New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-09-19


Cont,acts-Hofnan-
ALBANY. Thursday, sept II I545.
To A< Edto- Of The Tribune:
SIR Mr.. Hoffman found il necessary this morn
ns TO add long and explanatory speech 70 MS previous
efforts. Mess-s. Worden Stow and Marvin pressed
heavily on him Yesterday NJ Stow notwithstanding
certain hau;eu- Of which mas little Il !, akin 70
the afabiiy of the mere popularity hunter, really
popular IN the Convention and deserves be L there
laid the 81 Lawrence route as rival
70 the y l. Canals than j; deserves The 81 Lawrence
navigation 10 the il useless after the ls OF Nove
ber-itopens only in May June When open requires
higher oi insurance. The Montreal merchants IN
their Chamber OF Commerce making the ostaciye
efforts obtain railroad from that city Portland in
Maine, and admitting that without the British bounty on
produce conveyed BY that their chances of pre-
serving even the Upper Canada trade extremely
hazardous.
confess my uneasiness at the indisposton o. the
Convention TO give due attention greatest o. all
great questions EDUCATION. Every possible security
ought TO be gwen, If public opinion viii permit that ali
the families o.: the STATE shall obtain for :ner children
practical, moral generous, Republican Education suit
able Tor kindly race-caculaied nourish and cher
ish among brave. gallant tolerant manly sincere
disposition III the rising generation and to that
spirit OF intrigue craft and deception waited to
shores from less favored cmes and which ike the
tares among the wheat is deeply injurious society
PIE how shall get nd OF those Schools OF Cruelty
and Crime the State Prisons-those murders frauds de-
cepons theits roDDeres, entertainments conspracie-
Durnlngs, which black blot every page almost
OF every public Journal British, French or American
The avoidance OF heavy debt is desirable for any
people-but il is the Jugcernsut Temples OF India
the Pyramids or Sphinx OF Egypt not the butcherins
% sernl- barbarous MeXicans tina; advocate.
gradually finishing the 10 miles of Canals Direct
ton is complained Oft is said 20 be bad system by
which carry the Government OF the State--but
1ra hsr1k tor rtrFE
which Gov. Wrirhts friends do not dream OF carrying
into eject am FOR EeUALIzED TAXATION, security
which this Convention j. talking down by the hour
tor prudent annual expenditure on the Canals, ana
that is not the usage-hut am tor concluding what Is
begun because tits 10 enrich the State.
LdRdS-FeadI TcRWcS-Rep1rt from W. Harris
fer COMMITTEE No IL
Last nigh, MI HARRIS OF Albany, Chairman OF the
Committee on the Tenures Of Lands, reported in the
following words
~ Al feuda tenures Of every description, with all
their incidents, abolished
> No lease grant OF agricultural land for longer
period than years hereafter made IN which shall he
served any rent service Of any kind, shall be- void
Z 5. All covenants conditions IN any grant of land
whereby the night OF the grantee to allen Is IN any
ner restrained and all lines. quarer-ssles and other
charges alienation laud here
after TO be made, shall be void.
CaRai Poiicv--D.6ts-To iLs-FtmaHce
This morning at half past eight the Convention
solved itself into Committee the first Report of the
Finance Committee.
Mr.. HOFFMAN had long desired to this State be
come the Merchant Banker and Carrier OF this Union
and with this desire had approved OF such Enlar &c
ment OF the Canal as could be accomplished without in
voving the State in debt In ls4 he had upheld this
policy of avoiding debt, and providing for UNFOLDING
the general credit Mr. II. went into very long
of supposed tolls, costs SURPRISES. debts pay
ments engagements. &c at various times hereafter
and estimated the the completion of all the Pub
lie Works fifteen millions (Which Mr. Stow had valued
little over eleven lie babe the Convention cschew
funding, and not be msed by British example.
When the question Of providing for plain ready
made code flaws the carpet, and the alternative
was British example the syren eloquence" OF Nj.
