New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-05

rh,-res end the rrr-ovrent OF canals VII NJ o1-er
Be desirable TIE fEter,s, Of fse sI5o co. es3S and
mi rnrrrdSire woud ty thst time amount 70 ncse tlia
tlzCc go 10th would be vIny and IrFefaesaSJ
Get 20 tie people Of The STATE well ss the inense ol
ness and wealth Wiki woud result 10 OR etzens Ton N
early completion a oar canal improvement. -.
there i sourd economy IN tais memoul II ~ ~.
wee had been regarded by tie Convention, he Ere and
the O.wego Cans would have been enlnEel ere tni'
md The rye interest upon IN unavailable DEBT reerred
70 By the Governor, would not have accrued u . a.
protetc and already III prUphecifs have been fui iei
by hirtfay Nor opinions Of thee men chz'sed
xhsi they thaushf in 40 they think nov.
Convention. for similar purpose was he'i IN Losk
pert shout tie sane time That Convection also cent
iaeuorisl 10 the Corstitutional Convention cIns1
;Etes docunea, No "a OF thaf body; ans Il would be
well for gentlemen who Esh 70 refresh tils msnosie!
IN regard 10 theeveus CT Inst period to rer 20 iaf an
documents the ssrre subject Toe s-r;itnen,s
ter expressed BY the people Of tae West are SUI raer
sentiments
Bnriie wise policy pointed ont b. thsse mevn1rsls
jsIegarded. The fsfsl stop policy Wa snd2risi
snd the people preciuded BY the financial article Of the
ccpttuiiGn from adopting sny other than fhe sioN
pEccess pointed ca; by that instrument Tor resuring
and completing the WORKS And yet, we are calc1
upon 20 o. knowledge that the who controlled that
convention are IN favor Of the canol e1l1T-eieni
Those who entertain this opinion. should read chse
BoImsns csnal plsn- submitted 70 inst convention.
Tint viii not only euh-hten them u regard TO wal
we're the views Of bat geHdenan and thSse who sctod
with him bai they will discover in the pattern from
which the Governor drew his plsn-uot for en'ar-In-
but fer "improyitg the canal Yes sr, H19naas plaa
az s6 Is eeymous plan Of 81 the ony di1e-ence L,
that The I4'ter looks litile more extensive In
provernentT than the gentleman from w1eui he ts'
ccJiod
Ills proper, Mr. Chairmen, before lesyisy this Con-
yeurp that skCud refer st least one other actor In
tone ns eminent for his consistency Of character
puriry of life ana emilcnt ability, r his love Of the
internal improvement policy OF the State He wa no,
satisfied wish the enns constituting the
whsch were trumpcd up against the Canals They
not sufficiently crushing; and for the purpose OF fur
uishipg a perfect picture of the Model Canal men,
who bsye recently gone through the state representing
Themselves sound and honest and liberal In regard 70
every proposition locking TO the completion OF the pnb
lie work. but particularly prove thai he was one n the
hest Camel in the Stste-s man Of more integrity
than any other msnincorupbe thou h often tempted;
this pure sought TO charge upontbe Canal Fund not
merely the derived from the salt auction and
steamboat duic but the salaries OF the State officers
aud the pev Of the Legislature while debating the policy
OF constructing the CaDas la reply 70 pos a taken
by Hon. Alya Wordon Levi s. Chafield said;
There other expenses that should be charged % the
Canals not included in the Controllers statement Of the
sognasuen a the ass osr. sa bas 49,
the Gems. Funds Sc II these expenses were atded tns
due the General Fund from The Censl fund would
hed that you shall r.y dsbs and theu re sill have
$40 for the support Of Government tseo page ISL CrOs
Chst6rld claimed in the Convention that il would be
fair to dird, tho surplus tolls among those localities
which lot benefited by the Csnals and ia this way
inet and has made his MARKS on the message.
This was the language ct the vino now lsals the
canal hosts o the ascendant faction II !. with such
men that hi Excellency cornses, and 10 whom be now
ooks for direction in carrying forward the canal policy
Of the statei Saeh men boTeswsy when the day OF
reckoning threatened IN A. came IN 10 u was their
IurpCse TO heap such enormous habihtos upon the
Canal Fund preclude the pos Utility Of the early
Tcsumption Of the work the canal- They did 40,
with the enlargement completed. and were determined
IL should not be- The srmc men arc now equally deter
mined in their hostility 10 the canals.
