New-York tribune., 1873-02-04
~, o,.u .na ona nave efeated al adverse legisla-

while never ne6ftfteu 10 aNoW sno, e"e
petlon Of million Of people was no. 70 ns Us esc,oT Of
sndsry TO any other object BY citizen a ana sS false
noiiey was assaed for adopting Know aslSnt t
n ina many hghminded and indepenuens s With
ae IneTiar Incapable brook any eompro,se ~, st Ma
wrong would have far more disastrous 20
askef in that ELECTION and wort4 n Is 70 the eternal
sS nsmooratic masses this state that ON
sbe issues thus made suceessvely iOr ""0'' ''' '
cave mo An overwhelming support.
pxNocRATIc REroRN VOTE IN rHE CITY
o largely the redemption Of the city was due to the
Demosratic masses is easily shown The vote lor VIZ
t,, the Democratic candidate for secretary OF eae'
was ss1s His majority was 2sise The vote ior e'se''
.he Union Reform candidate for Register was 1855 Ills
uoa,orty was 2sI17 Wnerss vote was nearly 1000 and
As majority moro than 1000 the larger.
=, follows that as6s9 Democrats who voted for wfers.
.lso voted for sge Even that does not show the whole
ps%OSFas sGnS2GpP 10 sps that he
State Convention had not gone further than no,no
cratic vote cast for sgel little short of aga
the AZ 800 he received from all other sources Inc
nv tSS RS0" pnSIenet iISie opiy changed the city
Representation in the legislative bodies sSu.hSd d
sne Ring So far from true is it that the battle s
over" The Times alleges WIEN od Eyen to the
DsSt Sos 0' the eecton dependency pre-
ths local pottcans with confidence In our chances OF
success Many whose sympathes lnteess, HH ns
A. ste pertod the Republicans in the city had little
hope The belief general In zoe CITY and state ana
smopg al parties even down 70 the election that We
should fsf and that the "Ring would hold majority
After the election It was urged py MT ~ nnnnns r
the inyestigatiOns by which the Jndcla EVIDENCE W he
wSr was more important than even preparation of
legislation. In Difference 10 their views gave my Hhe
tye session commenced; and in every interval at my
command for many months afterward When tne lnves'
Ngatons commenced there were no means by when as
closure could be compelled that were not In the hands
Of the accVsed parties except grand jury whose ses
sOns prolonged for several months. vast paSs
of accurate information has been collected and pre-
served. which is the basis Of nearly all judicial proofs
that have been obtained.
THE BATTLE FOR JUDICIAL REFORM.
IL was the opinion Of best men, as it was my own,
that reform in the administration Of justice az IL was
carried on this judicial department OF the supreme
Court was only inrinsicaly the most Important 10
the welfare safety and honor OF our community out was
. measure without which every other reform wonid
prove nueatory and that the opportunity Of efecng
1t at the session could not be allowed to pass unm
proved without leaving for an inden5ate ReF93d 3 sub
Gently up, and 70 tho word-wde dsrepuIe tnTy
had oecasiOned AS citizen anu laWyer-tralne9 aDl1
AND the bar with inexpressible / had often
onestoned with Mr. OCOnor whether those OF us at the
DnSn D D ear2S ought not 70 feel ourselves
under Providential call, on the hrst opportunity 70
future than that which was closing IN upon them-a
future in which personal and honPr
OF Francis Herman who came here to begin career
pettion TO which young man would be exposed In the
heal of an exemporane0us Speech at the Cooper Inst
fnte had become committed to this cause. 1t seemed
TO me paramount duty to press movement for that
object with oil the concentration ana persistence Ie4ul
site TO success; and there moment by day
on night during all the session, when anything winch
X was possible TO do could be safely omitted Ihere
qoent cries in which the had to be rescued It
ssE came to hs t k0S%dss nd OF Mr. Was
be raised for the purpose OF m @ e
Even after the Impeachment adopted by the Assem-
bly, general despair felt at the choice OF man
neasire Initiated by myself II was arrangement by
which the selection of counsel was to be satisfactory 70
Attention to the Completion Of this object; to the
duct OF the suits when had been commenced; to the
gathering Of the fruits of the Investigations, and 70
other accessory work necessary to finish the orlgnal
undertakings occupied most OF the summer On t tne
objects with as neessant and earnest en9r a. nv ever
ieseiona business during that period the nearly absO
lute withdrawal Of attention from my private affairs,
cost me loss of actual income which, with the eIpendi
tures and contributions the contest has required would
surrender OF two summers after had shaped all
gagements take my first vacation in many years. was
THE REACTION coMPEEsATEs FOR ALL.
do not speak OF these things to regret them. In my
opinion no fundamentally in human society is so po-
tentia influence the wellbeing Of mankind as
the governmental machinery which administers justice
and makes and executes laws No benefacton Of pri'
vae benevoence could be fruitful benefits as the
rescue of this machinery the perveron which had
made means Of conspiracy fraud and crime, against
the rights and the most sacred interests Of great
community. The cancer Wnich reaehed o mead mead
fts virus from the corrupted blood which pervades
whole country Everywhere there are violated pub
lie private trusts The carpetbag governments are
the body polite even more yr9ent tnsn ne
here because an oense which is directly before ones
eyes doubly an ofense and because 1t was within our
United States work Of great difficulty taking time,
large hope OF the future and ongeoninued enOrs To-
III The world cannot be changed, ~ Is
something to make ones own home inter 10 live IN
A reaction must begin somewhere. l have not lost
hope that free government upon this continent may yet
be saved remember that nations nave exPenehceu
great changes for the better in manners and In morals
In own horizon. Last MONTH when a gigantic con-
Lroyersy of the stock market reached the courts none
OF the Journals inquired, Which side owns the Judgef
Al any time within the last three years that would have
been the only theme. The money articles have ceased
70 their readers adDrng discussions OF the
relative dexterity with which Of colossal capitals
Arst citizens Of the neutrality-suspicious. OF
feats which moral aspect about like cheating at
cards Since the swell OF the paper money anatns IN
novelty at our breakfasts. Even on the cheek OF q
member Of Congress begins to rise delicate hue OF
snteSsst 10 T public question on which he has voted
Amid the biaskDess q successful wrong which over
sTS o o s pGSc coneSs SS E growth
shall be as steady, as rapid, and as persistent,
Where throughout the country will revolutions Of
measures and OF men. II the work 10 which have
shall stand viii compete for its honors for
fasehood or calumny concerning the part have borne
troposof the Republican citizens OF culture and prop
erty whose interests are deeply involved In good Mu
stand sDsf @sgrs o e n aneT STh cy Of b
Charter OF 1870 theirs will be responsibility which will
grow through all the future. Recounting the wrongs of
the past and their fruits will again hft against Il my
pnavailiDg protest. 8. J. THDEN
Neto- York. Jan. a, 1873.