The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-17
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whish We take Of the mott oxtrso, dnasy proceeding
psrpetrated BY tho Canal Board in Albany, in
the awarding of these contrsets-not to the lowest
bidders, but in some .ases 10 tho highest merely
because the highest bidders were their owr
fiends-their ewn sgcnts-sheir own editors
their own lobby members-or their own brieHos,
lawyers or Politician The bunker division o.
tho democracy in tho last session, and in the
present Board, have brought about this vas,
transaction, which IL mixed mp, in equal proper
tons, Of favortsm, corruption, eatortion, nd prof
legacy. About three millions Of dollars moro THAI
were Necessary to enlarge the canals have boon
thrown away on these contractors, purely ond
simply for the sake Of controlling the politca vote
Of New Yorh at the next Presidential election, and
hence controlling the vote Of the whole Union a
more magnificent operation was no yer conceived by
any politician and we give Seward and his adviser;
at Albany great credit for th conception and exc
cuticn Of tho work, however wrong sel6sh tho do
eisions 9th Canal Com nissioners may DO. The
people Of the State Of Now York pay three mil.
hons Of dollars moro for tho enlargement Of th Q
canals than The diaappont ted contractors asked OF
Ye auis "a for the oame work This is The aggregate
amount, according to tho rejected bids, which is
irg the enlargement according 10 law
Fut the advantage to VIM. H. Seward will be
immense. It viii give to him and his party, &C.
cord'ng to every appearance, the control of the
vote OF New York; and By possessing the state,
they will control TIE Union-eleos the next Presi-
dont--carry tho next Congress, and have within
their power for four yesrs the distribution of spois
10 the amount Of .wo hundred natRioas Of dollps.
Here ia the mag ni6cent result Of canal agitation
in this State. Nothing equal to it in yillany and
grandeur, in corruption aud daring magnitude, has
ever beisrs irrsdsted the history OF this State,
OF the annals Of any other State in tho Union. 1t
belongs to tho higher law Of politics and tho
clover regions Of Enance-a combined sys.em
which baseeen gradually working its way to pswer
and influence in TIRE State of New York, sinos the
accession OF VIM. H. Seward and his political as.
Sociat,s to thoir present positions in tho councils
Of the State and nation.
But, even with all their magnidcenco Of design
and yenality Of execution, the Seward party ,onli
nob in this case, have cempished their pur
without the aid ana assistance of the bunker por-
ton Of tho democracy, who have, for few contracts
hero and there on the canals, and TO benefit heir
ewn particular circles scld out finally and for ever,
tho State Of New York to the Seward dynasty
The bunker democracy may b considered 50
bavirg retired from business The recent nose.
ment, therefore, for tho election Of delegates and
tho sudden resurrection Of Governor Marcy, arc all
humbug and isnfaronaio The whoia bunker por.
ton Of the party, with al their leaders and chiefs
Dickinson, Mercy, Seymour, and others, from New
York 20 Buhalo-are, 10 doubt, also sold out in this
grand operation, and will consider themselves as
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profits u tho canal contracts in their pockets do.
Terminus tolsave New York and the U nion fer Wm.
H. Seward and hs wings to hustle in hereafter
of Socialism and Adolf
tlonisn.
Socialism running into atheism, and aboiitionism
yerging into disunion, orc tho most active and IN
defsjgabe elem snts Of disturbance in tho present
condition Of society in this part Of the country.
They are over alive and e7er kicking. Sometimes
they seize upon The unhappy exile, and make him
minister to their vanity and notions Of progress.
10 them nothing Gomez amiss.
The mos. recent movement With they have en-
gendorsd is the getting up Of soIies OF popular
leetures-ss they call thon--to bo given weekly a
tho Tabernacle in this city. These lectures arc
something like extended and prosy editorial arti
Bat tho selection of tho lecturers Of this chilling
course .? philosophy, erudtion and progress, pro
cents mist akoable marks Of their origin, fretor
nifty and purpoas. The great bulk Of them arc SO
lected from the most ardent socialists, Fourierites
aboltonists Tyelyi and infiols, Of The day,
inteTspsrsoi with few po.ts and lteraiesrs, just
by way Of throwing little sugar over the poison
Gus Iills-pro, ono shilling apiece. Tho teachers
Of The now philosophy il only tho philosc
ply of Vol.airo and Hume, removed and reyampod
will never giTo up, until some now devclopcmcnt
comes along that can minister more to thsi- vanity
anl self concois.
It 10 now nearly twenty-five years since the first
devoolement Of abolition, infdclity, and socialism.
was attempted in this city. We remember tho
men ard the times remarkably well. Thomas
SbiiRore, Fanny Wright, and Robert Dale
Owen, and several other persons belonging to
the same ootD!s Of philosophy, commenced sin-
lar system Of lcctrring AMI publishing newspapers
About the samo timo. tho first daily JOURNAL s,ill
in cxistonce-.ho Journal If Comm1ce- devoted to
aboliiionisn, and tie first an.i slavery society,
ere both established under tho oountenanee of the
Toppans o. that Jay. Those various movements,
orginstipg II different gua7terss boii.onism being
socialism from England - won't on "chook by
iowl' for several y,ars, l,otu-ng a. tho theatres
lreaet re ii public places, holding neetrgs Of all
kiris, publishing newspapers, and reforming tho
world al mott extraordinary rate Of steam pc vor
ayei5.
After lev ysay Of turmoil and confusion in
politics, religion, AMI folly sometimes IN tho Park
theatre, sometimes in 1ammany Hail. and some
time in the Park itselt-tho mania died away, and
this metropolis and toe country around wero quiet
for pi obaby eight or ten years, till the new advent
Of socialism from France and Germany began, IN
der the auspices Of Brisbane, Greeley, Dana, Ray
mon1, Bryant, and their various compeers in poet
~, politics, and moral philosophy Tho ssoond
attempt al inoculating this community and tho
country around ~ with these newfangled notions
in religion, politics, and social habits, has made
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