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or now holds-I do not believe sucn a ma" ""' 49,
nit the infamy Of signing this bill.
DIR pARKHURsTs LETTER.

IL.
Lowell H. Jerome then read the following letter
from DR.. Parkhurs., which was aprIaudeo:
No. 1888 East Thirty-ffth-st.
-. New-York. April 2S 1870
John f. Milholand Esq. New-York CITY, 70 me to
My Dear Sir regret that the invtas'odh a 70 as to
make my acceptance impossible. l cannot, now NV
forego this opportunity , OF the cause Which
the Cooper Union mass-meeting represents, nnno
honest differences Of opinion may CensoiIdator'
It is consistent neither with intelgence hor
honesty to regard tnan ha Wsn SO conspcu
ousy figured in securing the Consolidation enact
ment The City Vigilance League; Win ar "n Con-
solidaton. but it will wage an undyng warfare tde
against the whole system OF esislatve & spphems
and political manipulation with when the scnen.e
has been manoeuvred and pounded through.
Whether Consolidation is blessing to De ssn ssio IN
a curse to be delivered FROM Is not the quesso,,
just now The possible ADVANTAGE OF such t,1v
OF the two cities does not sweeen tne ny more
than the beauty and intelligence Of child Dorm out
OF .wedock legitimize the chjd 90, o,t With the
dstinc, purpose Of imposing It's own purp mb,tons
Us and making us snbsd l e nsotest and It is
superb opportunity for the Governor 10 PAM b"
hc nr asn sXsem OF legislative
that shall errorlze the flock or unwingee -, 90
S Th h pnpose Of con and to
and Assemblymen that they are sent 70 Aion'' hv v
TO be faithful to the interests and wishes Of the
constituents who elect Them who pay them, ana ana
or %no abuse ans s Of she eH c stswarshp
We have reached a crisis In this mater o, .ns
Of the state and Of the specific localities in It, and
s time Tor the se p snd th ts
is more important matter even than ,nst o,
the union Of and eonS 70 run mt the
lature or the Legislature run the citizens; wnether
Senator's and .Asscmblymen are odr servants OF
And the andaciiy OF the business becomes only I,G,
at sao nS e's m nssi he Of popular mind
in tho direction Of home rule our recent 49, con Ss
Of home rule, and the results Of that convention
the people have ratified at The Polls Du. ts eS Saons
have sent up to Albany TO do the peoples bidding
turn around and say: You shall not have home
before YOU are committed to it, Well We do not
propose to have you know what ail ion
tents and purposes hey tell us that c9 s,;
Is 50 osd wh nms a ssn q under md its
branches; that that tree Is going to be shaken
that the man at ne and bs eb Snd from
HSSm s' on '" Sunday nSh ey get religion tss
ws Now ha !. o. our Burning
And just now IS tho time for the Govsrn9r 70 take
a stand commensurate with the dignity OF his POSI-
ton to teach the blpeda beasts OF prey that for
four months have been facing open-mouthed this
quarter Of the State and entering with prospective
sps the ana ot he for
clear the air; 10 HI legislation to hgher Key. 10
blast small politics ard small politicians with
Gubernatoriai anathema and without bruising the
sentiments either OF Consodationsts or OF Anti
Consoda tionisis. - treat the matter as II was
treated by Mayors Strong and Wurster; to give the
Legislature and the people al large TO understand
that Il VIII be time enough FOR the Governor 70
indorse n Consolidation bill when II has been enact,
cd BY n Legislature that is not Transparency and
confessedly figuring FOR the spells, when the bill
enacted Is one that has been made intellgible to
the minds Of the three and half million people that
II primarily concerns and when the voting element
OF the three and a half million has made II clear
10 isos that bill FOR that purpose. and shaped In
terms such tina, II Is no longer huge conundrum.
the current necessity and expresses the popu-
lar choice Yours very sincerely.
C. II. PARKHURST.
The meeting closed With the announcement
that the resolutions wouli be taken to Albany
Mt once Lowell r. Jerome. one Of the secretaries
OF the meeting will present the resolutions TO the
Governor this morning