The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-09
The Legislature 1t Work-The Politician
and Thor sohemes-The Lobby Hsrpis
and Their Prey.

The Legislature 1t Work-The Politicians
and Their schemes-The Lobby Harpiss
and Their Prey.
The republicans Of our State Legislature,
unlike the republicans in the House of
Representatives, have clear majority in
both houses, and accordingly organized
the Senate and Assembly without any
trouble, and to their utmost satisfaction. This
done, the Legislature only met pro terma for
the last few days, without doing any business,
inorder to afford the lobby and the professional
politicians an opportunity of arranging the
committees for the Speaker, and also to gain
time for caucusing their various schemes.
They therefore 30 to work this evening, and
we may expect speedy Developments of cor
ruption and public plumber, and political ras-
cality of the deepest dye The harHes, those
foul and ill-omened birds of prey, may be seen
lowering and circling and figuring in dusky
fight about the Capitol at seven o'clock p. NJ,
ready to pounce with their filthy talons on the
peoples money in the State Treasury.
The various matters to be brought before the
Legislature have already been enumerated in
the HERALD; but the principal may be now
classed under two general heads, and these
sub-divided each into two heads more.
First, the measures of the lobby, and
second, the measures Of the politicians.
The measures Of the lobby are the
railroads and the canals. The measures Of the
politicians are the Personal Liberty bill and
perfect freedom ofvoting for all negroes, with
out regard to the property qualification which
now exists-measures to which the event at
Harper's Ferry and the series of events which
have followed in its train will lend q more
than ordinary degree of interest The lobby
and the politicians will play into each others
hands, and by corrupt combination between
them, bargain and sale of conscience and of
the public interests, they will be able to carry
into effect their obnoxious plans to which the
whole business Of the session will be made sub
servient and subordinate.
The Niger will be the principal, indeed the
only, topic Of . political nature which his wor-
shippers will permit to occupy either house.
The Personal Liberty bill was defeated in the
Senate last session, by the influence of Senator
Diven, then the leader of the republican party
in the Legislature. This bill is nothing else
than direct notification Of the plain pro-
visions of the constitution of the United States
and the Fugitive Slave law of Congress.
Senator Diven opposed It on this ground,
and was successful But the times have
changed since them The leaders Of
the republican party have become thoroughly
sbolidonized, and they now trample under foot,
and spit upon, and execrate the constitution
They endorse Helpers Impending Crisis, and
make demigod of John Brown, the traitor
cutthroat and horse thief, because he did his
best % overthrow the constitution and the
federal government by violence and bloodshed
And, as very significant fact, we may add
that Senator Diven, for his opposition to the
Personal Liberty bill, was defeated as q candi-
date for the nomination of Judge Of Appeals in
the State Convention at Syracuse under the
direction of Stewards man Friday, Thurlow
Weed. There will be little difficulty, therefore,
in now passing The bill, particularly with the
aid of the lobby, to whom qaid pro q@o will
be rendered in the shape Of spoils. Under the
same fanatical influence, the bill permitting ne
groes to vote Unfortunately will be carried
in order to swell the republican vote for the
Presidential election.
The canals, on which nearly fifty millions Of
dollars of the public money have been already
expended, have been hitherto in this State