The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-19
DOWN WITH THE RING.

From the NJ Y World.
Horace Greeley was once in a position
where it was within his sole competency to
give to the people of New York city an
honest and capable city government. He
preferred to be partisan rather than good
citizen. 1t is within his competency to
assist greatly the effort of the Democratic
masses here to throw off the domination of
the ring. He prefers to be partisan rather
than a good citizen. Therefore he calum-
mates honest Democrats now, and within a
week will be writing comparative praise of
the ring.
1t would be very easy for us to ask trouble
some questions of Mr.. Greeley concerning
his share in the Pennsylvania protectionists'
corruption fund, his share in the city adver-
tising which has stopped the 1at5une'S mouth
more than once, and his share in the con-
tracts for the new City Post Office which one
day he pronounced ''a wart on the end of
mans nose" in its present site, and shortly
after advocated through thick and thin for
reasons of more pecuniary purport;" but
all this we shall scrupulously refrain from
doing, not only for the honor of our profes-
sion, in which he is veteran, but also be-
cause, SO far as the World is concerned, this
contest for the self-government of New York
city and its honest and frugal self-govern-
| ment shall not be dwarfed to the dimensions
| of a personal encounter, or a fight of factions,
| by the manner in which Mr.. Greeley, the
| Tribune, or any other ally of the ring chooses
| to earn his wages. ~
| 1t is sufficient to say, and we regret to say
| it, though we have foreseen that it would
soon have to be said, that Mr.. Greeley is
lending some of his influence, and, as the
| contest wakes hotter, will shortly be lending
| all his influence, to the thieves of the ring
whom for dozen years it has been his stock
| in trade to denounce. 1t is sufficient to find
his motive for this in the mere partisanship
which prefers New York city to be cor
ruptly governed, since it is certain to be gov
erned by Democrats, rather than honestly and
frugally governed, since that would be fatal
to the Republican party in the State, and inn
peril its ascendancy in the Union.
In this mere unscrupulous partisanship he
| will find no following, save among partisans
unscrupulous as himself. Good citizens will
not suffer themselves thus TO be led astray.
AS they are good citizens, they will support
| with their voices and their votes the men
who vindicate themselves against all his asper-
| sions by the nature and character of what
they propose for the city.
Senators Genet and Norton, by the resolu-
tons which they introduced in the Senate on
Wednesday, which are fully reported in
Thursdays World, but are garbled or con-
cealed from the readers of Thursdays Tribune,
|
has done in twenty-five years to get good
government for this city. 1t does not lie in
his mouth to proclaim their inferior civic
virtue. If, when II was impossible to over.
throw the ring because the Tribune and its
party ruling in the State divided places and
spoils with the ring, they then made nc
assault upon its gigantic corruptions, what
politician is pure enough to pitch a stone
Most reformers begin by sharing the errors
which it is their mission to overthrow. Bu
the Tribune would vilify Luther for mo-
earlier starting the Reformation, though
earlier it must have failed.
These Senators, and those men in Tho
Senate and the Assembly who cooperate will
them, represent the wishes of the honest De
mocrats of this city. They deserve the sup
port of every good citizen, whatever hi
party. Their integrity and their sincerit,
cannot be impeached with success; for it i
daily vihdicated by the heavy blows they ar
dealing to the ring their resistance to tn
charter which would perpetuate the power o
the ring; their persistent unearthing of tn
corruptions of the ring; their avowed ant
pledged purpose to put into the hands of th,
people fatal weapon against all future ring
namely, a charter under which this cit,
government can be revolutionized by th
peoples votes in one election. m =,
CAUTION TO INVESTORS m STOCKS
From the NJ Y. Sun. ln aiiD -.II !
Within the past few wears innumerabI
companies nave been formed under the gene
raj manufacturing law of this State, not onl,
for the transaction of business within tn,