The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-12-20

The Washington correspondents Of the
Louisville Courier and Journal, appear to
differ somewhat about the policy of bringing
up at an early date this session, the River aud
Harbor Appropriation bill. The Courier
correspondent says:
I regret that the effort made yesterday
TO get up e harbor and river appropriation
bill failed. Ii "a measure in which the West
feels more an interest than any other that
occupies thu attention Of Congress and as
we have now a President who has ITO consti-
tutional pref idices or distractions to over
come in app owing Of bill making such
appropriations the members from the West
are more anx ous than ever that it should
pass at this session. In both houses of Con-
gress sSere is decided majority in favor Of
this bill, and if its friends will only continue
persevering in their efforts until they get it
fairly before the two houses it will most as
suredly become law at this session. In the
vote OF yesterday noticed in the negative
several Western Locolocos against making il
the special order for an early day next week,
which TO me looked very much as though the
West had been wounded in the house by its
friends. But so long as demagogues, without
common sense, without principle, and with
sent Western interests and to carry Western
measures. We need not be surprised if, as in
the vote of yesterday, we are betrayed and
defeated by our own men going over TO the
enemy"
We think the extract below probably con-
veys SOME idea Of the workings or juggngs
which will interfere, if anything does, with the
passage OF this bill. While some Western
Democrats may be expected to oppose it,
Eastern Wings and Democrats will as a mass
vote against any large appropriations for the
West. unless they can whip in Western men
to voting for their favorite measures. We
hope our Representa- tives will be true TO the
interests Of the West under all circumstances.
We extract from the Journal correspon-
dence
.'In the House, there was a struggle
for presidency between the friends OF cheap
postage as recommended by the Postmaster
General and those more Immediately inter-
ested in the passage at this session Of the
river and hOrbor bill. Both are of equal
magnitude aud benefit to the great West,
and there should no spirit oirivalry spring up
between the immediate friends of these meas
Wrci. AnSFc SCtuis 10 DC Il great ulSpOsltlOU
TO have the reduced rates Of postage enacted
into law. so that by the coming in of the
new year it may 90 into operation; and, as a
Western man. one that has and feels us deep
All interest in the river and harbor bill as any
Representative in Congress possibly can.
hope the postage bill will be permitted first
to he disposed OIL There is also another rea-
son, which may as well mention in this con,
neciion as at any other time. The friends oil
the tariff are exceedingly sensitive, and ra-
Their shy at the West getting all her great
measures through. leaving the tariff at the
foot Of the list and the tail end oil the session
Most of them are strong and ardent friends
of all important Western measures, but feel
ing themselves rather weak at present, are
disposed TO make the most out of their friend
ship in bargaining with Western members
\ for either direct or indirec; support. They
wfi therefore to some extent array them.
selves with the opponents of Western inter
ests, by voting 10 stave OFT action upon the
river and harbor bill, granting lands to the
States in which they lie for railroad purposes
&C., until they can feel the pulse and ascer
tain the disposition of the House toward {
modification OF the present tariff upon tn,
plan recommended by the President in hi
message. Under these circumstances I d.
not believe we shall lose anything is tn,
river and harbor bill is not taken up until al
ter the holidays are over.