New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-06
,,,, vopr DAILY TRIBUNE. THURSDAY NOVEMBER g. 1851

fast friend of the Improvement policy
Canal candidates who have favored the
Speedy Enlargement policy are put up
wherever that is practicable-and, Just on
the eve of the Election, too late for any Of
feet in the anti-C anal counties, the party
candidates on the State Ticket, including
even Chatfeld, unite in a letter winch ue-
clares that they consider the question OF the
Speedy Enlargement settled by the puolc
voice, ard that, if elected, they will In good
faith conform TO the act of our late Legs
lature. and carry it into full effect. And on
the strength Of these eleventh hour assur-
ances they are very probably elected.
We ask the public to consider these things
calmly and earnestly. The Election is
over. and cannot be affected BY any conclu-
sion which NAV now be required by the
facts. Do you think that these men BE-
hered what they said when they so stoutly
denounced Gov. Hunts Nine Million pro-
iect a. unconstitutional and fagltlcus Ii
it were so then, it surely is no less SO now
and no Legislative sanction, no popular YER
oict. can divest the project of its essential
lleeality. If the Nine MILAN act were
ever unconstitutional, it most clearly Is still
so. If unconstitutional, it is no law, and
ought to be legally resisted and Judlcially
annuled. If il be what its opponents have
pronounced it, the Loans and issues OF "a
nal Stocks under it are grossly wrong,
unauthorized. aud calculated to vltate
and derange or Currency and Banking
system. while defrauding the takers of the
Bopds. Yet the men who have solemnly
alledeed all these things againstthe measure,
and broken up Legislature IN resisting 1t,
LOW turn round and say, True, the scheme
&. is fraudulent but put us in power, and we
will execute it to the letter true, it is I'M
constitutional, but only give us the Offices
and We will use them in accordance with
this Unauthorized act. and In defiance OF
the Constitution All this before the
whole People of the State, have ever had
chance to pass directly on the measure so
important to them, and SO stoutly arraigned
rs illegal. The towards who so vaunting-
" undertook the defence of the Constitution,
swearing to defend it or perish, have lodged
AT the first flash from the adverse batteries
They have run away from mere bow-gun
discharge, without daring to await broad
side With an oath to stand or fall by the
Constitution in their lips, they have pitched
the Constitution (as they understand it,
overheard, lest it should interfere with their
clutch at the Offices. And the People APP
near 10 have trusted their love of Office at
ter they had themselves advertised their
infdelity to the Constitution.
We cannot now be suspected of any sin
| ister motive for the remark that we believe
the Canal menwhO putfaith in these eleventh
hour professions will be cheated. Those
whom Office can seduce from fidelity TO the
Fundamental law will not scruple to crafty
their old spite at the expense of their new
and constrained professions. They do not
hate the Speedy Enlargement one whit the
less that it has compelled them to stultify
and disgrace themselves. OF course, they
will not openly, directly, avowedly, set their
Lew promises at defiance; for of that there
is no need a Canal Board not heartily de-
voted to the Speedy Enlargement can east
" arrest or protract it quite otherwise than
thus. They can contrive it that the further
Loans required shall miscarry, or ia any
ore of a dozen ways bring the work to
dead halt Let us watch them quietly, and
see what their pretext will be.