Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-04-13
Yours, etc.
ALBANY, April III.
Mr.. ROOsepeii-T

Yours, etc.
ALBANY, April III.
LOcOf ocOs IN The Issembiy-Mr. R0oseUeit-Ih
Cmrency-IMr Bradish, &c.
The locoiocos in the Assembly are going on from
bad to worse. day by day. more iactious, reek-
less, disordery unprinci pied set Of men never
saw. They are just as bad as the devil Can make
them The nauspicious signs of the times seem to
have driven them to perfect desperation. They have
lost what little selircspect they brought TO the Lee
gislature, and are regardless alike OF decency
propriety, and the public interest. l speak, Of
course, OF the leaders-thosc who give tone and
character to the party but the rank and file almost
unanimously follow the bidding of the leaders with
abject servility, indicative of their fitness TO be
the tools of INSCRIPTIONS demagogues. More than
One-ourth of the time, therefore, has been Consumed
IN idle, useless debate, preliminary and paltry
questions, for no other purpose than TO embarrass
the majority, an" retard the action of the Legisla
tare on :..le important business before it. Mr.
Roosevelt, the great smy sagogue of frivoliy and
nonsense" has occupied at least month in irrele
| want and disgraceful trifing. Hardly question
comes up that he does not talk hour after hour
and often day after day, without throwing the least
ray of light the subject or saying word that is
worth listening to.
1t is unpleasant to me to speak in such terms of
men who might be useful members of the Legisla-
ture. But truth and the interests of the people de-
mand it. The honest and industrious classes of the
community, whs send these men here to attend TO
their concerns, have a right to know the manner in
which their money is squandered, and their Interests
WantOnfy ncylecteu " are Dounu tO nolu these
men, who so shamelessly disregard their duty, to
rigid accountability The mechanic and the farmer
care little which party has the ascendancy, so that
the public interests are carefully and economically
attended to but if they be appraised of the
duct of the Van Buren, minority in the Assembly,
they will be cautious how they again coniide the
power to their hands.
/ do not unde rtake to say that the Wings would
not behave just increditaby if they were in the
minority but do say, and without fear of contra
dction, that the Wings have thus far, during the
session, exhibited reasonable show OF patriotic de-
voton to the interests of the State at large, and an
anxious desire to dispatch the public business.
Mr.. Roosevelt and his coadjutors have spent the
whole 81 today effort to prevent the passage OF
an amendment to the Registry Law This amend
ment is intended to prevent electors from voting
twice at the same election. i explained its pro-
visions in my letter Of Tuesday The bill was IL
nally carried through, and will become a law before
this reaches you.
The Senate have had the subject of the currency
| under discussion all day. The Assembly Bill, re-
quirng the banks to take each others notes, is To
be rejected by the Senate. A committee OF con-
ference will then be appointed, and variety of pro-
positions will be considered by that committee
Mr.. Tallmadge's bill, entitled An act TO equal
ize the bills of incorporated banks and the clrcu
lating notes OF banking associations, copy Oh
which l send you, will be submitted to the
Committee, but it is impossible to say what the re-
suit will be. The better opinion seems now to be,
that the half per cent. redemption IN your city VIII
eventually prevail But / think il very doubtful;
| Mr.. ID. = Dickinson, came out today IKE candid
| and fearless man, and avowed his convictoh ,la'
all legislation on the currency was iuie lie toVh
the ground that the action of the legislature ought
to be directed to the banks themselves, and not 10
the notes after they were put in circuiation Inc
impression is daily becoming more prevalent, that
tinkering the currency is poor business, from
which no substantial benefits can arise; and ii mem
bers ofthe legislature had frmness enough to resist
the constant pressure Of the people upon them ana
explain the reason why the measures they ask WIZ
not afford the expected relief, the people would
soon be satisfied.
Lieut.. Governor Bradish has gone down to your
city, and you will, probably, see him gallivanting
his young wife about. Ifhe falls in with my friend
Mr.. Tompkins, hope he will start him on quick
pace, with his face towards Albany. Mr.. Tallmadgc
is President of the Senate in the absence oil Mr.
Bradish; and j am fearful that Mr' .erp,ank' IN
consequence, will be overburdened with duties oil
all kinds. Mr.. V. is capital secretary IN most re-
spects; but he is perfectly willing that Mr.. Tall
madge should do as much OF the business as ne
pleases. The labors of Mr.. i. this winter have
been more than double those Of any other Senator,
taking indoor and outdoor business together All
the office seekers from the city go at once, and ne
can no more get rid OF them than You or can SNAKE
off original sin. Mr.. Nerplank, although very
amiablc man, is not easily approached ny thesc
loacrs In fact, none but fellow oil tue imPuoence
Of Peter Townsend or Stone, thinks oil coming near
him. lie keeps them all at arms length, lodges
them in the street shuts the door of his room and
pulls in the string. This Is the most convenient
mode Of going through the matter; but IL renders
the labors of Mr.. Tallmadge doubly onerous' Ana an,
when, to the loss Of the powerful assistance OF Mr.
TomIkins, is supcraddcd the absence OF the Pre-
sident, il may well be imagined that Mr. Talimadse
is ovcrtasked. 49,
The weather is becoming mild and spring like, and
the members ofthe Legislature are begipang to think
Of home. IL is understood, however, that inc adj
iournment will not take place until the lOh OF May
Peter Townsend has gone home again. He cannot
procure such reorganization of the Seaman's Re-
treat, as TO give him the retreat that he desires
IL is intended to overhaul and renovse the invita-
ton, but not with special reference to the selfish
pleas of Peter.
wish YOU would mention to Col Stone that we
are making some little movements about the Holland
mission. When your charter election Us over, l
think it will be attended to. Stone Is not TO- have IT.
That is decided upon. We have not exactly seter-
mined who is TO be the lucky recipient. ! think
I shall persuade the Governor to do something tor
Stone. His Excellcncy says the dinner was SUN
cient compensation fer Stones disappointment, but
IL we can find an empty honor Of any sort to be dis
posed If, where the old humbug could not expose
himself or disgrace the Administration, IL may per-
haps be advisable to give him sup. At any rate,
the suggestion is worthy OF consideration.
Court Of Common Pleas.
Present their Houors Judge Ulshceiler, Ingraham,