New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-02

the men In EewJersey who did not row 10 tnc Ino9P
DIV rule conld swim the ferries with all their WORLDLY
possessions" The answer | make to this = brave on
salt is the same made by AIistL.cs IN ma speech
against Cass 1t is fit for none Z" oe asnancs o.
lack OF riches but those who nor rrh against ther
Wills and that they like him. who lacked fortune o,
choice (because they preferred L6crty 10 LuIury au
honor to profit might gloy N o1soa for
to-day is: fought the monopoly 10 be abolished ~
society was a barren combination OF fraud ana ialce
where there was not any equal distribution OF burdens
and Of Dressings then might be found Advocating tue
beauties of monopoly. But the cardinal objects OF our
civil institutions - to guarantee forever the sh o
HAPPINESS Of individual maI-to protect THO ieepio
against the rapaeity Of the strong In the history
Of our republic, the rights, Of man have toosiongg
been violated and las happiness ., pernsed i.
equality before the law and these things IN the pasi
have been done under color OF The law Itself corpora,
tons with an almost absolute power over cap i Wv;
labor in this State seek u render themselves I'M
mort and their dominion complete by Potca asso-
Citations Hence do We form part OF me pending
strife between the rights OF the citizen ana the w9ngS
Of monopoly and onr sister States. Now behold New
Jersey struggling like the tabled LAGOON IN disengage
its ow body and the bodies Of its sons from the iaa
coil of serpent whose embrace is WORSE nah
States like nations live but once. and unlike lndVd'
uas there is place Of rewards and punishment or
organized societies. Nemesis comes for them III tnis
world. But men Of New Jersey, did not come mere
to speak In the language Of hyperboe. came 10 e1'
press TO yOu convictions which have grown WIN my
growth and strengthened with my strength can say
with sincerity what Cato said. GOD forbid my
| family should flourish in a time OF civil war
have cndeayored, since fortune or duty turned my
steps toward public life never willingly to barter away
the rights Of the people at the behests Of power And
hold that man is tit To participate IN the govern
ment OF great societies with elements combined as ours
are who hestates about disoiging the lew VINO have
access TO- surround hlU for the sake OF tue many
who gave him power but whose faces he may never see
1t Is the politician who seeks TO serve himself; the
| statesman who, using human power for human gonu,
seeks 10 advance not himself but the human race Man
is reed says Pascal the weakest in nature but he Is
u thinking reed. We live In the age when bayonets
think; and there Is no thinking man ID New1ersey
who hestates to say II he has not free ticket marked
good self and lady for the year 1861 that the In
teres the honor end the material prosperity OF New
Jersey demand that the shacklcs shall be taken from
the feet Of commerce. and that trade be permitted
to go free between the East and the west
and from Maine TO the Nations Capital.
No small arguments will answer which tell us that In
tho year lsi NewJersey has received an extra diyi-
dend Of five hundred shares OF the stock OF the Della
ware and Reritan Canal aud Camden and Amboy Rail-
road and Transportation Companies. making the
stock OF the said companies now held By the State two
thousand aud five hundred shnres.' Why. gentlemen
no tSe treasury the Commonweah twenty thousand
shares u your stock could not and would not atone
for your corporate crimes against the liberties OF the
people lon have endeavUrcd to create fictitious SEN
tincnt IN favor Of Donopoles. You purchase news.
papers wherever thore Is conscience or press Tor sale
Your friends live In every hush and cabin from Neye'
sink highlands 10 the extremites Of Cape May. III nv
uet Of railroad creeps into life in ungnarded interval
Of egsaton when corruption Of the heart beget confu
sion Of the brain publish to the world inter-
est INNS, control all the railroads in West jersey else
new and lateral road will be built Monopoly boasts
OF both legal aud literary bues. but neither can stay
the popular will. which cannot be awed by Tear OF
bought by gain This s tho day for plain language
and there IL no citizen Of NewJcrsey who does not
know thatwith perhaps single exception; every mem
her OF Congress In this State In the late campaign. was
run in The interest Of the Camden and Amboy Railroad
Company When policy dictated II they set up con.