Hoffman was no, heard-he sat still and mute. When
the Lawyer Monopoly TO be preserved, the Naval
Officer the leading enemy to reform in this body.
see Mr. Hoffman, hear him-and understand him
Mr. KIRKLANp followed Mr.. II in defence Of the Ca
nal policy and giving reasons why effort should be
made to complete the lateral Canals.
Gentlemen argue great length the right and left
pocket question OF whether this fund is not debtor
10 tha, fund and as question OF local taxation ii may
have some weight | think it would weary your read
ers and the Canals happen be worth the money,
which is all that like Mr.. Hoffman ever speak OF or
think about Mr. Srow justly looks upon them as
monument of American wisdom skill and enterprise,
illustrative OF the spirit OF the age
He said last night after left, see Evening Journal
that he would propose pay OF the whole Canal debt IN
- years time sufficiently short 10 satisfy even the
squeanshness OF those who insisted that each genera
ton should pay lis own debts. No State or Country
could or had offered better security than did we
for the payment of this debt We mortgage OF
all the Canals worth Si0OO0OOO, 10 secure Il debt o.
s2O00Oo0O. Mr.. :. went to show that the work.
should be completed The law OF 1912 contemplated
that completion Why else did it read suspension
il there be total abandonment Ii this was not
So he would ask the gentleman from Hcrkmcr by what
authority the sth section OF that act was put in and
s600OO0 taken from one class OF creditors to give to
another Mr.. :. showed that his construction must be
right The policy urged by that gentleman now Is
unsafe and iluprudent Good policy required that we
should take OF these revenues and complete the public
works on what principle could il be said that il would
be more the interest OF the state 10 pay debt be-
fore due drawing only five per interest instead OF
finishing these works, when it would bring ten per
cent! Such rule applied 10 John jacob AstoT would
make him pauper III ten years.
This morning Mr.. STow reasoned on the lncspacity
OF the present Canals for large boats was street
" correct How would you help this difficulty by en-
larging the locks, he denied Mr. Hotimans assertion
thai the Canal large enough On this subject ne re-
ferred 10 the last Annual Report OF the Canal Couiis
sioners-to the fac; that boats were actually detained
and subjected great loss and 10 other facts that demon
strated the truth OF his assertion lie read from pa
per in Lockport OF the centemans own pohhcal iAith
q statement complaining OF the great delay and loss al
that Mace Tor want OF double sci OF combined locks
MIR : read from the report ot NJ HOFFMAN, II ISIS,
where he proved that the Canal could not be deepened
10 i've feet unless !; was wlGened 70 an extent OF
al least sixty feet tic also read from reports OF other
Ocers al proving the same isci thAt II th' "a
nal was deepercd il must De enlarged.
Nh GARpNyx-There were i've combined locks at
that place which 20 situated mat but oneoi al
lcas, boats could pass at time since the old locks
had been taken away, there was but one set Inc re
suit was that rule was necessarily established that one
hour boats passing from the East should be locked
through and those gong East for the succeeding hour
lie mad seen huselt-and IL ordinary occurrence
"a, each side these locks boats numbering iron I'VE
10 t,veaty detained from one 20 i've hours.
Mr. HOFFMAN, said he knew from the performance OF
single poor old lock West OF Schenectady, what lock
could do And the delay occurring al Lockport was oc
casioned by want OF sknot by the capacity OF the
locks.
speaking He was stating TIME when the Cana! board
reported the available depth OF the Erie CANA was Out
three feet and that Il il was dug TO four had been
allowed 10 I'll up Even now he did not mean 10 say
that there in AL places four feet water no-theFe
were places OF considerable length With less Inc
average tonnage OF the boats bulk in lcii was d tons
and II had since increased 6I-s now - ana boats
drawing but three fee; inches OF water have been
constructed OF IS burthen Mr.. 7 stated rarleiy
o, facts bearing the question: ami was speaking when
left.