New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-16

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NC M Sps WTLIass-we viii prove it, Sir.
Nr FosTER--Very well, go on tben'
M WuIIAMs-1he ceacs eel 10 nerpo,1s on the sub
,.ct nf Frederick s. L,,ileiohn He GDew he ought
moi 70 have been there; theY were Toves among tns
sbeep. Counsel Iepel the imEsfsion that tbey r..
shors by the aid Of SPEAKER Litlejohn. know tnat
no mau gets on to We floor Of the House among tno
mem ers withcat paes from the Speaker Law yels,
willie attending the Court Of Appeals ana ei' hana
whore houest business calls them TO AiOany, h ua
around the raihrg TO see what is gong On ~ ,r,U
hut 10 Speaker gives pass 10 men OF thst sl.iNp;
Frederik s. Liileohn gets $4,000 Of me cos So Who,
ore of these roads. DIR. Thompson gets siVVV. "
is il given forl What bias Frederick o. l rrJ,tb
donn 70 70 Get 40 600 in stock, which Say 10 worm
Tu,re than pSr? What has DIR. Richard H. lh1hitO
Of BruoklyiI-,ou know hm by Tepnisioi.," 10 ,'
he done TO get s4gCGO w w for We MT select
our Witnesses; they don't come ana Sen il - n in
l+y what they viii tsstit-but wo n H. ,1as
stead of 10000 and 4o'9o n'ake' t,,s;ohn family
not $780, 0O Appropriated to the II ttieoph I'M;
dou't know that there was; we are I'D tpo J ~,
camp 80 far ss getting informal non Is con.tiI :. IL
think we anal prove IT, We eoh 90 VI" ;nio ,bs
a iriti nv matter for man 10 20 H'o n S
Lals OF la islatiou aud sit down with MEMBER Snu
converse about bill he is aRout 10 pass. aon zee
WY legislator shoud NOS be as 0Srrtes :. 9u'ee'
or ns eful not 10 be Influenced by selfish motives
by OF err unworthy motive, the learned SSge
the B.pch, And gentlemen there y not one among
YOU who would not tgGn nat at seeing that doEe In
the judiciary, which Mr. Litllej9hn certainly cid per-
should see d sight of that lind, gentlemen you woola
say. tito Legislative body is gone, know, but l
didn't know toat the Judiciary was. thought
dreamed believed that that was pure and upright
sill" The General Government is meusesd by foes
from without but the State bad foe within, more IN
sidious aud more dreadful, more desolsilng more
destructive to the liberties OF 'he people, more Sao
versive of Government. Read the history OF falling
empires ana learn the dreadful Ssson this al Is CAL
cuIaied TO teach you.
But, gentlemen, 1 have detained you long enough on
this questions let me pass to another blu not 80 dread
fol in its Ultimate Importance, but upon which think
the proef viii be equally strong mean the - West
Washington Market bill word Of history here,
that you may understand It, The cry 10 bounded an,
cicn,y in an old map, by certain water bounds and
nits Il happened some years ago that come persons
desired TO obtain tbs right to run ont rome piers into
the North River, near what Ia now abe West wash
ingon Market and the privilege was granted 10 tIen
T6ey used these piers for yeare, when, by some
cnrrent of the river Gcceiions began TO form, ad Oy
and by these places began to get too shallow FOR large
vessels az finally became almost useless The city con
eelved theidea U filing them up ard making land out oil
the end Of the piers Well the city filed t0em up and
the LAND 10 question, wi ich rs worth toah near
" or quite g. 000 The city FLIED up, but know
iQ that the title wss in tie STATE by law, though the
State does not slways claim land thu, created they DID
not put up any large buildings upon IT. but simply
shanties which they rented from time to time I'LL the
ity eos about SO TOO year from the land. The rents
of these l4nds were sfter@ard adudged 10 be worth
4lU8 year, all " which belonged 10 the State ana
should have been paid into the State treasury IDS
property 30 wresied from the ocean, belonged to the
tSts hy the law Of the land The State then had 10
sh4t property about $4,000, 90 in Vsiae; aud yon
and / bad an interst in il az citizens oil
the State In 1855 the HsrbOf Commissioners re-
