New-York tribune., 1871-12-29

ships. street-Opcnings, injunctiOns' &C.
the Bar Association Individual disclaimers
to the contrary notwithstanding has collected
additional and incOntrovcrtible evidence on
the same subjects public opinion has strongly
condemned the culpabe officials and it only
needs that the press shall give full and free
expression to The general sentiment IN order
to insure the impeachment or removai OF
three or four judges as soon as the hcglsla-
turc can take up the matter. Surely this Ia
case in which all honorable journalists can lay
aside political bias and professional rivalry.
and work together for the common good.
The wrongs of the Erie stockholders aro
closely connected with the sins OF the Bench
With tho aid of the Supreme Court the FISK
and Gould Ring have pillaged and outraged
the owners of Erie shares, very much as Tweed
Connolly and Hall pilaged the City of New
York. When the Judiciary Ring is broken the
mower of Fisk will be broken too; but the
immense property and spread interests
of the stockholders need to be protected by
special legislation also, and that legislation
can best be hastcnod by the agency of the
press. It is not merely the owners of the Erie
Railroad who are concerned in the removal OF
tIc i lSh ulIcCbOIJ tfCty SO'pOi"''O" ~
United States has an interest in the punish
mcnt of corrupt management in corporate con-
ccrns aud it is of the utmost Importance TO
the public that one of the chief channels vt
American commerce should be free from the
control of rOgues and adventures.
The abuses of the Quarantine and llarbor
officials sprang naturally ont of the abuses
which nourishcl at the City Hall. The cxtor-
tons at Castle Garden were the direct fruit
Of the Tammany system. All these wrongs
have to be set right and though we attacked
them for several months with no help from
our brethren of the press, and very little from
the importers who are most severely inJured
BY them, we have ut last aroused general
excitement which promises important results
The action of the merchants has already IN
surcd the success of our crusade against TINS
form of corruption. and one or two journals
arc sccOnding the movement with zeal whi'h
we cannot too heartily praise. Still the facts
and figures which we have presented have not
been copied with as much freedom as their
importance seemed to require. The mrfriaiitS
will yet the reform they ask for sooner or
later; but they ought to have it at once, ind
they need all the help the newspapers can
give them.
The frauds and exactiOnS of The Custom
House and the General Order business. against
which we have also been lighting. are to be
submitted to the investigating Commlitee
from Washington; but strong pressure ought
to be cxertcd. by the Nrwiorh journals to
prevent that investigation from ending III
smoke, as Investigations by packed commit
tees are very apt tO end.
Now here is il generous proGrlnn" ~ "or"
for the new spapcrs which ar" earnest IN advo-
eating a general public rriornlat"n n" con
sidcrations of jealousy. or party advantage.
ought to deter an honest Journalist from taking
part in such battle because it happens -
have been opened Ivy rival or Il polItica! ad-
ycrs;lry We ask no selfish advantage. aid
claim no special credit because it has been orr
fortune to lead in these campaigns; but we
do urge our brethren of the press to join
more heartily in the struggle for reforms
which are now the most pressing of our public
| duties. The popular sentiment demands
| them. and no paper can afford 10 hold back.
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