The republic., 1851-06-11
The Doag,s on tho River ana Harbor BIZ.


at Westchester.
The Dodges on the River and Harbor Bnl.
We observe in the Western Democratic pa
pers a very earnest effort to shield General
CAss and Judge DOUGLAS from the conse
quences Of their course in the Senate on the
River and Harbor bill. 1t is strenuously in
sisted that they are friendly to most Of the i'm
provements contemplated by that measure, and
were in good faith desirous of securing its pas
sage in an amended form. We apprehend that
these distinguished Senators are not entitled to
the benefit Of the excuses their friends make
for them in this behalf. 1t is not improbable
that they were both originally disposed to for
ward the views Of their respective constituents,
which are well known to be warmly in favor
of the BILL Hence it was that General Csss
promised SO stoutly to his Black river friends
that he would certainly vote for all they want
ed; and that Judge DOUGLAS found nothing OBJ
jectionable in any Of the proposed improvements
in his own State. But, when the bill came up in
the House of Representatives, it was made the
subject of succession Of severe partisan skir-
llllSueS- 4ll NURSE, VI ISOuloidud, IuI- VALID
WELL, of Kentucky; Mr.. Burt, Mr.. RICH
ARpsoN, Mr.. McMULLEN, Mr.. MCDONALD,
General BAYLY, Mr.. INGE, and most of the
'' ''orlhodox republicans" took the strongest
ground against the bill, denouncing it as bill
of corruptions and denominations; and were
bold enough to read out of the Democratic
party all who ventured to support it. This
hostility was manifested at every stage of the
bill-from the day that Mr.. McLANE made his
motion of the 10th of December, that the
House resolve itself into Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union, with the
view TO enable him TO move to take up the
River and Harbor bill, down to the day of its
final passage in the House. On the demand of
Mr.. WENTWORTH, the yeas and nays were
ordered on the first mentioned motion, with a
result which we may assume as the starting
point for drawing the party lines" on this
subject.
YEAs-Messrs. Alexander, Allen, Aston, An
derson, Andrews. Ashmun, Bingham, Bi.sell, Bo-
kee Bowlin, Boyd, Breck, Brooks, Buel, Bullard.
L. b. Butler, Joseph Gable, Campbell, Cartier,
Chandler, Clarke, Clingman, Cole, Conger, Cor
win, Danncr, Disney, Duer, Duncan, Durkee,
Eliot, Alexander Evans, Nathan Evans, Fitch,
Fowler, Giddinga, Gilbert, Gott, Could Grinnell
Holloway, Hampton, Harlan, Raymond, Henry,
Hilliard, Holmes, Houston Howard, Joseph w.
jackson, William It. jackson, James L. Johnson,
Robert w johnson, Julian, Kerr, George G. King
John A. King, Letiler, Horace Mann, Marshall
Mason, Mattcson. McGaughey, McKissock, r. M
McLane, Fins f. Mclean, Mcacham Moore
Morchead, Morris, Nelson, ogle, olds, Outlaw,
D1.L ID
ley, Rockwell, Root, Rose, Rumsey, sackett
Schenck, Schermerhorn, Schoolcraft, Shepperd
spaulding, Spraguc, stanly, Frederick +. Stanton
stetson, swectser, Taylor, James Thompson, Thur.
man, Tuck, Underhill, vinton, Watkins, Went
worth, White, Whittlesey, and Wright-lO5.
NAys-Messrs. Albertson, Ashe, Avereu, Bay,
Bealc, Bennett, Bocock, Booth. Bowdon, Albert G..
Brown, William j. Brown, Burt, George A. Cald
well, Joseph p. Caldwell, Casey, Cleveland, w. r.
w. Cobb Colcock, Daniel, Deberry Dickey, Dim
mick, Dunham, Edmundson, Ewing, Fcatherston,
Freedley, Fuller, Gerry, Gilmore, Gorman Green,
Hall, Hamilton, Hammond, Isham G.. Harris,
Sampson w. Harris, Thomas L. Harris, Hebard,
Hibbard, Hoagland, Holladay, Howe, Hubbard,
lngc, Andrew Johnson, Jones, Kaufman, Preston
King, La sere, Littlefed Job Mann, McClernand,
Mcdonald, Mcdowell, McMnllep, Mcqueen, Nc
Willie, Meade, John X. Miller, Miilson, Morrison
Morse, Morton, Orr, Otis, Peaslce, Phelps, Pit
man, Powell, Robbins, Robinson, Ross, Savage
sawtelle, Seldom, Richard II. Stanton, Thomas
Jacob Thompson, venable, Walden, Waldo, Well.
born, Wildrick, Williams, wilmot and Young-s7
On the final passage of the bill the vote
stood l03 yeas to 81 nays, and, though the
division shows some changes from the vote on
Mr.. McLAYE's motion, it is evident that the
DEMOCRATS had come to a conclusion early in
the session to make their strong party rally in
opposition to this bill and they succeeded in
uniting the whole party in the House of Re
presentatives, less only some fifteen or twenty
members, in favor Of the anti-improvement
policy.
80 strong was the demonstration in the
House that the Senator's could not well do
otherwise than follow the example thus set 10
them. Such was the decision of the Senatorial
caucus, the incidents Of which were generally
known before opening the debate. 1t was
well understood that the bill was 10 be de
leated in the Senate by loading it with
amendments, and thus sending it back to the
House in the last moments of the session, or by
speaking and reading il TO death. A direct
vote on the bill was to be avoided, at all events,
as II might materially damage one or two Pre-
sldential candidates.
On Saturday, the first of March, Mr.. BAD
GER moved in the Senate TO postpone the pre-
vlOuS Ordere for tho n,r,,na az ,.x.,.sa.i....-