, 1864-06-02
Of bis asea!lsnta. With With ering ecorn which ef

Of bis asealants. with sring scorn, which &
you would have done this7n
Investigation" however, will BE- demanded,
Tbs Republicans ha1e majority In the Com:
: majority can do. It requires two.thirds, or
other odbor; but majority can suspend any
seantt lin. ?E IL suspend M he Mayor i 70 suspend
hin also as member Of the Police Commission.
Investigation, nor to an examination Of all the
faets We arc certain the Mayor, viii interpose no
ench objection: and any one who advises differ
emily will ONLY draw down upon his head and upon
The party publlc condemnation and exec1atiou,
The Importance Of Alderman Rnh's accession to the
Ksp9tlicans i now apparent to n The result q
low what but half q dozen approved, ID now eyi-
dent. The crazy effort to mayo the Chicsgo Ttn.s
and Tie DsoczRte Rsfy one nd The same thing
the city .goyetnmeut to the Republicans, and Of
leaving the Democratic Mayor helpless, friendless
and de'euteless, to be AcAed and abused and In.
Sulfed- ptrbApe thrust o1t Of Office by an exaspe-
rated, bitter and nnrelendng opposition majority
We tave renaiued heretofore from using our
knsWledge Or these par.iea. On account Of the
rupt and shameful piece Of business would bring
upon the city. The announcement that the Mayor
Of the great city oF the Northwest had been guilty
allow hls ho1ss 81 = Il
the construction OF horss railways might well
make the blush Of shame to man1e On the cheek
Of every one who should teel an interest In the
honor OF hie country It was that feeling which
eanted us to conceal from the public gaze the fact
q this corrupt bargain and fale, and doubtless
the Hame motive actuated others In conce1ling 1t
But the cou1ee Of the Msyor has Of late been 10
outrageous that the Union members OF the Com
mon Council have felt themselves called upon, IN
self de1cnte, to tnke rome steps In regard to It.
He has not only sanctioned that La awlessness With
which the minority have acted, bEt he now seeks
to enetain that notion by batch Of vetoes pre-
pared by the grand conspirators Of whom he ls the
TOOL. This is the last feather that breaks the
camel's back, The Republican Aldermen are de-
1e.mined to purge the city Of the vile disgrace
which Il has suffered At the hands OF theee men.
RzNAnKs.-This extraordinary exposure BY
Democratic newspaper Of copperhead corruption,
is little premature perhaps, bpt not the less In
teseBtipg. AL the facts which the Past relates in
reSnrd to the Mayor, have been known by few
for some time past, and were condded to US, but
NC did not choose to make them pnblic till the
time should have arrived. We were cognizant,
toe, Of the further fact that 1t was strongly be-
heyCd IN come quarters that when the exposure
was rst made, the May or had written his resisna-
tlou, and intended to present 1t to the Council,
but was dracooned into withholding II by the cop
pcrhcad members of the Council, who represented
10 him that It would end their power, az leading
to the election Of Republican successor, and they
felt that they could not afford to lose him. It was
in1mated that his Horse sense 80 far prevailed ns
that he con1ented TO remaln Mayor yet little
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