New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-11-28
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dent prophecy that it would not appear again until
siIas Wright should be reelected Governor IS once
more on our table opening ftly with article on
1.-The Results Of the Recent Elections. These,
while they are interpreted as signifying nothing,
are made the pretext for signal outpouring Oh
spleen and bitterness against the Wings. VINO arc
accused of all manner Of rascality, destitutlon OF
principle, etc We take all this very coolly, and
should not have thought OF noticing 1t but Tor the IN
terningng herewith Of certain grave yet graceiess
assaults on History which think ought not IN so
high quarter to pass unnoticed. For instance
an the State Of New York Federaist ruers began in
1888 that waseful policy. by which large State debt
great injury 10 Public Credit. and direct taxation were
entaed upon the People Of the State. Approaching
insolvency avoided only by prompt change OF
policy The projection of Public Works, involving an
e1peuditure OF sD0GOOO0 of Public Money IN addition
to the then existing Debt could not however bus en-
list in favor OF the projectors numerous array OF par
tiahDs' &c. &c
Now to these assertions we oppose the following
facts
!. The Erie Enlargement and Lateral Canals
were commenced, not IN 1893, but in 1885, under
VIM. L. Marcy as Governor and William c. Bouck
& Co. Canal Commissioners, when the Wings had
no power in any branch of the Government
O. The new impulse to more speedy en-
largement in a3s, was given on the recommended
tion Of that same Gov. Marcy, while the Senate
was also strongly LocoFoco and but single
byanch OF the Government was Wing
g. The estimates ON which the State was in
duecd to embark in the Erie Enlargement and
Lateral Canals were made entirely BY Loco Foco
Engineers and Commissioners. when the Wings
had no share in the Government. These estimates
made the entire cost of the Enlargement $4,000,
600, which was not half the actual cost and the
Genesee Valley and Black River Canals were un
der.estimnted in proportion.
4. There was no projection OF Public Works OF
any moment after the Wings came into power
All they attempted was to complete what thoy
found going forward, with contracts made for mil
lions which the State was bound to fulfil or pay
heavy damages for rcpudiating But ali this did
not amount 10 ANYTHING like S50000,000. The
highest estimate was S4o,ooO0oO for the entire
debt to be incurred by completing all the State
Works including the millions of debt already owed
by the State.
A little farther along, the Review assalls the
passage of the Canal bill of lsi5, which Gov
Wright vetoed, and the Wings as its advocates
representing it as device 10 defeat Cato
Now it is notorious that Gov Wright desired the
passage of that bill on purpose that he might it
His friends could have easily stopped it in the Sc
nate but several of them lodged the vote and let
it pass on purpose that it might be killed by his
Veto, already in good part written
Next we have u icrocious attack on the Anu
Renters as combining with the Wings IN the late
contest, when in fact they voted just rs many can
didates from one State Ticket as from the other,
and if the vote OF the Anti Renters had been cast
according to their former, politics, Young would
still have been chosen. But the Democratic
charges that all the Community fproperty. vote
yourselfa.tarm' men aud asrarians supported John
Young and the Wings This is grossly un
true. The National Reormers or Free Land men
voted for candidate OF their own, Lewis Masque
rier; Young America and The Anti Renter
supported him zealously and the Loco Foc0 GeHer
al Meetiag THIS Cty Just before the Election pass
ed resolution opprorins Of the Land Reform prin
eipe. This was plainly intended to win Vote
yoursefa farm votes for Silas Wright ard proba
bly, did So Yet the Review asserts that all these
men voted for John Young
The next game is to pettiios our Congressional
Election and prove that the choice OF Twenty three
Wings instead of nine proves nothing at all, Here
is specimen;
Three rederalst allies Natives who voted sssins,
The Tariff have been succeeded by Democrats and
Democrats who voted with the Eederas's on that ques
ton have been superseded
Now consider the facts Every one Of these De,
mocrats who have succeeded the Federal al
lies, is elected By a minority, while majority OF
the votes in each District but of our City was
u.
Look at the Documents.
Ocids RsaNras 81 Foxes or er Of CoRress IN lsis Cir
Dist Protective Tariff Men Free Trade Men
Hid. Phoenix. 1850 Nicon. 1902
Miller. 252--&Sla
Nth. Williams 40S9 Maclsy 800. i1;a
Prsll s6S-i9as Smith .,...... i4s-Sle7
vth... Tsllmadsei2oS BrodericA =. .sscs
Wheeler. lSSS-S6oS Rloodsood @2-t2ul
With. Monroe ..S9SS jackson ...60cl
Campbell .lSll-7T6e
Total votes ios Tariff men ,.............2S aOl
do Tor Free Traders. eO,05S
Majority in favor OF Protection IN the City
and County OF New,YorA. ,....,......S,l LAS
Now here in City, which gave Polk 800
majority. Wrish; over Fillmore $500. is claim
Sc, mp OF great gam for Polk and Free Trade
Look at the figures snd judge
We are obliged to pass over many monstrous
Measurements on various points, especially one tha,
the expenses OF the first three quarters Of ISL
were SEA, 7s4SiS when IN truth much OF this amount
was absorbed in the redemption o. Treasury Notes.
and so in fact no expenditure at all bur the pay.
ment Of debt
We will correct but one more misstatenaen, out
o. the hundreds with which the Reviews leading
article is studded Il refers to Texas and the Mex.
iean WM, aud is as tollows:
!hs only prssepoe of opposition 10 the wsr is the
SHALLOW enc IA relation 70 the boundary and 10 make
thss pre'eSe the aver Nuecrs is assumed as the pc
BOUNDARY. IN n.aRss- res tks r,r.r Sasrss
rsr -<TscFss OF assigned Tie ls.si,s OF Yeros &c &C.
Now if this writer viii jus, look nj the 6rs, Map
Of Texas ever published by Texan after she de
olared her independenee-thas prepared by sry.
FEsS F. AUSTIN and issued in Philadelphia in 1877
he will find the River Nueces, from its mouth ~
its source, plainly laid dcw2 the Western bound
ary of Texas. which ran thence due North to the
Guadaloupe Mountains, following them Easseriy
to the line of the L. States, without iutimasion
that Texas even claimed to the Rio Grande OF
Woodward to Santa Fee. So every Mexican Map
ever issued, whether before or since the battle o
S.,, yes,, Az he