New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-05

"A the emergency may require. perhsps we shaii
We all make the arguments. Do you suppose, II the
Ufcers of this city arc Stealing its funds that the
%smsnand the fraudulent officers from powerf The
aY r. plain il tho will goes With It, and only diff
cult when the will is wanting Inc Goxernor knew S
10Th Of July and he will be made to see what he can
do now i'm time of great peril to the city. But that
is A small part of what we need to DO
WE MUST LOOK TO THE LEGISLATURE FOR RELIEF.
We must look to the Legislature. There lies the
radical and permanent relief, and to that dlrecI
your chiefest attention. Their power IS ample be
not diverted by doctriuaires and mctaphysiclans
who demonstrated that State could not be coerced'
that the rebellion could not be put down. and that
slavery was eternal; we have done with that kind
of nonsense. In the Legislature there Ii every
necessary power to correct the evil Let each party
vie with the other in selecting homes, men ior a,t
Legislature who will go against corruption. he next
Legislature will be against corruption. Inc time
has come dishonest rulers, betrayers OF the trust
Of treasury which YOU should have defended with
your lives; will yOu show those accounts we
shall get at them "The wicked shall not always
rule" The time has come you may pc sure fn I tc
wears 1t will vote upon the next United states
Senator. 1t will not be Senate OF corruption. put
few voters tasS f Seas y she slaves Of corrupt
masters Remember that we elect by districts; ana
not by general ticket, and If they count up nun,
0re0 thousand OF WIN
good. Corruption is doomed. BY the next Legisla-
ture it will be destroyed.
The idea has been thrown ont and circulated In
other States that these great frauds have been per-
petuated for the purpose of raising PRESIDENTIAL
fund for Democratic use. No truth in this whatever.
The Democratic party will dollar of this
money-it has already been divided, and those who
have care no for the future of the Democratic
party than they do for the labOring voters whom
they plumber and deceive.
Let all or every party in favor OF good government
ion to secure an honest Legislature, and then we
begin the reform in earnest. But some very
the Governor won't act; suppose you don't
secure the Legislature; suppose the corrup-
tionists buy up enough of the members
to destroy the anticipated good then what
are YOU going to dOp Well, that is fair
enough question only it is little premature.
would rather wait until the Governor acts or re-
fuses to act; until the Legislature is lost or cor
rupted. But you will agree with me that these
frauds upOn the people fearful evil and that
they ought to be redressed have pointed ont 10
you the peaceful ways to right these wrongs But II
these ways will not do, and IT, emb9ldened by sue
cess vet new men come into the field OF fraud to
plumber YOU still more they surely will, then
need not tell the other way You Will hear IL III the
wells of an infatuated mob in the fire and rapne and
| slaughter in the noise of musketry and OF cannon
Order will be restored but some despot will put ms
iron heel upon people too sordid, too corrupt too
| craven for liberty
At the conclusion of Judge Pierreponts speech
John Foley read the names of the following Execu'
| tive Committee, who are to consider some plan OF
action in reference to netting out justice to the plum
! derers of the municipal treasury: