Year: 1871

urer), handed over to the City the interest re-


ceived by him from the Bank in which he de-


posted the City's funds, instead OF pocketng


the WHOLE as his predecessors had uniformly


done. 1t is fair presumption that thief
| would have followed in the footsteps OF his
| predecessors


a. William M. Tweed is a man of decided
energy and rare executive ability; and, though


he has unquestonably amassed great wealth


wholly within the last few years, he has made


his money mainly by "outside operations"


not out of the City; and finally,


s. Oakley Hall is a very hard worker, of de-


cided ability and thorough familiarity with


our Municipal concerns, who has often ap-


pointed to Office Republicans of conspicuous


ability when he thought the public interest


would be subserved by such appointments.


Such is the gist of The EUangelisfs leader,


based on the representations of Judge Hilton.


1t may be fairly met by the statement that
every word of it may be true, and yet the


gravest charges against our present rulers are


not disproved-in fact are scarcely weakened.


We are confident that The EUangeIisfs new


view of our Municipal affairs-confessedly


partial and incOmpete-cOuld be effectively


met without at all impugning its honesty or
candor. Yet here is The Iimes's response Uer-


bdtim:


"ASornER FIELD IN THE RNG-The Field family are
determined to do all they in return for tho patron
age which they obtain from the Ring. Mr. David Dudley
Field s ndefatgable worker In the vineyard, ana
certainly he does not without his reward Mr. Cyrus
Field potters about in fussy way at the same task.
Another brother. Mr.. Henry Field happens to bo the
editor OF Presbyterian paper called The Epdngefsso
learn from public announcement at the head OF one
Of tho coumns-and. of course The Evangelist is now
brought out do Of the dirty work We hope the
Presbyterans admire the arrangement under which one
Of their papers has been sold out to Tweed and his gang
Mr. Henry Field it appears has had an interview with
Judge Hilton who holds several places Of profit under
the Ring. He finds that Judge Hilton has very
high opinion OF all the members OF tho Ring What else
did Mr. Field expecti VIII Hilton foul its own nest
On the Judges exceedingly impartial testimony. Mr..
Fold asks the Presbyerans to acqut Sweeny and his
friends OF the charges brought against them If Mr.
Henry Field will go to- David Dudley Field and make
few inquiries about evidence he will find that an accused
person acquitted because OF his confederaes
forward TO testify to his good character II he were
20 acquitted, every pckpocket could get of on the
testimony OF his pal Yet this Is precisely
the kind OF Judgment which Mr.. Henry Field
seeks TO snatch man largely Interested in
the rule OF the Ring certies that the members
OF the Ring faithful public servants Therefore, we
at TO pronounce them innocent. IL Mr. Henry
Field alive tho absurdty OF this style OF argument
Why does he explain the doctoring of the Controllers
accounts What defense can be made for the expend-
ture of s1C2 2l IA the City during tho last two
yearsi Is it true not that as Mr. MantOn Marble has
solemny assured the public. sweeny and Tweed have


swndled the City out of large fortunes Can MT fled
dsproye exposure about the Armories which we put
Saturday. Mr. Field should address himself
ac but the Field family fight very shy Of facts. The
who defends rascaty for pay s not worthy OF much
rcspec-but the who defends 1t for pay under tho
garb OF religion ia entitled to still less considerations
and to this imputation Mr Henry Field has exposed him
self. II Mr.. Field meant to give honest account OF
the Ring. he would have studied its doings for himself
and forward with his mouth full of apologies
prepared by Of the Rings tools Il it right Just to
the people for the City authorities to make away with
nearly one hundred aud three millions of dollars in two
years The readers OF The Evangelist ought to require
Of Dr Field plain answer to that question. The lies
put his mouth by Judge Hilton ought not to deceive


child OF ten years old in Presbyterian school,"


Now we do not know nor care whether the
writer Of the foregoing was born in England or
somewhere else, nor by what calling his wife
earned her living while a spinster; it seems
clear TO our mind that The Evangelist had
done nothing to provoke the gross PERSONAL
ties shOwered above upon its Editor. SO nc
thought, and he was moved to write as fol-
lows:


To The Editor Of The Nep York Times.


Cir: In your paper OF this morning, am treated 10
voey of abuse, because have seen fit to express my
opinion that certain departments Of City Government
are honestly admins;ereibasing that opinion on the
statements OF a gentleman who is thoroughly
informed, and whose integrity no one has hereto
fore dared to impeach may be too credulous: had
rather believe good than evil Of my enowmen whether
Judge Hilton Is a likely to impose upon the con-
of her ma
known him in this city these many years. do not
SHRINK from any criticism But when you 90 further,
and affirm that am led to express such an opinion IN
return for patronage obtained from the Rng that th'
stout old Presbyterian paper has been SOFA out 10
Tweed and his gang" that am exposed to tho
imputation OF defending rascauty Tor pay, ana
" defending it for pay under the Rarb OF re-
ligon; You make very gross charges which no man
has right to make .of another without solid and SUD
stantial evidence You say Mr.. Field should address
himself to facts" Very gOodl So should me ImeS'
Now Sir will you have the goodness TO state one shse
fact 10 Justify your assertion IL had SAID THIS OF me
Times might have pointed to the years in which IL was
one Of the Official Journals Of the City, doing all the Cor
nor,ton Advertising and reapng rich harvest from IT,
Rut even then the facts would not justify the inference
Can The Times bought for money! When IL receNeu
IL, thousands from the City Treasury, was IL hreu
tool OF the "Rng," bought up Ito do us drV
u,orLl" For seventeen years that 1 have been
connected with The York Evangelist it has
never received dollar OF the City's money,
nor any official fayors whatever, directly indirectly


The dispensers OF that patronage we do mot even know


by sight The statement is therefore, pure invention


II is one OF those charges made recklessly merely be-
cause il ia thought will take the trouble to con
tradict them But this way Of making sensation IS
generally left to the lower class of journals But The
Times circuates largely among Presbyterans, and Is
Thought TO have somew their sad and sober char
aeter What will they say when they find 1t manufac-
turing such caumnies without the slightest thing to go
uponi II makes such reckless assertions about one
whom they know, how can they believe what 1t says
about others :