alteration. new note of accept
snce We have been told, was written BY al aniable
Commissioner, anxious 70 harmonic all parties,
ard Mr Pil-buV asked 10 substitute il for BIS own,
with The assurance that il vas essentially the same
thing. Tie answer was that if there was NJ
enebtial difference between the two, there Was no
need Of substitution. In short it Was clear that
The writer of the note meant TO say something very
positive. had ssid it in plain way, and in way to
,uit himself, aud either he wss to become Supern-
tebdent Of Police the terms laid down, without
the ctnpge Of word in bis letter Of acceptance,
or ese Dot at ALL Ii il evident that this man kno rs
what lie has to do and how II is to be done; and
with these points settled We think We have good
reason for believing that he means TO DO 1t. As
they say in the street, he " means business" We
shall be disappointed if, within two months from
this date this ia not the best governed, as hitherto
!, Ls. been the worst governed, city at least on
this Continent.
1t is credi.uble TO the good sense Of the Commis-
,ioners, and an evidence also, We trIst, Of their
good Intentions, that, with two exceptions only,
they accepted the new Superintendent on hi. own
terms Mr. Pll,buJ is not an unknown msn, but
has done the public good service at Wards Island.
II b. shall act here with the energy aud hon
esiy that he DID there As the chief executive officer
Of the police force b. will make his mark upon this
city. As chief executive officer moreover as the
Con Onmissioners must know, he will not, and he
ought not to accept any divided authority, His ei-
6eeLcy must depend upon his independence 10 bis
particular department. II is well that he sees this
as lie clearly does II is better if the Commission
also IT, as We hope they do BY their accept
iDg him with bis frank assertion Of the terms on
which be takes the Office they have tendered him.
Much that they have hitherto DONE with this un-
derstsndipg they will do no longer, but We shall
have Board Of Commissioners confning itself TO
l,s legitimate duiie., taking only 80 much time as
msy be necessary for that purpose, and leaving the
other, the Executive Head Of the Police, free
snd untrammeled 10 the discharge Of the oner-
ous responsibility that rests upon his shoulders.
We confidently look for an installment Of the
Good time coming" which the bog will not
altogether like.