New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-01-24

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a tenth of their cost, the materials and IulPe-
ments provided for the improvement OF haioos
on the Lakes, Sc These facts must be wi'iii''
the recollection of intelligent readers. we '0"
| al Lake Erie Harbor in lS4l, thousands -
thousands Of dollars worth OF noble 'iho'i VIZ,
had been BOUGHT and paid for by the Oovefrliiei,'
..oors heforo 70 improve the Harbor, put WHICH
.,,s l,pq there. unused, unsheltered' decayiAg'
.,d ,.,ortb hut a small fraction OF ITS cost. II
a., ,o,no elsewhere And IN the last Con-
cross a sectional iuggle prevented the genera
diffusion of the benefit appropriations lor river
and Iarbor Improvements.
| But now the cry for efficient acton on the part
Of the Government has become too strong to be
resisted. Mr. Tyler, in his Message, recommends
| imnroyement of the Western Rivers, and this
Loco. Foco leader in the House proposes to refer
to Committee. But Messrs. Barnard, VIM
throp, ]. R. (not C. j. Ingersoll, lnterpose the
inquiry Why this sectional action My no,
refer the pAo'e subject of improving Rivers ana
Harbors to the regular Committee on commerce.
and have bill reported approprlatlng generally
iOr ilNSN oiANN NON
Improvement But this rational and Statesman
like suggestion is not at all to the taste OF the
denaoooues with whom the House swarms.-
Kennedy of Ia swaggers about the might OF the
| Wost-how she has been fed on milk long enough,
and must have meat now--ls able to help hefseii'
&c &c. stvling the Hudson River mere spring
branch, compared with the Rivers Of the West.
Jameson and Bowln Of Missouri follow IN the
same strain, demanding Select Committee and
| separate bill for Western waters-the sure way
ia kin the whole business, as has been done be-
fore. and was doubtless intended again Holmes
Of S. C. bids up, Go with u.s. backwoodsmen
to break down the Tariff, and we II help you to
anv appropriations for your Rivers and Harbors
YOU want Tibbatts of KY. puts in Special Dill
TO have the Canal around the Falls OF the ONO
at Louisville bought up By the Government and
50 made free. Each, according to the genus o!
his party, goes in for narrow, Special seifsh eios'
70 the inevitable destruction Of all purposes OF
general bencflcence.
In this crisis, the Wing Members insist on a
clear development Of the principles involved IN
this contest, and on action deiening to them
They urged that, if one River is to be rendered
navioablc or one Harbor safe, the act shall recog-
nze the principle in It's application to other Rv-
ers and Harbors having equal claims to public
regard They repel the idea that the hudson
river on which all or part Of the Commerce OF
seuen States is t1oated-is any less subject OF
National concern than even the Mississippi
itself 1t determines nothing to state where a
channel Of intercommunication is located nor
what is it's length; the Delaware and Hudson
Canal is local affair." though it connects two
great rivers and perces the two largest States IN
the Union; Canal across the lsthmus of Da-
ren would interest the whole world, even though
less than thirty miles in extent.
These views have been often pressed from the
Wing side, in answer to the sectional plottlngs
and bravados on the other And finally, Mr..
STEWART of Pa grave and strong man, who
was in Congress nearly twenty years ago-saw
fit to 90 into tho history of our Legislation on the
general subect---to show how much Public Mo
ney had been spent during the late dynasty, and
what share of it on objects Of permanent utility or
bcnefcence to the vast Interior, reviewing the
;nculcalons and the acts of jackson, Van Buren,
and their supporters. 1t was Political Speech
avowedly, dealing in facts from the record, sta
tis,ics, Yeas and Nays. II erroneous, it was the
easiest thing in the world to ceiute it courteously
and conclusively. But what do we see? a young
dcmacogue from Oho-where the breed Is more
malignant and currlsh than In any State OF th(
Union except, POSSIBLY, New Hamp shirc-rlses t.
answer, and to nan far his senior in wisdom
character and years, responds You lie" Io
lie - Take the branG on your forehead y
sThere is lie No. 8 p &c. sc. with disregard c
dccency which would have disguised his esso
GATES in the lowest dens of depravity. Thi
scurtilous vagabond-a renegade from the VIII,
party then minority,) since Mr. Stewart wa
honorablv known in Congress- not repressc
bu. chcered on by his party; and when Mr.
Stewart rises to rcpcl with dignity and decorun
the imputations cast upon him, Il drunken beas
named MConneli-who we believe has not bee
sober and certainly has not been decent since h
arrived in WaShngton-crcs out Settle 1t on
of the House = and all manner of brutal incile
ments to 1utiian conflict and general brawl
Mr. Stewart very properly disclaims an,
intercourse with Weller in any way, bu
will, when time is afforded him. prov,
substantially the statements he has mad
from official documents. Hereupon BENEFITS
ncutraI Herald pirates of the disgracefu
conduct and personalities OF Messrs. Stewart
and Weller and insists that sore amsnde b
made TO the Country. 'DisgracefuI conduct,
there certainly has been; but how Mr.. Stewart i
implicated we cannot perceive, unless it be dis