Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-04-18
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SUNDAY moRNTNo, APRIL IS, 1854.


AT "a late hour on Friday evening, the Legisla-
ture of this State adjourned, after a session OF
one hundred and two days The legislation OF
the last two days, was of course gratuitous,
the constitution refusing compensation for more
than one hundred days service. OF the general
character of the members Of the Assembly and
Senate of the past session, the least said OF
their capacities the better for the credit of the
commonwealth. To call the members, with
very few exceptions, more than mediocre IN
talent would be objectionable laudation; and,
as journalists, we are not even justified IN
awarding this small need of praise to the great
majority.
To show how important the gentlemen of the
Assembly considered the interests of the peo-
pie, bills were hurried through of which more
than their titles the members never heard.
These bills are prepared by parties interested
| in their passage, and placed in the hands OF
| some pable member, who urges their adop-
tion. We are even assured that several bills were
passed without even being printed Now, we
ask the candid of either party, whether they
| will longer tolerate this system of lobbying and
speculating in legislation, alike disgraceful to
the members and the constituency Bills are
pushed through either House toward the close
of the session, of which none but the concoc-
tors know one word. These bills may prove
the ruin of many, and before there is time to OBJ
tain redress, the mischief, perhaps, is rretrieva
bly, done. A few dsreputable spectators hatch
out infamous measures in furtherance of thei
own private ends, and the victims are compelled
to obey, because, forsooth, it is the law
The majority of the members of the Legisla
ture, it is true, are thoroughly versed in all th'
pot-house wre-pullings of politics, and know
to a nicely how to obtain a nomination and b.
elected to responsible posts, when it suits tn
whim of themselves or the cliques to which the
are truculently attached. From such material
what are the poor and down-trOdden of societ
to expect 1t would be unjust to suppose tina
| any very great measure, calculated to benef
the masses, would or could originate there.
AS proof of this, on last Saturday resC
! lutions were offered in the Senate countenaI
, cling the distribution ofthe public landsto actu'
j settlers, by Congress, and was almost unan
! inously voted down. Mr.. Jones, of Orang
q county, and Mr. M'Murray, of this city, to the
II honor be it said, were the only two Senator
" who had the hardihood to stand up in defenC
of right. A glorions minority were they A
+ praise to men who, in the midst of corruptiC
:, | and imbecility, dared raise their voices in a
Sc acknowledgement of truth-men who stood alol
= amidst the roaring and surging of the billov
s n of political iniquity and proclaimed the Go
re spoken truth that the earth belongs only
y usufruct to the living. 1t is equally true tn
~ these resolutions were voted down by syc
oh plants who fawn upon the masses, &c ere
'y lures who prate of equality and equity, b
'i- in their hearts seek from the honest indust
he | of the people to wrench power and fortur
These very men, with liberty and justice
an | their mouths, would not hesitate to endorse
ger lend their countenance to the enactment of a
"a measure which directly nOurishes capital at
ck, expense of labor. We believe it but just Il
&c the great monied interests ofthe commonwea
NV NV should be legslated for; but we also believe
~ unjust to legslate especially for the few at
expense of the many. We think the man Wi
si- out dollar has, or ought to have, equal rig
ar with the man possessed lot -thousandz-44e
ures whose tendency is to afford relief to t
80 class, are brought forward, they ought at lie
md to be respectfully considered, even if sub
l'y quently rejected.
However, the miserable law-manufactur
who have been grinding dollars out of the pub
ub. treasury for the past one hundred days. hs
er- departed to their homes, and we trust WI
ia, next returned to seats at Albany, they will hs
isb little more humanity in their hearts and Il
AXE of bribery in their pockets