New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-04-30
Correspondence OF The Tribune.
ALBANY, Wednesday, April %, 1871.

ALBANY, Wednesday, April % loif
The Eight Supreme Courts about to be organ
lied and the Court of Appeals, 70 be composed OF
four of their number together with four leading po-
ltca parssns to be agreed upon probably at couple
of private party meetings up at Syracuse will probably
exercise influence the fortunes OF this state
and through it over the Union, and, may add the CIV
ilized world These Judges will declare what the law
is and from their decisions the people can have no sp-
peal except In far the United states Constitution
may prove q check Holding office, on the average for
six or eight years sovastimPortanee that they should
be good and learned and impartal men Tor tee consul
tuition and voluminous laws that will be intrusted to
them 10 expOund and administer may oe turned ana
twisted any way. TIE Judiciary about 10 De elected
will therefore be a sort Of state dictatorship and II
would sppeAr hatthe Legislature are 10 oe called H.
possible As auxiliaries on the wrong side
LAST night Senator TALcorT presented IN senate
pe..tion from the COMMERCIAL BANK OF ALBANY bold
IL asking and SPECIAL ehsrier us ola one ha'lhs
nearly or quite expired The Bank and TIE Senator well
know that of Article of the Constitution Is IN these
plain words: -
~ ACT granting Any SPECIAL Charter for Banking pur-
rr>- poses but Corporations and Assoc ATOMS may De
" formed for such purposes, under GENERAL avs
The Bank memorial asks the Legislature to rsmple
on the Constitution for the advantage Of tew-askng
for one Bank by special law powers 10 be refused ~
others except under ike special avs 10 be obtained oy
favor heretofore To grant AL TINS would be 10 war
they should take who have the power and they should
keep who can because our night makes our ngnt
Constitutions supposed 10 guarantee the quiet poe
.esson of property and personal gnt oGt one clause
NAV De botted out 10 A. may another TO serve
B-the end as elsewhere, 10 constituted AnArehy-morA
force il at an end
A charter however, would be Of no use II the Appea
Judges were hosest-they would 81 once snnul u such
BANKS as intend to ask the Legislature 10 SuLLTr the
Constitution not amend ~ VIII therefore unite 70
control the press hire electoneeTers and e1Pend nun
dreds Of thousands Of dsar secretly 70 obtain Court
of Anpes, AZ plant as they hope to md the legislature
In his vav the millions NAY have very dangerous
power TO contend with in the Judicial kections power
Unseen but which from lsO to ne Te'sA Aor has never
been for moment rnfel' IN ms comm 40.
lido not praise the Constitutional clause on bsnks-nor
do blame / desire faithfully 70 ooseryet Ihs as
rpgulshed editor Of THE EvzNISS FoSI' irAnky sdnl'
that the representative system a. exercised Is te oet'
Der than name He says ". Post APril % that
sTb rre-nt practice u making up ucEsts and present
ing hen 10 ne voters a. Polls, LEAVES IHEN 80 cVeL
ExcEFr sETwEES rHE Two Ok - p, sssossg.Sp
FEW ISrEsEsTED PERSONS HAvA MADE " s.fS S
re.e couuteract The very purpose q primary election
Tier. way Of iasurnss resl ssSOD 0U'
Ia the LECTION OF Judges the friends Of justice will
have 10 contend with = rotten nauonA adninstt auon
and its panpered meniAs-"itn me Il-nas OF osa'
soubtfu and unknown laws and an uncertain practice
WITH ,eu,hs Of the prsctcng Attorneys-with GER
t.u bankers and others who may seek % iwst me Con.
stitution 10 suit their purpOses-aho WIN tne OF
party men Office seekers and en- -,
10 convert the Law Courts INTO eneieni party machines
also with the idle. preudeed, careless ignorant vain
and tndS.rep. with those who ian in troubled water
hate justice. and love license -, , -
Tns Ereufay Poa names Nessrs Jonn z Spencer
.ni oh, ~ =. hsirs smOrz tina most capable Of coci
fyns the law No doubt they have the ability. hear
nothing the subject - ~ -. 4. Il
The game Of "hold-bsek wei Played ~ me
inr.ted in both Houses. and the wisdom Of the
I.gi..rurs viii be found quite equal TO The division
Of ,bs stat. into eight convenient Judicial Districts
giving the people the least possible number Of days