New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-06
THE EXPRESS IN THE CITY TREASURY,
AND ITS CONNECTIONS WITH THE
LATE LEGISLATURE.
To rss E6!sov 81 Ta< ~ y. T-t,Ss>.

To ne ESss, Of Ta< ~ y. TS<a~.&.
Sir; The editors Of The Express did net publish or
even state the charge which brought against I've ms
chimes hers az the real s1bors Of The late corrupt
Il gi,lsture. They merely say that 1.-THE man Wao
msds the Lepsis1ure of 1860 we're leading aud con-
"trolipg mer Of ths,Rspaohcan partyi' that " the
"Rst uelcaps ad the Governor and Lieutenant Gov
"ernor and the majority OF the Ssate-Bouse." Now,
there il come truth In this statement. The Republicans
did have the Governor, and an honest man, too. He
was nominated and elected without any cooperation
from the Brookhe Know Nothings Machine smash
ing lad OF been invented IN 1853, and Brooks was
then anxious to come into the Republican camp with
his dark lantern and other old traps. Bat the
legislature wss cleo ed as stated In my former commu-
pica,iop When the nominations we're made year
ego there futiDg splitting and ndo' sing gong on
ali over the State very much Ike the style now seen
an OF he BrOoksite Know Nohipgs and the Doug'ss
rolls rrgncy. II the Republicans did not m AXE nom-
nations satisfactory 10 the machine balance
power party then they would assist the Democrats,
ard elec. one OF the sort OF Democrats VINO hg-
uIed in the corrupt schemes Of last Wlner III the
R,pubcaps Welded 10 the wishes OF the overvrtuons
baau &c of power men then they we're ssddled with
such men ersoed the halle OF the Legislature and
called themselves Republicans.
proof of the charges made above, the people have
only 10 read bat took place about year ago, when
the several coiruptorists of last Winter were nom.
mated. list of Them is given in The TRBuSE OF
s. pt H. 1850. The columns of The Express during
DC Ober of last year show what sort OF combinations
were made TO elect Of them | would no justify
the Republicans in al they d. II would have been
far better 10 have followed the example Of the Reoub-
htsD Stste Convention in 1888 and let the macMne
smasheT5 90 and do their worst. The Republican ma
ioriiy In the Legislature might have been less, bat II
wonld have given them more strength. There H.
however sort Of excuse for the Republicans. AT
the time the Bfooksites were left outside IL
the State Convention Of 1853 there were non
ct men among the neYicqus who thought
tbs, their rarty lad rot been treated cordially
they had III bit 10 expect. They said that all honest
zen should be WELDON GO 10 combination when was
10 refoue the country from the misrule OF tue corrupt
Democratic party This the Republicans were willing
70 concede but they were not willing 10 AXE into their
marty such a set Of trading politicians az the Brookslte
Know-NothDg leaders. To pretend 10 put down cor
ruption by uniting with such men would be Ike CAST
ing out devils through union with Beelzebub But
10 1889 the county organizations thought they had bet
ter lot be hostile 70 the Americans as to drve lhe
honest Of that party away from their ranks Inc
resut of their good intentions was the Legislature OF
last Winter which can do no good except as an ex-
annie thst no party must allow itself elect dishonest
men, DO matter by whom nominated, or by whom IN
d. reed. - ,
have another matter 20 offsr which will show that
the present combination of the editors OF Ihe Express
wi the corruptoDists of the Democratic party is no
new affair." In fact, with all lie outery against
mur psl corruption and high taxes, no paper IN the
city BIAS made large hole in the City Treasury as
TIE Ezpress Thousands upon thousands OF dollas are
drawn aDnuslly from the tax papers to support TINS
scurrous and fanstical Pro-Savery sheet As II the
startling newspapers published il the Southern States
were not sufficient 10 demonstrate the unprohableness
of Slavery we of NewYork must support by taxation
| such wori bless concern al The Express.
So much for the financial PRINCIPLES of the men
concerned in editing The Express Their politics are
Of the me color In 1853 they wished to come into
the Republican party but the offer was not accepted
as no honest party could afford 70 give shelter to sucn
an old rotten achiue that run by the Brookses Ia
| 1859 the famous Misunderstanding dodge Was tired
and IT, corrupt Legislature there ~ elected In the
Spring of 1860 the Union s very much endangered by
the corrupt Iue Of the Democratic party and BrooA'
and his friends 90 to Baltimore 10 construct new
PARTY which is 70 rescue the Government from the ind
Of the corruptopists And now the last move OF al
these same Brookses with their hands still deep in tue
city treasury have united with the dsunionsts OF the
South the corruptoniss Of the North with those who
lave brought discIedit upon the country every here
and all defeat Lincoln, the only candidate who has
chance Of election by tie people, and the candidate
who lie oppc sed alike by disunionss North and South
and who s most Of all opposed by the corruptonist
| DOW in mower. No matter for these combinations
| The people can d pose of them all at the same time
| Waiting 10 see what The Express and is friends
have to cay the charges brought against its policy
| an0 It's acts, I am still LOCKER ON'