The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-07
The REPUBLICAN RUMpUS.
Meeting Of the Republican General Com.
mittee-The Republican Central
Committee Denounced.

The Republican General Committee OF the city
and county Of New YORK held Its regular monthly
meeting last evening In the hall at the corner OF
Fifth avenue and Twenty second street. The Presi-
dent, Horace Greeley occupied the chair
1t being known that many important questions
would come up before the committee, and not know
ing what might be said In the heat OF debate, the
representatives Of the press excluded, and dur
ing the entire session were kept wain ny outside In
the hallway
After the meeting was called to order the commu-
nication from the state Central Committee to Mr..
Greeley, previously published, was read. desul-
tory debate occurred, ana the following resolutions
ss 70 up Ps ama
es and the Assembly
herewith to organize another General Com
Whereas the Charges and petitions on WIFI their action
destitute Of foundaon in fact and an arrsn and
This General Committee within the admission Of
sanaason Of the city Of New YORK; essbshed By
York in State conventions asssmbsd and It's constituent
district s are BY tho
the same paramount authority within their respective As
Resolved, That ,he determination Of the State Committee
os s anS e city
power an act unprecedented IN It's nature without u
publican party ana altogether an act of usurpaon unmit
gated Sy either policy or necessity com,.. and
assembly district associations whose delegates
s SsS
or to cooperate. in the samc but maintaining, in
fsS ' Of the
fairy and s Sopesy to the duties Of our oce
read from ne State
Sinclair Tousey is chairman with power.
The resolutions were debated, when substitute
offered by Horace Greeley 10 the effect That the
State Central Committee had right to reorganize
the party unless authorized so to do 10y a
vote OF the State Conventions; but that, having
the success OF the republican cause at heart, they
would submit to the reorganization proposed by the
State Committee and direct their chairman TO CO.
operate with William Orion in effecting it.
The amendment being voted upon was lost, by
The original resolution was then adopted unani-
the following was then introduced by General
Cochrane, and was on motion referred to the Exec
utlve Committee
senate Of Charles Sumner OF Massachuse from Senate.
d., on; on III. se n
18th day Of May; l.6s The curtain rises upon Senate
:. March as. the senate
The senate house and the the you who
the deed ~ :s d. 6ew fails the Sew Of slavery
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Ss;ss: Of S c.fi$Sssa Sea. make. l. .ees..'sisss
Tansp.n.ing American ciyihatlon in semi.oar-
ssssu. and sne%iss largely eI
which woad BE- rsasTea sy en-
fortiGcatons river improvements time
when the land under weight OF taxes imposed
principal and ntcrest of national debt of
three hundred millions Of dollars, should to hest
while the questionable methods and which
the subject 10 slated have been approached involves
the question Of annexation with others OF less favorable
pect that opinion that Congress
postpone the project indefinitely.
Resolved, That extend might the Of freedom
and trooica fields think
the just protection at home than
pansion abroad
Resolved, That of the provisions OF the bin In
Produced by Hon. Reuben f. Fenton into the United
States Senate tor reforming the abuses into which
the Customs Revenue laws have fallen, that the
people now burdened with heavy taxation have
q right expect that the strlcest economy
In the expenditure of the public shall be observed
by all administrations alike an economy which, II H. cenr,
compOrt with the system under which Collector
of and surveyor OF the Port of New York has
each upon occasion, $4,000 year
for which one-teuth part of the would have
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