New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-20
CO3ffNG TO TIE POINT.

Tie Oneida Observer is issued fran Utica,
which is the homo of Gov. li0ifmau's stall
officer, Gen. James McQIade, TO whose in
spiration we attribute certain "Plain Language
for Horace Greeley which does duty az
leading article in that Journal OF the lhh
inst. 1t runs thus:
ave want 20 know what You mean by permitting TIE
TRIBUYH to ieratc and rciterao tie statement that IL
lay in tho power Of Gov Hoffman to p'cFeht any us
turbauce in tho City o. NowYork last Wednesday, on
the occasion OF tho Orange paradci Your own paper
shows that ample Preparations wcro made 10 meet ana
Ou;li q riot Tse whole police forco was on hand the
militia was out IN SIS f.ll strength; great bulk Of the
Protestant and Catholic citizens joined with the conssi
tucd nuteritits In Of 10 10 secuo order ana pre-
servo peacc What moro could have been donef
Wo think Gov Hoffman did his wLCie duiy-nothing
more and noihiaS less To could Dot properly issue MS
proclamation while bc supposed the local authorities in
New-York would protect tho OIangomen In thcr PRIV
ilcces
Wo asser, ond 80 know whereof VIC affirm. that I'M
IN Tuesday Gov II Cru was not aware that the police
proposed 20 forbid the PROCESSION. Whichever may De
sal of the upwisdan OF Suuerucndent KelsOs order,
Won know "a well as VIC that it did not strengthen Tho
MOB but weakened it, II served TO stop the orgaiI1a-
t0n Of the awicss element which was bent on attacking
tho OIauCeren. Whutcyer the design Of hat order may
have been, tlis was tho result"
Comments bv TIE Tribune.
1t was Tie World which, on thc morning
after the riot 50 clearly demonstrated That tho
crime md shame OF tIiat hidcOus massacre lay
be. wccn Gov. Hoffman and Mayor Hall, being
the natural result of their game OF cIoas-prr-
poses. Either OF thcH, sustained By the other,
would have been needed here, IA Gov. Randolph
was in New-Jcrscy; but the orders OF the one
and tho counter orders OF the other throw this
City into an anarchy which rCddcnod its streets
with blood. So said in substance The World
when for once, it proclaimed its "rcal scnti-
"mcnts :" and it was the truth.
Now, Gov. Hoffman was in this City on Mon
day, d0h,) when The Orange parade Of Wcdncs-
day, the 12th, was the ruling topic; and Cen
McQuadc was sent by him to confer with
Mayer Hall, az was cmincntly proper. The
Mayor saw Gen. McQuadc, though denying
himself to others; and there is 10 reason to
doubt that the arprchcndcd Orange riot was
the subject of their conference. Most GER
tainly, if it was not, Gov. Hoffman was culpa-
bly REGARDLESS of the public peace aud his own
highest duty.
Now, Gov. Hoffman, MAYOR Iiall, or Gen.
McQuade can at tc tho fact if he will and we
ask each and all of them to do it, Gov.
Hoffman. having arrived thot morning (Aon-
day) froa Newport. Left, soon after, for
Albany.
Did Cor Hogiaon, through Gen. NcQaodo or
otIerpisc, ascertain on Nonddy That HGyor Han
intea9ed to te,bid TIE orange parode7 And
did he leave for Albany without Overruling
the Mayors pUrpOse7 il be did so leave, then
his interference thirty hours aflcrward, over
ruling the Mayor and putting tho ship square
on tho opposite tack, was most rcprehcnsibe
and the principal clnse of the massacre. If.
on the other hand, Mayor Hail concealed from
the Governor his resolve TO forbid tho parade,
aud left the latter under the impression that
the Orangemcn would bc protected by the
Police then the Governor must be absclved,
and the bloodshed of Wednesday rests heavily
on the soul of the Mayor.
What is tie truth in the prcmises7 We
wish to proclaim it in justice to whichever it
excuses. VIII Gen. McQuade tell all he knowsa
Can The Observer shed any light on tho sub
ject7 Why this mystery with regard to a
matter of such grave public INTEREST,"