New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-01

A sharp satire upon the disagreement Of
Ecv-York has just appeared from an anonymous poet
calls his little book The Royal DEGREES Of Scdnder00
and dedcaes it ITO the Sachems OF Tammany, and to
the other Grand Masnorums Of Manhattan" 1t is in
fluent verse. illustrated with some humorous woodcuts,
representing the Tammany types of Government Of
Voters of the "Les OF the streets of Justice, and of
Counsel The wise Hullaballoon
one Of the Kings of Scandcr0ou
Moses aud David rolled in one,
SOiOmOn-SOlOu of SCaDdeIOOu,
repro,euts the governing power Of NewYorkthat is TO
say TIE Common Council the Ring; aud 10 HIM. he
cts IN hs palace gate periodically the honest c
Ieus droamers an and FOOLS petOnug for redress OF
grievances The crying evils Of political estate,
fraudulent naturalization, incorporation, waste aud
emDczzlemcnt Of the public money liberation Of haring
vice corruption Of the courts prostitution OF the ballot
are by brought to his maicstys notice. How he
treats such muuuurs our readers shall see for them
selves. The citizens thus present THEN first complaint
-" Hear oh monarch Of scanderoOn,
We Thy people demand q boon!
All Of our lives would b. perfect bliss
But ior one grievance. FOR Instance rms
Come % Our city just rs they please,
Nor would we desire them 10 keep away.
And as long q, they VIII We would have lien stay,
But Know, oh monarch, 30 wise ana great,
That deem IL hard, when we come ana wait
To speak witl-0ur king IN his palace gate,
To md that his councillors 0i state,
Arc all from some far away foreign lama.
And tie thing is thing oh KING, tLat sous
as J.
tpcak Joe q different tongue nom ours,
And among our own ancestral towers
Tic roy al idyOrs descend ~ showers
on men whom the sea has washed ashore
Men who never were washed before
And we deem that now and then "a boon
Prom the royal glory Of ScandefOOn
Should descend on one Of the men whose birth
Happened this side Of the rolling Garth,
Aud not that al OF thy gifts should he
TO the driitwOod that came from beyond the sea-
with halfsbpt eyes, but not asleep,
Sat the wise old king in council dep,
Until. wiIh a Yag OF MS mighty head,
H. opened bis lips aud answering, said;
'Dreamers and fools the thing So
And thing Ol evil itis. know;
Ny grand magnOIums ought not 10 he
OF The people who come from beyond tie sea
IcOple Of every realm and race
hnd O every lingo ana form aud face
bul 81 them who from youth 10 age have grown
W thls Island city, and them alone.
-Four iOt, Therefore, but live dt ctse,
hbN hsten well TO the kings DEGREES:
BEcArsE II IS not right that they.
Who drift IN from lar a,y>,v
rome ~ lie night aDd some in he day
Sohie ID tAe sunshine ana some III The gsIes
sIonld iii By me- h M avg w., tome nom ihe ja
vi Win hi" sl"hd ID bis palace gate,
TBEREFORE. from hcnceiorih foreyermore
The thlhg hball 20 ON az II did before.
Ana every man who shah drift ashore
Come ne from howell, or hole. OF IAN.
Come he m sunshine. calm or gale
y nan slfaishtway be girt with my robe of power
10 tBe dutful people Of ScanderOOn,
Ana tbiS u The kings decree and boon"
To each complaint there Is similar reply As a fair
Feeimen oftbe authors style may cite the Kings
answer 70 the charge against the integrity Of the bench
f." DTeamers AMI fools. the thing Is So
And Gsfbing Of evil IL Is. know;
Right and justice should aye be free
~ tJls leland city, born u The sea;