New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-10-04


with regard to the support Of the Convention in the
last Legislature, and says tina,
"On the hnaI vote Of the Assembly the bin calling
Convention lar4e faciion Of the Wings and major
ay VI the Democrats voted In the affirmative"
Now the lorge foct,oa Of the Wings consisted
Of every Wing and Native but fro, while the ma
jority Of the Democrats consisted OF hiyfy-trO
against nirty.oae of the sxty-thrce votes cast by
that party we forget whether Speaker Seymour
voted or not If he did not, his vote would have
made a tie But. surely. the whole State must
know that, while the Wings voted in solid phslanx
for the Convention at every stage. majority OF the
Possparty opposed il until opposition was hopeless
The selection OF Seymour for Speaker over Grain, by
vote in caucus Of 80 to 80, distinct triumph
Of those plainly and VIGOROUSLY hostile to Conven
ton. The election Of Young from the post Of Sec
rotary of State like triumph in the party vote
Of the vhoie Legislature, as Seymours had been In
the Assembly And when first asked most
intelligent Loco Foco COnysniionist Of Albany, TO
tell us who of his party in the Legislature were
heartily in favor Of a Convention, he answered that
we might rely on the Herkmer Members, and he
could not vouch for any other. OnJnquiry we
found Mr. Baily Of Potnam one OF the same sort
Other such we did not find until the People had
taken the matter in hand and Convention was
inevitable Up to that tnse, there was never ma
ority Of the Polk Members Of either House in favor
of the measure.
The Post beats oil THIS critical shore as follows
Rnt these proceedings Of the Legislature not the
,est by which TO determine whether the Democratic
parry or the Wings in favor OF constitutional reform
What is the voice Of the people ON this subject On
Ii fhs nena
Convention 10 amend the Constitution. and uniting IN
certain specific measures 70 be considered and deteI
mined By such body. What says tho wing rress o.
,b,s oj,y All are silent with exception. What are
the measures OF Constitutional reform proposed by the
Whigsf No man In Dr. State knows. Neither have
they any object in view unless il be 10 make political
capital out OF the movements Of the Democrats NO
where, to our knowledge. has Wing Convention YET
assembled in this State which has uttered word IN ia
OF Constitutional reform
The Post here evinces that it's knowledge is ex-
ceedncly limited The Wings Of WAsHISGroH
County in Convention held long bJorc the pas
sage Of the Convention bill in the Legislature unani
mously declared in favor Of such measure. We
have at different times since published the unani
mons resolutions OF the Wing Conventions oil ONEI
pA, COLUMBIA, RENssfLArR and other Counties in
favor of this measure We have now in hand TO
publish the resolutions Of the Wing Conventions Of
A.,
Counties, all of The same tenor. Not one Wing Con
vention so far aware, has hesitaed to pass
such resolutions when presented and very lew, II
any have neglected an opportunity to speak out ON
the subject OF something like One Hundred Wing
Journals in the State at least Ninety are openly and
heartily in favor of the Conveniionwc know OF but
one out OF this city which is not So The relation
which the anti Convention journals here hold to the
Wing sentiment OF the State is 70 well understood
that we need not remark upon it
But the Post cxutngy asks What measures
of Constitutional Reform are proposed by the
Wings and readily answers No man m The STATE
knows' II the Pos, only means that no precise for
mua or creed on this subject has been agreed on by
all the Wings il may be correct but there Is no
seuse in which the Loco Foco party IL agreed ON
any thing, in which the Wing pnrty is not agreed
on certain important measures OF constitutional ne
form Let us state some of them IA collected from
the resolutions Of Wing Coaycniiens and the gener
al concurrence of the Wing Pesss, viz
|. Free Suffrage to all American citizens, with
out requiring Of any the possession of $3.50 free
hold
2. A perfect District System for the choice OF Le
tive shall be elected by and responsible To distinct
constituency, and nearly every voter know some
thing of the rival candidates presented for his sun
rage
2. A thorough .Iudicial and Legal Reform by
which legal forms shall be simplifcd, justice be
chcapcncd. and the laws now runous delays pre-
vented.
4. The investment Of he People of The several
Counties either directly through their respective
Boards of Supervisors, with the choice of great
many officers now appointed at Albany, and the
management OF many questions of local policy now
dependent on the Legislature.
These Reforms. so far can collect the evi
dence. are very generally desired and expected by
the Wings There are others of very considerable
importance on which they may not be so fully
agreed and which we therefore omit from this list.
But these alone would abundantly Justify the Assem-
bling OF Convent on and their success would rich
" repay its cost. We do not perceive that the
Loco. Foco Conven,ionists with some of whose no
tons we are disposed 10 harmonizel propose any
reforms more important more republican, or likely
to be more benefcient than these.
We do not care to dispute the Posts assertion
that its party are now pretty favorable 10 Convcn-
ton. and we trust they will persevere unto the end
We emphatcally desire Convention of the People
Of New York. and not merely of party. But
the repeated assumptions of the Posts section OF
the Polk party that the Convention is mcasu OF
that party especially and that they alone sincerely
advocate Constitutional Reform. grossly incor
rect and demand exposure. We think the Post
should remove the misapprehensions il has propa
gated, but !, will do q !, sees Mt
CV The afternoon proceedings of The Worlds
Convention and other articles unavoidably crowded
out.
~ The Wings Of the Fourth equatorial Dis
uc, have nominated Hon JANIS q. HOPKINS, 0,
ST. Lawrence to run agains, Col Young. This is
capital nomination and are no, without hopes