The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-21

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i've Of This BODY Of lawyers pronounced against A.
tempt the Legislature pass laws conflicting with
The Constitution Of tho United States the laws OF Con-
gvess So the Aboluonss compelled 70 "wA for the
Our public Hospitals and oshsr tsssrviag objects Of chs
rity are st compelled 70 struggle for existence mainly
by the means contributed BY 6e private hands Ok phan-
uropy benevolence The exhausted condition OF the
State treasury prevented The legislature from rendering
much ASSISTANCE This Is greatly 70 be deplored from the
fact that hospitals the Of aevating the
mseres Of the unfortunate, many q whom strangers.
sable institutions is met with the same difficulty which
experienced Congress In relation the appropriations
the Improvement Of the navigation Of lakes and
har bors When small amount Ia asked 70 Of
the sand bars In the Hudson river, whose
ceeds two fold any other arm Of the the country
then applications for money made for expenditure
the entire South, where mosquito barge scarcely
has occasion 70 carry cargo When the New YORK
Hospital the most deserving in the country, solcts aid
from the legislature then al the pretended hospitals
throughout the State, most OF whom have patient
month, demand the same amount for themselves
quenty the country members having always Q majority,
viii allow no assistance 70 the New York Hospital tas
| model institution Of the country.
Various propositions were submitted 10 Alter amend or
remodel the New York city charter Senator Ely, taking
the sensible view, proposed bn appointing Wash.
ioRton Hunt, Charles UConor and Henry r. Sslden
mission, with authority to calmly and deliberately pre-
altogether. No three names more worthy OF tho
highly important trust could DO selected from the
many able and distinguished citizens Of the city and State
Our impression liz that Senator Eys hill would DO
law had Of his democratic colleagues refused to
gfOunu
to one democrat on the proposed commission Surely
there ought not TO have been this obeson
Of the city Of New York to pass Judgment upon the
charter and that TO be in the affirmative before
IL could have been presented to the Legislature for
hrmation The miserable apology for charter subse.
quently run through the House OF Assembly by the nu
ence OF Oakley Hall and Richard Busted was never seen
by dozen citizens Of New York before thrust In the
Legislature by country member Of the Assembly. The
Senate struck out every section which hessrs. Hall and
Busted desired 70 be enacted thus frustrating their at
tempt 10 continue certain ncumbeDts In Office after toe
legislative enactment. The bill remained quiet for a
few days, when II was taken up and through the
Committee of the Whole in the Senate, without any
amendment or alteration being permitted, Senators
hs,her, Schel, Ely and Sloan desired. On Monday pre-
ceding the adjournment the Charter bill taken MP
for final VOTE and after another struggle only fifteen
votes could secured in s favor and the bill was lost
Four republican Senators voted with tho democrats
against it, under the belief that such important matter
amending the charter OF city containing three orts
of million Of people should not be the act Of such hasy
legislation"
The people Of the counties OF Broome Chenango 0tse-
Delaware Schohare aud the southern section OF Al
baDy county, comprising isolated portion oil thu state
struggling for railroad from Bnghamon, on tho Erie
road TO tide water At the capital of the State. They sent
10 the legislature petitions containing the Of several
thousand residents and the line Of the c0utem
plated asking the Legislature for the
in instruments to in the construction Of the road
The argument OF the petitioners was plausible In
substance IL ths:-That section of country has, for
the last quarter of century contributed its quota equally
with the favored localities in the STATE In furnishing
pumDer
on they have paid their share OF the interest, and
equally holden TO the liquidation Of the three million
gilt TO the Erie road They are also under obligations,
forced upon them by State laws To assist in paying tho
incurred by oaDing the credit Of the State to the
Ithaca and O~ego road Hudson ana Berkshire road
and the CatskI Cansohsrie road making the ag
gregate four MILLIONS half Now, all the improve
ments in canals aud railroads have proved an immeose
detrmen to that isolated section Of the country. The
people have no such facilities for markets as is
Afforded to all the Of the State, and they felt
as il they ought to receive d small bounty from
road on one Side and the Hudson river the other Such
facts and many others which adduced, convinced
both branches of the Legislature that the asked for
sstanCe due 10 those countes ana the bill for that
purpose passed and sent TO the Executive chamber
There slumbe ed several days. when Governor Morgan
returned it 10 the Assembly unsigned mpaned with
message that scgupes against
allowing TO become law. The House made he attempt
10 pass the bill Notwithstanding the Veto but the power
OF the Central Railroad both in toe House aud in the
lobby, irresistible and the bill for tho benefit Of the
Albany and susque hAnna Railroad Tell for the session.
