The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-01-29

Correspondence Of the Herald

mild and genial state Of the atmosphere, we may
again imagine ourselves transported into the month
OF May. The ladies' have made their appearance in
great Numbers, and their attendance in the Legs!a
tive halls has been very large. They have been re
paid too for although there has been but little bust
ness done, there has been great deal of talk, and
the debates Of to-day in both houses-the Assembly
in particular-have been characterised with more pi
quancy and vivaciy than any that have occurred az
yet.
In the Assembly, great many petitions were pre-
scented and referred; alter which Mr.. Hoffman call.
ed for the consideration OF the resolutions offered by
him yesterday, calling upon the State officers for
liquidation report. After some slight amendments,
they were adopted, and sent to the Senate 70. con-
| cunence.
Mr.. TAMpLrN then offered a resolution TO the ef-
feet that Monday the 9TH day Of February, if the
Senate concur both houses shall go into joint ballot
for the purpose of electing Secretary Of State in
place Of John C. Spencer, resigned "A Comptroller
in place of John A. Collier, who is hereby removed;
an Attorney General in place of Willis Hall, whose
term of office will expire Treasurer in place Of
Jacob Haight, whose term Of office will expire a
Commissary General in place Of Adoniram Chand-
Ter, who is hereby removed and Surveyor Gene
|
moved. Also, ON the next legislative day thereafter,
both houses shall select Canal Commissioners, in
place OF the six present incumbens, who are hereby
removed. The resolutions being joint, under the
| rule lie over one day. The report Of the Bank
Commissioners was received
Mr.. O'SULLvAN reported in favor of the bill re-
pealing the New York Criminal Court bill, which,
| together with the report, was ordered printed.
E.,lG
Printing, reported bill for the appointment Of a
State Printer and the regulation of the public print
ing. Whether the bill will pass, or if it did SO,
could 90 into operation, am not prepared to say !;
but more just and essentially democratic DISPOSE
| ton Of twas never proposed. The prominent fea-
lures Of the bill follows 1T proposes that the
State Printer shall be chosen in the same manner as
is the Secretary Of State, and any vacancy shall be
filled in the same manner. That the printing Of all
legislative documents, &c. shall be given to the
State Printer, or any other person or persons who
shall contract to do it, giving proper security, at
prices at least ten per cent more favorable to the
State than are paid at present That the contracts
shall not be for longer period than year, and
shallrun out on the 3Oh of September ia each year.
The law to take effect Immediately, and all others
conflicting with its provisions are repealed. The
II
be made is the - day Of -, 1872. All legal
advertisements in the present State paper to be pub
llshed until the time they are required 10 be connu
| ed by law shall have expired, and to be valid All
blanks to be printed for the Of the Canal Com.
missoners to be given out to the lowest bidder The
bill was referred 10 the committee of the whole.
The committee of the whole took up the bill for
the incorporation of the village Of Chtienango Ma
olson county, and most SPIRITED debate ensued,
which continued until the close of the sitting. In
resuming the discussion, Mr.. LOTT, of Kings county,
said that there was something more than merely the
Incorporation OF village involved in this discussion
there was great principle, whether property
should be the test OF merit He was opposed to
granting exclusive privileges to this particular vii.
iage, and i: would be if the amendment, striking
out the words subject tsaxation, in the enumeration
Of qualifications requisite for voters at village
ings, was not adopted; as upon examination he had
found that almost overy charter granted to villages
was without this odous qual lfcatiOn. Gentlemen
objected, the ground that II unjust to allow
an ind vidual to vote away the money of another
one. This amendment would leave the qualifica-
tons the same as at town meetings, where every
voter took part, whether 1t was proposed to lay
Mr.. SMITH, Of Genesee, said il was a principle
which he hoped would never gain ground in this
State, to allow the interference Of a man who had
not the slightest interest IN the matter In the dspo
sal of his neighbours property. He looked upon it
as mere bucaHeerIng He held that only those
should participate in the imposition of taxes who
were obliged to pay them. This bill proposed no.
thing mOret QlO not interfere In tne slightest win
the elective franchise
Nh McMuRRAY contended that such principles
were worthy only Of the Hamtonian age. Who
paid the taxes only those whose names are on the
assessors re! No, slr-it was the laborer, the hard
working man-ihe huge paw, who did il 1t was the
hand OF industry industry, hard working industry
not speculative industry, who paid all our taxes
He sorry TO see Jealousy evlnCed against the
poor-a disposition TO make properly test OF merit.
1t was unfounded in principle uniounded in expe-
rience and practice. Inc hard working hand VI In
dustry was always found raised in support Of eco
nomcal expenditure and reform, and it was the
rich who favored taxation and lavish expenditure.
And why Because they know tits the poor man
who has eventually to pay the tax Who sent
majority this floor, pledged by every principle OF
honor and consistency TO retrenchment and reform
| the rich =! No-twas the hard working laborer and
mechanic, who were always found in the ranks of
the parry which favored such measures. The strides
of civil liberty and popular rights onward they
| were yet bat in their infancy. Though young
man, he might be permitted to raise his voice i'll
warning to the party-he cared not which-that at
tempted to stop it. Deep disgrace and lasting OF
probrum would be the inevitable result. 1t was
said that the father Of Themstoces, when his son
was about entering in the sea Of politics, endeavor-
ed to dssuade him from such purpose He show
ed him upon the sea shore pair OF broken oars,
used as long as they were sound, and cast away
when broken He compared them 10 politicians
and political parties, who as long as they were
sound and upright, enjoyed the poi u.ar favor; but
swervBg from that path, were cast aside and for
gotten. SO IT would be it'll party, If they de.
parted in the least from the great democratic princi-
ples Their fate was certain. He maintained in
conclusion that all men created free and equal
and property should never be made a test OF merit.
Nj CHArrIELD, (the Spe iker) rose and said, that
he would tell his young friend from New York, that
his democracy had not as yet taken such strides as
TO admit that all men were created equal in the ex
tensive sense taken by him. That applied to their
political rights which not born to the but ere
ated. His democracy had not as yet taken such
strides as had his friend from New York. who
favored the extension Of the franchise even to ne
groes. If all men were created equal, why was not
| the gentleman endowed with the faculty of clothing
fact in plain unvarnlshed Speech instead of in tropes
and figures, wandering about culing nosegv here
and aboquet there, losing sight OF his subject in the
maze of words. Had the gentleman gone a little
further he would have found that the instrument
from whence he derives his authority, expressly
states ina, all men are also endowed with life hber
Nv and the pursuit of happiness This guaranteed