The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-09

ALBANY, Feb. 8, 1856.
BILLS INTRODUCED AND IMPORTED, ETC.
MI. RHODES reported . bill TO authorize the Common
Council OF Brooklyn to borrow money for school pur-
poses.
Mr.. BLArcHroRD introduced . bill to improve the sup.
ply and to secure the use of the Croton water in the city
Of New York. 1t provides as follows
Sec. ]. The trench for laying q thirty inch main for
conducting the Croton water from the Receiving Rescr-
voir through the Eighth avenue, may be constructed by
the lowering sa Or raSins ys Of the two s q Sss sls E in"h m a.so,
n the Fifth avenue, or the mains or pipes In any other
avenue or street. whenever il hall be necessary by the
alteration OF a grade, by the Common Council.
Mr.. COLEMAN introduced . bill amending the act moor.
porating the Gas Light Company Of the city Of New
York. It's provisions are follows
Gee. !. Il win be lawful for ths .New York Gas Light
Company" Of the city Of New York, to purchase, take
and hold such and so much real estate or property as
shall be necessary for their manufacturing and business
estate or property shall not exceed the sum Of Ave hun
bred thousand dollars.
Sec Q repeats all parts of former acts inconsistent
Mr.. sEARIsG reported a bill Incorporating the New
York and Brooklyn Ice Company.
in New York.
Mr.. PALMER moved that the Committee be instructed
to report a bill on Monday ,and that . Anal vote be taken
The bill to establish the fire limits Of Brooklyn was
referred, to be reported complete.
QUESTIONS OF PRIVILEGE.
Mr.. JIMMERsoN-Mr. Speaker, 1 sec that 1t Is stated In
the HERALD that l had, in voting for MI. Seward, broken
my oath. II so, it Is the first time I have ever done SO.
But, sir, ! deny that / have broken my oath. also deny
what is asserted in the same article: that / ever made
an affidavit to vote against Mr.. Seward. The charge is
wholly and totally false, in all it's length and breadth.
Mr.. LE1aH-I also rise to q question Of privilege. I
find in the HERALD Of day before yesterday q remark
paid no attention to Il if others had not done so. B ! y
they having done so, 1t is imperative upon me to do SO;
otnsrwiss may be suspected OF acquiescing in its
A majority Of the wings elected to the House of Assembly
E vna1iv to n Albany tSs,d p nssSsa, AGAINST st., his ss election sns'n, IT., They ySlaa.
Had shey not done so, not q soul Of them woufd now DO on.
s' Y here q sf iss sSst ssSs names no s Ss those Hs; s %snssr, Of the House
i SaS' caucus "a as ss sn Tsairi nnss night aisls' last, ,s sna p pSsss icr ss ssr wsas
Here follows the list, included in which find my name.
The article proceeds to say
Reader, look at this picture, Here we have presented the
iew;sitisens, ana yoIunts,iiy declared, most S't smpSaaea i,
p pssas' Ina. y UNDER ansas NO S9s sass;a ns sS%s' would 70 Il . sa,si ala ~ in ss ssg
manner, either by wore, vote, or other decd, or DO instrn-
one Of them would now be intrustcd with the power sfsy
possess had their constituents been aware Of their true char.
Assertions like these have been made SO often, aud
in such a%,veriety of shapes, and come up in 80 many
forms, and are 50 unequivocally reiterated, that It
is proper for ne to assert here, as l do In the strong
before / requested my excellent 'f friend iD from s's Gene
see .(Mr. Stevens) to Introduce the resolution
which was subsequently, introduced by my colleague
(Mr. Petty l never said to any human being whom l
should vote for for Senator; and then ! emily mentioned
the fact to two persons In this House. I never made
uhy TAcugc tuc tudu tudt, tHol WAS NO pkeu50-it
was simply sn assertion. In my district the Know
Notbings nominated a candidate against me, be :ause
near defeating me. How, then, can these men now say
that / pledged myself against Dir. Sewards But the as
sertion has been 30 often made and SO often reiterated.
that, Notwithstanding my broad denial OF il, 1t will pro ba-
bly, still 20 believed. ! hope the House will pardon mo
one moment, while l call attention to the charge Of a
violation Of oaths. ! see quoted In the Register, of
this city, the following lines from shatspears:-
An oath. an osth, ] have an oath in heaven.
