New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-13
New.York Constitutional Convention.
SIXTH wEEk-XNuIo DAY

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! SIR. The principal business before the Cooven-
ton today was Mayor Mor-iss Report Feia'iVe 10
the appointment, &c. of Governor Early IBIS l'o'o
ing Mr. MANI moved 10 refer NJ Skidnaore me-
mortal relative TO W. P Halle. 10 the Judiciary
Committee. which agreed to, after discussion
of an hour, nearly, in which many members 'ooh
part
Mr. SHEPARD said tina; The remedy lag with the
ordinary tribunals OF justice. Mr.. MORRIS would
refer i, to Committee No g. Mr.. NIcoLL TO No ii
Mr. WARD took it 10 be private complaint OF Mr..
skidmore against Mr. Ealet, and would lay ii on
The table.
Mr. BRows said that i, had been alleged, in az
under tone. thst Mr.. skidmore WAS soT very re-
spectacle, but
Mr.. TowssESD assured the Convention that he
was q very respectable man.
Mr.. BRowS had heard that be vas. Mr.. Hsllet
was appointed by the Supreme Court and response.
bic to it-and Mr. skidmore's memorial wen; 10 a..
tina, an abuse existed, his object being TO provide
remedy agans, abuses OF similar character Clerks
of that Court, in his part of the country, had made
erroneous charges. and now was The time 10 seek
for remedy.
Judge RUGGLEs thoH ght tia, the Judiciary Com
mitjee had nothing 10 do with it. In this seve
raj officers had been appointed TO TAX the costs
There could he no dou0 that Mr.. Halle; had no right
TO tax the costs in his o~n case, and which were
coming 10 himself-it was wrong which the Su
preme Court would have corrected If Mr.. Shidmore
had applied TO it.
Mr iiAyS said tha; the Clerks Of Courts get Com
missioner-hps and places which would more prop
erly be given 10 other citizens, and hence pro5a-
bly,. this difficulty.
Mr. TlLDES was confident inat Mr.. Hallet, if
here, would desire full Inquiry. TIE object OF a
reference. however. was TO GET remedy for abuses
in making assessments These abuses were very
great. and bad been much complained OF in the City
Of New York during long series OF years. MIR.
Heliei's case is alleged 10 be one OF them.
MIR. SHtPARD said that the memorial imputed TO
Mr. Hsllet Dlscouduc of gross character ma mely
that he had appeared q Street Commissioner be-
fore himself a. Clerk of the Supreme Court, and
az such Clerk had allowed himself, Commissioner
a large sum of money. not for real but Tor nominal
servces-services which he bad not performrd al
all. If this 20. the Supreme Court coulo anord
remedy and this body had nothing TO DO with The
matter.
Mr.. CRooKER was very DESTROYS that ii griev
ances existed they would be poured 10 upon The
Convention. The case presented by Skidmore al
lodged real grievance. and such cases might be
prevented il future. by aPpoirtnentoi proper Of
hcers Wished reference 10 No. ..
Mt SIMMONS was afraid if they referred It they
would have Mr. Hallet mere with counter pet
ton Wished il TO be laid the table so that II
could be examined. Ii was then referred
Mr. SwAcKhAMER proposed rule that all mo
lions for referring subjects 10 Standing Committees
should be decided without debate This was not
agreed to-
Mr. HARRIS moved the reading and reference OF
petition from a number of the citizens OF Albany
l. was referred, the first part TO Mr.. Tallmsdse's
Committee and the remainder 10 Governor Boucks
Il complains of the inegbiIity OF the clergy 10 secu
Jar Offices, and the Acknowledgement OF The ladies'
and alleges that the 9TH article Of the present Con
s,ution is direct interference The part OF the
Stale in religious matters. and amounts TO decla-
ration that The people ncom petent 10 determine
wbo are and who not capable OF best serving the
STATE.
AS to the ladies, it insists, that God in creating
two sexes, created no difference Of rights; IN
wisely suoes the lst chapter Of Genesis, in which
Adnm com plains that The RIB taken from has SIDE
BIZ the great Creator. and sreR ham as help mae
had eiren him bad adricc about the for6idden
frint and whcro it is shown that man and woman
were created in Gods image, aud not the first
| ruler and the second subject; and insists the
| high moral and intellectual qualities Of woman. in
| stancing Queens Esther Catherine. and Isabella OF
| Spain-Vaera and the Roman lsdies-Madame Tai
| ien-aud the effort of the Boston ladies to place
the cap stone the monument @; Bunker Hill AL
lcging that .ti'ihs OF manageable ladies
unmarried that of these by far the largest part
over 81 years old and that one widow IN Albany
owns more properly Than 1000 poor electors. al
though they give 1000 votes and she al all il
4 vu;ious and mir lovely
spare lbs of the age ough 10 vote al the polls and
hold Office ike their male brethren. II athrms that
Quaker and Baptist ladies' are IN their churches, on
an equal managing footing with the males-that The
| L. s Constitution allows the ladies' 10 vote and
hold Office and tina, no postmstress has ever been
deiau,er | have read OF the Amszons in South
America, and who knows what may happen in the
! North Mr. Harris displayed good taste in bring
ing up the petition for the Ladies the morning
of the day on which 20 years since their great ad
voca,e Washington. John Quincy Adams, was
bora.
Yesterday MIR. Hunt presented memorial of the
National Reform Association which was referred
TO the Committee NELSON'S on Lands. vas alb.
sent al the moment, but have since seen IL lii sign
ed by your patriotic fellow citizens. Messrs. MAX
WELL and EVANS. as Chairman and Secretary Of
the Society. and was drawn up, as MIR. h. tells me-
BY that benevolent and always consistent philan-
tnropist JoHN WiSDr.
Like Chancellor KENT, il assumes that the ber-
ties of the people would be safer in The hands OF
constituency of freehoders OF moderate means
that 10 allow immense tracts of land 10 fell nto the
hands of rich spectators unduly enhances the
prices of small farms the poorer classes-ihat the
soil is the pa,rimony OF man-and that to limit The
Individual possessions of and. aud regulate lis ten
ures on Use and equitable principles, would be
great and benefcent measure OF reform. tending
increase the peoples hsPpness. and rendering nine
tenths of the restrictions and puDshments nov en-
forced altogether unnecessary
The principle OF lialiling the quantity OF land TO
be held by person is stated 10 have been recog
nized by the STATE Legislature. in abolishng the
common!aw rules of prmogeniture and descents
and in prohibiting tes,ators from tying up their
/ properly for longer period than two lives TEE
Association urge that the public lands Of this State
should be surveyed ami made free actual settlers
having no other lands BAT without power TO sell,
( except 10 laudless pe,sons-that limit .boold be
fixed the qoap.iIy OF aad which man may