New-York daily tribune., 1845-05-16
THE TRIBUNE.
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY le, 1876
Do,ncs of tho Legislature.

The Legislature Of New York closed lis sixty
eighth Session on the lith inst. having commenced
4, on the 7th of January, so that It's duration was
l29 days Its acts, big and little, amount 10 361,
no, counting the ltleness of striking our City out
Of the new Excise Law, nor the Canal Resumption
bill which Gov. wrigh, vetoed We regret TO say
that two Of the most prominent measures OF the
Session-he bill TO punish Seduction, Adultery ana
Brohel-keeping as offences against the STATE, and
the bill proposing great reduction OF the buthens
imposed on our People by the Militia system
were lost The former Of these measures IS greatly
needed--he latter areenlly and almost universally
desired And yet neither was permitted 10 become
law.
The measure for which this Legislature Will be
longest remembered is the act Recommending a
Convention of the People of TINS State, though II
does not recommend bat simply authorizes the
People to call such Convention, and provides the
WAYS and means Of making such call etieciual
Nextin importance is the bill relating 10 Enc'Se,
which separates the whole subject Of Excise iron
our Political contests, and enables the People TO
determine, at a wholly independent poll, whether
they will or will not permit the sale oil Intoxicating
LIQUORS. The bill releasing the Erie Raarond
Company from the payment OF the S3 30oo,Ooo mere
tofore loaned it by the State and looking TO an
early and effective prosecution Of that work to lis
completion is important, and we trust will prove
bene6cent. The bill approprlatlng Slgl 900 (oelns
the surplus earnings Of last year over and above all
charaes) to the continuous construction OF the
Erie Enlargement and Lateral Canals, though
killed by the Governors Veto, will be found one OF
:he features OF the Session. There must be some
sad Jar in the machinery of the Party to cause
such collisions as this. Manfestly, viewed In the
light Of party expedency, this bill should not have
been passed at all if Gov. Wright was known TO
cherish insuperabc objections TO IT, Now, the
false preences held out to and the idle hopes cher
ished BY Loco Focos in favor Of Internal Improve
m-nt thut sometblng would yet be done for them
bv their parry, are disspated for ever. Whoever
hereafter shall pretend that any Thing may be done
or expected for Internal Improvement until the
Wing ascendency in our State councils IS restored,
will be not merely wifui fas!fer but silly con
triver of frauds which dupe nobody. This la al II
should be.
The bills recharering, without subsection to the
provisions of the General Banking Law, the Bank
of Rochester and the Commercial Bank OF Albany,
were squeezed through. each having just % votes
in the Senate-not one to spare. In the Assembly,
we believe, their escape was equally narrow
These are understood to be two excellent Banks.
of which the latter, from repeated mlsortun"s no
bly sustained and retrieved, possessed strong claims
on public sympathy and favor, and yet it would have
been hard for as TO vee for the renewal OF therspe
cial charters while the General Law is open 10
them We do not complain that others were able
to do it-not even that several rabld Barnbum.
ers were able to satisfy themselves with the idle
reqniston of Individual Liability, and answer
'Ay' We feel confident that no harm will result,
and yet we shall gladly hail the day when The
Comptroller may report good State Stocks in his
chest for every dollar of Bank paper authorized by
the Laws of this State.
On the whole, though this Legislature has left
undone much good that it might and should have
done, ye, it has accomplished more good than we
hoped on its assembling and .efraned from doing
much positive evil, we dismiss 1t without
thought of maledictlon. Peace 10 its memory!