New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-20

~ ~. additional right 20 alter or muly w epeI 5
~ cA.teY and lower the AR OF piL,-s a,o,Lsr
vie ... % az an honest Legal iuTe s'norI1e d.,
sHgsSsS to be laid ii IT along sde OF ,l nuS
ho%s snent more time enilenen' up'n euese
totntes thsn they are worth !et J,rLrss.
nv that q little at tbis u,i'' O." o,0und ,bis
" 49, r.. ham at enpied IN he IN own arouhu '''s
WV h"n5 he dissipated and thrt these ee's suouIu
~ oiacad in their uroper hgtt. One on NEE Ne'a
sc.s which they dsnomin.te ne Dc. hoa", az
SShieh the Govern oed had ID ni e 1,
;s;on for It's rereal o. alteration. iet lals u'uoI
~ Sarns f.. swoop Of his Fxcel-ncy'e veto want
81 saw another word ard give von the rltry OF tns'
SseisiatIon and see whether lis Exeeieney no1"iI'
standing this veto ADDRESSED andono'eoly ~ tu1 P
Isr ear might not have suhirued ne,hing het'er
- hs tbougbt hese hills injurious 70 the pubic IN
s.rests. On the lOh day Of April, ls6a' these hye
bs with regard 20 railroads wete returned from tne
Ssnste to the Asse bly, with thr concurrence o. tno
senate thereto and that 10Th day 81 Apfli tue So
aambly ordered them % be sent TO the Governor WIZ
received them probably on the llth. tie knew PeI-
feoily well that II decided BY the coneurrT ~
Of both Houses, long before he vetoed tnete o' nr
che Legislature should adjourn on the ZIP OF AEa5
e.yep DAVIS at the most, from the time ne "a;
Shese bills There is another instrnme" % az
little book, the Constitution, "h'c" "a h;IIs
that the Governor has right 10 uo,I U,
Cd rnIess ttsv are retur ed 10 the LesnS'St1Ie
5Vitbip ten DAYS they become laws e"''SS 5H. r.
AR, before ten digs shaH h0r, GGj"u"'' .po ,sy
fail lie sent them back 60 ,e Snw the Lot ,Ts
80 90 adjourn and he had only to hold them over un
iii the nett day and they would nave heen klt'u so
dead rs 10 have never been heard o. ag'nn' ne nsu
IN bis power TO demohsb these bills, bn, he chose 10
xte massage for tire Jnbhc cav and thus throw the
responsibility upon the Home, who did inst bat he
expected they world do, passed them over his
veto and then If there any public clatnOr
he exrected 10 yet the benefit of it
and 10 &c, the railroads. too! II he believed them uu
constitutional and wrong what right bao be while bold
Ing in his hands the power to destroy themi what
right had he TO give them up and place them in the
hands Of body which defendant In this c9se says
was corrupt Better let thar incorruptihls Governor
bold them one day longer, and they wo.d have been
a. dead as all tie veToes IN the world oould make
sheu. And there woald have been rmpe time To have
prepared and submitted Ia The Iegi lture such bills
rs il was his Irego o. i've do which could have been
free from all Ito bjreioSs which he hal 10 The bile
But, gentlemen, let us zee wba, the Governor him-
pelf did in that year. In 1883, the New-1oTk
Common Council undertook by resolution 20 give TO
ehree individuals gront to lay down railroads in
nearly al the streets Of Newlork Bat IL WIS tOnnd
Ebey had not any sqch poweE They undertook TO
make this grant for the benefit Of individuals and their
assigns Just these hills say. The Court did not
sanction night of eminent domain in the city, they
chose 20 il IN the state. But in this very var
Of 1860, aud this same session. bill was
introduced confirming Ihese resolution: Ihe
so be given by tie Common Council in the
resolution passed in 1888, IL William Rider, james
Murphy Minor Story and their assigns. There lie this
difference in the oiber bills ere II individuals
bsre there ara but g. but tie exclusive IL The
more proIer for the Governor sigD Let ~ how
Far it weni-it Is pretty grid 'oH-y, gentlemen;
q Through Ninth avenue, GaDsevnori street, Wash
tngton place. Greenwich stree and such other streets
aud avenues "a are meu'i ned in said resolution and
Che Lord knows hON many Of them there were. Il |
you Look at these i've YOU dsTstaLd the prvi
3eges granted; but when You want 70 learn |
what frame ises are granted In this hiii which !
