New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-20

Legislators will adjourn tue Demo
psops Republic elected may reasonably
| hope for 81 honest Lesisls.ars nexs yoaI"
The World is very thoroughly aware that
there 10 no evidence that Speaker Callicot was
debauched "by the Republican State Com.
mittee," nor that there was any "scandalous
bargain by which be obtained his present
position. Bat, three years ago, Mr. C. was q
Member OF Assel1bly. as now, and gave q
hearty support to tho City Railroad bills
Known Gs "the Gtidiron," aiding to pass them
originally, and then over Gov. Morgau's veto.
We printed bis name among others (nost Of
them RepubIcsus) who thus voted, aud exhOrt-
ed the people to veto them all, without regard
to party. No Democratic journal did anything
Ike this, and no Democrat who voted for those
bills ever lost votes by it. Dir. Collect with
other such, has been elected and reelected
since by Democratic constituencies as readily and
heartily as though they had taken an opposite
course. But at last Mr. c. has allowed him.
self to be chosen Speaker by the Republicans,
whereupon The World wakes up oil at once and
pronounces him most astonishing scoundrel.
The Cities of New-York and Brooklyn
choose nearly oDe-ifth Of the Members Of our
Legislature, and all Of these but one Senator
ara now Democrats. If these twenty-nine
Democrats contribute less than their full share
to whatever corruption is going on AZ Albany,
or get less than their share Of the proceeds,
then they are abomnably beled BY COM
mon fame. Now, if these two intensely Dem.
ocratic cities, with their oil but unanimous
Democratic delegations, are thoroughly STEPPED
in venalty and corruption, what sort of Legs
ature would We have il st. Lawrence, Jeffer-
son, ChaulauqIe, &C., were also to elect
Democratic The problem may be stated in
the Single Rule of Three, and tho answer
would not be pleasing to Tho HOrd.
Need we add that we thoroughly despite
all attempts to make party capital out of such
matters1 We know well-as all intelligent
persons know-that Party did not make the
Legislative corruption now prevalent, and that
Party cannot eradicate it. The late Legislature
of New-Jersey was largely Democratic, and
elected Democratic U. s. Senator: does any |
one on earth believe that the person selected
would have been had there been no money ex.
pended to produce that RESULT Rhode Island
was, for the three State elections prior to tho
last carried against the publcans-noto-
rously By money aud manufacturing Influence:
This year, il has gone our way aud tre-
mendous howl is raised by the vanquished over
the lavish use of money TO defeat them. Those
who raise this cry know right well that more
money was expended TO beat the Republicans |
in 1860 than ever was used by them. So the
Denocrats of Connecticut talk of the money /
raised in this city to beat them in their late |
election; but Say nothing of the larger amount
raised for and expended on their eide. There !
will be no improvement while everything ia
thus made subseryient TO party ends: aud we
FAY far less than we should in exposure and
apprehension of Legislative profigacy, because
v hateyer we do say is most unfairly twisted
INTO party capital by the Democratic orators
and journalists, and because they maniiestly
,are nothing for corruption go long 80 their
party can profit aud NOS suffer by it When.
,ver the People shall be aroused to take hold
IF this matter in earnest, ignoring party and
Ill partisan schemes-when Democrats aud
Republicans alike ,ball reprobate corruption on
their owa side of the House az promptly and
heartily as if il were detected on tho other
hen We may have O sweeping reform-and
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