New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-01-05

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framing laws under which persons maze IN
ted 10 associate 10 carry on the busio... y<fns-
featuring. should not be 10 o.. 4h1-
large dividends upon tie capital To b. ,,sf
We should look primarily 10 the encourag.rnn'
industry. bat this object can only be attained
laws that will unite the invesment Of ca ,i,.l sSf
gard the subject as among the most rnpo,t,n, ~
will claim your attention at the present ,es,.
and feel entire confidence ths, you will 6ods
dhicult task 10 devise such laws not pcono.,a"
with the requirements OF the Constitution q, -
secure the union OF capital and labor and re,,,~.
bly, protect the public against loss In your fo.,e-
care Tor labor, SIS wei mechanical IS agricqltu-.f
feel assured no legislation viii be neglected o..
In your Judgment may tend % Cultivate due =.
/ preciatiOn Of ifs elevated character and enl,,s
the estimate OF its respectabiify. The .sct ,s,,
honorable distinction does no, depend upon an oce,
patton profession, Is better known and sppreel
sted by those who have seen more ears than hs,.
young men jas. entering on the sctve duties Il
h;e and false estimate OF the character Of nan.
| usl labor induces undue proportion Of young
men TO engage In professional aud mercantile par.
suits.
In the discharge Of the duties that you have IS
sumed az the representatives Of a great people q
| the inquiry whether the establishment Of schools
I IN which agriculture and mechanics shall be sceu
tifcsly snd practically taught will not tend 10 e,e
waite the standard Of labor. IL is respectfully sob
ni,ed, sud may properly occupy high place in
your dehberstion
| | communicates herewith. a statement in CON-
! plsnce with the requirements OF the last c'scse
OF the 9Th Section OF the i,h Article Cf the Con.
stitu;on, concerning Reprieycs Communication and
Par,ons. During the past year I'VE person,
have suffered the extreme penslty Of the law ia
I this State. Tor the crime OF murder twill be seen
4 by this statement that two others, WHO have been
sentenced 10 death for the same crime have hsd
their punishment committed to that O. imPrisomer,
in the State Prison for life.
|. will sisO be seen that during the same period
I Of the c0nvcis in the several state Prisons, par
dons have been granted 10 lOi, and that OF the per
sons confined II the local prisons, under sentence
partous have been granted to IS. The section q
the Constitution 20 which have referred, evident
/ ~ contemplates that some provision VII be made
by law relative to she manner of applying tor par
don Tire evidence by which these Applications
sustained, Is almost D0rtc bus notice Is low
given to the District Attorney OF the county where
the convictions were bad OF the tendency Of the
applications respectively and time given 10 him 20
resist IN any form that he may think his duty re-
quires | sought early to establish some general
aud well defined rule 10 govern the exercise 90 the
parGonng power, bu. in this | have been entirely
unsuccessful and have been compelled 10 dispose
Of each in respect 70 the particular circumstances
rs Disclosed by the Information furnished. ltn
there ore 20 be expected that this duty will in
some instances, be inn rUvidenty discharged but
this nseguence seems to be Incident % the power
conferred, aud SIM unable to recommend any le.
cisaton which, in my Judgment will provide
against occasional imposition ana improyidence
think il may well be doubted wteiherour laws
in regard to the length Of time that persons i'm.
prs0ned IN the State Prison. not too severe un.
der convictions for first offences From the best in.
formation that have been able % ascertain iom
those v no have had the care of persons confined
Tor crime, a much shorter term Of punishment thsl
that now prescribed by law would punish IN mos,
instances; would furnish sufficient time for refec.
I'D Of ne ard
he who is not reformed by a comparatively bnei
confinement. is not 70 be improved by that kiad Of
punishment and probably by no other. II he 10
longer kept IN is0u the community may be pro-
tccted o. that extent IN so far as Il i.gryes hin Of
the opportunity 10 commit crime during that period
hut it u beev, that IL does not tend 20
formation. When. however. per,ons have suffered
tor q reasonable time imprisonment IN State Phi
son. and after being permitted 10 90 al large, en-.
gage again m the commission OF crime, reformation
IS rare, ~ be expected. and society can only he
protected by perpetual imprisorment. This csse
general rule, and subject Ike All others 70 ex'
ceptlons aud those exceptions are believed TO DO
proper subjects TOR Executive clemcncy.
The state Prison nc Clintoa was established by
law Of the LIST Of May, lsig ami prior 10 the 3Qih
ol September ssf there bad been Appropriated sr
lis construction end support az difoleut times
siJ5 600 all which had been expended. and thsIe
that day balance against The Suite Il
S-0l20. On the 10Th day OF Dec las, there vo
appropriated the farther sum OF s25 O00-nfkin5
the agyregate Of oil the appropriations On account
of that eifce $50 600. The whole amount ,hs.
hes been drawn from the Treasury il Sii6g59 "a
leaving balance Ia the Treasury of 5000 g.
[ nder act OF the 18Th Of Nav i-iG. there hsd
been drawn from the Treasury by the Mount Pleas
ant State Prison during the last year the sum oi
$1,000 There was received by the Prison during
the year. from other sources sos 96l H. making
the whole amount received by the Prison during
the fiscal year ending 30ih September. 1917, ga.
DOL II. There was balance due laom the Poison
10 the State on the 3Oth September, 1876 oil sl-
O75 10, which added 10 the last mentioned sum,
make an aggregate Of S74.l36 20. The whole
amount OF * pendtures for thc year ending 30th
September 1917, was S7j303 %, leaving balance
due the State OF $500 o.. There was due from tho
Auburn Prison TO the State on the 3Osh September
lsi6, being an excess Of revenue OF the preceding
year. over end above expenditures, the sum Of
/ el779- 90. The receipts during the year ending
30th September last, from all the sources were
e53O5i e9, making An aggregate Of $40 s02 ss--
The expenditures for the same period we're S52,
625 30. leaving balance due the state ~ 22l e.
Under the Act OF the eth OF May 1916, the House
Of Refuge Tor Juvenile delinquents Ia Western
New York has been located at the City Of ROcnes-
ter building hos been erected and will be coDl-
pleted the ensuing Spring Early information viii
be laid before you, showing the expenditures that
have already teen made and the aid that will here
after be required Of the State.
For several successive years the Legislature has
been invoked to enact laws touching the relation 81
landlord and tenant under the leases, la psrpetuity,
or for life lives, tor term Of years not less
than sixty and such laws have been passed on
property as has been demanded by that peculiar
condition OF things that has been not nspprO pirate.
y denomineted the Manor excitement IL - be-
lived that more than 100000 acres OF land arc still
held IN this State under these leases, containing
annual reservations Of rent, aud ia some instances,
| OF services and quarter-sales, and that popua-
ton Of more than &c., 600 people reside upon tie
lands thus held. Many of the tenants cOnuoyert-
ing the titles OF their landlords or denying the VA.
| dity OF the reservations IN the leases, have al
short intervals for several years refused u pay rent
/ Associations have been formed having for their OBJ
| jet mutual protection against what they declare
70 be the unla9l u demand OF their landlords. Some
OF the tenants yielding To the strong current OF ex
element, have resstedthe execution Of process BY
! force and while engaged in such unlawful meas
| ures high crimes have been committed, Of which
| the Judicial tribunals OF the country have taken
cOguzance, as in all other causes Of a similar cha
| TacteF The uefpetratgrs OF violence and crime