rooted 10 the Legislature that the land belonged
10 the State and that the city wac receiving the prohs
from r. On that commission wat ex Gov. Patterson
and John l.. Talcot of Buffalo one Of the abest law
yers of the time. There 10 Doubt about the title
of the State; and the Land Commissioners were called
upon 10 take the land bat for they omit
Tee 20 do IT, untl The 2zih of Apg 1864, when APP
rlicstion was made in writing ~ Jzmea B. Taylor and
Owen ". Brennan, to the Bo@d OF the Comm ssionert
OF the Land Office, which consists OF eX-ofhcio mem
bers II tn Govemment-ths Attorney General the
Speaker Of the House. aud various others. They aid
III. properly belongs to re State that az they desire
quarterly IN advance. Ehe same day, hour, snc
minute perhaps, this body psssed resolution
giving lease to Taylor and Brennan, for onS
year at a rent of 5000, payable quarterly
in advance, and they directed the deputy
Secretary OF State 70 execute d lease accordingly
After he Taylor and Freeman discove' ed thai the cJ
being in ross s.on they might have some difficulty il
getting possession They Thought IL WIS well enough
10 have from the State ooyenant Of qnisI enjoyment
and possession Of il. so th went 20 the Deputy Sec
Rotary Of State, and by Ineans-rumOr tells VIVA
got him TO inert ia the lease covenant of quiet
ioymeDt, obtained from this tunctOnaTy, I'M
gwen by the Board in the resolution utterly void
Sul the Board seem 10 have been very friendly. The
pass q ,erolution continuing the lease long Tn
ss' bold the PsF another unit" GassI
adopted conveying TO Tay lor and Brennan all chain
against he ely for back rents OF the premises 10 ques
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ttemselves, will indemnify the Stale against cost,
They seem to have a perfect understanding with III
Board. By and by they commenced suits against tb
cifyOne against the city and all the tenants 1S4
number; and notwithstanding this bond of indemuit
sgainet TO the State the Attorney
spI ears with their attorney in these suits. After
whie, thar body of Commissioners find that the
have done rather striking thing for consideration
but this md TO indemnify the State against labi
which could not st the most have but
very trifiing Chief Justice Bronson says be bs
done more work for dollar than this bond in fac
Unidentified The State against. The Board had by thi
resolution Of valned given away the back rsnts sine,
1853 amounting TO Q half million dollars for which
the city of New-York vitality liable; for bono
Of delnDity 10 the State agsiust HailitIes which
never could incur and which never conh be enforced
against for you cannot State. They found they
had gone little too far they passed resoution
ending the former and confirmed the back renti
the period Of the date Of the lease But You observe
il the first resolution had any idy, The second one
wsstbe mesest twaddle that IL from the pso zen
of men. " A bargains with b., who gives him a
nsderaon for bond that s satisfactory and after.
ward "a" backs out Of the bargain. An individual
cannot do that ana the State do IT, II the rst
resolution valid il will stand forever and secure.
Then without any consideration all, somehow or
other TAYLOR and Brennan got lease OF these pre-
ises worh l0e 900 year. 30 long the State should
cwu them for 5000 year, and all the back rents
amounting ~ over half million Of dollars. Alter
this eane air. Littejobn into Office a. Ex -ofieio
member Of the Board of Commissioners Now, gentle
men, observe, up to this time the covenant of qnet
enjoyment, contained in the original lease was
utterly void 10 never had any sanction whatever
by the BoaSd. IL was put in the lease by
Mr. MortOni " What private grief be had
know not bs is wise and honorable; perhaps
be viii, with reason, answer yon." Up TO this time
Taylor and BIeRIan had no covenant for quiet ENJOY
mslt or possesso2 of the Land. Up 70 tlis time the
Sta.e had lot afsaed to oin 10 iRbt his baitlas