The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-28

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Give Us . Charter OSnamfssions
Al usual, we find all manner OF bills intro
duced and reported by the committees of both
branches Of the State Legislature affecting the
rights aud Interests Of the city of New York
The usual amount Of tinkering and patchwork
seems to be going on amongst the small try
politicians inside and outside OF the three iegis
lstive bodice at albany; for we have three
houses the third more powerful thsa the other
two. IL has been the custom for several years
past for the jobbers, peculAtors and place
seekers of our city, as soon "a they are de-
feated in their projects here, to resort to Albany,
and there crowd through bills which, if rightly
named would read, Gan act to place John Doe
or Richard Roe in oface."
Arriving at the State capital, these philoso-
pliers, whether emanating from Tammaay or
the republican camp, place themselves under
the protection of Thurlow Weed, the king of
the third house, and commence at once to work
upon the sympathies OF the rural members by
expatiating upon their sufferings, arising from
being cleft out in the cold" By exercising
q great deal OF energy in this line, aided by an
application of more substantial reasons, they
upside down, until everything is at loose ends
in almost every branch Of our city govern
ment, the citizens daily plundered and left at
the mercy of the maraudng bands that infest
the City Hall. II we happen to have an honest
official in one department. desperate aud
combined effort is made to defeat all of his
attempts to bring order out of chaos; if it can
be done in no other way they start for Albany
Thus far during the present session we have
escaped any very serious damage from that
quarter; for which let us be thankful.
From various symptoms this quiet is but the
lull before the storm; and the last half of
the session promises to be fully equal to
its illustrious predecessors. There are now
score or more bills relating to our city, in the
shape of amendments to our charter, reno
delling the several courts, &c, all Of which
should be summariy disposed of. There is
only one bill among them all that is needed or
asked for by majority Of the citizens, and
that is the bill introduced by Mr.. Ar
cularius, to appoint seven Commissioners
to prepare charter to be submitted to the peo-
pie for their APPROVAL If the rural members
have any compassion upon US, and wish to atone
for their past sins and raids upon the rights Of
New York, they will Immediately take hold Of
that BILL and perfect it by striking out some of
the politicians by trade now enumerated there
- fhn Of md
substantial men, and then pass it at the very
earliest moment
A change in our present charter is absolutely
necessary for an honest and wholesome govern
ment; but we want no more of the piecemeal
patchwork 80 long prevalent at Albany; neither
do we desire the Legislature to frame and enact
charter; we ask for that privilege ourselves,
through highminded and trustworthy COM
mission, such as the Legislature can give us if
they will turn deaf ear to the regular mem
beers of the third house, who are interested in
keeping this an open question to feather their
own nest. If our lawmakers assembled
at Albany wish to earn for themselves a
peals to transfer the Bureau Of Assess
ments, City Chamberlain and other fat
jobs to the finance department, but give us
responsible commission, and let the citizens
of New York take care Of these peculators by
overhauling the whole structure, razing it to
its very foundation, and erecting thereon at
least the framework for more reliable, honest
and efficient city government.
We could point out several instances where
our charter needs remodelling; but it would
be impossible to make those changes effectual
without an entire new charter--no piecework
will answer our present condition. All that is
asked from the hands of the Legislature is to
be legally empowered to tear down the present
decayed, dilapidated and rotten concern, and
to erect new one in its place. Will those as
sembled at Albany as lawmakers grant US
hat much? The Legislature for several years
past has been helping those engaged at rob-
bing the city treasury to thrust their hands still
deeper, and we have been constantly going on
from bad to worse. For the sake Of . change in
the programme we trust that this body will do
something to help the honest portion of the
community to cleanse the Augean stables and
inaugurate new order of things in our city.
THE WAY THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST LINCOLN
WAS DIscovERED--We have at last got clue
to the way the terrible conspiracy to assassi-
nate Mr.. Lincoln was discovered, and it Ger
tainly reflects great credit upon our police sys-
tenn, which we shall not be slow to accord to
it. 1t appears that there were two sets of most
effective detectives sent to work upon the mat
ter. Mr.. Fouch6 Kennedy, of New York, at
the instance Of Thurlow Weed, despatched one
band of detective police TO Baltimore and the
interlying points between that place and Har-
risburg, to ferret out the plot and the vidocq
OF Baltimore had another band employed in
the same localities, neither chief being aware
Of the action of the other. If there was any
thing to be discovered this efficient combina-