New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-25
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FROM ALBANY.
From Our Own Correspondent
ALBANY, THURSDAY, March q, 1851


trntrY AND susoUEHAsSA RAILROAD.
The bill Which passed the Senate recently TO iacih-
traie tie construction OF the Absny ana Sh1Ienan'
Railroad by the approx nation OF sopoVV can,e W ~
e Assem- 6ly on ia third reading Yesterday when Mr.
Dwight of fom, kius moved 10 recommlt The Oil WAN
instructions to strike out The eDacIDg clause.
sir Dw ght had 10 doubt that the conteinpll ed road
would prove great benefit TO the region OF country
through which IL is IioPo>ed ~ ould III out ne held
that the expenses shoud not he thrown Oh the State OF
large. II lad been claimed that the scqueeered region
OF the State through which this road Is TO ise had
con,Ilbut, e quota toward the Enc Canal and other
im.Iovenenis FROM which IL Lad received DO benefit
but lie insisted that Il had tecu essentially benefited
by tese improvements lie argued that II wah against
the letter Of the Constitution 10 make this alploprm
lion exceut by a twO,lirds vote, and that II Sas
against It's slrt TO make it at ALL for tie that il
was private enterprise. Agaiu, The Legal ature bad
MORAL right to tax tb, people 10 give mooey where
/, could not cOnSttutonal nee the credit of he s'a'e
for the same puTCOe II IIis tax was 10 he levied, he
insisted that the question should be submitted TO the
peonle toemfelyes at the bllOt-bOx, and thus
iet them decide for themselves whether they
are willing to pay 1t. He refenod 70 TIE
rero Of the Controller 10 show that tbs hriTcisl
Giion Of the State no; such e. ~ arai auy such
expenditure. The taxes bad n-rd ds,t iron .ill In
1851 t. sc MILLS in l O., which had ocS;d great
alarm among . prO,egtyOWnc.s ot tlio state, who,
ia adj in 20 this ouerUus taxation, saw also con-
r,an.y in,r aslg State debt, which WIS now little
short 81 5000 900, with reasonable prospect u
~ ever being hluidated except BY direct taxation
Tie National Administration had been displaced be-
Of s oAtravsgInce aud proii8acy, and I, might
be ws for the responsible majority IL the Legislature
10 zee it that they did justy jecl tenstl Ives
o similar clsrges. lie hoped the bill would DO recon
mited, with instructions 70 strike out the enacting
clause
Mr. Lucius Robinson made stroug speeCh against
the hil ard hgtinst the principle which it's pafeay-
would inaugunte, viz: that the Legislature shonli
tax the PEOPLE 10 rsa the means whore With 10 make
IL Il
M innovation Oh established policy whirh huda
cors IN the extreme and which the people Of tho
State would neyef sanction.
Mr. prenderrast spoke in favor Of the BILL as did
also Mr. Hardy. who held that tho improvement
30 Eventually Tor tie public benefit at it entitled
10 liberal ali "a Tie Lpnds Of tho state.
Me,srs Merit and Richardson Of s.. Lawrence
strvnsly pro ested against uSiDg the people Of that
co anty for tho benct, Of private esiepiisc.
III. Chapman, OF Onondugaj also spoke rgairst the
biz In behalf OF himself aud his constituents.
Tending the question 10 recOmmit, the House took a
recess I'll Z, o'clock, o. which tine Tie IOute
M embed, and continued the discussion with much
spirit.
TIE region known M to "Teuih Logion"-om-
brairg I'll that part Of tie State lying eust o. the Black
River ,anal and north of the Erie canal III ndLces
with undying tenaiy 10 the nith once delivered 10 il
by Admiral LOTHIAN aud Col YOung--a faith from
whirn IL mover dc yiet, except H. case Of soe Of
their rIyor improvements or universities wlci the
CesSity Of deviation Is brought home Co u sm with
ir.easti5la force. Nr. RCbardson Of 81. la,wfencs
rcpr6er,ed j. sentiment Of the Tenth Region and It's
adnncts. Tie main pu1tof his argument was IA 4
TIC aid If the state lad here Ofsre been nearl, all
given ~ the counties south Of the Eio canal aud l
n Wac u inst tie uors rn section OF the STATE
for tie eueft Of a sccton h. the south. lie was toll
lowed by Nc. Keuan, who opposed the grant Oh gen
erl lrOnds. lie considered II judiro,f or OF
the CUBt.ltaou, which prohibits tie lo,rirg OF the
state credit bat which lad mol directly prc bIted the
gyi x II money 20 outorpi,o-, simply be- il
lad never entered iuto the nj dr Of tie fraeis Of he
Coabtuiion tat such prohbliOu would lie becesslry.
he cid not wish 20 the burdens Of the taxpayers
made heavier and warned the Legislature against In
cfGasiuP thoin.
Dir. LiLtlsjobn took tie floor and launched at once
into lie idst vi the subject. This bill rested upon
The serhI prindpler Oh ryht and l1sice, and asked
only that Tie suile measure which TIE people II Otsego
and hoharie hGd given to uIe rest OF the States
SHOULD Ice noied out them. NheG the first steP was
taken by the Legislature toward constructing the Erie
CaI,al re.ytion same he country, aud oriu'1l
Relied arrived IN the history II our country. DE Wit
Clinton personally urged Jedediah Miller to come "
this lie yislatuie and Sustain HE canal policy Jededih
Miller came, aud by this influence threw the eigtt
yotes Of Olsego and shohafe for the prosecution OF
the work Of internal improvement that had vindcted
the right VI thi State W boar The motto " Excelsior.
Tho Ee Canal had built up ties md villages every
en iss lArough the entire leagth OF the saie IRON
Lis Cayitsl " Bbflo. The Champaign Canal was
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