New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-18
va, made ont and the House did not deem 1t
proper 10 add Sc, COO TO the sbnus expenditures
without some necessity was shown for Is. Con-


pit.se of the Legislature is considering pan Tor
a Few judicial system, and bill Will soon De- re-
ported. It's proposed TO maks the Supreme Ju'
dical Court Court Of Appeals, and to constitute
a new Court, called the Superior Court, 10 Placeot
the present Court of Common Pleas anu Superior
and Nnncipsl Courts of Boston; this Court TO try
all cases which require jury to determine mem,
including capital eases, cases before sheriff Ju-
ries. and 40 on. II ia also proposed, IN order TO
keep the Judges Of the Supreme Court from grow
inc mo)dy and old-foy sh, To bring them into con-
tact Nth the people by making them occasionally
hold terms of the Superior Court, and preside at
captsl trials with two Judges OF the Lover Court.
The bill will contain imperative provisions Tor the
spe,dy decision of law questions and the prompt
nuhlicaion Of reports and also other provisions
designed TO put a stop to the present delays which
amount 10 denials, of justice;
hin has been reported changing the law of
lsst wear concerning the crime of murder by IN
cuJinp among those who shall be considered guilty
of murder in the first degree all persons guilty OF
killing officers of prisons or police officers aud all
who commit murder while engaged IN the c0lnnlis-
sion of any crime punishable by imprisonment for
life. | suppose this bill is the result of the trepi'
,lstion of Mr.. Warden Haynes of the State Prison,
who seems to consider il part of his duty 10 have
a geneIal supervision Of the law of homicide, and
TO be possessed by a notion that all dangerous and
life may not be in jeopardy wonder that he has
not proposed to 90 further, and have law enacted
10 hang all dangerous conyicts-even those who
have been committed for minor ofenses. 1t IS a
fact that all the murders which have been commit
ted in the prison have been committed by persons
under sentence not for murder, but for inferior
crimes. III the system which the Warden Is So
anxious TO introduce is good for anything, all dan-
cerous and violent conyicts should be hanged forth
..,h \ fnr yNb o commit
ted deadly assault few days ago on Peter York
ought instead of being tried for it and sentenced
TO five years additional imprisonment, 10 have been
strung up from the bsttlements of the prison forth
with, and Peter York with hm-for he also is dan
gerous and violent. presume the Legislature will
change the law to accommodate the Warden,
though it is the hight of absurdty to suppose that
be will be any safer under it than be now is.
The Legislature has agreed 10 adjourn over from
Saturday until the 23d, so as TO give the members
an opportunity to contemplate the character of
Washington ON the 22d; or, more likely so that
they may 90 home and visit their families. The
American party undertook TO establish a custom Of
celebrating the 22d of February by joint Conven-
ton of the two branches, and the reading of the
Farewell Address. But this lasted only two years.
and I believe that the only permanent odor of
Amercanism which now fingers round the State
House is in the Governors Chamber, and this is a
ter the enlargement of the State House was COM
plcted, Gov Gardner seized upon one of the large
rooms designed for Committee room, and also
seized upon the opportunity to adorn his own room
with large and splendid mirror. This mirror,
come 10 examine il, was found to be adorned by u
large OWLS head. The artist or artizan proba-
bly, deemed the bird of night the fttest em-
blem of the secret party by which his Excellency
had been elected. But by this time the Governor
had m hat hp spc N hp
lean party was getting to be unpopular not to say
0dOus Ia the people. So he conceived the idea
Of having the OWLS head remodeled into likeness
of Gen. Washington, and this felicitOus design he
contriyed to get executed, and l am told that the
Father of his Country, late the owl, may still be-
seen in the Governors Room. l do not often have
occasion to 90 there, however, and cannot from
personal observation, yOuch for the probability of
the story.
The vote of Messrs. Thayer and Comins for the
Oregon bill makes some talk here, but l think it
will soon subside. Mr.. Comlns being emphatlcally
dead politician, it will hardly pay to discuss his
acts or his motives. One might almost as well 90
to discussing the conduct os Henry Shaw or Jon
athan Mason in the days of the Missouri Compr0-
mise. Thsyer, on the contrary, has some elements
Of vitality, and is likely enough TO be prominent
character in our politics for some time to come
unless, in pursuance Of the contract for the civil
iZation and Characterization of Asia, Africa, and
Occanica h. should take up bis re.idence or estab
lish his permanent bureau in Timbuctoo, or some
other central position. The Worcester County
people are generally reckoned rather hard to be
suited in the matter of Anti-Slayery. In ISIS
they discarded Charles Hudson for preferriog
Taylor to Van Buren,, and in 1856, they elevated
Nr. Thayer over Alexander De Witt, because the
latter had. al the request of Preston s. Brooks, ell
evated bis cane in the House of Representatives
for the purpose of giving Brooks chance to Illus
trate the style Of blow he inflicted upon Charles
Sumner. But suspect the people OF the county
are not fastidiOus they were ia 1915 and
l-.iG. If they had been, they would not have re-
elected Alr. I hayer last November. They knew
perfectly We'll, or had the opportunity of knowing
that he was nothing but Douglas Democrat. In
his speeches at the Republican State Convention
and the caucus in Worcester, held tO choose Dele
gates to the Congressional Convention, he dis
tinc'y abandoned all his proessed Republican and
Free.Soil principles. ! am aware that, being
pressed rather hard by Mr. Aldrch and some
others, he gave some sort OF pledge that, what
ever might be his private opinions relative t.
/" Popular Sovereignty" he would not separate
from his parry on that question. But what are
the pledges of such men good for
The most amusing and suggestive part Of Mr.
Tbayer's speech is that part in which he enlarges
on the importance Of preserving the consistency of
the Republican party. The Oregon bill was OPP
posed on three grounds
|. Because the Constitution Of the State contained
4 odous and wicked restriction against black men.
II. Because il was remarkably and unnecees .rily
lit era toward foreigners.
Ill Because to admit the State under present cir
cums;arces would be grossly unfair to Kansas.
On these points let me make three remarks:
l. From 1884, o 1854, Eli Tbayer was Free Soiler,
ar Aboltooist. and negrophihst.
II; In ls5i Eli Tbayer was a Know-Nothing."