The New York herald., 1871-09-17

in Court twelve millions are sti or ought 20 be- In
the CITY treasury and that TINS will tide over tue
night until matters are again properly liked up anu
In smooth running order.
''But who is fool enough to believe that the rogues
have got any amount like that In the city conerS
AS n they would steal vouchers when dollars we're
boarded up In the same building ~ sportively sug-
gested downtown merchant.
.'If they haven't they ought to have. And n they
haven't, why they must be forced to make good
authority OF law II reports be true, they have GOT
just about enough between them to keep the city
saana M Twsea % CONN connOs and
Sweeny $4,000, 900 each ana Hall bagatee OF q
$4,000 Make them disgorge or send them to
"Weli, they WON'T go to the state Prison and they
won't disgOrge. and the chances are they won't be
pIunder. Tweed is going to night mighty hard.
anyway; and he has great many lrlends among
the people though he hasn't among 's 1 ara
same sam a.a as were ~ before: before; n The he
clone; nobody but professional politician wiz nou
any olcc OF any value or influence ana tne ,r aaX
court TO the powers that be, doing their best to
keep their assessments down TO as low u neure as
y e y TO- only So TaS S
holding Of1ice was an honorable incident IN Citi-
zens llfe for which he was willing 10 lose ratner
than anxious to gam filthy lncre. we must II we
strangle into obscurlty the entire race OF oal.
ers VINO look To pohucs as their sole and constant
means OF gaining livelihood NO reform shof' Vi
'YOu are down upon the politicians"
upon professional politicians, yes. Whom 90
hail. twothrds, tnree-rourtns OF rEe men IN Office
represent2 Certainly not the men who nave made
this city rich and prosperous Merchants and clerks
and The workers IN factories, all respectable ana
decent men, would deem II q disgrace To attend q
primary. There may be a few exceptions but they
consist Of lew ambitious men, VINO are eager to
exchange legitimate industry for the excitements
and prizes Of local politics. The consequence Is that
only thieves and rascals but thieves and rascais OF
an lgnoole type. They are not brilliant gentlemen,
snm s,e use sans or nossessn1 me
houses ana furniture and pictures and beautiful
yachts appeal TOO strongly to the aesthetic SIDE Oh
their nature. No. they mostly ignorant Wretches,
whose only virtue IS audacity, and who amass
wealth not because they knOw well how to use
1t, but simply because dishonesty IL constituent
element OF their blOOd.o
"Wel, what would you have us do about lt2'
al would SO reduce the emOluments OF Otfice as TO
make them no longer prizes 10 be coveted for their
material blessings, put for the honor implied IN
100000 year9 That Is at least ten times too much.
All these nigh salaries. instead Of preventing, stlmu-
late corruption"
"But TO come down to particulars, what DO you
think Will be the upshot Of TINS present Storm"
"We shall see. l hope the agitation Will grow
from more to more uni we nave government Of
the city of New York that snail fairly represent its
enterprise, IT'S intellectual Advancement its gener-
manity to the poor and unfortunate. Why,
with all the fuss we hear talked about the
parks, nobody seems to remember that our
only pubic Tree libraries the gifts OF private ctl
Zens, ana that we have not single public art gall
ery, ana scarcely awning IN the way OIL museums.
Professor DOremus last winter Justly upbralded the
authorities with the fact that there Is not single
public observatory IN the city where the students at
our colleges can gam IA knowledge OF practical as
trOnomy. We might have had all these things at
the price OF one.tenth OF what one single member Of
the ting is reputed to have stolen"
And so on and Un and on poured forth flood OF
general renecrOns; but facts all the time are pretty
carefully avOied, or, II discussed are discussed
with wlldness that scarcely deserves repeating.
There can be no d0uDl that the public NINA is
stirred to IT'S very depths, and tnat IG demands
sweeping ana thorough reform. Every day this
sprlt gains In strength and significance and 1t con-
stantly grows into greater promise OF being crowned
with lasting fruits