New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-11

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Ooen Voting By Public Agents-List OF $500
Ofices in The Gilt Of Governor and senats-un.
der age.
To Ne Eai.ar q IN 7r:5aas:
SIR: There has been nearly four hours OF fine
speaking TO day and as M-ssrs CouoF and Chat
field take The floor tomorrow. ladies' aud gentlemen
wholove listen to able and eloquent reasonsrsnay
look for such smother Intellectual eas! ina, which
we have just arisen from.
When in Committee on Mayor Mor-is's report,
Messrs. Porter, Brown, Rhoades. Richmond and
Nicholas discussed the main questions involved .
Messrs. Patterson. Worden, Strong and Penniman,
briefly planned some circumstances in which they
believed themselves uisrepresenied and Nj Bruce
of Madison took the stand occupied by NJ. Brunt-
age yesterday and very briefly addressed the House
in style admonhory.
Mr. BgUcg, in frank. of handed manner, rose
and stated ,ba, he and many OILERS tha: Aoor re-
sarded the discussion in which they had already
consumed eight days. Is question OF iweedledum
ana ,weedledee-a qsesIion OF very little mpor-
lance. aud in which The great body OF the people
took no interest whatever What The people TOOK
lively interest in The getting ady au improv-
cd Cou- u,ion 10 be soon sQomiued 10 the electors
they are anxious 10 get good CouslIturon-snd
ne respectfully urged upon gentem' 10 go on 10 The
prscllcal business Of the session. II go eths
pace said he and no aser With a.! the great bust
hess We have before Us. the youngest voter now in
the STATE will be qualified for Governor according 10
the restrictive clause under discussion. 80 years
before we get through; and il ue should arrive al
correct conclusions, and receive 10 present sound
Constitution 10 The electors, one end OF our work
will rot of before The Other Is completed
There were Of those personalities which. more
than any hing else tend unfit the minded aud hon.
oisble gentlemen who made Of tnem from TIA; friend
" and knd intercourse and those generous Unions OF soul
aud sire 9Th for benefit Of The county, in This great
work. any previous day. will 10 farther notice
them express hope that ali will see that they are
iu.,in2eG.
Mr. Porter Saratoga only 81. middle SIZE not sou,
made bu, with highly Intellectual, and in
dcaus study and reflection. That he is eio-
ouen; able witty humorous, fluent and extremely cutting
and sarcastic, all heard him tday would surely admit
and perhaps afforded The b proof ,ha; hne talents.
well cultivated DO al and twenty. qualify
youth for the chief office great State. by the way in
which he bit al his friends sh and left comparing some
TO Don ouxot;e, others Sancho Psnza &c &C. 1t was
rich treat bat the personalities wise and we'll
timed Doubtless though; So for he was on Mr.. Nor
ris's Committee
Mr. PORTER excused his signature to the report
as il Stood by remsrSing that The general question
O; qualification for Office had been specially referred
10 another Committee, of which Mr. Bouck Is
Chairman; i and euog ized the citizens who bad
made choice OF America their home, in elegant
laneua and win very good taste and effect lie
was strongly in favor OF removing every lnvidious
distinction between the ciIizens by nativity aid
those no here by choice-but The right 10 hold
office " as not ratural but delegated hit, aud
h., isb. nd iutrn a that
ector should be eligible 10 the office of Governor,
who should have attained the age OF 30 years aud
been FIVE ears cliZen OF The State o! New iork.
The people when they made the Government had
right TO restrict the grant He babe them trust no
Young man with Executive power 10 throw open
The prison DOORS 10 exercise the power Of The Ro-
man tribune. by arresIng the mandate OF the popu-
lar will 10 declare whole counties In slate OF IN.
su rrecton aud pour al will thousands OF armed
men into district AS 10 restriction. the Fight j.
obvious. The report provided. that the people II
they adopted that part Of the Constitution should
be restricted from choosing Gov ernor for more
than Two Years Were the Convention not equally
warranted 10 provide that the candidate should be
80 wears old and years resident II by so doing
they believed that the Constitution would be better
10 continue it had done for more than % years
Mr. BRows regarded Mr.. Silnmonss doctrine o!
double or perpetual allegiance and that no man can
expariaie himself, as iraHght with injury 10 tnls
country AID lett bound TO protest against II. DE
ad mled that The doctrine of once subject always
a subject, was the law OF Eng land. but thatlt was
priucip!e of international law, Of American law. oil
Greek aud Roman law he denied-quoted Cicero
10 show ,hsi his lime, hen Rome was extending
her conquesis the opposite doctrine obIalned-ano
Chancellor Kent TO prove that he had maintained no
such principles in the Courts here He apprehend!
ed that every writer international law stated the
right OF migration 10 lines OF peace he bad stated
H. English writers alone excepted. The English
doctrine Of non ex patralon forbade man irom even
changing his county or choosing home without
perm,sson-t was an Infamous doctrine nj only
Tor q dcs poti.n aud opposed 10 the Divine commsnd
to multiply and replensh The earth-it struck al the
root of The republican Institutions OF America, and
was worse than the old faliacy OF passive obedience
He sho ed that il had it's origin In ieUda unes and
ussges. wnen popular power as such =" as unknown
aud hen The millions were the seris OF the soil
that in ng land in 1862 and l6ss, the people mad
risen ana thrown it ot as America had done in l77o
that Hampden PH N. Vane and Oliver Cromwell
had been early teachers OF the doctrine OF expatrla
ior-anl that these countries had been settled bile
revolutions against The sIsvsh principle ihai man
is mere sert were going on, and by men p" no bad
taken manly part for liberty during thore
sIrue giles. England Gays that The colonies Owed
her allegiance uutil she released them by act OF
Parliament in 1883, but Old not these States and 90
they not sill msusiu thar they Owed her no ale
glance efier the morning. Of July !, EIo-snd was
hot Inc War OF The Revolution carried on ss CIVIL
ICED ar.are by The pracrca! admission oil Inc prin.
ciple that men were free 10 change their country
Mr. Lawrence was in these days sent 10 Holland TO
effect loan vas captured al sea. carried TO Lon
don, inprisoned in the Tower, and threatened with
the penalties Of Treason but they did lot dare 10
execute him. we'll knowing that such an ACT would
have been regarded with horror By The civilized
world Win a population determined 10 push
emigration 10 the ends OF The earth. this question
was importsnt-i, Affected our people who We're
emisra,ing 10 South America and California, and
who formerly became ciuzens OF Texas Il wa'
due 10 ,henl-io the State 10 thar very nu-
nerous and no! unu-eu! class OF ciIlzens who had
Ike him drawn their FIRST breath In foreign land.
that he should protest, be did, against Mr. SIM
rnous's doctrine II had been said that Inc Su-
preme Court were embarrassed by the interna
tonsl law OF This sahi-ct-out il 50 embarrassed.
ii Was by the adoption IN certain STATES &c. OF me
rnnp,on law OF Engsnd Mr. B. delivered
Ions apd able argument sDd Ha. followed BY
Mr.. RsoApEs. who went against these useless
res,rlctloss. asd 70, education 10 al. Ee oeprecai
ed prem.,ure arguments upon qualifications for OF.
fee. as Gov Bouck's Comuitiee, 10 which thai