New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-22

great New-York City had ever turned ASIDE 70 iooh
at their first Republican capital, IN htte hhESton'
at the foot Of the CatGkills fou leave the huSo"
Mt Roadout 40 called for an old rodouot, mispro-
nounocd, and walk two miles over nigh NIL sep'
,ot,,o Pondort Creek from .fsopus Creek, and
there stands little city on Level Hrrace' na' 40
vopr hand surrounded BY rich humid bottom lands
drsnchad Inv cold mountain water and in sight fiji
,e niles avav are the Catskills. rch and vanegn-
tad With hlue and golden colors. About the s%pc
distance south is old PouGhkeePsie city, like Kings
ton Wit, 10000 souls, where the Constitution OF
the Union was accepted in 17Ss. But in Kingston
the Revolutionary Constitution was framed eleven
wears earlier, and there George CLINTON al the
vouthful age of thrty-cicht WAS proclaimed Go'-
er,or the longest Governor in Office this country
probably has ever had by general suffrage
The preyious history Of New-YOrk State had been
NJ the slightest conscqucnce-chicly an outpost OF
the colonies toward the French and covered by INC
Iroouois nations. There were some old settlements
IN the valleys Of the Hudson and Mohawk Int tno
popnlotion OF the whole province was only about
175 900 an inferior State to Maryland and Connect
icut. and a pig1ny beside either Massachusetts,,
PENNSYLVANIA or virginia. New-York had produced
only. one DISTINGUISHED man. Sir William Johnson
of tbc same race as the ClintOns, Protestant lrish
and NOT native Of America. johnson Died three
wears before Clinton was Inaugurated. AZ Mig
ston the wild young State seemed To leap fhi grown
into influence and public men, hut the cruelty OF
the Irish character was instanced IN Kingston 10y
many unnecessary executions of the old Dutrh 10Y
alists even while the Legislature was sitting anu
their diving PRAYERS Of Hccr! rrGcercH Oaso zoHde,
lord, forgive our siilNl' "lu n"' "n'''"'o Wv
br ,aSts of their mslrg' ncighh"rS.
The old Dutch stock oil Ne"- 'ih WIS ii'
and acouistiyc. hut without spirituality, and had
III, I,f,,., rtrfftfH ul llhsr
historian was an Orkney Scochinan; ITS novelist Il
New-Jcr7cy Epscopain IN" lrirl ~ The noun
tains between Ncw-Jcr,cy aHi IL" Hudson created
ia. Ncw-York Of The Hr' olut."l. with sln'nhiihG
Of c!p from sycIal r.,cs ~"n - tho Slaio was
SCI free pnhiic ambition NlTi"l every here ".m III"
migration nom New tl-Hd i"-iG' ;'g Long
Island. AMI from New ,r', '.''d 'Hii I''iiA "H'
Europc, filled tlc hoiloT "r-' ct or boundaries
making such Mon Of r.l -at &S colonial N'N-l'iN
never could have dream i 90! %" h'nis, S'"aTd''
Marcy. Krcs. fu!toa., Sir'"1s'. lnT', C"h@iI"R''
Cooper, G,ld ~~. Seymour aud M"i'$fc1S. "h"~'
lcsnag or invocation T.. '.I'. '-''.'d inncI "i Inc
rcp..1c. Such were thr straits OF N'"-loIA i'r
com;" tent wcu that Ruins hiHr scarcely arrN ID
the STATE was male S'nat'r. | am aliHos;
tempted 80 say THAI Fir Wl.iJn J0hnsoES only
con;~titors for Colonial honor. had been Jacob
Milrouruc or Captain k.dd Ohio and Trru-yl'"-
MA only became pcorl'd 81. ila:ly with N'"-l"iL'
from other colonies OF thc u-" nioH AMI ihrJ IT,
main the most influential states irnnsyNt"a i'7
never aeimiht,l her Yankees "'H, but
Ncw-York and Ohio hlyc disguised l.l,i'.
like a Goldfish ball. AID t"y at ~ our
stomach, h.c native i.t9to. G.urcr C'n'on was
an honest. intrepid magistrate, governing t"'
young state fcr -,.cu years. a. mad" ail tie IT.
dian tn'atics PIT down Shay- 90 !'i"h in VI. -''-
ch"~i'7' got i'1 o! 'h' N'''- iu'''' '''' 49, ~
stimulate 'ciIin ~ ana i'''' u 20 '''' -' "'''
1t took MY year u th' hi>. 'li ~ ~ '''f '''' '
MAKE him Ni'"''i -irr';. "i' " 'I. N'."f