New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-13

accenrance thereof shall vsca,a MIS- seat
FOR sections IS and Is, ar relates 70 Seraiors
ard Members OF Assembly
The sr,, election OF Senator'S and Members OF
A,..c,by pursuant provision Of Iris Constitution
shall be held the Tuesday succeeding the rrst Mon
day OF November thousand eight hundred snd fOrry
seven and ali subsequent elections shall De held on TIE
Tuesday succeeding the arst Monday Of November IL
each year unless Otherwise directed oJ toe Legssture
The Senators and Members OF Assembly uho may be IN
Office FIRST dag Of January. ooe thousand eight
hundred and fortyseveu shall hold their Offices Until
the thirty Est day Of December following anc longer
w. TAYLOR Chairman.
have made careful inquiry, and sscerteined that
the Magnetic Telegraph Line between this city and
New York, will be completed and in full operation
some four or five weeks hence. By that time. per
haps, the Convention will progress IN lis business
much more rapidly. | have tried 70 ind out why
30 many reports Of Committees are withheld, but
cannot Members are incidentally discussing the
subject Of Mr.. Boucks report without knowing
what il is.
Jroeg RUeetEs offered The following impor-
tan, and much required resolution, which was
adopted
Rssolrsd Th.t be referred TO the Standing Committee
number two to uqure the expectancy Of requiring
the Legislature Of this State 20 amend the law Tor the cleo
OF IN Congress in such manner that IN case
either House shall fail 70 make nomination within ten
days after nomioa;ion by The o;Ssr House 10 I'll va
cancy election shall be made without farther delay ~
join, ballot.
requiring The Legislature 20 make GONE
provision the prevention OF delay in filing vacsn
cies in the Office Of Senators in Congress.
Mr.. NIcoLr Chairman Of the Committee on Edu-
cation, moved, and it was
Resor.d That the Secretary Of the Regents Of the Uni
very be requested 10 communicate 20 this Convention
The number OF Academies participating in the distribution
of the public moneys subsequently, 10 the year 1884, with
the aggregate amount OF money distributed and the
gregate number Of pupils instructed IN each year And
that he DO so state money distributed 10 the
Academies any OF them In each year, for The pur
pose educating Common School teachers with the num-
Der OF pupils SO educated IN each year.
Dr. w TAYLOR offered q resolution. and MIR.
R,cHMoSD proposed TO amend 1.-THE object being
10 check abuses in getting bills through the Legis-
lature.
Mr. LOOMS moved, and it WAS
Reoired That /; be referred &c 10 inquire and report
upon expedency Of securing, by constitutional pro
vision that appropriations for Colleges Academies and
other institutions Of les ming shall be made on some just
principles OF proportion and orbddinS special appropra
particular institutions 10 the exclusion OF others
Also consider whether the Office Of Regent OF the nj
versty may not be dispensed with without public detr
ment and whether the present mode OF appointing Trs
Of such institutions ought not 10 DC abolished
Some discussion arose GU, of a communication TO
the President. from Buriis Skidmore o! New ork
in which he com plains that William Paxton Halet;
Clerk Of the Superior Court in that City, had made
extravaEsnt charges as Street Commissioner
there and in his character Of Commissioner, had ap-
peared before himself as Clerk of said Court, and
taxed his own costs and charges, having received
both appointments from the same Court, and thus
acted as Judge and party 81 the same time printed
paper accompanies Mr., Skidmoves complaint, show
ing that Commissioner Halleit had S7l2, Commits.
sioner Leveridee 1856, and that Counselor Leve--
id ge his father had si53s as legal adviser D. r W.
en- S5sl broher of the Corporation COmptroller.l
and f. Even, another brother Ss92. &c. Mr.
Townsend moved 10 print it, bat no action was had
into en- ffpa
of the Whole Mr. Cha,ield part of the time in the
Chair, and Mr.. Patterson the remainder; the sub
iec; before them being Mayor Morris's Report,
for the 9th or 10Th day.
| find il impossible to give anything like what
would take TO be full and satisfactory account OF
debate which closed al past two, by the same al
ternoons New-Iork mall the Albany Evening
Journal Argus and Atlas contain The arguments OF
Delegates ct great length, and far may refer you
10 what Members say-hut the animation. the en-
ergy the off hand eloquence OF such spirits as
OConor Chaifeld, JORDAN, Morris, and Simmons,
no daguerreoype, phonotype' or other Improvement
in science can describe Messrs. o Conor aud Chat
field made to day by far their best speeches this SEES
sion Messrs Morris and Simmons were less happy
than some previous occasions.
Mr. O'CoSo Z spoke for abou, 30 minutes. He at
tsched great importance 10 this question. OF rve
wears qualification, because he believed II TO be at
variance with what he regarded 10 De the basis oil
equality before the law 10 all It's members. The
mos, worthy man in the State might b thus dis
qualified If common fame be not common liar,
This second or disqualifying section owes lis pater
nifty 10 1921, 10 q distinguished citizen whose name
does appear on the record. and who has son
in New. York, person Of great learning and Judg-
menl intimately connected and we'll acquainted
with The affairs of The State although he crosses
over from his residence in NewJersey daily, 10
spend 10 or Il hours in New ork, end has done so
for the las, twenty five years would be disqualified
for the Office of Governor even il al the citizens
were 10 prefer his services in that capacity
This provision would interfere with the peoples
right 10 choose of the most suitable and emf.
peut men in Inc Union some OF them natives OF this
State and. in perous times, II was unwise TO de-
prive the people of The right OF free choes In It's
most extended sense. among their fellow ciu-
zens the qualified electors. BY this i've year rule
The State divided into classes OF pstriclans who
may, and pebeians, who may not, hold Office; and,
no xever little the distinction, il departure
from the principle orepublican equality, and resort
ing TO the system of checks and guards advocated
with such skill and ability by the youthful delegate
from Saratoga. MIR. Porter who had so triumph.
anliy vindicated IN his own person the claims OF
youth 20 hig and distinguished station. The elect
ora constitute the political body, and with them re-
poses The whole powers OF government-:hey con-
troll all persons who electors by their intel.
eciua and physical superorily-non electors form
the subjects OF government. not It's members. IL
may be tha, the role designating the electoral body
is wrong he wns not now 10 consider thst-perhaps
the ladies' minors Indians &c. ought 10 have votes
&c, and perhaps not. W hen The ladies' should be
ad nled 10 vote he certsinly should insist on voting
for one of them for Governor. BE did not deny the
RIG hi of Con veution 10 restrct-ihey might create
q monarchy if they pleased, but that would be poll,
rical suicde-but TO restrict the qualified electoral
body was inconsistent with republican equality; and
a. 10 The argument that the people bad not com
planned OF restriction each Delegate representing,
on The average 20 900 inhabitants, had been sen, 10
remove defects in the Constitution
The gentleman from Orange, Mr.. Brown who
though born in foreign land never knew any 9th
er country bu, the free soil OF America had arrived
al the age OF twenty.one when those restrictive
clauses were first introduced Into the Constitution,
in 1921 he WAS that yea, competent 20 De can
ddaie for the Office Of Governor bat this second sec
ton. now again offered, was introduced and adopt
ed and !, bad KEEP, him disqualified Tor the last p
years for filing, being chosen to NIL the hrs' Oh
fce in ,Ae county The honorable Delegate sen!
here 10 sssis, in forming free Constitution, had
been for % years disqualified under The preIext OF