The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-04-02


edition thsy raA subsc.ss" ,svsas ~ gqn
commerce in that particular branch of expsaditusa Look
at The custom house in the city Of New Orle4as, tits
estimated that il will between two and thsss millions
BILL We havs heard mSsh ssa aosf o IL:
the local expenditures proposed by this bill the inds
OF its friends Here is object OF expenditure. the bsn
e6t OF which chiefly enjoyed by New Orleans, o. the
State of Louisiana and with equal fairness that cpsy
work may be said to have been undertaken aadef the
influence OF local interests You have custon. houses.
magnificent and costly buildings in oil your msks ces
on the Atlantic. which you have reared at the e.psse
Oh many millions OF dollars, and you are sulf9caE On
with the construction of others Add the cost sbess
TO the millions you annually give to the sufpon 81 the
iorelgn and the eoasting trade. ten millions to tne vy
million 10 foe alions hundred thousa9A - TIE
support oil lighthouses three hundred thOusAnu fus the
coast survey and see what great and costly care you
take of your foreign and coasng trade An aaaa ek-
penditure o. upwards OF twelve millions OF doilnfss
Then look at the commerce Of the great inestprI What
do you do for hat' What local or general sxpsAdufe
do you make for lis benefit! What s dons fs nserual
intercourse for internal Yet how mach more
it worth than all our foreign commeres! Yea Qbok-
ng s Mr. Ewso) sssiss air. in Anssssin6 4sss
Mr.. EWING i do not know; but II 10 worth great
deal more--probabiy two three times much. 8bi
MIR. BELL. Two three times much, II least /;
and yet senators cry out against appropriation OF sew
enteen hundred thousand dollars for the security and ad
vancement OF internal commerce tor that u the Pcpo
ton Of this bill which proposed for objects 10 The ine
rior Suppose this should be continued to be ap
propriaied from year 10 year. what would II Do CON.
pared 10 the expenditure for the support Of foreign com
1t wonli be mere pittance-a mere fraction Of
what annually voted for protection and faciiiss TO
foreign trade .s 2H#3gab b5s s9ltn4ix d 81 1ehgf
have already stated that this bill has its defects
There items in il which woad be glad 10 ses out of
il. yet none OF which be fairly excluded 10 Of no
utility Importance AS far as have been able TO con
10 Of pns q
OF what use, il ID asked, all these harboFy the
lakes These lakes, by their natural formation, have
great indenations no inlets no bays no slands
headIands, shelter. The commerce upon them ID e.
posed to storms and all the other pers OF ocean nava
ton. and even greater perils These lakes are sxtrAOs
dinary in that respect. remember twenty years
ago TO have passed down Lake Erie on q stsa1l6oet
from Sandusky city, which had been compelled carry
w5o had been taken on board for Dunkisf sSd Ee.
The reason was that although the weather was not 20
boisterous as to prevent the running OF the seamsyet
points remember that exposed for tweuty.foar
hours to some peril because there was no nsiShborng
harsGr o, place Of refuge All these !, h.fSo; s ma
weather. though there may be but little no trade
directly connected with some OF them Honorable sen
supporting this bill have been more digsntto certain
and be satisfied OF the utility of these works n they
have OF the greatest mporance that these apPro
priatons be made and, though there some objects
Of inferior importance embraced in the bill to many
others which excluded am not on that ground VII
ling 10 ses the bill voted down. and those great objec
which loudly call for the aid OF the government lsft
altogether unprovided for 't..i isE q ~ won
Now. Iwish TO warn my friends the other side Of
fails and il may fail A t1f'i -71 Sioi,7
Mr. FOOTE.l 1t certainly will fail i loi ,7sw
Mr. BELL. The honorable senator says il certainly
formed as to its probable fate than am Wal not sfkue
the constitutional question. think that has long bsen
psese wa s.
for many years. and believe voted for one Of
these river and harbor bills; not because held the ap
that presented had objects or items of ap
preparation which thought objectionable Perhaps asi
have grown Gder some 20 senator's may cay that bsvs
grown wiser. and that am more sensiblo man now
than then 1t was the hey day of Geo JsckAo
the supporter OF his administration Then voted akain
bills which sometimes contained an appropriation 0f h
million. sometimes OF million and sonnetines OF
million and half OF dollars; and though Gen. jackson
approved Them voted against them the ground that
did not like "Big Sodus' and "Le Sodus. and pshet
no personal knowledge and did not believe they we
OF any national or general mporance-obects only cared
for by members for the benefit OF the local expenditure
could get bill which approved in all s parts
every item Of which came within my definition OF nation
al and proper subject object OF government patronage
have learned since TO have more respect for the opons
of othe and quite much confidence my
own-to know that. member OF this body, OF any
other legislative body should adh obsinstsly
my opinions upoa questions OF expodiency but
defer more TO the opinions of others who had bsses
of Judging speak only OF myself and not msan
ing affirm anything of Others would say, that al %.
snaie adherence to ones opinions, in opposition TO that
OF everybody else, would in be evidence OF undue
conceit Of my own nfalbiliiy am bsoted 10
do So do not impue any such improprley to honora-
bic senator's, when they avow that they have oonsitu.
onal and other objections 10 ths bull But think that
il they had lively perception have Of ths neces.
silly OF these appropriations for the great interior. thsy
would not be so critical they would not be
in their process OF arriving a, conclusioa a. 10 what
particular object was or was not coastnuoaah OF ia
onal do not say that any senator ought 10 waive bis
constitutional scrupes and consent to those appropia
tons which he thinks we have right 70 mAkes either
under the power to regulate commerce. the war powe
or under the postal power II any senator has consttu
uona doubts o our authority under any OF theHe poWers
10 appropriate money 10 improve the great channels Of
internal communication, which hundreds OF millions
TO find profitable and convenient market. whale hs ID.
mls the authority to expend millions Tor the security ANA
protection Of foreign trade, he is perfectly ngh' moi e.
seniing 10 this bill. ... a faAt ID tsS
Honorable senators complain that this bill was got up
by such combination, putting together OF obscts,
to secure a majority Of in both houses OF Congress
Upon that point must say that have not had the slight
est OF any OF action in the Senate
OF any consultation between members, whether Of the
House and those oi the Senate there has bsen
such combination IN the Senate. 3ti kqf l1aBss2B
II is common device for gentlemen when they do not
wish 10 commit themselves 10 the principles OF measure
to pick flaw some o its details and raise hue and
cry of unfarness and comb Raton Everybody knows that
all OF this kind gotten up upon some calcu-
ation OF securing the assent Of majority OF members
the objects interests consulted and provided for mast
be so distributed between secons so mnPled as 70 90
equal justice, il possible, TO all Yet it rarely hsppsas
that justice is done TO all This is 20 when the most
in fac that this bill and all its predecessors have eeen
Ooten nm hv snch IN ant combinations Of lndi