New-York daily tribune., 1844-09-09


the choice TO the People. Hctcupon Mr.. S'las
Wright (who had Just voted that the People
ought TO choose the Elec;ors) announced that lie
saould cote for the postpcnemeot' After some
farther spirited discussion. the vote was taken,
ana the postponcment carried by the vo.es of ST.
las Wright end Mr. Mallory, who had also
yo.cd that The People o~gat 10 be permitted to
choose for themselves. The vote on Postpone
ncnt-t!la! is, on dcp,iying the Peoi lc Of the
right of choosing, and keeping it in the Legisls-
turc-stood
ses,rs. Eowmap Browne. Bron,o,, Dudley Err,
Ra@i4 ::inahsn. sudaq; WaFd; iveo;ei. N1sAi.l7
Green. lals; Lynce, Mcintyre Morgan. Nelson' Ogden
Thorn. WbeeleT-A
So The bill was killed, by the change Of Wright
AID Mallory, who had Just voted that the Peo-
pie ought to have the privilege of choosing the
Electors, and now voted that they should not
hsye it. Tthc Legislature adjourned, nolto meet
ar in till November, then TO choose the Electors
Of President and Vlcc-Prcsidcnt.
But these jugglcs and contortions had fully
aroused the People. The storm of popular in
dgnation, which had hitherto rumbled and nut
tered in the distance, now burst in It's fury. A
very stupid act of maiignity, pcrpetrated by
Wright, Flagg & Co. on the last day of the Ses
.ion, in removing De Witt Clinton from the office
Of CanaI Commissioner, increased its Intensity.
rho People every where assembled in masses to
dcnounco the conduct OF the Seventeen and their
5aekcrs and demand the right of choosing Elec-
mrg Gov. Yates, though Regency and Craw
,ord man, quaed before the might Of the tcln-
yest He issued Proclamation convening the
Legislature in Extra Session on the % Of Au-
gust. On their assembling, nc sent them Mes
sage, stating the fact that the Peoples Electoral
bill had passed the House almost unanimously,
ind been tlrown over in the Senate while Il ma
ority of that body proIcsscd 10 be friendly 10 its
principles and that the People had cvlnced very
General dispcasurc at the defeat and anxiety for
lhe SUCCESS of the measure. He observed,
"lf, under such peculiar circumstances, had
acsitated 10 pay just dctcrence to public senh-
,nent and legislative declarations, II would have
subjected nc to the meritcd reWOech ur free
aud enlightened People"
lie urges the immediate passage Of Jaw, and
suggests that il this be done, the assembling Of
the Legislature will cause extra expense, as
,hc People viii choose the Electors at their rcgu-
lar State Election, and 50 ubvato every necessity
Tor d Special Session in November to choose the
EIcctors-The Message having been received
and read
Mr. Byram Green, now Loco VI. c. from
Wayne Co. Offered in the Senate, and Mr..
Speaker A. c. Fagg NOW Comptrol'er) offered
in the House separate copies OF the following re-
splG,ons-doubiless prepared and agreed on in
Regency Caucus beforehand, viz;
Rssolrcd That the last ad"ummcr; Of the les'a
nothing hasoccurred within the letter or spirit OF the Con-
the proclamation Of the Governor convennG the
sane Is not warranted 10y the Constitution.
Resoiced lH inasmucha the transaction o legislative
business obedience proclamation thus illegally ssisd.
DIV discussed ana acted bv Legislature their last
wSl % ne f. the oe md d senate s e"ne
the ilouses Will immediately adjourn. 10 meet again I'm No
vember choose Presidential Electors according 10 law
Mr. Ogden in Senate moved, as substitute
toy these resolutions, the ioowing-being an e1-
act copy OF one which Byram Green had moved
at the preceding session-viz;
"Resolred That II IS expetent pnss law nj the
meeting me 81 i E saTs IA fs and S u Wee ftr a STATE
The motion to strike out Green and flaggs
resolutions nordcr 10 insert this, was voted down
Ayes TO- Noes 2l: the Noes including Jonas
Earli, Jr. Bwam Green, Hcman j. Redfcld aud
SilaS Wright.
A motion was next made to strike OUT Of the
second of the Green and Flagg resolutions all
after Therefore ior the same purpose: Lost, %
to 9-Earll, Green, Radle!d and Wright voting
as before in the majority. So the Senate again
resolved not 10 pass an Electoral Law before the
approaching Election. Farther eiort for such z
law being useless, the original resolutions were
passed, 81 to 4.
The House made battle for the Peoples Rights,
and laid ;ho Fagg and Green resolutions on the
table-6S to II. On the 9TH, it resolved, IS TO
II, that bill ought 10 pass at this session re-
storing the choice Of Electors Of President to
the People"
Upon this Mr.. Speaker now Comptroller
Fiagg rose and insultingiy remarked that, as he
presumed The shoU ,cas Oper, he called for the
consideration of the Scna:es resolutions for ad.
jourumcnt, 50 that VIC may go home quietly
Ia Senate, the concurrent resolution OF the
House in favor of giving the People their rights
was this day read, and Mr.. BURT moved that the
Senate concur. Mr.. Slranahaa pronounced the
Motion out of order, The President decided
that it WAS SO. Hereupon Mr.. Nelson moved a
suspension OF the Rules, so that the Resolution
If the House, if out Of order, might be in order.
The Chair pronounced this motion also out Of
order ; Mc. Nelson took all appeal from this
decision, but the majority nedit-Aycs 70,
inclutng Earll, Jr. s. Green, Rcdiicld, ant Sila>
Wright; Noes 10. So message was sent to
the House that The Senate refused TO act on tins
resolution looking to the passage OF an Electoral
Law
Thus the earnest demands Of the People foI
,hcir Rights were deFided and defeated. The
prctext now employed was that no new event haG
occurred since the adjournment requiring az,
usscnlblage OF Tie Legislature. But this was
wr,pg--lhc universal and intense desire OF the
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