The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-11
Affairs In Albaay.
OUR ALBANY CORRESPONDENCE.

ALBANY, April s, 1863
The amendments of the Constitution Passed Through the Sc
nate-Pro1atility Of their Passage in the House--71e
People to Decide What Shau be Done
There is not the least particle of truth in the report
circulated by certain mischevous letter WRITER'S that
Governor Seymour has II in contemplation to call an ex
ira session Immediately after the expiration of the present
hundred days. The assigned is the necessity for
making provision for raising funds to be spent the
malls during the present year. Al anxious his Excel
lency is for the early completion Of the canals he Is
shrewd politician to call extra session. He knows
that party yet made anything by such move
ment Besides the present Legislature have been en-
gagged for three months in arriving at conclusion
The message sent in to both houses his Excelency on
Tuesday, shows bis anxiety for the adoption of the ooms
tax and toll BILL other method for raising imme-
diaely about hundred thousand dollars. Neither
his Exccency his iends have favored amendment
OF the constitution and have resisted vanderbts reso-
lutions from their first introduction until this moment
But that proposition has been adopted ia the Senate
by three fOurths vote there to believe that
majority Of the House win be found In favor Of the amend
ment.
The people have been long kept In state of excite
hat tSsy now feel % Il the msttsr should s. nslv d.
posed Of m come way or other The Vanderbilt plan sub
its the whole question to the people of the entire State
All locaea-thoee interested and those not-wi under
his resolutions to amend the constitution have oppor
tunity of expressing their preferences Those who vote
III SdVOr Ol pEUeCt Will COuseuI 10 OOrrOW money
upon the pledge in the first instance of the surplus
those who vote against it will be considered
favorpg the plan Of taxing the people directly, and i'm
posng canal tolls the three great lines of rsroar to
raise funds for the compilation OF those public works.
If the Legislature should impose to replenish any
deficit in the treasury wanting for the support OF
ment there in the State who would object for
a moment to furnish his quota. It appears. from
statements made by the financial officers Of the State
that such necessity actually exists If so, then
the Senate should amend the Assembly bill to make
provision for such deficiency by levying tax on the
State but not ask that shippers Of produce and merchau
else railroads shall be called for their contributions
also.
What possible objection there be the plan of
submitting the whOe question to the people, and asking
them to make final disposition OF tS That is tribu-
final and the public officers having in charge those
important unfinished works. will then know how to pro
coed in completing them which everybody cknowlcdges
should speedily be done thereby ending controversy
less of party character, which has existed
since the idea conceived by the great minds in
the beginning Of the present century, of uniting the Erie
with the Atlantic waters.
1t is high time that politicians disrobed Of the
garment with which they have covered themselves for
series years. The canals this dav powerful
in politics than any other in this State After the
nine million bill was passed, politicians OF every side
banded together in strong phaanxes 10 obtain the mo-
popoly of the contracts under that infamous scheme.
Had those dcsperad0es been areted by the Court Of
ApLeals set of gourmands would have been fastened
uTon the central section Of the State who would have
held the state in their hands for quarter Of century
opinion this great question They will finally settle
it and after the lapse Of six eight the canals
be finished, and the whole subject be taken from the
clutches OF yoracous politicians.