New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-14


!, i.,.it IL is ag.in.t the Constitution. because
WHY II creates debt Let as ask our own
nlsin understanding, would that be such a debt
that its collection could De enforced J Now the
Gt,le thatxe all have seen Of business, induces
ne TO think very lightly Of such ssasgestion.
Suppose that q farm had been devised to any
one o, you which was encumbsrsd with q mort
gsge. That there was upon u ssvamp. unpor
which the former owner had exPened some
money, and in the future improvement OF whicn
he bad calculated large benefits "a the Snose
farm would be derived. He bad. from expert.
ence become alarmed at an increasing debt, and
while he wss resolved upon improving the swamp
he Was determined that no more debt should be
created for that purpose. and that the existing
mortgage should be paid of
He is confident that the income from the farm
will realize bis hopes, and he, therefore, directs
that specific mount shall yearly be Appropriated
to pay of the mortgage until it is extingashed,
and that the surplus income shall. each year, be
spilled in such manner as the devisee shall think
best to the improvement OF the swamp. After
few years Of experience. In each year, extending
the drains &C the surplus will justify, Is 10 found
that you are losing the use OF what you have
done TO some extent and that bitches bill up, and
that you are losing the benefits which an early
completion would afford you. Your neighbor
learning the reasons, offers you 70 drain the
swamp as was desired by your grsnsor. and he
stipulstes with you expressly that his only claim
Tor payment 10 upon the surplus revenues oil the
farm, and that he is in no event 10 have aclaim
over sgaiust you, he requiring only OF you, that
you shall manage il so prophry, az that the
amount Of overplus shall be graduated by the
average Of the last three years
Do any Of US believe that this would create
debt or cucumber the farm ls there anything
in il but the most simple operation OF business !
But il is said there would be "a equitable claim,
and that the State must pay II the revenue failed.
Precisely so there would be q claim for every un-
fortunate contract TO az individual, that that the
State ever msde. notwithstanding the contractor
has stipulated that he will receive q certain
amount per yard. for instance.
deny that there would be the least liability
ag anst the Stats
What next Why 10 it said that in this Bill
there is a certain provision by which the tolls are
not 20 be reduced and that comes in conflict with
the provisions of the Constitution, which says We
are NOS 70 sell the canals. Nov is there anything
in this To my mind this is of the same ehsrse-
ter, as the objections that have already con
sidered.
Itism merely that which any prudent man would
require, that the Legislature should not, either
experimentally or coruptly So reduce the tolls as
20 weaken the security which the people had
pledged to such enlsrgeut. The provision that
the tolls should not be reduced below given
amount is no more or less chan 10 say to the per-
sons who contract 20 do the work upon the canals,
that the security on which the rely shall not be
lessened by the Legislature.
This 10 the whole OF the question which 10 now
ssitating the State, and upon which the twelve
Senators of our State deemed il their duty 70 re-
sign their seats. Sons Of these Senators are OF
my personal acquaintance | consider tnat they
have committed q great error consider that
their example, il not rebuked by the action oil the
people will be fruitful Of the most pernicious con-
II IL INV ndo
Iutionary; think it deserves no less NAME no
wilder name.
II these Senators. and those who approve their
course would raansf9r themselves 10 w ashlnston,
and see how they wauld cousider like action
there, by the Representatives OF several OF the
Southern States, think they would feel the ques-
ton brought home In a new aspect we some
times hear of Southerners talking ofretrtng from
Congress and dissolving the Union. We OF the
North say they have no right 10. Why be-
cause they are citizens OF the same country, ana
have no right TO disregard their duties and their
oaths Of office. No more night have these 5ena.
tors 20 disregard their duties and their oaths OF
office.
Although | concede to them integrity OF pur-
nose. vet | can say without hesitation, | regard
their example as dangerous, and that nothing
could be more pernclous In practice than Tor the
minority to adopt such q course 10 would lie In
the power Of the few 10 control the actioe OF the
majority. 1t was course extremely i'll advised,
and have reason 10 believe that IL was sbored
against, to some extent, by many, Who under q
mistaken view, now feel constrained TO approve
of il.
There are some considerations in regard to the
enhancement that come home to Is. L regard
th nrosperity of this city 10 be founded direcreoty
npon the success Of the csnsl IL has Grown up
uoon the business OF the canal, In ahording q
market for our great staple, and ~ the canal 10
enlarged, the more 10 transportation oheapened,
and In proportion 10 the cheapness oil trsnsPora-
ton, ia the extent OF our market Increased.
cannot conceive how an individual can Do
found within our boundaries, 80 entirely unad'
yised as to what constitutes his, and his neigh
bors prosperity as to take position Wnlcn may
be considered as is opposition 10 the enlargement
of the canal =,
Isay his because hear it urged by my nslsn-
bors that there are provisions In TINS blii not Va
conflict with the constitution bat which are cat
culsted 10 advance the interests Of the party they
ard are opposed to. care not whose interest,"
IL advances If il hurts no one, bat advances mo
nterest of the State and OF tho grea, mass OF the
people. Ii 10 q great measure, and IL 10 oil sman
Importance TO Us by which parry II - cafnee
along We shall ali OF Us reach the period "non
we shall be glad that the canal has been enlarged.
no matter " tho did il and we shall look back ana
wonder at our folly 10 having objected Tor one mo
ment sgaiDst It's enlargement. carnos eot con
slider the objection u II, that II 10 calculated 70
advance the interest OF . political party a. 70
some extent, concession that there Is not al
the force clsimed Ia the constitutional oolectioa'
| decline 10 consider the question Ia parry -
pect .-...t.,
connected in interest the Oswego Canal bas
the Oswego canal enlarged will be OF little bene-
ft to as unless the Erie Is also enlarged, and the
one will not be enlarged unless the other 10 Also
The enlargement Of the Oswego Canal will bring
back it's business 70 Us, ana cause u TO pass
through 10 its rgbtful and true channel, bat which
10 now being diverted north Of u.s. and it will
eventually almost wholly be diverted from os,
unless we proceed with the enlargement
Gentlemen, will say one word more. notice
in reading the newspapers, aud in the intsroga-
tories which have been put 10 me that there 10 q
disposition 10 array the Railroad interest against
the Enlargement Of the Erie Canal happened
20 be in Alcsny when the Senators resigned, and
| was asked several times, II IL did not Crafty
me that the Bill was defeated by the exnaordi-