The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1851-03-20
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Gen. Cass, and the nives snA Harbe

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New developments are constantly coming
to light, that exhibit in no envabie atti' ule
the vasciIlatng and extraordinary course pur-
sued by Gen. Cass in the defeat of The River
and Harbor appropriation bill in the Senate
At heart Tor it, but without the moral cour-
age to rise above the dictaiion oil party and
support it; his letters when compared with
his action and votes in the Senate, have rem.
dered him more than ever an object Of sus-
picion and pity, it not Of contempt, by the
straightforward aud honest oi both parties =
THIS is demonstrated beyond cpviI, by the
constituencies he has shown since the defeat
Of the bill, and his unsuccessful. II not peurile
efforts TO explain away his own conduct and
acts, when brought to The public notice by
the Washington Republic. The expIana-
ton he made few days since. 10 what he
denominatcd an attack upon HIM by the Re-
public, was based upon the following letter,
lesuiticaIIy worded, and addressed by him 10
Locofoco editor in Michigan, as evidence OF
his-Cass's--iriendshp Tor the bill tren pend
ing in the House OF Representatives, but
which. beyond doubt, was not intended TO-:
the public eye: r
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 1851.
MY DEAR SIR:-I have Just received your
letter, and hasten to reply to il. think the
appropriation bill for the improvement Of
rivers and harbors will pass; and il it does,
the appropriation for our friends, the HoIlan.
ders, will certainly succeed there is no doubt
Of that. OF course it will receive my vote
and support heartily, my Chicago teller" to
The contrary notwithstanding. know ofno
improvement more Just and necessary, and
you may depend upon it that il will receive
the entire support Of our delegation. am,
dear ar truly yours, LEWIS CASS.
JOHN Il. KELLoG0, Esq.
When this letter WAS penned. the commit.
tee on commerce. in the House ot Represents
tives, the chairman and majority Of whom
were Locolocos, had about completed the bill
IA il finally passed the House, and the objects
Of appropriations were beyond doubt, well
known, aud understood by Gen. Cass. With
this knewledge on his part. he pens the above
letter and speaks OF lis success as thing al
most certain, and Without inimaiiny that
there is n single one Of The contemplsted ap.
propriations, to which he excerpts, or is un.
willing to support. And the letter was pub
lished by the editor 10 VIII I'm il was address
ed, as eridence that Gen. Cass was in iavol
Of the same. But what was the conduct Of
Gsn. Cass, when conirasied with the propo
sition contained in the above2 When some
twelve or fifteen test votes had been taken in
the Senate upon the bill as it came from the
House. and il was established beyond "A doub
that decided majority Of that body were op
posed 10 any amendment whatever bens
made to II, in order TO secure its becoming :
law at The last session, Gen. Cass offers III,
following amendment:
"And it is hereby expressly provided
That the Appropriations IN iAis Dill CON
tanned shall take effect rpoa and authoriz,
the expenditure of only such surplus or e.r
\ cess az shall remain in the Treasury of til,
United States after deducting from the Pub
lie Revenues the sums necessary to meet tn
y Appropriations that hare been or shall b.
nude by Congress to erecute eristing ia,ca
and liqHidate prirate claims"
Adnonished by some Of his friends, that
TIE ptoviso was adopsed, hi; proepec,s in IN.
Valley OF the Mississippi would be BLASTED
forever, he Wsshdraws his own banthn9, ana
psoeuses il TO be offered by personal ans
political friend, who bad no aspirations fo