Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-02-17
Aiming the State.
To ihs New York Tribune.


ALBANY, Saturday, Feb. 3, 1861.
The Assembly held a session last evening to con-
slider the bill making appropriation of 100000
to arm the State. When the Assembly had reached
the consideration of this bill, Mr.. Hardy, of New
York offered an amendment providing for tax Of
five-sixteenths of mill each dollar of the real
and personal property of the State meet the half
million which the bill apprOpriates and briefly ad-
vocated the proposition Mr.. Pierce, the Chairman
of the Military Committee spoke at considerable
length and with great force in support of the bill,
referring TO the Governors Message and the Com
missaryG Generals Report to show the necessity Of
the passage of the measure There were about
5000 stand of arms for the 10000 citizen soldiery
in the State and it necessary to put the State in
a condition to do what she had promised by reso-
luton of her Legislature. adopted but a few days
since to do, viz: aid the General Government with
men and money to enforce the laws when so re-
ouested by the President of the United States Mr..
Pierce was opposed to the amendment because the
money might not be wanted. The question of ex-
pending the Appropriation was left with competent
and discreet officers, who would exercise sound
discretion in the matter and should it be needed
cording to the estimates of the Comptroller, from
whose report he quoted, there was likely to be
surplus equal to the amount of the appropriation.
Mr. Herman could not find warrant in the Comp
troers report for the belief that there will be any
such surplus and went into labored loud, learned
and lengthy argument, in which he endeavored to
show that there necessity for this heavy eX-
pendIture There was no danger of domestic insur
rection nor of invasion Mr.. Herman seemed to be
very of this fact for he repeated it five or six
times over AL the course of his remarks. He also
assured the Assembly that there would be no use
for troops at Washington anywhere else. The
Country according to Mr.. Herman, was in an exceed
iugy peaceful condition and daily growing more so.
All which the public will be delighted to learn, but
Mr.. Herman only few days ago held to different
view. When he was trying to convince the Repub-
licans that they ought to surrender all such unim
portant trifes prnciple-to conquer their preJu-
dices in favor of justice, freedom and humanity
in order to save the Urion he held that the country
was in imminent dang err Mr. Kernan objected to
the bill because as he Eaid it created a public debt
in violation of the Constitution, and talked much of
grinding taxation, TO which the people would not
submit A sharp question or two by Mr.. LltteJom
as TO wherein the bill created a public debt. dis
closed the fact that Mr.. K had made constitutional
argument against bill which he had not even read.
He had supposed it to contain certain provisions
and had argued accordingly. Mr.. Herman insisted
that the object of the Dill was to give fat jobs TO
few contractors who were even now lowering like
black cloud about the capital, and insisted that if
troops should be requn'ed-which was not probable
-to assist the General Government, that the Fede-
raj authorities would furnish the necessary arms,
conveniently forgetting the fact that the traitors IN
his own party but refiently sent on nearly AZ Ihe
Eerth To their traitors in the Febelious South.
Mr. Fullerton expressed surprise at the speech Of
Mr. Herman, both in reference to his constitutional
argument and his assertion that there was no dan
Ger Of domestic violence and read from the Consti-
tuition to show that it is the duty of every Legisla
ture to arm and equip the militia, and also from
late message of Mayor Wood, as follows: -'t -
when Disunion has become liked and certain
fact. WHY NAV rot New York disrupt the bands
which bind her to VenaI and corrupt master-to
people and party that have plundered her rev
enues attempted to ruin her commerce, take away |
the power of government and destroyed the Con,
federacy of which she was the proud Empire CITY
Amid the gloom which the present and prospective
condition of things must cast over the country New
York. as Fee CIty, may shed the only light and
hope for future reconstruction OF our once blessed
Mr. Fullerton pertinently asked, has not secession
already BECOME f" fixed and certain fact and is
there not danger of insqrrepton under the lead OF
that bold, bad man whose woPds have just read |
aud does it not become the great State Of New YORK
to be prepared for such an emergencys
Mr. Benedict forcibly urged the prompt passage OF /
the bill and overhauled Mr.. Herman for making /
constitutional argument against bill which he had |
not examined The gentleman from Oneida had OPP |
nhoosed streruously all measures designed 10 show
firm attiizie on us cart of this State against the
conduct Of the Speeding States, constant
Iv CRYING peace peace, when there was no peace.
Mr. Bingham was in favor of the bin. and of fur |
nshing the means to meet the appropriation by put
ting it into the tax levy where it properly belongs