New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-17

GpcLiIR nIs uistIuO<ADDs IrOn toe eNtctsoi w NJ
side found only this direction, "Abuse the plain
tif attorney" We regret to see the repres nta-
tives Ct the American party" reduced to s'mrar
shift skulting tie Slavery question. which they
know overbears every otber-as the wreck OF their
own organization in Kentucky, Tennessee and North
Carolina bears witne's-theypa,s one good and hon.
orabe resOlve-ttst in favor Of Registry Law
condemn tie system of "fiee passes" by Railroads
10 legislators after the great Railroads have finally
abolisbed tten-and proceed to disgrace themselves
By such wretched slang as the following;
Peioved II a. the usvi,e unjust snd infamous lesslaon
Of sH liter shown in the a lay. or the benefit
the people shown in nearly exempng the railroads Of the
Stat from s1ston and heapias ho eorden upon the fope
'howD ~ way Of enormous appropriations OF money Tor the
benefit Of party vort, whereby the take. OF the STAG are
nor thar Is pr se the ftSa s ~ :pa o..
and u5'-upuOu, lobby beaded b RePabesn politician. 81.
interest, End canal revenue. Of the State wer a
tersis TsTosd corpoIs,on. shown In not passing res
alde! the of Albany Central Regency Is. or
S de oeSe f 1 sSe sn Of The
TIE gentlemen who concocted the above know
that it is essentially lie that the taxes were last
Winter increased 125 per cent for the benefit Of
party fsvorites." They know that 100 per cent.
Of this increase was levied for and expressly ap.
proprsted to the enlargement of the Canals, and
cannot be diverted to any other purpose. They
klOw that the late Legislature did not eIpend it at
al Tor cause it to be expended; that it is not yet
collected and when it shall be, will be paid out for
Canal work alone. Should they net be asham t.
rest tie advocacy of their ticket on such barefaced
folsehoods as that we have here exposed
Our last Legislature bad its faults; but it was
an honorable and upright body compared with the
preceding, in which the American" were the
.sree.t party, and Of which the President Of this
same American" COnvention-Mr. Henry b.
NoItbruI-was a conspicuous and not especially
disinteI ested member. That Legislature--with
"tbe Americans" at the head Of the heap-brOke
up it's session and dissolved without passing the
Annual Appropriation bills, intending thereby to
compel Gov. Clark to reconyene them and give
them double milesge--wLich be commercially re-
fused to do. II i'll becomes Mr.. Nortbrups Con-
vention to throw stones at our last Legislature,
which certainly did dispense money too literally
to colleges aud charitable associations as we urged
that it should not knowing that the two political
minOrities would vote to swell these appropriation,
and then charge all the blame on the majority. But
this last Legislature was moro under the control
Of IAN avarcious and INSCRIPTIONS lobby" than
its predecessor, and not half so much swayed by
its own corrupt and greedy members. 1t did not
"aacrifce the Canal interests and Canal revenues
"tf the State to the sll-pJwerful influence of Rail-
"rcad corporations, and any Convention repre-
sen,iDg respectable minority of our citizens should
be ashamed Of making such loose and grOundle.s
charges. 1t speaks well Tor the discretion aud
sense Of decency Of Mr. Erastu- Brooks that he
declined to serve ON the Conventions Platform
Committee. If such reckless calumnie. as the
above are TO form the staple OF our State Conven-
tons resolves, men who have characters 10 lose
will soon refuse to be delegates at all