The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-01-14

| the present administration. aud. unless We
select the right man to stand at tho front Ia tho
next. we shall certainly drift into condition
.-ery similar indeed, but far more terrible, than
thai of unfortunate Mexico at the present day.
Tn. xo, zoe Commisstoaers-The Party
Aaggiers at Albany.
In h;.,o,a "a. ooval Of the old Police Com.
missioners Govern.r Seymour committed q
stupid blunder. Neither the public interest nor
party policy called for thu proceeding attst
the patriotic and invaluable 81 Woes rendered
to the community Of this metropOi>' by sne OLD
Board aud the existing police fofcs' Ia the
suppression the July riots. But GoSSo>s nor
Seymour and his party advisers havi6l
resolved to try the experiment Of re-.
organizing the Board to serve their party
purposes, oil the little "rinss" and cliques Of
the Legislature and the lobby are at work and
determine to have finger In this delicious pie.
The consequence Is . charming state Of cou.
fusion at Albany, from which we hope some
public good may result. upon the idea that
"when rogues fall out honest nspn are tho
gamers"
Tho two NEST ebaexteua factioas ia Ills
business are the niggerheads and the copper
heads. The grad sbject Of the aiegsrhcads
in working up tho July riots was 10 put down
and keep down the overwhelming democratic
elements OF this city by the strong arm Of
martial law, and the purpose, We dare say. ID
still adhered to; for why should not the bayo-
net, which has produced such wonderful
revolution in Baltimore, do a. much for the CITY
Of New York That something besides law
and order is contemplated by the niggerbeads
may be safely inferred from the fact that Id
their propositions for q compromise Police
Board we hear nothing Of Commissioner Acton
Why do they leave him outs The property
holders of this city, en- masse, recognize him
as the man Of all mea who has earned the right
to be continued in his Office. In any great
city in Europe, for similar services, his rewards
aud honors would be almost unlimited The
tro uble we fear, with Commissioner Acton II
that he is not the convenient party tool tho
uggerhead managers desire in bis place
The objections of the copperheads to Com
mtSoiOu0L hotVu 0Ao OuokAy uhuOAosvVus A10AA
game In the July riots we have reasons to be-
lieve, was simply the seizure Of the CITY and
the appropriation Of the property Of its cin-
zens according to the copperhead doctrine Of
equal rights. Why, asks the coppcrhead,
should one man own twenty millions and
another man not have even sixpsnce in his
pocket under our institutions Of demo
cratic equality? The New York copper
head is a peace man, with Feser-
with the Southern rebels because he sympa-
thizes with them and gets nothing Of the spoils
and plumber Of this war. He goes for civil
war in New York city because Ia such war
no would have little or nothing to lose, anA
might become rich in o day from the spoiis Of
Wall street, Broadway cad Fifth avenue. This
was the beautiful game which Commissioners
Acton did go much lest July TO NIP Ia ito de-
ve!opment. OF course Mr.. Acton would NOT
he touched with . ten foot pole by tho dis
etisted copperheads.
But as neither nigsefhsads nor copperhsa1s
can have their own way in this business Of .
new Police Board, they are trying compro-
mise the FIRST essential Of which. on both sides,
appears to be the removal Of Me- Acton; for
ne has offended both Sides He'd he not beeA
quite 80 active in putting down the July rists
they might have ripened into revolt which,
in requiring government Of martial law, would
probably have resulted In tho bloody eKter.
mination or expulsion Of the peace democracy;
or. had he been less efficient ia the protection
Of property, the movable wealth Of the city
might have been moro equally divided among
its inhabitants than IL is to-day, or Is likely e
be hereafter, short of q Jacobin revolution
Ia behalf Of our law-abidiug and property
holding fellow citizens we suggest special
committee to Albany, TO see to 1t that their
interests are not entirely neglected 10 this
buaiuess Of patching up a new Police Board
among the Juggling cliques aud tradiag poll
ticians concerned.
EXTENSION OF TIE El0HIa AvEyus RAIL-
RoAD.-We congratulate the citizens Of Man
haitian Island. from the Battery to its northern
extremity. and ell ether people osaesraed. -
the prospect Of "a early completion Of tho
Eighth Avenue Railroad 70 HAslem river. Why
tho company and the property ewuers along
this route have thus Ear bsea - lazy Ia the