New-York daily tribune., 1849-10-31


far'hesi by the spung q lsti
The movement Of boats irrespective q those from
he lateral canals during the Eve years from J. q 20
le4- inclusive has been % 81 - miles % which i
We adj annually for the remaining two years. l-l4
and l--O. movement no greater ihar that of l-4-
/; will make total o; J6 is sjl miles Cf'h en0r-
nous amount. one full third being l-72j 20 miles
could have been, and ougtt % have been. saved %
our community. The f0rwa7ders. wh0 know the cost
Of traction mile. can easily carry 0u. % or ar'h
metical result the IecuniaTy lcss j s several NIL
lions q dollars, and ifs whole weight has fallen az
last not upon the carriers Or the merchants but
upon the great body of the farmers- real l-odn-
GERS and consumers q tie vast cargoes borne ~ me
Canals,-and 70 promote whose Interests ara Ne-laie
these great channels q trade and ranslorA'oA Gave
been constructed
To the los. which the agricultural classes have thus
uselessly sustained mast also add TIE Intervening Z
ioss Of interest which in these seven years delay II -si
fall upon The treasury Th- Enlargement had cost in
ls42 between eleven and twelve Millions but M iIe.1 EN-
ding interest. az W.
II the locks and aqueducts had been fn-
ished in 81 the further interest ior Two -
years would not have excceied.......... lo5.y0
:I4e0.coo
To which add, the cost Of the locks and
sqneduc,s themselves, according 70 Mr.
Seymours report ...........'-- --...'- ''f.''''
The amount Of coz, in 1874 would have 49,
baer eco. 4p'J'f-lD
But by the seven years delay We have
lost and shall lose. interest from l-il 20
Isl on the 100000 being a. sim
Die interest $50 600 annually, or.......- .3s--y'
And making the total cost ln ISL ... s2l ai2 900
r. therefore 70 this extra loss Of interest Of sj32
90 We add the useless movement of J., -, ,l5O miles
we shal reduce 20 something Ike definite amount ,he
damage and loss which tie Ere canal and Us owners
the VeOIlc-hsve thus far sustained from tDc Hioi
law of 1872 Hu' when VIC extend the Calculation a
ster further-when we compute the immense add-
t0ral loss Of interest, and tie still more Was''iul
loss Of time ard labor yet % be sustained IN iH'
useless movement Of boats in the long ceay o. macy
wears which must now cnsue before the deepening o.
The channel can be completed, We arc lost 90 amaze
mcnt at the iniatuation which could have led tne
people 10 submit 70 a policy 20 suicidal
As fact for future history, it must be matter
Of regret that AiT SEYMOUR. Who had the c9u-
rage 10 break ont Of bondage and carry through tne
Sc0hare Aqucduct and Jordan level should have ie.l
compelled, IN the interesting Report be presented on
that occasion, assail. what 10 is not possible h
clear judgment can really condemn, the policy al IT
ed in - Of borrowing money to expedite TIE cn-
largement-aud that be should also have felt Obliged
to DO homage 10 the stop law Of lei2 i m.y oe
that his measures could not have been carried without
it, but 10 was melancholy sacrifice Oi truiA a. us-
tice at The shrine o party. il only be lkeuca o.
the "fCame 80 coraQgr' 0f the old LnsIsh Law,
where the loyal subject holds bis tenement on coud
tiOn Of blowing a horn on the arrival Oi the lcg-
lord IMPARTIAL Tosicrity viii declare, that The horn
has becn sufficiently sounded over the stop law 0i
l3i2 and some Icuny-trumIcts have been heard in
unison, Of which their owners will IN time grow tall
enough 10 feel ashamed.
