New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-10-08

ing and did his best TO to staten Island down from su
folk 70 Kings again part OF the I'd Senate District
What his success will be remains to be seen.
the Resolution for closing the Convention to-day al
noon is rescinded 1t will probably tx more last
| DAYS.
Every business man ,vho has suffered By that confused
o; ancient lumber which ia mixed uo with all that
valuable in the Laws al England viii rejoice that
Commissions are forthwith 10 be appointed give
the peope OF New lork system OF law arranged III
America, and adopted By it, legislators as the Revised
Statutes Messrs. Nicol White and the friends
! Code nave done their duty Nay the Legislature do
theirs Incompetent, lazy, unfricndly Commission
/ ers would rCtard the work.
! This morning attempt was made to substitute
another section Tor that long since adopted relative
measuring. guaglng. &c. but nothing done. sen
tence was inserted IN old section, in these words
Nor snail witnesses be Unreasonaoly destined This
is nearly as apocrypha as the clause about excessive
! bail and fines.
The Land Tenures in my letter OF yester-
| day. severay beginning All teudal renurcs,' All
lands within and No lease grant Of finally
agreed TO- after Mr. Harris had tried prevent any
leases for longer term than years but failed.
Mr. Harriss 4h section is as iolows AL fines. quar-
ter sales. other like restraints upon alienation,
served in any grant OF land hereafter be made shall
! be void" Adopted-G2 10 10
Judge Ruggles proposed the following section which
adopted
% The People of This State in their right OF sove
regniy deemed to possess The original and ultimate
property in aud 10 all Lands within the Jurisdiction OF The
State; and all Lands the tile Of which shall fail from de-
feet OF Heirs, shal! reyer, or escteat to the People
| Il Code Of Lams--Readop,ion Of lie Royal or Cam
man Lnw 0t England.
The 18th section OF Article ls read to-day at p
NJ and declares that such parts OF the English Com
NOM Law and Colonial statutes of New York formed
the Law OF the British Colony OF New York April TO-
l77J and the Colony Congress and State Convention
Resolutions in force in April 1711, and not repealed
and such oil the Legislature OF the state
in force shall continue TO DE the law Of the State sub
jcct legislative alteratonbut such parts Of the Com
Law and OF said acts repu.naut 10 this Con
sutution are abrogaed.
There strong opposition to the adoption of this
section with Mr. Nicolls amendment, given below, but
it was adopted 60 to 45.l
did Mr. WHITE and Mr.. NrcoLL of your city in
Justice when gr6mblcd at their apparent neglect Of
the Great and vital measure. allowed sleep from the
hour on which that lawyer and profound and pa
trotic statesman De WITT CLINTON first proposed II
TO the Legislature, until now-I mean the reduction OF
the whole BODY OF the Law into form suitable for
| reference by all classes OF men When Coy Clinton
proposed that the people should cleo, their Justices OF
the Pence ne remarked that these 5000 new Judges
could not fully and satisfactorily perform their duty,
until the great body OF the Laws IN force IN the state
were arranged codhed and placed in an orderly form
so that all men could read. and know what they were
bound to obey The State Laws supplement 10 he
JOdy of atr Ioci bound 10 Obey have been since
arranged by Messrs Spencer Butler and Ducr witt! eX
ampes. or decisions rs marginal notes was MOI even
TINT revision highly valuable lmproVement-hnd II SO
/ how much greater would an authorized copy OF all
other laws be If the greatest minds IN the state or Union
were employed in the arrangement
Mr. NCoLL moved TO add Ia the above Eth section,
resolution in the words of Mr. WHITE excellent Report
IL follows
And the Legislature its first session after The adop
ton this Constitution. shall appoint three Commissio
crs whose duty shall he reduce inIo written ami
tcnaiic the whole body OF the la OF Tins Stale,
much and such parts thereof as to me said commissioners
shall practicable and cNpedieni; the said Commits
therein NJ they sha proper: and they shall al all
times reports Of their proceedings To- the Legislature
tenure Of ofca the filling vacancies therein and The
pensnun said Commissioners and shall also pro
,I, ,lC rldp mr. Fn ith nrp.
scented the Legislature for adoption
Mir White and his colleagues had named as the mum
| Der of Commissioners.
On motion OF Mr.. Richmond THREE was the number
| agreed on
trust YOU will find for record OF the votes,
this great step in the WAY OF Law RrroRM. For Mr..
