The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-17

calling on Mayor Woodruff In advance 70 close urc
Opera House ana prevent the assemSiage Which Which
or the manager and the public. The HERALD. less
judicious after the bloody tragedy blamed the Mayor
for neglecting TO close the house. II it was
proper and the duty OF the municipality In
ls49 to prevent riot even by forbiddng an assem-
1t might surely not be incompetent now to stop an
1n M u ese FIG a.
for the OF people trayerslng them not obstruct
ing them. This matter OF professions is not very
fully understood, but there are some quite pointed
legal decisions sustaining the idea that even two
persons standing for five minutes on the walks are
the language OF the London police they may be or
dered 10 "move on procession interrupting
the ordinary business of is not very clearly
right. A right or trespaSs 1t Is clearly compe-
tent for police authorities restrict when IL threat
ems to produce violence. | most positively believe
that wnen the people consider the consequences
or Wednesdays parade in their sad solemnity
they Will assent to the propriety of my pref
funerals. Popular opinion or sentiment has usually
two stages the first emotional. sympathetic, eGer-
yescent. almost unreasonlng. Time brings what
President Van Buren, 80 happily termed 'the sober
second Thought OF the people, always right" TO
this settled judgment OF the future trust for APP
Office to preserve order In the city, For Tne cOnse.
quences Of the revocation OF the order by superior
authority am not responsible. Already some OF
the organs OF public opinion begin to look at the
other side. The Springfield Republican, a rabld.
pnrltanic paper fully supports my position. The
71bune discusses Ii, the Standard Is talking 1t
and the HERALD Is agtatlng it. The funerals to
come and the inquests people VIII look at the
OF the slaughter to consider whether 1t might
not nave been avoided, and whether the result was
worth the expense.
UORREsPoNDENT-But Mr.. Mayor, was not order
81 public confession that the public authority Is
unable to cope with mob force IN this city,
MAYoR-Certamly. slr, and most truthful confess
sion, TOO. very simple mathematical calculation
will show that without any doubt. If an morgan
lied mob made sufficient resistance to cause such an
efrnsion or blood as that on Wednesday, what
would have been the result OF a collision between
the military and Orangemen and 10000 IL, 900
Hibernians fully supplied with the best arms,
Wen onicered and drilled? OF our city troops
only one regiment Is provided with breech-
loaders the others are good for one fire. and then
they must go through the old clumsy process Of
muzzleloadng. AS Tor the newspaper attacks on
me, have not the slightest objection to them. l
have been press writer myself and ''know how
the thing works." have written for all kinds of
papers, even for the sun. They must have sensa-
tional paragraphs 10 sell their editions. That's all
In the way OF trade. Some or the hardest hits on
me came from myself Those things never hurt me-
wrote originally the title the sun gave me-Von
O'Hall. have been twenty years In continued pub
lie position, and don't lear any attack. Ii any
paper wants hitting paragraph on me will WILL
ingy write 1t for them, aud do 1t better than they
can get anybody else 10 do 1t. OLD MAN.