In lS55-if my memory serves nc, Tor IN waat am
about 10 say must depend entirely upon my memory;
IT, however. am wrong. gentlemen can correct me by
reference to the documents which hzTe not ~ band
in ls45 gentleman who now occupies the 'Tcvernors
was member Of the Legislature AZ tnat tsme
II was proposed 10 borrow $3.50 600 70 expcnd upon the
canal enlargement. IIoTstio Seymour wss among the
6st jealous ADD thought then, the truest advocates o.
thst However HE views and his associations
may have since changed he was then no disciple oil tac
HeIkmor school He id not then desire 10 arrest the
canals oil the State He acted with their friends; b.
supported every proposition which looked 20 their com
ploon. ard among other proportions he voted Tor this
10 borrow $3.50 90 Bot that bin wss vetoed.
These were H1re,io Scym1urs sntccodcn,s. II was
during that segson that he earned Hhatover OF repnts
ton he enjoyed a canal man But those antaceden's
were Ia the minds OF many, confirmed and strength
ened by lis professions sde during the canvass last
year. 1Eey secured 10 hun many votes. Bat IL nov
thst those professions were made then Ony 20 DO
epudsicd now. la proof this We ind him using such
canals" Gays the Governor When or whore d,d he
ltsiD that itoIe any such designr lie may haze
found it In the Report Of Comptroller Fagg. sent IN 70
tie Convenient he may have found IN the financial
article presented TO tie Convention hy Mr. Hoffman.
THIS sriicie-Nlich exhibited the spirit OF the Convex
toD, rather The controlling portion OF II. which was
compos 81 q, thnse in such close fellowship with the
Governor proposed (f l5e should b. any surplus re-
rChat after oppropIisng $50 900 OF net revenue al
nunlly 10 "ePend 50 10000 TO iaPrOree Eric Canal"
rot TO enlsrgeH
There was distinguished gentleman in the Couyen-
tion-now member Of this House (Mr. Loonis) who
was not satisfied with ,is article. and he moved 10 In
scrt the following o. a substitute;
''The surplus ieycnues Of the Canals after complying
with the provisions OF the two < preceding sections shall
be Appropriated at the dcTeton Of the Leg stature g. de-
ap tr oydfHaTB egeHss TIE OrcrRmfnf and for other
ruIIoses: bat no law shall bo passed spProprstng
pecsne Cor tie construction on improvement OF any Canal
~ Ira6 ai r,r OF said revenues l.yopd those OF the
scar mt Gt The time OF te Ias-lns Of such law
This Sir wGs the plan Of Iay friend from Herkimer
This was tic propOsuOn-lib,Tal aud irrstionalwhich
was attempted 10 be carried through the convention
ard made part OF the fundamental law Of the State
And although this proposition, in these words,
adopted IT, and the article which finally prevailed ind
Dictated the spirit OF those who framed the c0mprehen
-iye syfiem, euogiaed by the Governor "a reil de-
fined and comprehensive fHGR-ia} syste important
provisions IN FrsrsEifag ihs erls Of Indebtedness
This 'judiconsr contemplated, not the enlargement
hut the improvement of the canals a. any gentleman
who reads the Constitution carefully VIII So. This was
the purpose and policy OF those VINO controlled the
convention
Sir In the part of the state the opinion pre-
vailed in 1916. that would be wise TO ex-end the
period within which contracted debts should be paid,
TO beyond ghieeR years But IL has probably become
part Of the political decalegue OF the time, ths DEBT
shall run beyond eighteen years Such. however wss
not the opinion Of the people ofthe West Tnsy wished
the then existing debt 10 rcnsin Bnlqdatei until the
Csnas completed because they knew that IN way
could the money OF the state be well invested invest
ed to golden return in the compile
ton OF the unfinished Canals OF the STATE Tney knew,
too that the adoption OF this rule would preclude the
possibility OF prosecuinc the public works TO speedy
completion Andfunher they felt that the spirit OF the
Convention such to preclude all hope o! any but
hostile action towards those works.
This spirit rendered 80 p-psbs that II became
very evident that no man. no, even tae most sagscous
in out OF the Convention. could predict the time when
IL would be possible 10 hnsh the Csnss under me
wise restrictions which this hostile spi; imposed upon
the pecple and the Legislature. The reckoning threat
ened would have been incomplete but for these resic
unns. The work of the enemies OF the Canals woalt
have been unfinished ii they had no, thus cut OF al
hope OF their enlargement They were careful how
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