The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-27


Judge Ingraham having granted an injunc-
ton restraining the corporators Of the Seventh
Avenue, or Broadway Parallel Railroad, from
doing anything under the charter which was
procured by them from our State Legislature
at its last session, the said corporators are now
required to appear by their counsel and show
cause why such injunction should not be made
permanent We rather think it will puzzle even
Philadelphia lawyer to advance any argu-
ments that will avail in behalf of this great
scheme of public robbery.
The corporators named in the bin are twelve
six representing the interests of George Law,
three representing the modest share of Thurlow
Weed and the other three being the compensa-
ton paid by the black republicans for the votes
of democratic Assemblymen and Senators from
this city. II had been the original programme
of the city railroad men to keep Mr.. Law out in
the cold; and they had, as they thought, all
their plans arranged for this object. But sud
denly the Senate slipped away from under their
feet, and passed, without a moments warning,
the monstrous Law Gridiron, which covered at
one fell swoop every street of any traffic in the
city.
This forced the original lobby Of the city
railroads to come to terms, and to just such
terms as Old Law saw ct to offer. Believing
that half q loaf il better than no bread, and
being in terror lest Law should steal the Assem-
bly, from them, as an Irishman steals pigs, aud
as he had already stolen the Senate, they sub
mi will wi ho ,aI
and the Live Oak interest was recognized as
being entitled to one-hah of all the new roads
passed, together with a confirmation of the
Ninth Avenue Railroad-then already, as it
now is, in illegal operation. Weed and the
democratic corporators held the House, while
Live Oak George showed himself in possession
of arguments available with the Senate The
compromise was therefore the best thing that
could be done though Law had the best of the
bargain. For, in addition to one full half of all
the city railroads he was given the Ninth Ave-
nue., pure and simple, " to his own cheek" and
pitting his large capital against the small CAPT
tai of his fellow corporators in the other roads,
ii will 60 hard with him if he cannot force them
to sell out their stock to him on his own terms,
either by indefinitely postponing the actual
commencement Of work under the various
charters, or by placing the expenses at so high
figure that they cannot pay their shares
But all such speculations are probably pre-
mature and useless, as this litigation must last
until the next session of the Legislature, when
strong efforts will be made to repeal all the in
famous and corrupt schemes which were passed
last winter by the unholy combination between
the black republicans and the railroad demo-
Gratis Of this city. 1t will be found, we think,
that as the Senate and Assembly last fall were
selected for nomination with special reference
TO their availability for such outrages, so
the Assembly of next winter will be chosen by
all political parties on specific pledges to vote
for the repeal of all the obnoxious acts
placed on the statute books of our State by its
predecessor. AS to Thurlow Weed, even then
he will have no reason to complain, for he re-
ceived democratic aid to confirm Governor Nor
gan's Haybormasters; the same to abolish the
Board of Ten Governors; and, in fact, the city
railroad democracy, headed by " that oily Sc
nator,' were always the most reliable forces
under Thurlow's command for any republican
cmergency-their allegiance being secured to
him by his power to insert the names of their
next friends in city railroad charters, and so
forth.
Both Weed and Law, therefore, may be reck-
oned safe, no matter what happens; but the
Senators and Assemblymen, we
'ear, will be reduced to great pecuniary straits
by the failure Of their hopes, and whenever
hey next come before the people they will find
the proud title Of railroad democrat, the very
reverse Of q recommendation. One of the
Assemblymen, we see, has been
already SO reduced that he is said to have CON-
mitted forgery on one of the corporators
whose name he had procured to be inserted in
the Broadway Parallel. Should this cause ever
come TO trial-which IL will not-the disclosures
would be disastrous.
The Presidential fight being regarded as a
foregone conclusion, il will be hard to get out
The full conservative vote of the State, except
on some such live local issue as the repeal of
the outrageous legislation of last winter. Let
The conservatives in every district unite on
honest men, willing to pledge their entire influ-
rnce, If elected, 10 the repeal Of those fraudu-
lent grants, and all other frauds of the same
kind emanating from the same source. and we
ioubt greatly If the waning power Of Thurlow
,an suffice TO prevent the republican district
from adopting similar platforms
md nominating men pledged TO the same course
n this respect, though differing on other points.
This is the programme for the year. and on it a
,etter class of men can be sent to Albany than
AVE been in the habit Of going there for many
ears
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