The New York herald., 1864-02-22


pendent movement OF the people upon an inde-
pendent Presidential ticket But what ticket
can thus be carried triumphantly through
We answer, that the independent ticket OF Gene
raj Grant for President and General Dix for
Vice President, and with the understanding
that General McClelsn is identified with this
ticket as our future General-in-Chief, will be a
satisfactory combination Of popular men. Such
ticket, upon the platform of the speedy aud
complete suppression Of the rebellion, retrench-
ment and reform. and an amendment of the
constitution utterly abolishng slavery. will
sweep the field, East and West
Let the independent men of thc country,
who desire a harmonious election and strong
and capable administration for the crisis before
us, proceed to put their heads together in be
half Of this suggested ticket and platform. and
their strength wild coon be made manifest TT,g-
BnpKDwAx RALHoAD-rAe question Of raii-
road in Broadway has again been brought be
fore the Legislature at Albany. It hes made
its annual visit there for the last ten years. and
will no doust continue to make its annual ap-
pearaace ~ long as it furnishes rich placer
for the lobby, or untii II is finally settled For
several years it was dressed up by Weed
Sharpe, Sweeny and other railroad patriots
and paraded at the State capital under
their nourishing care They managed on
two or three occasions to almost accom-
plish their design and secure it's passage
But as often as it was presented the property
holders on that great thoroughfare and the gen
era sentiment Of the city against it defeated the
project Finally Weed and his associates be-
came tired of the contest and left the field and
the scheme was next presented by some of the
wirepullers in the radical or Greeley faction.
and was more or less used in favor of the cleo
tion of Greeley to the United States Senate A
year agoit was once more disinterred by some
of its original supporters or we'll known lobby
men of this city with Law, the gridiron patriot,
as an associate. Under the pressure brought to
bear it received the sanction Of both branches
Of the Legislature, but the Governor very
wisely put his foot upon it, and thus prevented
its final consummation
The Harlem Company has taken possession
of the project this winter, and, basing it's
claim upon the action Of the Common Council
last spring, now asks for the right to lay q rail
road in Broadway, and thus despOil that street
Its Introduction has. according to reports.
aroused the patriots Of last year, and rumor
has it that they are preparing to move. bag
and baggage, to Albany to oppose the Harlem
Company, and probably to present q scheme Of
their own for Broadway railroad But behind
and above all this the old questions remain
unsettled-is railroad In Broadway needed
Is it necessity Will il not increase the diff
Guilty instead Of relieving that tboroughfares
We have been unable to see anything to change
the position heretofore held by us that it is not
required, and that it will be injurious to Broad
way and its vast interests TO operate railroad
In it. The owners of property on that street we
know still entertain the same opinion. II the
claim could be established that arailroad in that
street is a necessity and would not operate dis
advantageously to the business Of the street
which it cannot-then the project Of the Har-
lem Company might be worthy of considera-
ton, inasmuch as it divides some Of the enor-
nous revenue and gives tax-ridden oity some
benefit for this valuable franchise. which mono
Of the former schemes proposed to do.
We insist that ono street shall be left free
from railfoad tracks for carriages and process
sions to pass through All the side streets are
now monopolized by railroads. either in opera
tion or in course Of construction. Take Broad
way and there is none left Will the Legisla-
ture please bear this in mind when they come
10 vote on this measure,