Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-03-22

.DAY1 MARCH %, 1851.
into in relation to the expense for this year
only ~ wish say that If no other Senator does il,
shall mov4o ske out those provisions which TO my mind
not naop and those which have been recommended
by the with the hope that the motion may receive
the avorsp consderaion Of the Senate If the motion pre-
walls the bu Will then receive my vote, but IL not it will not
MI CLAx: There are three modes of killing BILL One
u by mee(rg boldly, straight forward coming up to the
mark, sno scting il Another is by amendments upon
smendmsu nyingto nakeit better than il OF course
do not spk of the motives in offering the present amend
ment eok Of the diec which s just certain, if these
amendmen qs sdope il the bill was rejected by vote
against IL Fege. third mode is to speak against time
when thsrs = vsry little time left.
Sir Ihayo sn s the friends of this bill that If they
desire II y - trua they will vote with against all
amendmen and come 70 speedy and rapid action as pos
sble UndoE dea ofsn amendment you will gain nothing
think Y (hs items that should not he in the
blu and c.. ~ psc in any human work, where there
are forty ~ ilt1s passed upon. % find perfection
assss b ~ 1 &c al Il. 1i d sss ss sss
happens % contain Ism willing to take it as takes
his wife, for better for wose believing we shall be
much more happy with it than without it.
An honorable Senator has gotten up and told that here
Is appropriation Of S2 100000 Doyou not recolect that
ons at alhpon this subject Look at the ordinary appro
priaon s37 Of ST. 3O7 900; for is most remarkable
fact that se administrations most hostile to the doctrine Of
internal improvements have been precisely those in which the
most lavish expenditures have been made. Thus told
this mon that there were ve sx or eight hundred thou
sand dolds during General Jacksons administration, and
81, 800 O0 during the first year Of Mr. Van Buens Now,
there has ben appropriation during the last three four
years. consequence of this delinquency and neglect
the part Congress heretofore, because s. 800 900
are to be Appropriated by this BILL be startled by the
financial h}rrrs and difficulties which have been presented,
and drivenrm the duty which ought to pursue With
regard to tie appropriations made for that portion Of the
try from wlcl comethe great Valley of the Mississippi
will say tha reasoning people, feeling people,
and contrasting peoples and how long will it be before the
people Of vast valley will rise and trample down
your little splitting distinction about what is national,
and demand what Just and fair the part Of this Govern
ment in r9on to their great interests The Mississippi,
with all it trbuaIies-the Red Wabash Arkansas, Ten
nessee, andOho versconstute pat Of great system,
and that system be not national should like TO know one
that is natisra We are told here that little work. great
its value, for which shall vote with great peasurehe
breakwater the little State Of Deawaeis great national
work. whi work which has for its obec the improvem mt
Of that ystem Of rivers which constitute the Valley Of
the Mississippi which is to millions and millions of hu
man Ives is not work to be done, because 1t is not nation
al. Why bok at the appropriations. Here was young
sister, California, admitted but the other day million
five hundred thousand dollars for basin there improve her
facilities and how much for custom houses -Four or five
tQOusdnQ
objects than the toaly of the proposed to be approp
ated hire Around the margin of the coast Of the Atlantic
the MUican gulf and the Pacific coast every where pour
out nbouldess and unmeasured streams the treasure of the
UnitedSate but the interior Of the West, the VAL
ley of the Mississippi every cent is contested and denied for
that olect. Will people draw the contrast Talk
about commerce! We have all sorts of commerce. have
hesitation in saying that the domestic Of the lakes
and the Valley Of the Mississippi greatly superior in mag
nude and Importance 10 oil the foreign of the
untyv forv fhoaa
call upon the Northwestern Senator's upon Western Sena
Eastern Senators, upon 6enato from all quar-
tes d hs Union. to recolect that parts of COM
country and that endure see, from month
month and from day day. in consequence Of the exist
ence Of snags in the Mississippi which be removed at
rng EXPENSE hundreds of lives and millions Of property
destroyed in consequence of the destruction of the boats nav
eating these rives for the want of little application Of
the means Of our common Government.
do say people will be driven to any great and
important action threatening the integrity Of the Union No,
sir they will stand by this Union under all circumstances
they viii support it, they will defend it, they will fly any
where and every where to but they will not endure
much longer this partial limited exclusive appropriation of
the public Of the country this margin Of the
country, without doing thing for hanerior which equals
nearly if does not entirely constitute moeiy Of the popu-
ation of the country.
Mr. President have been drawn into these remarks very
rregulary, l admit. / am delighted to Of my De-
mocraic friends breaking the miserable uamnels Of party
Nationality s not that national improvement which con-
tributes 10 national Wnetner Oe
the little State Of Delaware in the great valley of the Mis-
sssipp river What makes harder, especially with regad
the Mississippi river i that from the body Of water is
impossible to make any great national improvement All
that be done to make small annual improvements by
clearing from that great national highway, to take
up the annual snags which form themselves in the river 1t
requires constant and ncessant application of in order
keep the clear have been drawn into these OBJ
servslons contrary any purpose had Here is the nea-
before gentlemen choose to exhaust the remainder
the session in useless amendments the effect Of which is TO
destroy the b il they choose to exhaust the session in
speeches made against time, let them not charge with
defeating the appropriation bill We are ready for one
ready pass upon item by item and then take up hesp
preparation b and do the thing with respecttoit
Mr. BUTLER. The concluding remark Of the Senator
from Kentucky very sgn6cant for, sir Think he has
double will pass BY the numbers who
will vote for it, which presume have been counted, but the bill
has had the benefit of his speech. and presume the gen
era understanding that nobody speak better than ne does
however they may be disposed compliment Others Buthe
honorable Senator addressed himself especially the North
that the Northwest the West and the East by combina-
bill, it will be passed. ..g
Mr. CLAY. My friend will recollect addressed all, IN
cludng him. by name bu, in terms of general compre
henson.
NJ. BUTLER. Very much like testator who gives all
his property away and has general resdusry clause giving
his sheep Of his legatees is not, however,
with that view that made reference to it. But wish to say
that here is way, and think the most dangerous way
Of passing bill through the Senate That is to ascertain
her the bill will pass or not After it is asceraned, gentle
may push this bill through in spite Of other considea-
TONS That Is the situation Of this bill. The Senator from
Kentucky has what has been done for the great valley