New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-03-05
What is doing u, Aibnnye

This question Ii often asked by The feopie oil our
State, with natural and growing impotence 1t is
very easy to slow what is not doing in either branch
of the Legislature whether as regards the interests
or the well being Of the State Nothing is doing to
restore to our City her right 10 Equal Laws. OF
which party intrigue concerning the New Excise
deprived her last Winter. 10 stay the desc
lating ravages Of Libertinism; nor 10 complete
our unfinished, therefore useless and unproduc-
live Public Works nor 10 adjust the Leasehold
troubles which have cost our State SO much
Wea not surprised, therefore. TO perceive that the
People of Jefferson and other Counties. who have
seen two months of the Session devoted TO scurri
ous personal brawls in which all dignity is forgotten
and the lie banded about il among clam boys,
nre sendiug in petitions demanding that the two
Houses come 10 order, lay aside their violent per
sonal feuds and attend little 10 the business on
which they were deputed. The albany Eoen'ng
Journal however, takes different view OF the
matter, insisting that the present has been however
undesgncdly on the part ofthe chief actors prott
able Session Its reasons for this singular judgment
are set forth as follows
PROFITABLE LEGISLATION
There lie complaint among The People, ihat the
Legislature is wasting its time IN Improbable de-
haze This is an erroneous view of the question In
nil our recollection of former LeSis!aiion-and that
recollection goes far back into the vale OF years-we
have not known two months OF more real practical
usefulness 10 the People than those OF the present
Session There has been sort OF footing up OF long
runninc unsettled political accounts, III which the
People are deeply interested. The secret things
of parry by which the State and Nation have been
misruled for more than twenty years are beng re-
vealed. We now know by how much, and OF what
kind ofhonesty and patriotism those who claim all
lna,,
the character OF the Albany Regency drawn by
Tammany Hall limucr. We have had the Democ-
racy of john QUINCY ADAMS and HENRY CLAY
vindcaied by Col Young, And on Saturday we
had most important admissions rpm Governor
WMGHrs organ in the Assembly, M. PERKINS, OF
ST. Lawrence.
Mir. PERKINS. after the Wing party has been held
responsible for Forty Million Debt. amits that
this Deb, was created by Conservatives in his
own party. of whom Gov. MARCY was the leader.
He admitted what, when charged by US. has been
30 often denied, that when Gov. BoUcK made the
6rst contract for the Erie Canal Enlargement he
knew 1t would millions of dollars over the est
mate. He admitted, also, that the construction OF
the Chenango Canal was authorized in obedience 10
9 pledge" given by Gov. MARRY. LIE, US dwell
moment here 7 The Chenango Canal cost So, 0oo,-
600. The Summer preceding that Session Of the
Legislature which passed the Chenango Canal bill
Mr.. MARCY, then aSenator in ConSress, but 4 can
didatc for Governor, returned from Washington, in
q,
through the Valley of the Chenango L, was then
the .pledge" 20 which Mr.. PERKINS refers was Civ
en- When the Legislature met the Chenang.
people came for their pay A " Caucus was held
10 decide upon the question. Inc measure was
strongly opposed by those whom MIR. PERKINS re
presents as having been always opposed TO luterna
improvements. But it WAS urged, on The othe
hand that il was unsafe politically. to deny those
sturdy beggars any longer. The regency wer'
naked whether they would make the Chenang Ca
nal or, by refusing It, hazard the election 0s zen
jackson Such considerations prevailed The Ca
nal bill passed, with the secret assent OF those "h
affected open opposition TO il And for the passage
OF that Law. which was done 10 save the Van n
rem party, the Wings have been held resPonsie,.e
Yes. this So 600 is part OF the : Forty All,
lion Debt" which was cast INTO the scales 70 wels'
down the Wing party And this S3,oo0,0Oo wa
Deliberately appropriated as Mr.. PERKINS now ad
rnits, to redeem political pledge" given by Gov
MARCY! Thus We have the evidence thai an d
renisu in single item, cost the People So eoo'oou
We leave il for others TO say whether, ateI
Messrs WRIGHT, FLAoe, &c. DC. have sha.eo
largely In the political advantages resulting from
that proalgacy, they act honorably in taking the
stand against their associates, as informers
We must stick pin in another place. Mir
PERKINS charges that Gov. BoucK acted dishonesty
IN making contracts for the Erie Canal Enlarge
ment with the knowledge that the State had been
hesuied into the enterprise upon officially false esti
mates. And yet with all this knowledge agains,
Canal Commissioner BogcK Messrs WRIGHT and
FLAGe. with their anti.improy emen. followers made
him Governor of the State! In but few things is
ice dapi,clty OF Van Burenism more glaring than In
me nomination OF WILLIAM c. BoUcK for Cover
nor. That party. after making an issue against the
pubic works, selected asiss candidate for Governor
Me man upon whose erroneous estimates these
eMorxs mao oeen commenced! And while In one
portion Of the Stale the people were induced to vote
lSr Co. BoucK, as opponents of Forty Million
Deot In other portions of the State Col. BoucK
writing Letters, promising resumption of those
49, Indeed, Col BoUcK was nominated because
WINE nus purity were opposed to internal improve
mems, He vas known TO DO IN fapor Of going OIL
WIN me unfinished canals. And having praotiseG
ls raul successfully come of the parties TO it nov