New-York tribune., 1841-06-01


70 ,ary control the and dire: he mode insuc
non where distinctions Of local, ec,aran political char
accr arr. lost in .ninging children OF
single ae.hborlood there alonc the plastic aand OF tc
school master operates with equal and efficient power and
there his Influence resisiles AID MS Impressions III
eT9ceabe
iaa;ry :or fellow citizens. INC provisions OF
yonr early Legislators "a well the moro recent and idic-
appropriation Of the surplus Of the national
government haze provided ample o5 extending the
blessings OF education the whole rising generation None
poor among population De excluded from
school house. The constant struggle the pa
trio and phantnropis, H. privileges be
useful a. they are common highly improved they are
freely offered.
Il we have contributed, through the biz referred 70.
the advancement bereicenr and tray republican
icc;s, shall rejoice with you seeing schools
become OF ireeme md than the
and protection Of the State The shows
the alarming fact that there the State. ortytfree
thousand eight hundred and seveny-onc white adult persons
VINO neither read write a7d the Of the
Legislature mas been engaged by the tina, the
cities the vtcss existing fail brsg within the
OF the schools large proportion 81 the children for
whom they established Education IS the boo. and
birtl-right OF every child in State, and right
fully wisely be deprived of We cherish The hope hat,
enlightened public opinion viii appreciate the
y and hannonze concerning the plan. for c,nsvng all the
obstacles which limit ;he usefulness OF ystea IN
part OF TIE State.
IN appropriation Of three millions OF dollars has been
made 20: carrying existing the several canals
progress. You Reed be told c!ow-ctizens who
the authors OF these works; will you be surprised
that their paternity has been denied and their progress al
tempted be arrested The repeated efforts deception
and alarm this subject made by political opponents
viii Justify brief recurrence facts.
The Wing Administration has authorized the
con, by the State of any work of internal improvement
canal railroad The Erie Canal enlargement and Black
River and Gencsee Valley Canals adopted 1885 and
1896 by the party which then had overwhelming majority
in both branches OF the Legislature and full control Of all
the departments the government. The Canal Cemmls-
soners of their appointment; the Surveys and eXami
nations made by engineers OF their selection, and
their estimates deliberately made and fully endorsed by
the then Administration these several works entered
upon by the Legislature. The Wing Flyty coming into
power, found these works in progress with these estimates
alone before them Nay, they found contracts ac-
ally made by the former Canal Commissioners, 20 the extent
millions of dollars, and the faith and credit OF
the State legally bound for their flmen'. Upon the Erie
Canal enlargement; for work has been made,
by the present Canal Commissioners, except in abso
!utey requiring render completed portions OF the work
available preserve the whole repair On the Gene
Valley Canal alone have contracts been entered into tor
ether purposes but here by change IN the plan OF the
work and abandonment Of the costly plan OF the
former Commissioner reduction III expense has been Sc
cured of than half million 81 delars. These are the
of present State Indebtedness and such the cir
cunsanccs under which the Wings charged with Cre0-
ting forty million debt when their sole action has
sisted in preserving the honor OF the State by carrying INTO
effect made BY their predecessors lad not the
estimates, which those great works were undertaken
been deceptive and had been possible L. hnisn the
Erie Canal enlargement for twelve millions OF dollars and
TO the other canals for aggregate not e
cccding three Millions the people assured wren the
works commenced, the present appropriation wo7d
have finished their constructions and might have been our
grateful duty extend the public muEfcence 10 other an
long neglected portions of the State But the federal est
have sweed practical trial, from fifteen 70
thirty noas of dollars. No wonder ;ha; party exposed
in such gross bunders frauds Should wish to escape from
S1rli as
continued effort since they were deprived OF the re$
OF power, by an indignant people.
Not the least remarkable OF these efforts the report OF
he minority OF the Committee of Ways and Msats III the
present House OF Assembly The author representative
from the county of Iqrkmer, having, former Canal
Commissioners aided in running the Sta:e upon Scy!a seems
now 10 have determined boldly whelm her IN Charybd
The report proposes arrest tn: work on all tie canals 10
pay of cxGg liabilities and settle damages on suspended
contiacts to withhold all further issue OF stock to ;e New
Yor, aad Erie Rar<ad Company, and to impose street
tax on the State, OF half million OF dollars per annNn'
The report presents gloomy and distorted p!ct'e OF te
financial condition of the State and concludes with aclui
catalogue Of works projects and Jobs out OF whch i
represented that the Wings degR create debt OF seventy
five millions OF doar,-bcing addition, suPpl'ed 10y le
inventive genius OF the author OF over thirty m'''o 10 t
Original forty million pa,c-caPita OF h's party ms :
bcf inventory of the political stock IN trade OF oco-r
; :; i94I Such is Ike effort of those WHO planned and
authorized the public works embaTaSs those who nave
been charged BY the people with the duty executing them
lie, Us see opponents have raised smoke enSush Il
coycr their
The act for doubling the locks the Ere canal wa
passed in 1884 that for the enlargement in 1899 The one
was b, an entering wedge for the Other and both were EN-
phaticay me of the administration Announced
Inv the Governor in his annual message the plan was recon-
cn in the resort of the Comptroller, gowingly set orti
by the Canal Commissioners backed up by their obeien
engineers and finally adopted by confidential committee
the Assembly and passed by parsa' LEGISLATURE. NJ
o e,forluc in th, bold undertaking. AZ period when
by their own showing the general fund exhausted whe
the original canal deb, unextinsued when other 'r
on of the STATE were strongly pressing claims Tor aid
above all yher for eight successive years the nanc" ON
GERS Of the State hal urged the imposition OF dec; tax
the only means OF dcayng The expenses OF the Gov
srnmcnt-hc fat of the administration went forth and ~
enlargement undertaken Adopting the sentiments AM
eala;gug on the suggestions made by the Governor IN t"
cc-csyc messages the Canal Commissioners IN specIa