New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-15
POLITICS AND PLUMBER.

fVAkshSb AND EGONDss'
The Sunday Dispatch (Philadephia) has. o New.
York correspondent who displays his knowledge
and his patriotism as follows:
"The press here has been airing that $1,000 Japanese
swnde 90 much and seriously that the Common Council
has not had conclude Its act OF rscsy TIE
TRIBUNE especially bold and severe in its stctures
and ne majority Of me CITY Father en9aged IN ne nedfos
scheme Republican, and fears the political effect oil such
doDes gu the coming election openly accused the alleged col
prits Of being thieves published all their names and resi-
daily in black list denounced them individually ana
called upon oil honest avoid them aud now promises TO
make series Of revelations their official conduct which
shah prove be scoundes Of he deepest dye Thefac
Ia Il has invited In the panesauguage libel suiend seemsto
dare the accused to legal encounter The consequence con
siderable public feeling the subject ana among the members
of the Common Council the greatest concentration The blast
NO effect Of the conduct Of che Republican majority
ct Albany during the late session Of the Legislature cannot be
denied damages the party seriously The course OF similar
msoy oud greatly increase that damage Hence Tax
TRIBUNE making virtue Of necessity grows indignant over the
tycoon peculsto and would chodeolme its party BY ruling
ont certsin rogues in exceptional members OF IT, nope
that journal will lot allow It's independence to fzze out u
v II il has the documents establish the dishonesty of
hese public servants should produce them has not this
blatant display political virtue Is retreshinsy ooiI0"
We suppose no reader of THE TRIBUNE need
be too that "a majority of the City Fathers engaged
" in the nefarious scheme" are not Republicans,
but Democrats, though we have never cared to
blazon that fact The simple truth that we can
never deal effectively with public robbers until we
cease to think ofttem Republicans or Democrats,
and regard them simply as thieves, must be OBJ
yious 10 every rejecting citizen. The City
Fathers who voted tor the japanese Swindle were
fret published in our columns without any re-
- Oh vol;t;os Atfartrard Drntpd
them designating the Republicans by Italics, and
showing the fact that just sir out Of the thirty or
one-ffth of the whole, we're chosen by Republican
votes. But what have politics to do with this
matter2 And why should the Democrats be re-
preached because twenty three of the thirty were
elected by their votes 1t is but fair to presume
that they meant to choose honest men, and their
failure to do so is not much their fault as their
misfortune When the Press of all parties shall
come TO speak of such crimes as they deserve dis
caIding all intent to make party capital our oil
them. there may be rational hopes of remedy.
Until then, we ST. none.
A majority of the last Legislature were Repub-
licans, IS o majority of our present Common
Council are Democrats. We have printed and re-
printed the corrupt measures carried through EACH
with the Yeas and Nays on their passage respect
lively. Our readers know just where to lay the
blame in each instance-hOw much OF it justly
rests on Republicans, how much upon Democrats,
and how large proportion Of either party with
stood and defed all the arts of corruption. They
know-while the readers of Democratic journals
do not-that while half the Republican Members
of our last Legislature scOrned to soil their hands
with the foul gains of corruption, nearly every
Democrat in either House took every bride that
was offered him and voted for nearly every infa-
nous measure that was passed. But we do not
condemn the Democratic party for this-they
were deceived into electing men unworthy of trust,
as portion of tho Republicans were also. Let
us hope that both will do better next time.
The poor tool of faction who talks of 50 the scan
" daous conduct of the Republican majority at AL
g any" probably knows no better, and is to be
pitied. The fact that some Republicans voted
corruptly, he says damages the party seriously"
So we think. Now if the fact that nearly half Of
the Republicans voted for bad measures g. damages
" their party seriously" what shall the fact that
seyen.eehths of the Democrats voted with them do
for their party Or is The Express right in hold
ing that only the Republicans can be injured by
corrupt legislation, as nothing better is to be ex
pected from Democrats
THE TRIBUNE not only has " the documents"
convicting the last Legislature Of corruption, but
has repeatedly printed them without fear or favor.
1t stands ready to do so again whenever the public
interests may thereby be subseryed If there is
any thing L" blatant" about this course, how shall
we characterize that of our assailant