New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-01-19
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and The Political Prisoner.
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Sir. Very little Of an exciting nature has as
vet come up in Assembly and so grave and dec
orous are our Legislators that ! can say. and with
truth that have seen more wit snd humor' iun
and drorery, played of at EpscoPslisn Convention
or PRESBYTERIAN General Assembly than has a. yet been
exhibited by the orderly lsymen who meet daily At this
Capital This Assembly MAY d;ssppoint the hlgh eNpec-
tuons of the country but thus far they nave ei on my
mind most favorable and pleasing impression. .
The Amt Rent Question and Governor "rl8hl
were brought up to day In bold relief through mouon
made yesterday in Committee Of the Whole on tne
Governors annual Message, By Mr. WALSH to refer SO
much OF bis Exceencys Message As related 10 the Anu
Rent troubles-which by the way, was norf or an ior
he had not said word about them-to the standing
Committee on Grievances consisting Of Locof ocos
viz, Hammond OF schoharie. Smith Of \. !. DAVIS Of
Ieaerson Dean Of Oneida, and one Wing Mcnamara ol
Rensselaer, The motion adopted sub sltnh0 but
not having been reported 10 the House MI HAMMOND 5
colleague Mr.. I. SMITH, obtained recon.ideI auoh 20
day Mr.. SILL Of Livingston considered MI Walsh ;
motion an insult 10 the Governor. Mr. WATSON win
out moving a muscle OF hs cOuntensnce) ntimsed q
conviction his mind that the Governor must certainly
have meant Anti Rentism when he speaks Of the Va
ried interests of the Stale He had received some To-
900 Anti. Rent votes. Mr. W made some reference 70
Governor WRIGHT position which do not dlsthel
10 hear on which Mr. DEvELIN assured the house thal
he late Chief Magistrate had hard feelings toward
the Anti Renters and did not ascbe his defeat to their
salor,s INIT 10 - gentleman (said he who Is an
Anti Renter was candidate the other day Tor the more
humble employment Of door keeper speech was
made on his behalf votes were requested Tor MN on
this floor and he was announced as SOUND ana uoe
Whg lie got just three votes Had NJ not cause 10 Oe
Mr. T SMITH, (who had mentioned this candidate
before the baotng) remarked that the gentleman from
New York had acknowledged that II was mol the anu
Renters who killed Cato, but that Cato was Al.su y
4 a. az he
/ FRIENDS 1.-THE Hunkersl. Tie (Mr. - hoped mat the
| party to whom Mr. D. belonged would rehnimse iha'
important parsonage Cato as they would have 70 use
him yet A. 20 the vote Tor door keeper ne presumed
that lar cher honors would yet be conferred ON ths
portion OF the electors 10 whom the candidate alluded
belonged Perhaps the question would soon De 'hahssu
! to Who killed James h. Polk What section OF 'ne
/ party killed him
| Mr.. DFvTLIS said that as i had been asked. who
/ killed Cato he understood that Cato was inquired o.
before the election whether elected ne would pafe,i
the Anti Renters and that he said NO but that ne hr
! d. had heard OF another candidate for the mghes
honors who did not say no.
II wish somebody would dol The Pope has pardoned
every political outlaw or prisoner in his dominions anC
I am an adnirer of that most catholic dictrine.l
/ Mr. WALSH had not read the Message indeed
he had never read Governors Message IN MS ne an'
therefore could not say what was IN them Dut haNni
been told IN al this actually one OF me shories
ever published he believed he would read H. lie sup
posed however that il could not but contain sOu'eth.
of Anti Rent for he had understood that the uoVetho
was an Anti Renter He himself was an Anti Renter
and although he had not been elected on That ineies,
perhsps he was better Anti Renter than some who had
Perhaps he the best Anti Renter on that hooI, 10
he was directly opposed 10 RKNTs OF almost every ue
scrption He had the Governor, and ouhu MN
be Z frank generous clever fellow ir .h-tviof" -
pecied 10 find himself quite in order in moving the refer
ence 10 the Grievance Committee II II really wa
the case that the Governor had said nothing at al sDou
the difficulties In the Ambient counties most lnportnr
a. the subject was he (Mr W) would insist thst u wa
a most Obvious omission ON his part
The motion to refer lnothingl TO Commute
was then voted down.
when the English Parliament met after the tire
glorious days of 1890 Lord Grey, Sir Robert reel Lor
John Russell, and many other peers, as may oe see
from the debs ies In the Mirror OF Parliament ID 70
Legislative Library gave the highest praise 70 IA
French people for the humanity and ioroesrance the
had manifested toward those who had sought 10 rAI
nj re over them. Let Governor Young and his adslsei
compare the generosity of the French people win ID
hesrtless haste and ! had almost said, cruelty pIa
, iced toward the poor Ant-Renters now impnsone
with felons IL there any comparison In the magnlsud
of their respective Ofences The former warning lof
gloomy despotsm-t the latter for relief IRON those "a
barous feuda usages which will bear no investigator
The best message the Governor could send, on me sao
iect OF Anti Rent would be one that Governor Wrigt
neglected too lOng-s 10 the Keeper OF he Jul
econ to let the poor cspyes breathe the air oil ireedoi
in the land Of the free II he does thst who can qua
rel with his message Is not least said soonest mehoeo
jus susanun sdDs sEmmd esf MALTA. an ne" Ho
ernor of New York afford 10 be less liberal than ne"
Pone of Rome N NOUS YERRONS, JR.