The New York herald., 1871-11-14

one OF "vigiIance,u 10 inquire into the alleged
wrongs that were being committed IN this county Dy
s@lnatlon Il nS was sAqS's loand that % sie leading
politicians q both parties appeared to be
OF our city affairs ana therefore 1t was decided tnat
tins 'Council OF vigilancen should be composed OF
not be charged with partiaity to either our pledge
70 each otner was, thas we should discard all party
MSc Were % e e al %
our rights as oltlzens to teach those who
servants, not the masters OF the people, and
tnat those who support the government have
tight to know tnat its afrars are properly MANAGED
10 this end we commenced TO organize auxiliary
councils IN the different wards OF the city. Our
movement was hailed with JOY by the people and
resulted In the call for the mass meeting at the
KinK which our party organs-the Eagle ana the
Uason-denounced as farce and fraud.
The writer called at the oflice OF the onion and
saw there young man who stated that his name
was Bowen, aud that ne was the ed tor OF that
Journal Inc objects OF our or yanization were ex
planned to him. and he was invited to publish
sucn paris OF our constitution as would inform the
tho @ was as9 S e 70
ests OF our citizens, irrespective party, and
the protection OF their rights.
day or two afterwards the Union contained the
following artlcle:-
to end We not seen n. v bo
his name 70 the call Among the have
Sage and other we Let these
Dceih tnelr reform ny speaking the truta
TNis paragraph called forth an immediate reply
from the chairman OF the meeting certifying to the
fact that The gentlemen named nad sgned the call,
and the writer OF this article also personally re.
questeu Mi. BOwen 10 give hlm the names OF the
other gentlemen referred to- In order that similar
proofs might be forthcoming. The editor OF tho
issue he would retract the statements ne had
made. SO far rs the writer knows this
mas not yet been done. 1t is suDlnely amusing to
observe the sanity horror with which Mr.. Bowen
views the unfarness OF the late elections now that
they are over while he spurned and ridicued every
effort to prevent rascaity wnile there yet
time. Perhaps the Investigations OF the Committee
OF Fifty, appointed at the Rink, may disclose the
reasons why tho Journals IN this city cling 30
the Eagle in its issue OF the 27th October, speak
ing OF the meeting at the Rink, and Of the Commit
tee Of Fifty appointed at that meeting, SAYS
y 'nas
aec1rssG1y Of the city assa9un;s an official statement,
OefA sSsi ss
We have heard nOR;ag since The Rink meeting
appointed insist that shall be denied all Official recogni
and purposes makes its ia any OF the
departments win sani by tho head Of that department
In summarily showing that committee the door.
All these remarks have reference to the committee
appointed at the large meerlng OF citizens held at
the Rink. Tor the purpose OF examining into the
rumors OF official fraud and corruption were true
or false. We saw long ago that we could not
rely upon the organs Of either political party
were made we found that we could not
ahOpt either ticket as Q whole; hence we
selected for our candidates the best men from
among the nominations or all parties, letting the
distinctive partizans fight out their own battles
beevlng that the result oil the election would con-
The meeting at thc Academy OF Music WIN testify
the wisdom OF our course, for there eau now be no
mistake as to the necessity Tor vigilance III our
public affairs. Respectfully,
BROOKLYN, November Il, 1871.