In 1916 the three political parie. in thi. state met
in Convention, to make = new Constitution. ~ lne
merits OF that instrument il Is not necessary pow 90
speak 20 long as tho people are well 'atisfcd with
lis Opcraton il will remain and t 70 shall hereafter
be discovered that il has ,hoTn tie state Government
of some of its most useful and necessary powers, the
ueOpe can readily apply The corrective in the mcal
time, as good citizens We must submit 20 thc nal
disposition it has made Of the great question O.. con-
tinulng the public works. and our principal lrc-
sent interest is in discovering what the Constitution
has left Us
The records Of the debates in the Convention viii
show that Mr. liogFMAN came into that body flushed
with bis triumph Of lsl2, and determined 20 cngrai
IT, whole spirit into organic law. but he cid not
quite succeed. The progress OF enlightened fnohc
violent manner 10 which DIS 10"
bad been forced down the throai Of the friends OF the
canas.-the iauaiical manner in which the state ON
GERS had carried out .is details,and above al The
steady unfolding Of our Western commerce, and con-
sequent increase Of the Canal revenues, had dissipa
ted in good degree the clouds IN which he had en-
ycloped the public mind
The report which he presented q the Convention
on the subject Of the Finances breathcd the very f
nit Of p but after setting aside adequate portions Of
the Canal revenues, as sinking fund. 20 reimburse
the debt, he condescendcd, as an act o. sovereign
grace to allow fir0 miNiOns pre- huHdrCd M0usfna
aolars in the aggregate to be applied az some future
period not 10 the Enlargement but 10 the improve
ment " Of the Erie Canal, but even tins boon ne
declared, was TO be received " in sfhtmeW Q an
claims between the Canals on one side and the stare
on the other The sturdy bcggars' on the Dene-
see Valley and Black River were left to their fate
II so happened. that Mr.. BoucK, had become
Governor during the very darkest hours OF the stop
law and was now member ofthe Convention. by sin-
cuar and really whimsical inconsistency although the
very author Of the enlargement pohcy-although IN
S2j in predicting the prospective tolls, he had even
exceeded IN enOrmty the wicked estimates " TIE 1o-
ittee of ISIS although he lad plainly minated the
expediency of borrowing Of money to expedite the
he had been selected in lei2 az the
Democratic candidate ior Governor, anu was dIiy
elected and that too by the very party most loud
mouthcd in denounciug the policy 70 which bis whole
public life had been devoted To some OF Us who
knew what his real sentiments once were, 10 mas
sorry sight 10 see him IN the Executive Chair up
holding the act Of lSi2 but such was the tenure by
which only the Office could be held
In the Constitutional Convention Of 1916 he had
regained so much Of his former tone. as 90 take p "
determined stand agains' The destructive prop"s 100
Of Dir HOFFMAN, and he was supported Oy most d No
all the Huukers. The result Was thar the proVlson
was analiy adopted which secured The ultimate COM
pletion Of the Erie Enlargement and the Oenesee
alley and Black River Canals.
A; the time Of the meeting Of the Convention
there was considerable diversity OF ruouc sentiment,
even among the best friends Of the public works, a 20
the best mode Of securing their resumption and nnal
completion. The true " spirit Ofthe law OF l>4Z had
been sufficiently eyinced ia the mode In which II had
been executed,-but such had been The camor and
violence of the BarnburneTs, and so far bad hcy sue
ceeded in poisoning the public mind that some Of
the best friends OF the Canals ready 70 rescue
them on almost any terms, from the bands which then
controlled them. BY some II thought that If the
enlargement oi the Enc Canal could be resumed and
prosecuted 10 the point where the enlarged lo-ks
could be brought into use the great Increase Of tolls
" hch by that time would be realised, would silence
all opposition 10 its further progress be increased
tolls 70 be derived by accomf fishing even this portion
of the work would enable the state safely 90 extend
amount O; aid 10 the lateral Canals By
others II was supposed, that II sum should az
that time be hxed sui inserted in the Ccnstiiu
tion as the limit beyond which the public debt
should not be increased, amount 80 moderate
night be named, a. 70 secure the almost unAni-
nous aTprObaiion Of al classes The public credit
Of the State had been used without hesitation OF
objection ever since the hrst canal loan Of lel-and
many were Of opinion that with the grea. and
growing increase IN the population and resources o
the State. il might agsin be used with convenience