che Governor siged without any h sitsion, you
have ex lore the resUlntIorr Of tie Common Conn
ell of NeW.YoIk for 1853 To ASCERTAIN what that statute
e. Yet this approved it's II the Governor and he
signed il. Aud, sccOroiug 10 the argument Of my
learned lends, there Is night TO repeal this there
is limitation ali 20 the fare they can charge rs
much ~ they please; sbd The bill provides
&c that this al shall take efe I Immediately
But we heard OF TO veto t'ere I IL 10 no
corporation, JOINT stock company, aud 20 $3.50
citation IT has 10 limitations, and resi- onstihy;
and you thro b the archives Of the Com
mon Council TO find whit is really granted by that
law; but il approved itsF o. Is kxceency the Gov
erDor. Now, don't hud ianl' with hts Exoellency, |
but upon what prioc le IL be R-sume1 in the alb
aenee Of ell evidence, that tiese FIVE acts which I
ehey complain Of all wrong You will bear In
Ennd this resolution Iasssd 10 1883 aud ihis law
q passed seyen years aiiefward and the roads not
built then-seven years goue by, and the enterprise
not Completed And there Is no pfoyhiyn declaring
that tbey shall fui.b ttem in any gwen time.
There ia not objectionable feature III
She bills of viii thy complain that is
Sng that there 10 anO her taItIOus iault III bile
we have not beard 81 IL M the evidences and You viii
bear ia und thai threw the door lds III that
respect provided they would CONSENT - part OF their
proposion 10 connect Mr. Liul john with the corrul-
iion; but we die DOT DEEM Dor Gld tie Court deem,
we bhd conseu ed 10 IT, that War proper 70 speed the
Eme OF this Jury and this COuIt 10 tie iuvest alton OF
question Of corruption Oi n lAity VI men az large
Tq,st u-as not IN iesue here. IL Is the busl- |
ress Of Legislators to puniy Themselves Of corruption,
when they nay GeeH q L. corruption III their body.
Committees are appointed 10 inve- te inio che truth
of theso charges and Uring The gdly 10 Jutice Ibis
sss done Ia the ass OF Senator from Long Island 10
1891 or 1881 aud also ia the OF Bishop Campbell
Sn 1895 aud 1896, and both Ihe.e Numbers were ex-
pelled And 1t has ogau and a. ain teen brought into
nlay and been brought intO action IN the Co..
oress of the land aud been riu- Il 10 rome extent
" purifying legi,lation there ruere, in the Legisa-
elrp Is the place puny lessslaii1n IRON cor
rution and here is the place attack tie Lobby.
hIy learned associate, said there was corruption
In the legisation. He sad If We admitted there was
corrupt n Ia the Assembly that didn affect Dir Lit
tielOhn; unless il pro,ed that he corrupted.
He sid further il tLey could convict bin with tue
norrup ion then be would cOncede the corru ton
order 10 give them every ia hy but Dot thus 10 lei
chem 90 INTO the corruyon VI tie Assenbly-t0 90 On
Rrhng excursion here at the expense Of ihe County
of OswegO In The Standardization Of its jnrisprudenre,
Now nIlenen, trust have dieti ,aed all the pre-
SeDse of corruption. How much there Wa Ia that |
le.islation l don't know ! Dot responsible |
Cor H. for il is long since / hive taken any part
An tpolitics except voter violrnt scenes
take place on the lobby nor l cannot
tell; the defendant Lib to you retter he was
there "Noihiug but god mo liver aetusted tins pub
Gcatsn" and yet, content with what have stated
with regard TO tie matter, be conseits to Ieoome
member Of this corrupt third house VI that Leglsla-
cure and goee Albany for the express purpose Of H.
tertsring with the business i belongs 70 tie men,
bsrs slone What voice lad Horace Greeley in organ-
Aing that Assembly What Hght had be 10 interfere
betwesn the constituents wuO reut their members
e0ere and the officers hey ~ apo II IL VAS
time enough for him. it was proper for him, only