New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-01-10
Instructive Legf.lation.

following Resolutions, 10 VIII
J. e,olved fthe Assembly concur That this and
,ure spproye OF the course of those of their
REPRESENTATIVES in the Congress OF the ~ the
who have been the firm and consistent, ~ Teas m
grea. Of the Age inc bo bv their timely and
me ~ have helped to bring il TO an honoFaoe
communication. IS .unax
JI-;,,er before last when this measure OF annex
..,o, as in it's infancy Mr.. Jones never thought Oh
astpe an expression ofthe Legislative Judgment on
the subiec, for his contreres therein were decoeoy
hostile 10 the whole business Last winter the AN
nexation project was in the crisis oil Its iste-a
breath apparently, would determine lis success or
failure vet Mr. Jones and his party kept silence,
and the utmost efforts of the Wings could not smoke
them out of their hiding place. They would not
nstruc; our Senators, nor express any opinion IN re-
gard TO Annexation Now that II Is cone however
Fals,af jumps upon the body OF the dead Percy
and hacks and news most doughtily. We thank
Mr. Jones for even this tardy exhibition OF vaior'
and trust he and his crones will have an opportunity
10 vote distinctly on the Slavery extending features
of Annexation before they get rid OF MS resoiu'ion'
. Resored Of the Assembly concur) That this Lessia
.ure entertain and now desire TO express ,neii
e i,ed states upon the subject of the American
claim To Oregon that the title TO the who're OF ts
ritory is and that we rely WIN
,or the wisdom and frmness Of our popular anu par-
R T.h;ef Mapstrae acting upon and practically carry
inc ont the commendabe maxim OF MS aInen'ed pre1e
cosaor 10 demand well submit TO- nothing pu wnat
IL pbt go TO dispose of this important question as tha
be and honor of the Nation shsl be promoted
and preserved
IF Mr. Polk submits TO nothing but what is right,
and his course is worthy Of unqualified approval,
then he did right in offering 10 divide Oregon with
Great Britain and of our title TO "he 'chofe
of that Territory is not unquesonsb bic and our
Hon. Senator s,ultifies himself-a most supertiuous
operation.
3 Resorsd Of the Assembly concur That our senators
in Congress- be instructed and Representatives re-
aested to exert their influence TO procure at the earliest
possible period the passage OF aaw estaolshlng an ~
dependent Treasury for the safekecpng OF the puonc
moneys. -,
why, Floyd why don't you establish an lndepen-
den, Treasury yourselves, instead OF instructlng
others to do it! You and I'd clan have full power
over our State Finances, and these are great deal
more mixed up with Banks than those of the Nation
ever were The Manhattan and Bank of the State
here. the Farmers and Mechanics at Albany, and
two or three more pet monsters have the hanu-
ling, keeping and unrestricted lending OF the + our
or Five Millions per annun collected and disbursed
by our State, on terms far more lax than those ac-
corded by the Federal Government. All this vast
amour, is regularly collected and disbursed In Bank
Notes-not silver of coin about the business-and
our Comptroller and the Banks are always playing
into each others hands for mutual advantage. The
State has 40 Constitutional Treasury, according to
your partys definition; she has only right OF nc
ton las Van Buren, phrases il against corporations,
who may fail to morrow. as many such hare failed
4 Tho in
vaults Now will your Senatorial wisdom be so
good as 10 enlighen on the proprety and sense OF
YOUR nslructing other servants OF the People to de
what you surely ought TO do yourselves If they
should? Why don't you show them what to do and
how to do it, instead Of telling them TO do what You
dare not do yourselves
4 RESOLVED (f the Assembly concur,) That we are
opposed to National Bank, and that our Senators in
Congress be- instructed and our Representatives request
cd oppose the incorporation OF such an institution by
whatever name or in whatever form 1t may be presented
Now if Senator Jones has any knowledge OF a
design on the part of Messrs Dix and Dickinson to
propose or advocate the chartering of a National
Bank he is right with his general views in intro
ducing this resolution. But if this is not so, and
our Loco Foco Senators ard Representatives in
Congress have no intention of doing any such thing,
ms we know and he perfectly well knows the few
Wing Members have not then he is gambling away
the Legislative time which costs the People money
with the base and paltry intent of making little
party capital by playing on popular prejudice
Such course is shameful in any Legislator, but
doubly disgraceful in grave Senator of the emf
nence and renown Of the Honorable David r. Floyd
Jones.
s RESOLVED, Of the Assembly concur) That we are
opposed to any Tariff Laws whose object shall be Pro
lection instead of Revenue-tha. in favor either
of repeal of the present law such modification Of
it that in of discrimination and incidental pro-
lection all the great interests of the country 10 wit
agriculture The Mechanic Arts Commerce and Manu-.
features, may be put upon equal footing and that our
Senators in Congress be instructed and Representa-
tves be requested to into effect these resolutions
Manfully spoken, David and we thank you for it,
despite the despcabe attempt array three four
classes of the community against another by insinu-
atoms of,he fasehood that the present Tariff Injuries
those 10 benefit this But no mattertor all lhat-you
have spoken square out against Protection and that
is where you please us Silas Wright hates Pro
lection as heartily as you do, but he is content TO
insinuate that hatred by skulking inuendoes about
unettered Industry and the like but you talk
straight out. You speak as one Of the Young De.
mocracy, whose doctrines this point are directly
YATES, De WITT CLINTON and even MARCY when
Governor. As many as three times at least has the
Legislature ofNew.Y ork, under thoroughly Demo
cratic auspices affirmed the Conslitu,ionality, jus
tice, policy and necessity of Protection for its own
sake. which you here repudia,e. The Jackson LIE.
gislature Of lsa72s did this by vote in Assembly
OF 81 TO 3; and generally the vote has been unani-
nous. Now push through your resolution we dare
you to do it and show the People that your party
has deserted the platform of GEO. CLINTON, MADi.
SON and ToMrKINs 10 follow the iuculcatons Of
Polk and Walker-of that Polk who in lS43 asserted
that the present Tariff would not afford sufficient
Perenue 10 sustain the Government and would have
to be cut down for that if for no other reason. Let
Us have the Meas and Nays
Re.O.red, Qf the Assembly concur> That the present
Chief Magistrate OF the United Stses in the ability and
wisdom with which he has conducted the administration
OF the Government, has fully the ssneuine
pecaions OF the American People and this Legislature
cannot svod expressing the high qualification which il
ieels IN having at this time al the head OF the Govern
individual who has the parc.irc