New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-14

what shall We say Of those who uphold tho doctrine
Of tbi. psnifesto which denies to the People Of any
Territory. 90 long az it remains Territory any
right to exclude or inhibit Slavery and at the same
time 10 Of the Eebrasta Act a. ''leaving the Peo-
"p,e tf AM Territory fee to regulate their domes-
"tc Institutions in their own wayi" Free to
regulate thsm 'ch.n' Not, surely while their Ter
ritor.al Condition is maintained; for the Constl'
tuition (acccIding to the Buchanan doctrne)
guarantees to every stakeholder the right
to migrate with bis elaves to any Feder-
al TerntOIy, and requires its Government to
uphold and protect his right Of property in those
slaves. STATE. ii is held, may abolish or exclude
Slavery; but Territory is precuded from so doing
by the Federal Constitution. Thus the People OF
a Territory aye placed under guardianship or in
pupilsge-are not allowed to accept or reject
Slavery as they see ft-are compelled to endure its
prtserce whenever aud 90 long as one sla7eholder
chooses to live among them with his chsttels,
though ten thousand may urgently desire its exclu-
sion. Where, then, is Popular Sovereignty" in
Territory! 1t is clearly in allegiance, awaiting
tie Transformation of such Territory into State.
Then i. not the pretense that the Nebraska act
leaves the People of Territory perfectly free
"to regulate their donest, Institutions mock.
cry end fraud 2
ReOlred This: the to which our political opponents
this State calls for the I'm ned
ate rpostoI Of the people that at this moment we penod
the State 'er'u'y embarrassed in it's finances ana the SAT
debt sccuruAng til State have increased even1
within the lest ten the canals once source Of PRIDE ana
fer their po and that we cannos but feel that the
pie o. Dproydecf set by the STATE has 'Peai into tue
S" 'f Se se Is Of BY the
rockies. expenditure Ioioe debt snd the abss OF erst
BY establishing sound and economical financial policy at
Albany
The Republican party has been in power at
Albsny since January last, and no longer In No
vember, 1855, it was beaten by the "Americans,"
who carried their State Ticket except one Judge
Of Appeals chosen by the Slave Democracy. The
Legislature was so divided that no party had the
asceLdency therein. TIE last year has been one of
extraordinarily light freights on Railroads as well
as Csnals, AID our Grand Canal, being unfinished
and each year presenting long stretch Of new em-
bapkments, has suffered fearfal!y this season from
breaks and Interruptions, which have sadly dimin-
i.hed its revenues. In view Of all the facts, our
lsst Legislature, with signal uuanimity, resolved to
finish the Enlargement within two years; and to
90 this without mourning further Debt (Which the
Constitution forb;ds) it was determined to impose
an extra Mil Tax. This is all the addition made
by Our last Legislature to our public burdens, ex-
cept a quarter mill tax rendered necessary by
liberal appropriations to new Colleges and to
Public Cbarities-apprOpriation which wa tried to
defeat, but which the Democracy generally united
in supporting They now turn short about and
attempt to make party capital out of an increase of
taxation for which they are every whit as RESPONSE
bic as are the Republicans; and they even go 80 far
as to insinuate that the Republican ascendency in
our State, now of eight months duration, is the
cause Of individual extravaganza and consequent
bankruptcy Is not this too grossly false to serve
an electiOneerDg purpose
Rored That evidence Of the incapscty political
ent we point to the various attempts 70 eai,.te the
spnd ano op pensie. a. one time denying By jury
the citizen proceeding 70 summary inqq.on By the
i ns ds and lax ea
cher nconsuities limit the night petition property hod
es practical effect Of which leg has been to put
Of Temperance snd 10 harass tn, people
and them in their business by needless prosecution
and offensive litigation
1.-THE crude and lax enactments' here chad
owed 18th can mean nothing else than the Excise
Law 4 last SessiOn-a measure which neither origi.
mated with the Republicans nor was passed by
them On the contrary, the ten votes against it
in the Senate were nearly or quite all Republican,
while every Democratic Senator who voted at all
voted for it, with perhaps enc exception Mr..
Sickles, who was a master-spirit in the Convention
which passed this resolve was himself a Senator,
and not merely voted for this Excse Act but was
one Of its most active promoters; while Mayor
Wood, now an idol of the law.defying runsellers,
has often declared hmsef in favor Of law essen
tally like this Excise Act This Resolve is plain
bid for the support Of the law breaking rumseIers
Throughout our Sta.e--a bid by men Who helped
pass the very act they now seek to make capital BY
dencurcng. Is this decent partisan warfare
G. R.,oreS That the late Legislature completed the circle OF
its errors foes and by attempting to punish the lion
al to the tide ans,ism Inch last Fail rolled through the
State by dpyng them Of their ancient municipal and
cba red privileges and placing them irresponsible Com
sopers appointed by the Executive authority OF the State
and by uniting other counties merging tie powers OF the
local IN to that OF political boards and tina, the
are viewing with alarm these acts OF centi
tO 50 fatal 1 the Se5ss i1 R the
rebuke this aggression and corruption ana -
nights fellow citizens by unceasng efforts 10 epea taos
legislative u'urpation-beins part; Of ca
Of popular sovereignty as EVIDENCE ~ ine ~
sulH bhtuIC uFOh s"o '"Nei ''oN'7 ~ N''>i
counties.
This was manifesty choker for the gentlemen
who bad lust nominated Judge DEMO; but they go.
through it as we'll as could be expected. The Con-
vention clearly wanted to denouncs the acts IN
Que ston as unconstitutional; bu. this their nomi
nation of Judge DEMO rendered absurd. Thus
precluded from making an effectiye point, they
were compelled to rest on the false assertion tAa'
tie CITY bills of last Winter were enacted to pun.
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