New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-19
TIE pPiGENT DUVY,

Now friends Of honest government, Lands
Of! The air is full OF ru'nors about u bar
gain for relieving somebody in tho further
conduct of tho canraiGn against the Ring.
NJo give Do,cc that no such bargain
will b. tolerated. We want no compact
fer Che protection of Mr.. Connolly against
his late confedcratcs for the protcc-
ticu or liberation Of Mr.. Tweed
for screening anybody. We want the facts
exposing the public rOhbory and fixing tho
gnilt; We want every criminal dragged to the
searching liaht that now begins to stream upon
the CITY Hall, restitution made, and the robbers
punished. We are at last in position to Sc
cure all tiiS and he who consents to accept
less b3trays us. Let us have an end
of talk about UNDERSTANDINGS that Mr.. Con-
molly, Mir. Tweed, and MIr. Oi'ricn have
reached fer striking hands with Republicans
and other honest citizens against Hall and
Swceny. Any man who plcascs may fight in
our ranks bat criminals cannot, iii the pres
cnt temper Of Ncw-Yoik, escape by tho stale
trick OF crying Stop Thief.
Mr.. Connolly il clearly right in the legal
positions Which, under tho guidance of Mr..
TiIdcr, he has assumed. Mr.. Tildcn deserves
the sympathy of all good citizens in so far as
he is cnGcavoring 10 rid great political party
of a corrupt Ring that has well nigh
rlined it and us. Mr.. O'Bricn is welcome to
help Us now, albeit he was lately
prosecuting a fraudulent claim Of from
quarter to half million against the City, was
enabled to use threats of exposing them in
Republican newspaper for nine months as q
means for seeking to backmaH the Ring into
paving it, and only gave out his facts when,
powerful as was the leverage they afforded, it
vas not enough to pry open for him the doors
OF he City Trcasury-and very much we hope
that the assistance he now promises NAY come
to more than that he gave us year ago.
But none Of these is our affair. Thanks to
Connoliy's refusal to offer himself up vica-
rious sacrifice, and to Tildcn's strategy in
showing him how to get even with the con-
fcdcratcs that were tcndcrly trying to cut his
throat, we have an honest man at the helm
in the Controllers office. We believe
that he took the place without pledges;
and at any rate, we believe him
too honest to make any that would hinder
him from doing his dusy. What the City Of
Ncw-York now expects of Gen. Green is that
lie will do his duty, without reference to
Connolly or anybody else. 1t wants the Sc
crcts OF the office, SO long frantically con-
ccalcd, incxorably brought out. 1t wants the
missing vouchers found, and the thieves
punished. 1t wants the whole truth
about the City finances, no matter how
much Nr. Connolly, or Mr. Tweed, or
anybody else may be inculpated. And
specifically it demands prompt ODE
dicnce to the long detied law, requiring
|. Statement of the City and County Ex-
penditurcs for the years 1869, 1870, and 1871,
and objects of the expenditures classified i'll
tclligibly.
ii. Statements of tho City and County Debt,
with the balances or deficiencies i'll the Treas
ury, and the amount of interest accrued on
the outstanding bonds.
III. Statements of the terms, manner, and
expenses of negotiating the recent issues OF
bonds.
w. Statement of Outstanding Warrants
against the Treasury, and all other descriptions
of floating debt and claims, SO far, at least, as
they can he ascertaincd.