The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-01-29

ALBANY, jan ~, l646.
The Senate met at the usual hour. Prayer, jour
nal and petitions. The Comptroller reported to the
Senate that 81, $50 had been paid to the Attorney
General for his attendance upon the antirent trials
and $lll 40 to the Adjutant General for his services
this report was made in answer to resolution OF the
Senate This amount was paid to Van Buren, for his
personal services counsel while in attendance at the
trials Of the antirentsrs The Senate was in Committee
of the Whole during the day. upon the
utions relative to the militia and public defsnces and the
of the New York Legislature upon the annexation
Of Texas, the Oregon issue, and the tariff of AZ.
Amendments proposed to the tariff resolutions
and resolution offered by Mr.. Talcott denouncing the
admission OF Texas, and the perpetuation OF human
tsri resolution Without taxing any Senators
commenced discussion upon amendments IN general,
their SrSss q in 70
discussed at length until motions and amendments
and questions became complex and complicated that
the confederation Of their Texas resolutions Colonel
Sam Young made splendid speech upon Captain
eminent, while while the question upon the amendment
pending he said the 6rst Texas resolution was in
soioy Of Benton cass Calhoun Wright Tyler etc.
etc, upon this Texas hobby. 1t national speech,
though Brief and though the question was upon the
in an able and profound manner.
Mr. Jones said that those who voted against the
j.
have been right He followed the veteran Colonel in
another national haranguo. Senators were exceedingly
questions: and srenou.y opposed the
substitution Of amendments by other Senators
Col Sam Youns Msds sSona the nsn
whom proposed to lsud and glorify by passing this
Texas resolution, and he would for It. He pro.
ceeded to show the bad tendency of annexation in all
features Col Sam. said there is place hot enough
but hell TO maintain slavery" (These his words)
Mr.. Young here made an extract from silas Wrghrs
speech WATERFOWL last fall in which Wright asserted
that he voted against the ratification Of the treaty for the
by reading the whole speech. He proceeded to make
regular national antiTex speech. He concluded with
proposition to strike out this resolution Of gorAcaton
This debate became rich Mr. Hard followed COL
Young another national address to the Senate Mr. H.
(Wrght) had acted honorably, that Col Young
would have been returned to the u s. Senate and the
in the power Of Wright and the barn burners return
Col Young In auson to the election Of Wright he said
the old white hoss" had been sain and "Cato" ele-
waited in his stead and he proceeded to PROVE that
in the power Of Wright to have defeated annexa
ton Wright would be defeated next fall because he
elected to do this business He alluded to remarks
Of Wright at the Baltimore Convention who said that
:" when Rome was burning Nero was fddling." He
in admitting Texas for the purpose Of securing the
of Southern for old bunker here at the
North-and he denounced the corruption Of Northern
politicians general Mr. H. said that Sas Wright and
his friends sent to the United States Senate whom
they knew would vote for Texas when they might have
proof and MIR. II. proceeded to disclose bargain be-
tween the burners" and wings the burner. said they
would vote for Sam Young the wings would not do It,
and consequently the burners nominated Texas man.
Mr.. Beekman doubted the whole story. Mr.. Wright
ton" related by Mr.. Hard.
would give the Of the individuals and he
mended Mr. Hards "delicacy" in not giving the names
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the whole statement was false. Mr. Wright was about
lucky in making this statement Is he had been in pro-
that Colonel Young was not an honorable democrat.
Mr. Wright replied that he had produced that paper in
order to show that Young had placed himself in cate
CORY where such evidence was proper to be adduced
against him. etc. etc This most interesting and rrele-
want debate continued until the hour adourning
The hunkers and wings doing all in their power to
denim and annihate Silas Wright and to overthrow his
popularity and influence in this state and the burners"
termed base and unfounded assertions. Such was the
excitement that half dozen Senators would rise
upon the floor simultaneously The fact is that personal
luminosity in the State Senate strong that utterly
impossible for Senators to attend to their legitimate bus
thing.
Colonel Young in third speech TO the Senate said
ism, and he wanted to apply tic tropian iance and
have outpouring Of federalism He applied several
lo.s he
and that Young had been the steady adherent
Of all the abuses in Legislation which had been commit
ted the last quarter of century. (The question be-
fore the upon the adoption Of the Texas
lution) Wright proceeded to level anathemas at Young
1t needless report this personality, dsgraceu
and disreputable to every Senator engaged in it. Amid
the greatest confusion motion made to rise and
report which carried amid eers and sneers, and
personal blackguardism The question was not taken
Fifteen hundred extra copies Of the report Of the Re-
gents of the University relative to the Normal Schools
ordered to be printed and the Senate adjourned
Nothing worthy Of note occurred in the House, az
the jeu desprits. Mr. Bailey called up his resolu
ton of Of the Senate for poponng the election
Of state Printer but subsequently, withdrew it after
debate.
The Committee on Colleges. Academies and Common
Schools reported against MIR Goes BILL to increase the
moneys annually distributed to common schools by ap
proprating the 900 Of the oil the u De-
poste Fund which now goes to academies Mr. Coe
moved to re-commit the bill but withdrew his motion
after short debate. The Speaker announced the fol-
lowing committee superintendent :-Messrs. Titus, T..
Marshall, King, Gardiner, Hayner, Shafer Gregory,
Marvin LOOMS, Chat6eld, Beach, Chase, Worden, A.
Wood, Hall, Lake.
Then the House adjourned.