Shall lay perjury to my SOUL
Al -. rs.. - l. T~A.-
one or two other journals In different parts Of the State.
In comment ting upon these lines. l desire, In the first
place, TO remind the House of the solemn Adm0nition of
the reverend gentleman from Orange, (Mr, Hesdley, }
that oaths taken on earth are recorded 10 heaven.
Mr.. HEADLEy-Ars such remarks within the legitimate
limits Of a question of pr1vileeeY
Mr.. LEGH-I hope the gentleman viii keep easy.
The srEAKER-Thc gentleman from New York is taking
rather . wide range under a weston OF privilege.
Mr. wIsSER-I move that the same courtesy be ex-
tended te the gentleman from New York to-day as was
EXTENDED sr Is,a 70 o1h s;m G,n' HIas y ye esIf tSs at As, sion %. Of the
House for a moment to this .'oath,' and the individual
who baa 1t thus recorded" Shakespeare was not only
only one Boy, and On he is cd enough to receive the
lesson, l vii ted hun srat 20 acquaint himself with the
those two BOOKS would make him ! wise and a great
man. / wish l had made myself more familiar with the
writings, Of e tine iT 1So esara Sssa: h srs p , ssvs sSa as 1 tSs
beau ideal Of q Know Nothing-Shylock. Who was Shy.
lock, who had an 'oath registered In heavens' One OF
the most demoniacal characters and Infamous wrctchea
which Shakespeare has delineated. And yet he is brought
forward as a Know Nothing par excellence.
Mr.. wATERBURy-Ih have no objection to any Legitimate
remarks which the gentleman may make. But ! do OBJ
ject TO dramatic readings.
to proceed, and he can do so.
Mr.. LEiGH-My friend Shakespeare has been called into
requisition, and one OF his most infamous character:
Mr.. Speaker, you will re collect that Shakespeare says An
tonic owed this jew three thousand ducats, think. L
the event Of his not paying this debt, a. nominated s..h a al !
bond Was forfeited, and now comes this jewish KnoV
Nothing demanding his for felt.
appealed from the decision Of the Chair, that he was 81
order. (rhe Chair was sustaned.l
Mr.. LiicH-I will call the attention Of the gentlema,
to his Know Nothing frisnd. When he fonnd that An
tonio's bond was forfeited, he said to Tubal;-
o, may, that. ,rs e., that's ! VERY true S,s.,. CO, v IrS s,,s s e. me Ss, a.
OF Sn Sin, e SSs'f io ala : i for asTe he ss oSs Of ; v xma a.i / can sHs %ss
sYs %:ssa'1 20. sa q Si Tass TO- 4 e. our nu synss snS meg fsD n A'0a
He said this when his blood was up, and painting 70
the blood OF Antonio. He had recorded his oath that h
would have AntoEios heart, and when he comes int
An oath an oath have an oath in heaven
Shall J lay perjury upon my s0ui'
Are not 90 oaths recorded in heaven ~ asks the reve
rend gentleman from Granger 81 have an oath in hea
ven, says the orig original :, . know Mo Nothing, .1.,s;oD Da, eo ! % ma. 70
person approached me to barg AIN for votes. Aud whe
this pattern Know Nothing was whetting his knife, an
| the essence OF Gevtlry was In his bosom, ne says
All his heart p
SO says the bond does IL not, noble judgst
Nearest his heart, " these are the very words.
Here, sir, you have the picture Of an original Kno,
Nothing. hope the gentleman win make the most o
the CHI practer u their noble prototype. Mr.. l. close
with . reiteration Of his remark, that he had, neither be
fore nor since his election, until the time indicated, in
timated to any human being-net even to his wife-hov
he should vote on Senator.
Mr.. 8. SMITH was also in the black list, as II was called
but in the list Of honor, as he called 1t. He did not be
heve that list was made out by any reported; but b.
som OF the delegate committee men who had been here
All Of his commitments knew how he would vote, an,
hey will approve OF that vote.
MT. BfnsL1r said q Mr.. Belmont" OF Orange, was pu
own on the black list. He knew Of no such man. l
he was meant, al he had to say was, that he had bro
ken no promise. He was known as . seward man whsi
he came hero; had remained . Seward man while here
and would continue q Seward man, until he saw some
hing in the history Of that man to induce him TO chang
his opinion.
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