ductor baggage master TO be defeated at the ballot
cier Of their service demanded Shakespeare II is said
pensive and alone above TIE hundred handed pay
Of his own imagination. The Railroad kings OF New.
jersey at pensve and alone above the hundred hahded
play OF their owl promise. ~ pay while new H.rod
sends forth his decree that AL the world shsi oe
taxed" And this is tho sirty,hhh yesr OF the
nineteenth century Fellow citizens, who believe
there Is yet In human nature sanctuary ioI
fifth and Coincidence shall these evils so unwhipped OF
justice, Bear me witness hat DO not discuss 'ns
met Lere TO day 10 discuss the great question for New
Jersey decide let monopoly Obscure II as
they Will In the recent election We all Know whht Gun
ming power II that In pretended neutrality be-
tween conendng parties brbing and decei'ins ooto.
cnssio: - II be kill Cassie Cassie him. or each do
| bill the other, each way makes my gam henry =.
Carey than whom there Ia ADLER political economist
in the world. said IN ls4s OF the joint oompanies
whose capital and debt twenty seven millions OF
dollars great league for the purpose OF tax
ng You and Of your neghbors who desire u come
pass through the stae ard you are repaid Tor
the millions that you pay BY tens OF thousands that you
receive the lator being less tben onewonteh OF the
that they. by your aid are enabled y impose on Ell
I
The necessary Of this isvsrsal bribery
and corruption Legislative votes are bought at tie
low price Of free ticlets oysters, aud champagne.
while tho outside support OF lawyers, doctors editors
and politicians Is secured by aid Of fees moderate
10 afford striking proof Of the effects Of this monop
DIV system in Gripping the growth OF n State that
should be one Of the richest IN the Union Bribery and
corruption prevail - degree unparaleledn s
believe In the world and the almost uni, ersal recep-
ton Of fees by the men In whom you my fellow citizens
are accustomed TO repose confidence mas produced
state 81 immortality ghtul that conceament Of the
faet-the homage elsewhere paid by vice 10 VIRTUES
scarcely here deemed necessary and corruption stalks
abroad with an oPcnnest and publicity else totally
"a truth In ls65 let them be denied IL they are true
let us blush atithe truth. we read the Illuminating
record written for u.s. by the rapaey OF selhshness W
II has become rcprosch TO State Boosting once Of
! chastity Of honor which felt stain like wound.
1t IL not necessary then men OF NewJersey To- answer
tho question whether the monopoly shall be abolished
Let IL expire by its own Limitation unless Ole sooner
of action. There Is but other inquiry
before u.s. Can we lawfully abolish tho monopoly
| Upon this point shall be brcf. by an act OF the
Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Com.
| pany was Incorporated. This act contained 10 pro
vision against the Incorporation OF another company
| for a similar purpose on the contrary IL distinctly
rcognizes tho right Of the State to incorporate any
new company and IL defines the consequences OF such
subsequent incorporastpnS The ground upon wlch
ncts OF incorporation by State have been determined
by the Supreme Judiciary Of the Uhion 10 DC con
tracts and ms such 10 be unrepeaabe by the Ieghla
ure 81 the State In consequence of that clause OF the
Constitution which forbds the passing OF any law I'M
airing the Obligation Of contracts IL perfectly clear
and definite aud satisfactory grant by state TO an
individual or individuals is u contract In
The sense Of the Constitution. Any law the operation
Of which is 20 yes. IN any person OF persons any co,
poreal or incorporcal hcreditament-snything which
courts Of Justice recognize rs propcrty-is CON Tact
in the sense Of the Constitution and cannot be repeated
A charter act Of incorporation Is contract con-
additionally because II transfers and vests In private
franchise which Ia legal property No law IL