The New York herald., 1871-09-05

,raao IN pnonc omosrs prevens redress the
we appeal psHs o ns mex, L. Of tn.
state to repeal the charter and laws BY which the present
and and to give e the city Of New YORK form Of
sssa 1s'sss" bones. and s%ssas
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rect united effort by the citizens Of New YORK. without ref
ment TO contribute such unas as may be to
the powers entrusted 10 them and also to LII vacancies and
Speech o! Mr. saIemon.
Mr.. SALOMON, coming forward said:- t
Mr.: PRESIDENT AND FELLOW CTizENs-FOr the
past pas iew years the opponents Of universal suffrage
OF pointing TO the city OF New York as an example
ior their assertion that republican institutions
lated countries, while the conscIentious ad-
through the people and for the peopleN could only
plead IN reply tnat an exception did not prove the
to every impartial observer that misgovernment
and corruption dd exist mere to an alarming extent.
h a tne as the csy
were in the hands Of q few shrewd, unscrupulous
and bad men, banded ana held togeIner for o COM
mon purpose-that OF public pIunderH Has not COR
ruption SO tainted public AFFAIRS in tins city that
every connection with them has thrown suspicion
proportion OF the better element of Its cItixex 4
have In consequence abstained from all sucn Goa
are now in the mouths OF every one grow INN onses
rich within few years In the public service,
snS have we not been well ssAed
President the people OF New York CITY and else.
more. long since but they lacked the ssccIfc evi.
dence OF the specific fraud-the lanes and fgures-
70 bring home to & them the cle,Lr conception of the
their property the public dAnger and the necessity
Of some action to ascertan the whole truth and Of
city were ali go ausy w.t saeir own private affairs,
and had contracted sacA pleasant habits of indo.
like s n s
indolent ricA yophR master who knows very well
taat his cunnng servant is constantly stealing and
phfering fr0m aim, but who settles down In the
comfortable o0nvicraon that ell servants will steal
and that It isa great deal better for his ease not tC
avoid the ,rOuSe Of useless Change. @ until M ' one
| dne tn0rnng watcbsul friend, who has often
tss % suoec n gsnerai w n @.y ~ staraes uRHn R%
Win the evidence That his Gear servant II
and his q s nm q
the good pe0De OF 'shs city recently startled out O
theT comfortable apathy BY lase reveiations. There
from the official accounts which mad fer years beeI
carefully Hnd Illegally wlthheld from public inspec
| the men who for the paat few years nave been ant
should have been its guardians, thir city and count
ana MS taxpayers had been most shamefully de
quently the city indebtedness had been mos
enormously Increased. The specific evidence 3
@ accounts thus made particular
| rooms Every item bears upcc the face Of 1t sue
e. a. enormsns overcharge as TO se utterly incompat
sons Or srms-iassrsoli Co.; co., dsrvsv. sI' Key es'
and 1870 for furniture, carpenter wsrk, car
pets, repairs, piasterIng. painting and plumbing
You have all seen the items and the comments O
| the press upon them and every intelligent man,
believe, is satisfied that fourth or one NTH par
OF that money would fully It's real and honest
cost. Then, again, we know, BY the confession
ueV0ODment9- ms Of
city7nas since the 1st day Of January, lS7O beer
increased InSr; ,sa over sixty millions q aol.ars Fo
sume that the fraud and corruption hos not beer
FORTY OR FIFTY MilL,oNs
and taxpayerA. Pu0lc conscience was sbocked, az
II well might be, Dy these Developments and an
long Withheld was demanded by an Indignant nj
people. Day after day, by name, these public
officers were directly charged with yarticipa-
severe sccasssns FIRST we are todd Ss an 20 ofc1ai
acting from improper motives, ana its accusations
should not therefore be credited, and that all events
payments or these perhaps exorbitanto Sns, be.
cause the ''old Board Of Supervisors" had allowed
anS nad 1sm the
one else IL bringing these frauds to hight
certainly could In no manner decrease the guih of
the perpetrators OF them. And as 10 the scape-
EoaI. tne Old Board OF SuDervlsors,' vas not WD.
M Tweed. the present President OF the Department
or Public Works, the great manager and king OF tno
Ring, the President and the soul OF that "Od Board
OF Supervisors" Is It an excuse for Withholding
veto TO dishonest and corrupt legislative that
single honest veto OF one OF these fraud
uient anu enormously extravagant bills,
message have then drawn pubnc attention
upon these frauds aud discovered and
prevented themP But more; ~ these bills were ex-
pressly approved by the Mayor aad Comptroller by
their signature to tie warrants for them. Suppose
they had withheld their signature on the ground OF
fraud, and mad set mp that answer 10 mandamus
proceeding. Fraud vitiates everything, even the
proceedings OF corrupt auditing board or Officer
Yhe Mayor snd the Comptroller well knew tnat IN
many different ways they could readily ana enec-
lively have protected the public treasury from the
nefarious doings Of this Od BOARD, and their ac.
guiescence In these apparent frauds, together with
the pans which they have raken TO keep them from
the public eye, can only lead to the conclusion that
they have connived at and probably participated in