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New Yokk. Dec. 22. - A eommission appolnted by Goveruor Hill under a Legislativo act to revise and codify the excise laws of this State is now at worlt in this c ty. Among 'e comni ssioners are Kev. Hjward Crosby, an old ISew Yorker uamed Smart, and Gallus Thomann, editor of the Jtreeder't Jour. nal. The Sunday-saloon questiou was under discussion on Thursday when Commissioner Sm rt turncd to his colleague, Thomann, and said: "'Dj you think that people who come to this country should ask those who are in this country to change their opinions?" Mr. Thora. ma grew red and said: "Let me teil you that 1 huve ex ictly the same right to utter my wishes as you or anybody else who happens to be bom in this country. The American character, as a type, is ahsolutely not ing. T i us you owe all. Who was it who flrst rai3ed his voice against slavery but a Germán? Who brings the musicthat huth charms to sooth tha suvaire's breast to this country? What righta has Mr. Smart bocause ho bappeneJ to be bom here? What has he done?" Dr. Crosby then qu'ckly spokc, and, referrin f to the great year Jfl!i, when his ancestors came to Americ , said: "My blood boils when I hear the talk of these abominable f oreigners as soon as t hey sut f o t in this country. There are 100,003 of these fresh arrivals here who daré to rudelí and roughly threaten us, tho Amsrican poople, who want to teil us what to do. The remaining 200,000 Germans hors are respectable citizens. We want no Mosts and Schwabs nero."