New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-25
mew.Y York Constitutional Convention
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legislative Reforn-csn. Tallmadss-JacoOinS
and Dsnoerats-Anti- Renters as they were
Erastus R0ot-The Wings o: D1ichess rs. Rug
giles and Tallmadge-Tae Convention Wing
Neasure-Whig County OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Districts-Nr L0omis-4 two years .9r the
Senate-The District Question
ALBAsT THURSDAY, JRiy e. 1916.
To The Editor Of The Tri5.Hs:
SIR: The great Questions, and they are indeed
great Of what the Legislature shall consis; Of and
how, in what manner, and for VIVA; periods j;
shal! be chosen are before the Convention. Gen
Tallmad ge talks against time. and boasts OF L. on
the one side and NJ. Canbreeng gives as 'nos' e1'
cellent historical "reminiscences on the oiheT-ooIn
very fine, very edifying in their way-out the
tendency Of such course is ttis-ali know that
the Convention is confned TO brief period, and that
the more there is Of defamation the less there will
he Of useful action-they likewise know that long,
historical speeches, mixed 40 with personalities.
can produce no beneficial effect on the minds OF
Delegates AS Mr. Burr said. ne would not intiict
long speeches on the Convention, and they wearled
him y hen inflicted oy others--he there TO de-
eide on propositions which public opinion was
already formed and wished TO get at item
General TALLMADGE detained long and elegantly
this nnorning-bis speech woulc have been consid-
cred ultra BY the sest s,ickcr for prerogatlve IN
the BRUSH House OF Peers. He denounced the Re
forms contended for alike by Wing and Loco. and
more especially by the leading w higs Of this State
90 being DEMocRATIc-declared himself no Demo
crat-no Jacobin-but born In the Republican
School OF George Clinton He denounced the
conduct of Messrs Patterson, Worden DR.. Tay Tor g
Committee. and all in the Convention VINO desire
10 give the worthy Farmers. Mechanics. Merchants,
of eyS-NOrk frequent
opportunity to weed the Legislature OF unfaIhtul
members as that Of imitaiors of the French Jacobns
Anarchists. and Revouonists who brought on the
reign Of terror, the guiotine, 6c.-talked oil the
magnanimity of a Van Rensselaer,, Livingston and
n Hunter a delegate from Wes,chester In permit
ting the poor farmers to hire farms under them and
pay in knd-eulogized the good old times In which
these Lvngstons and Van Rensselaers were BE-
sEECHgD by the Farmers 10 rent them farms and
take whes; IA rent-compared them 10 the degen-
crate times in which we llve-declared that revou
ton had begun and that the People had better look
well To ,hemselves for that the Government of this
STATE was never intended 10 be Democracy. bat
Republic with checks and and guards agains, popu-
lar excitement, commotion and violence. Abiding
10 q previous speaker, who had said that NOTHING
had been done. he boosted of having. with others
stood there eight weeks. and accomplished vast
deal for. if only the word native had been removed
from Report, they meaning those OF hls way OF
thnkng had prevented much mischet-" no er.
rors have yet been perpetraed they had held IN
check spirit that as Democratic, JGcobin, Disor-
ganizing DC. The gallant General went on TO say,
that after absence OF 20 years from his native
County fDuichess) ne had been sent for by the PEG
pie. who assuredly wanted not the dangerous lnno-
vations now proposed; be spoke OF his election as
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF the vast majority VITO had
voted for HIM and Of many thing TO excite
personal feelings and prevent progress avowlns that
he liked the four-year Sena,oris term, and the other
parts OF the machinery they now stand Single DIS
tricts he remarked, were not desired by the People
although a newspaper apparently abiding to The
Tribune] had placed them prominently before the
public.
,u,e Republican leader, General Root and so do
Judge Rugsles und Mr.. LOOMS General Roof, IN
1921 in Convention, see page 1877 of Stones he
por,s laid down this doctrine
Republican Governments are no better than Monarch
ca only the public agents responsible to the peo
ple and are FREQUENTLY BRouoHT UNDER THkIs xkvsw,
for the appreciation 6isapprobaon of their respective
duties II Government Is preferable to an lrsocra
cy Monarchy. II 10 on account OF DUB FREQUENT hLEc
TONS by which the people have Some security nat thelF
agents will be faithful and In conformity 10 their Will
The longer Of service. the farther are they re-
the people and the less they feel their respon-
/ slh!ty 10 them.
While arm permitted tc express my opinions Of
men and measures here. through The Tribune.
will not cease unhesitaingy 10 deny that the Ian
guage and votes OF Gen. Tsllmadse are in accord
ance with the sentiments either of Jefferson. Cin-
ton f franklin, Monroe, and the WINGS OF l77t, or
with those of this State who now assume that ven
cradle name as indicative their adherence 10 the
revolutionary principles of their honored ancestors
\, the Duchess County Wing Convention, held
on the 3Oth of March last which peneius Crosby
who bad been upjuslly deprived Of his seat IN me
Legislature presided, Mr.. Isaac Plat enumerated
many objects of reform and improvement TO erect
which the Convention had been called, and zen.
Tsllmadee was unanimously adopted ss a w HiG
candidate; and ii was unanimously ReSotred :" That
the Convention 70 amend the Constitution Is W HlG
measure broush, about by W hig strength and en-
ersv and hig efforts for reform that the enemies
OF all reform were trying 30 get the control and
make the Convention a PARTY MACHINE; that the
present was m opportunity 20 remove frauds Ell
ectuav and forever 10 secure hereafter the purity
of elections and fair expressions OF OPINION bs ne
DeoDis " and that the voice Of the people had been
suited and made void" in the Legislature that The
! Lccos had resisted all reform, and were unworthy
of trust TO bring about THE GREAT AND ESSENTIAL
CHANGES now DEMANDED By TIE STATE ASD
! PEOPLE FOR THE COMMON WELFARE; they also
denouuce E" the present udiciary System both In
/ It's orgaHzaiion and practice as unworthy 81 the
ace denying justice and Expressing the people IheSe
resolutions they ordered 10 be published by you slr'
I "a q true exponent of their sentiments; and bow
Gen Tallmad.e could accept such n call and speak
! and act in the name Of such people as
I he has done on the floor OF the Convention
battles my understanding. Alter the Regency
leaders had an the Du,cness County Convention
I predicted t1rned the Convention into Party ma
/ chine. can readily conceive why they placed Gen
eral Talmadee e, the head Of the Committee on the
/ Rights and Privileges OF the People, while every
/ other delegate returned by W mig constituency
was neglected on the partisan superintendent. Nj
| Justice Nelson and Mr.. Tslmadge sympslhIze with
the lords Of manors the PATRONS and conservstors
of old abuses who desire no change much more Than
,hey do with the manly electors of Dutchess, who
ike their brethren OF Albany and Rensselaer,, seek
relief from legal opPressors and have found The
Legislature ever deaf 20 their complaints.
/ If General Tsllmsds- bad looked 10 the Whig
| journals, he would have ioand thai Whis couniie:
/ are no, behind The Locos in demanding reform
Washington county says Single Districts, In II;
Wink Convention report-so does Le~ls-so does
Mouisumery-so do Fulton aud hami0n-so does
Allecsuv and l nigh, fnd abundance OF Other
,roofs ,bs, Single Districts sre no, pat forward BY
me Tribuss merely bat also by the Wigs wh'
seek good government and are 50 lar from &c y,
nouncinc Democracy that they practice and ac' OF
;,s n-inrn.s boldly and fea.essly. although BY SC