The Brooklyn Tunnel bill kept n lobby at the Capitol
nearly the entire session. The bill provides tina. the rail
road company will abandon the running with steam
through Atlantic street, ana surrender 'ne,r real estate
hundred and fifty thousand dollars s paid for It. II pro-
vdes also, that this shall be assessed upon property
lying UPON that street, because by withdrawing steam
from II the property will be greatly enhanced in value
The contention was whether single locality Should pay
this whether the whole city OF Brooklyn should be
taxed for it, The former proposition prevailed, aud then
the opponents hurried to Executive chamber TO pro
cure a Veto The Governor, however, signed the bill.
Il il matter of the greatest wonder why half a
dozen New York city horse railroad charters aot
inflicted upon the people Of that city 10 all the attempts
previously made up streets and avenues, without
the consent OF property holders the Common Council
there such formidable conbinaton-such a
perfect oganzaton-such bond Of union and copcen-
trsted interest such of bribery ami Non
fund, during tho recent session. Heretofore, the
Broadway parallel as an example, vas defeated mainly
the obsnacy OF Jacob sharp and company
preventing certain other epecuators from enjoying
share Of the anticipated benefits. Consequently other
competing railroad routes sLkd out upon the city
map thus producing contention and contemplating which
prevented either of SPECTATORS in succeeding. This
year more skllfai and apparently successful combna
ton existed All the railroad applications were included
in the compact. The scheme Of magnificent pro
portions. There want OF distinguished men OF in
uence Of power and Of wealth. At the head OF this
paraleed combination stood the notorious Albany Mo-
gull George Law induced 10 contribute his all
u influence under the promise that the Legislature should
confirm bis Ninth Avenue grant, thus speedily re-
moving the Stuart Injunction and summarily overriding
the action CT the court. BY this coup de m1in Mr. Law
would forever the inv aluabe franchise Of monopo
zng both Greenwich and Washington streets 10 the city
OF New York, from Canal street the Battery without
the cost OF a dollar Efforts we're made 10 allow those
bills TO be amended that the corporation Of the city
should realize pecuniary benefit the construction
| Of those tracks But IL was not allowed. There
certain per cenage imposed upon each road which the
anticipated corporators, is said stipulated and agreed
TO- to be paid 10 certain Invisible committee OF polt
ciaps in the Charter bills became laws, which in the
aggregate would the sum of five hundred thou
sand dollas This fund 10 BE- invested and securely
pledged for elecnoneerng purposes 1850 IL requires
sort Of saeacy to conjecture for whose benefit this
goRue liz into whose hands this money to be placed
ms recret service fund.- for the next Presidential
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l. Well this irresistible lobby run all these half dozen
railroad bills through the House Of Assembly without
permitting word Of debate, Of amendment aara-
ton. No opportunity afforded Mr. Opdyko others
on the floor TO utter syllable against them They
all in one corrntt batch sent to the Senate for courm
tiop ana there they remain.
The several OF Governor Morgan show an indie
pendence OF mind Several OF them of minor impor-
tance but ne put bis seal Of condemnation upon i'm
of of
publican party and these the Susquehanna Railroad
grant and the Canal Draft Interest bill Had consulted
the wishes Of the leaders OF that party would
toued both these bills But his duty above and be-
yond mere party considerations, he performed duty
which he believed his conscience demanded lie no doubt
had in his minds eye the disappointment which won be
created 10 the counties along the line railroad and
also the fatal effects TO his party which would be produced
by withholding bis signature from the Interest bill Judge
Patterson, leading republican the Senate openly de-
cared that In consequence OF this tens OF
Of votes are lost TO his party along the Erie canal Bat
Governor Morgan, anticipating such feeling among the
people, did not hesitate TO follow the dictates OF hs indy
ment rather than the arrogant behets Of party For