New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-10

They now know that they have made bunder' and hAe
Nspoeos they regard blunder - worse By lar taAn
. crime. Thsy have showu tho cloven foot, and would
now gladly withdraw IL from the public view. IAsy
dsrs no now accept the ratification Of tie sale BY the
Senate even were il offered to them. Tho bill that
ra,.ed that most honorable body has, therefore.
been withdrawn, and another that is somewhat
Iess infamous has been substituted for it, and Is
now before the House Even this. however, 10 70
Infamous that it is reflection upon the intelligence OF
the people and upon the honesty Of the members. that
thu couederstes should have dared to offer IT, What
II asked By il is re enactment Of the law fcrbddins
All the people Of the State from making roads through
their own land to market in any and every case IN
which competition in business with these railroad
.overeisns can, BY any possibility, DO produced
such prohibition TO continue until 1869 during which
time West Jersey, and much Of East jersey are to
continue to use roa Ia Of mud and sand when they
MIGHT have railroads Further. the charter Is to DO
extended twenty years. and for all this the soveregns
will grant to their faithful and obedient subects-what
do our readers suppose We beg them not to laugh
at the idea but the consideration for these enormous
grants u.s. that the managers will chalk the hats OIL 'ne
Governor the Secretary of State the Treasurer ana
other officers that the said managers shall appoint 10
rule over them. Such. pray our rerders to believe
!. what is offered to the people-'os say nothing
Of xkat is offered TO the iegisl1fors-for re-enscs-
ing law that cripplcs the State and impovershes s
peoples law originally made in defiance Of the Con
s,itutop. and power maintained by system OF cor
ruption that has demoralzed the community BY which
il has been tolerated.
The confederaes calculated upon driving this bill
through the House as the other had been driven through
the Senate but alas for human calculations they have
thus far failed And now, as we hear to be Ia
vored with third bill made, perhaps, more palatsble,
even though it should be equally destructive Of tho
rights and preudical to the interests of the people
But can any honest condescend to accept any meas
ure however specous it may appear offered by these
Men We trust and believe that no such man
will be found They have now triee been iolled Let
them be foiled again. Let them take what they first
asked If they dare 10 take IT, Let there-we entreat OF
all bor est men--lt there be compromise. Let them
be held where they have placed themselves. They
have made bunder and should be made to abide the
consequences We trust that not only will there be no
compromise but that the honest men Of the Legsls-
ture-Whigs and Democrats-will unite in offering an
an ensment providing for the prompt and unconditional
repeal Of the monopoly privilege, aud then compel
every man in the house to show his hand. Upon the
issue thus obtained let them 90 to the people. Tho
next election is destined, think to be very OK
cited one The question Of Freedom or Slavery 10
the Union will then have to be settled and our neigh
bors will then be required to pronounce upon the con
duet of the man who represents Messrs Stockton Ste
yeps & Co. in the Senate Of the United States No
better time than that could, we think, be found for
determining the question whether not the railroad
conederaes are or are not to be and orevermore,
Kings Of Camden and Amboy-nor could better issue
be presented than that which would be afforded BY the
offer of an amendment declaring in the words of Mr.
Zabrske, in his antimonopoly speech In Jersey
City That the charter Of the Companies is null anl
void not because the State can amend an impoltic
contract for that the State is wisely prohibited from
doing by the Constitution Of the United States, but
because the original grant null, as the Lcgsln
ture had no right to make it, and Transcribed their
power in doing"
If the friends of freedom would now succeed, they
can do 80 only by converting their present defensive
war into an offensive one. Let them then determine to
strike boldly. Doing this they will find that tho
days OF the domination Of the railroad kings are al
ready numbered.