Nicolls amendment voted
Mcssrs Alien, Angel Archer, f f. Backus Bergen
Braytcn, Bundage Cambr'leng- r. Campbell, IT, Conely
Cornell Crookcr Dana. Dsnior, Doron, Flanders. Geb
hurd, Graham Harris, Harrison, Hoffman, Hunt, A. Hunt
lngion, Hyde, Jones, kemse Kennedy herman kingsley
Looms, Manu-, McNic, McNt, Maxwell, Morr1s, Munro
Ru5 Richmond lS RiEers John shuver shaw Shell
Tan. Tsrsari. W. Taylor, Townsend, Ward, White
Wood, a. Wright, Yhw ger, Young fonnss
Against II voted
Mcssrs Baker. Bascom Bowdisl Burr d. ~ Campbell
Chamberlain Cook. Cuddeback podd, Dubols, Hart
Hotchkiss Z. Huntington, Marvin. Miller, Nicholas Pat
tcrson, Perkins Powers, Rugeies, KnsseN salisbury
Sears simmons Smith, r. Spencer W H. Spencer, STOW
Strong ra!lmadge J. J. rsycr Talhll Van schoonh"ven
Warren, Willard Whbeck Wortcn
| AYES to Noes ,. Absent % Who now would like
TO have his nauc recorded having voted against hay
the statutes revised And if was necessary to re-
wise and arrange the statutes made by the legislature
OF Ncwlork, how much more SO those rules: adopted
en- ,a6sse from foreign nation, i'll The form in which
! that nation had It's laws 40 years age
The Convention readopied, u II, a provision, uiSt
no purchase or contract the sale OF lands in this State
mace since oct. Il, ma, which may De made with
The Indians shall he valid unless made with the consent
OF the Legislature.
,ha, all grants land i'll this state made by the british
authorities after H. is5. void but tha' nom
ing contained this Constitution shall Affect grants
made by England snnul any charters 10 corporations
made before day. anuul grants or charters mace
by this State since, impair rights OF property &c
Mr. MURPHY wished TO add tois
ht such charters to bodies polite corporate made by
the King England shall have other or greater effect y
OF this section than similar charters granted 'y law
! IN This Stale
! Lost, 20 to -.
Pe7pct,,al allegiance S'recriag 10th rags.
The lrshman or EnsishuRn who comes here, after
complaining with Lord Broushan, Sir Samuel kot!y
Mr. Beniha and Mr. Mills that the Laws IN force are
| ccn,rerdictory cuinbruus and unsuitable for Royal
England and require revision and codincaron must lee
great surprise and establishment when told that Win
nO LAWYERS each of them certified to possess very SUI
perior know ledge and me in all matters OF aFs
prudence the law of Westminster Hall. not as II Is
now greatly improved by the british pu, as
itstood in l77 before the American ana French ne
yoluuons is with few changcsl the law OF Newi ORR
adopted in III from necessity II was renewed IN III
from choice the best Constitutional system OF Ia" ~
| the whole world . We Rebels. We sedinous Racicas
Cobhees uuntites Chartis;s. Westminster Review"
| ers Senthames United Irish, Repeslers, BonnyInnir
Sco,ch-woud that We had but lent your ear Tor four
weary months 10 the halleu)shs the hosArHahs me
songs of praise and glory and honor chsunted IN this
Convention the perpetual theme being English Chsncery
! Law. English Common Law. and let well alone
The English Law declares thsi every British subject
remains subject the hour % his death and thsi
found in rirre of the rSiSs OF any hostile couiTt
he is not entitled ~ treated prisoner but shall he
| hung "a traitor The adopted citizen Is Obliged 20
swear and record oath that be ahures his native vi
lerisncc while this Convention has placed for third
,ims in the Constitution Of this State the British Com
mon Law which declares that here As there thai cit5en
is traitor who takes UP arms IN favor OF the anG o.
his adoption when ~ with his native tnslra irc
! land Wsles Canada or Scotland II he Ses An once
here few and far between. no nation cesii1ns 70 S
ruled bv stransers he swesrs 10 support the teeFS
and S;sts Con sttutons-the one. authorizing ana re-
ounc HIM 10 ahjure the nd OF his birth the other d
r,c,ly acknowledging that he owes England pefpetoa
allegiance ths the Federal os:h is unlawful and ma