New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-09
ATROCIOUS SCHEME IN EW-JERSEY.
STATEN ISLAND TO Be ANNEXED.
Large Appropriations Asked for.
POWERS FOR eov.xEwELL


c,zpespsnasses Of The N. Y. Tribune
TRENTON, N. j., March {, 1893.
while the eagle eye Of THE TRIBUNE IL intently
axed on the State Capital since the sojournmen'
Of the House Of Representative, are Jon s~are
Tat project is being hstchsi in this lace ior Ioe
seizure and annexation of Staten Island, 20 as u
rousd off this Ststel Such is the fact, am as
xsred on the most reliable authority You must
knox that the proposition to pluck that pen leather
RANDI Hook. on. of our wing has gwen great
A., az oaeu,e in Trenton; and numerous have
heru The erpedients proposed to prevent repet-
tan Of the insult. The most far-seeing consider
nat IN be successful the war must be
raryie5 into Africa. II you are 20 mine
10 must conntermine. III New Workers, in
their lust for territorial extension, cast longing
eyes upon the most easterly point on the continent
III Eew-Jersey, we must Tetaliate and assume the
offensive in turn. And we are going TO do il, too
Has il never occurred to you how dangerously sit
uated il Staten Island, in view of our rapidly grow
ing commerce on the Raritan and the Passaic
have il from unpublished statistics that the annual
tunDage Of the former is nearly hall, and OF the
latter little more than three quarters of million
pounds svoirdupois! Staten Island is the key to
this magnificent traffic The erection of such ire
mendOus Notifications at TOmpkinsville aud
Seeuine's Pont-strOnger than the wooden
walls Of Athens twice Over-naturany eXcites
alarm in the bOsoIDs of all who desire the
future prosperity Of kew-Jersey. In ADDITION 10
these, we have been assured that corps OF engl-
peers have lately made surveys along the Kills, for
the EXPRESS purpose of putting practical veto on
our trade or al least converting the channel into
another Little Belt with an Elsln0re to guard IT,
demanding toll on every mud.scOw passing or re-
passing. and furnishing hard nut for some future
frank Pierce to crack. This is very alarming
prospect, i assure you. Were the Union to be
dissolved, and war to arise between US IN jersey
and you in New-York, you would have all the ad
vantage on your side, and, in fact, could shut our
men-of.war in Newark and Raritan Bays as close
"a an oyster, unless ship canal were constructed
across Bergen Point which may justly be regarded
az the Florida of this State
Let me- therefore, whisper secret in your
acOustcal Ori6ce---Of course, not to be mentioned
in public. have been assured by a member OF
the Third (Or lOwest) House here that Gov. Newell
ia engaged in the preparation OF special message,
demanding thirty millions of dollars from the Leg
islature to put our forces, whether on land or wa
Ter, on war footing, which implies, fancy, lib
cra contracts for heeled boots. He will also
max additional powers 80 that, after the adjourn
ment of our Legislature, he may be enabled to act
with the decision and energy requisite IN such
crisis 1t is well known that during the canvass of
1856 DR.. Newell was strongly in favor OF this PROF.
ect, and repeatedly declared his determination To
acquire the island peaceably if we can, fOrcibly if
we must Indeed, he made no secret of his de-
signs and it is believed a manifesto to that effect
then circulated contributed powerfully to his cleo
ton in the southern counties Of this State. he
believes the time has now come for putting these
designs into execution, and that indefinite extern
sion is the law of progress in New-Jersey. The
message will be ready by the latter part of this
baa
Chancellor, and ---- elected to the United States
Senate.
Such is part of the programme, but the half has
not been told you. If you viii take steamer or a
balloon, and survey our coasts, you viii see several
hundred oyster boats, which are being collected IN
order to be converted into an efficient marine; you
will see all the Navy-Yards bristng with activity,
as if we were on the eve of an important election;
nv, and you will witness the crowds of long, lank,
nnkempt, half drunken fllibusters, who are only
awaiting the favorable moment TO preciptate them
selves upen the lOng-coveted spot.
There viii be a most exciting debate on this
topic, and what the upshOt VIII be IS uncertain.
Three parties have already been pretty distinctly
form ed-those who are for secOnding the Governor
and taking advantage of the present crisis to con-
summate the measure; those who think the time
has not vet come but that while the tide is ebbing)
the island graytates a" to New.Jersey, and ia GER
tain to drop in some day, by the operation ofNew-
tons law; and those who are opposed to having
ANYTHING whatever to do with the enterprise. In
behalf Of tie last des with which your correspond
ent ,ympathzes fully, there is much TO be said. One
difficulty arises from the fact that we should thus
have 10 miles (mOre OF less) additional coast TO de-
fend requiring vast annual outlay to protect the
harbors Of the island from aggressions. This would
require whole feet Of oystermen, and also very
large increase TO standing army, already an ex-
pensiye institution. But, in my mind, the great
obstacle arises from the circumstance that we
should thus annex a population entirely unit to
carry out republican government. Like
all the other nations of Spanish American
descent, they are turbulent, factiOus, un-
goyernable, issuing pronunciamientOs, breaking
out into rebellion and committing depredations at
which the heart sickens on the slightest pretexts
You have. dare say, heard Of some of their up.
risings last Summer, when the fiery cross was sent
around Tompkinsville, and the clans, with RAY
ToMPKINs at their head like another ROderick
Dhu, rolled up their sleeves and pitched into the
burning and plundering business at fearful rate.
This 10 only an instance of the sort. Others
Equally atrocious might be mentioned. Shall we,
should we, annex such a race TO New.Jersey 2
Never. Nertr! NEVER! l Trust, therefore, the
Governors recommendation will meet with the
fate il deserves; and that measure fraught with
consequences 90 fearful may receive the sane
tion Of our Legislature NORTH.