Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1839-05-17
From the Albany Journal: ,o,e
THE LEGISLATURE LAbOhS
ANN REST1T,TS.

The Legislature was m sef''1" -. uuy.
Three hundred and ninety Laws were
enacted. A large number OF o',is' "os. "
which were of an important public nature,
pssssed bv The House, but were suaoe'eo
10 ths Senate.
The session has been an eventfui one.
The House Of Assembly represented the
!, sem, iments and were devoted to The inter
ests Of q large majority of the People. The
FSenate reflected he views of minority OF
the People. and were devoted to the inter
ests of Mr. Van Buren,. This branch of the
Government maintained an antagonist po-
sjtjon in reference to the Executive and
Representative Departments. All thai
there 10 of benign legislation, therefore, has
been extorted from a hoeiile Senate
Something has been effected for The com.
mon welfare: but much that was done for
tho People by the Assembly, was either
,eiected or smothered in the Senate.
One Of the first acts of the Assembly was
the passage Of a bill restoring to the Banks
the right TO issue SMALL Bulls. The
Senate, after blind, iniatua ed resist ance
Of the popular will for two years. was
forced 10 yield its concurrence, and the bill
n4C0mE
cost The People hundreds Of thousands Of
dollars.
The enormous compensation received by
the Clerks of the Supreme Court and the
Registers in ChaHcery, has been curlalled.
For this, the Wings have ubored len years;
but while The Regency were strong they
would not allow US to dIiHlnish their 'spn's.
The law passed Is not whnt was demanded.
but will. it is believed, save nj leas' $50 DOC
annually TO suffers IN The higher Courts.
Something has been done for the cause
OF EDUcATIoN. The law passed in re'a.
ton to Common Schools. viii muse life
and viger into the System. The course OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, under the en'igb'en
ed auspices of an interchangeable Secretary OF
Slate, wall be ONWARD.
Something, too, has been done TO guard
and protect The Freedom and Purity Of the
Elective Franchise. In this we reio,ce
most unfeignedly. The abuses, frauds and
corrup,ions pracllsed al the f eclions were
threatening to destroy this only safeguard
for Republcan'sm. All is lost when the
BALLOT ceases to reflect the public senti.
ment. And this crisis, so faal to Freedom
was rapidly approaching--especally in our
large cities. The Wing party, ever anx.
ious to preserve the Purity Of our Eec
,ion', has fo' some years urged The passage
ofa Registry Law. The Al bany Regency.
while they were profiing by fraudulent
end corrupt practices, refused to do any
thing. But The evil has grown so rapidly
that even they are appalled,. The conse.
quence 10 that we have obtained law
which will commence the work Of Reform.
Its defects will be corrected by future
Legislation and we may now look forward
with grateful confidence for such whole.
some and sau'a'y guards as will EFFEC
TUALLY PRESERVE THE PURITY
OF OUR ELECTIONS.
The grea, cause of Internal Improve.
ment STANDS STILL! Ever hostile TO this
System. the Albany Argus took ground a,
the commencement of The Session. against
the policy urged by the Governor IN his
Message. The panic efforts Of the State
Printer, who croaked necessarily about .