The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-03-18
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE.
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,,s ron syny,cvs - r,, WV RANY, March II, 1853.
The bill to regulate the fees fnrH aoa - ~ of.h DE
ters Office, New York. was reporte ,non savorabl~ hv
SECURITY TO PERSONS cRossIs -
Mr BFEKMAN by consent, introduced S;I g 10 -.
ter security of per,o crossing the ferri NJ v oe
REPORTED by COMMITTEE ~" AoiA
Mr. CoNGER, bill to amend the act Vii. 4n
library Of the Court Of Appeals. a'''' " mo
Mr. PLATT. a bill to provide for the consolia, :. a.,
Syracuse and Binghamton and OsSego anRx =,
Railroads '"ous0
MI. TApnR, bill in relation to bonds filed ,urro-
Mr. BAncocK, bill in relation to the Recorders :.
in the city of Brooklyn. u'
Mr.. VANDERBIIT favoraby, relating to streets
parks in Brooklyn
TIE BLIND INSTITUTION
The PRESIDENT presented the annual report OF the New
York Institution for the Blind.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT OF MR.. VANDERBILT
Mr.. WRIGHT (whig) took the noor and moved the in
SO, tion of the Chamlan Canal among those mentioned
in the resolution This was, in his estimation, the first
thing in Importance. There fifty thousand voters
interested in This question and they considered them
selves sighted by all who had discussed the subject 1t
pays more net revenue than any other.
Mr.. VANDERBILT (dem) said that when he first intro.
duced his plan it was because he impeled by duty
to himself but most of all to this great State lie had
petitiened and for it had been sgmatized in sneerpg
and eerpg by the report of the minority He had
not to destroy the principles OF the party to which
he belongednor to the seeds of dssensOn-nor to
% he a ae
its united judgment. He did not desire 1t considered
resolution when he presented it. He sought the
aid and help and encouragem ent OF the Canal Committee
(of which the Senator from the ToothMr Pierce-was
one That Senator had given him contempt md ob0quy
and ridicule in return for his argument He yet stood
here to vindcate the principle which he had introduced
The allusion to John Vanderbilt the petitioner, was
as unmanly as it undIgnded. He did expect that
the dirty and the l hy presses about the city would
attack him. but he did rot expect the Senator from the
Tenth to descend and become the nser and the mocker
OF his associaesof those who had entertained pleasing
intercourse with him. The conduct and actions Of
altered by bad associations There is atmosphere
disey and dark and poluting than any immediately
around this Capitol. The whole report of the mi.
nority Is insut-fu ofabsurdty-misrepres
uninteDtionaly made and which calculated to mis-
lead. That Senator has allowed his good nature to be
affected by outside influences Alliances and associations
to the great and important subject involved in the
port 1t insult to- and distrust Of the intelligence
OF tho people Of this State The committee in their pan
submit in good faith their proposition believing that its
ly the public works. Mr. " here took up and renewed
in detail the report presented by Mr.. Pierce. He
tended that 1t utterly perverted the whole scope Of the
proposed amendment, and Is subverson of all fair deal
ing and argument II conceals the fact that the majority
PROPOSE az the very first element OF their pan TO submit
10 the voice Of the people all they do Nothing left for
the unrestricted power OF the Legslature-ns abridpe
ment OF the power Of the citizen is msdtatcd-no mutt
aton of the constitution but 1t does propose to ask
the people, will you have your constitution amended
Is afraid to trust the people he afraid to submit TO tho
people the question, "Wl you have your fundamental
law amendedn The demagoguism Of this absurd report
afraid TO before the people Of this State with this
simple question Wisdom has not left the people Of this
State has the power Of self government been abro
gated since the adjournment of the convention OF 1886
that b'age Of p'ory Of which Michael Hoffman the
tfhi'" hr' -" tGt precisely 10 tue condition