Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-04-17


Il We copy the following paragraphs from late
number of the Chronicle and .4Has:
Cass and his had not the honest courage to say
they would oppose western improvements but in all
men OF their conduct sneakngly and cowardy, defeated
the measure by Offering amendments. Shame on such
contemplate poltrOoneTy! But to the record
- en- Monday last, Sd of March, Mr.. Cass moved the
following amendment:
" 1t is hereby expressly provided that the appropra-
tons IN this bill contained and all other appropriations
made by this Congress, shall take effect upon, and
horlZe the expenditure oil such surplus
shall remain in the Treasury of the United States, after
deductng from the the appropriations which
have been or shall be made 10y Congress from the public
revenues
The effect of this would be to defeat the appropria-
t0R, because the appropriations of this year very
large and there would be strictly surplus, although
the government will have income coming in set the
work going"
"The question was taken on the Cass amendment.
and it rejected as follows:
= YEAs-Atchson, Berren, Bradbury Bright, But
Ter, Cas-, Clemens, jeff. Davis, Dawson, Dickinson,
Douglas, Downs, Fetch, Foote. GTynn, Hamlin HOus-
ton, Hunter, King, Mason, Morton, Norris, Rhett,
Risk Soule, Sturgeon, Turney, WhitcOmb and Yulee,
20; eleven OF whom were Northern Locolocos.
NAYs-Badger, Baldwin, Bell, Borland, Chase,
Clarke Clay, Cooke, John Davis, Dodge (Wisconsin)
Dodge (lowa), Ewing, Greene, Hale, Jones, Mangum.
Miller, Pearce, Pratt, Rantoui, Sebastian, Seward
Shields, Smith, Spruance, Underwood, Upham, Wales,
and Walker: %.
Look the lck spaIe vote of these eleren Dough-
faces!"
How whiggery eau ~ splurgev when it is deemed
necessary to obuscate the public mind The above is
fair specimen of its ability that line. Neither de-
cency nor is any impeachment its indulgence in
the practice The ostensble OF the present spug
ing is, that Gen. Cass and other Democrats should vote
for amendment the River and Harbor Bill,
fine the appropriations made by the surplus that
might remain in the Treasury, after deductIng from the
public the appropriations made by Congress-
Was that amendment not rghtl No. say these spiurg
Inoy & fho rtafo
being rery large there would be strictly surplus
Indeed Well, if there would be money in the Urea
snry, why make the appropriations oil two and hall
millions of dollarsl All, but say they, the Government
would have money coming in 10 set the tcOrk going If
Government did that, it would do it money appropri
ated TO other objects, which is contrary law and if
there would be surplus the Government could not
without taking money out of the Treasury not appropr
ated by law, spend dollar under that bill
Secretary Corwin in his report to Congress- estimat
ed that there would be deficiency in the Treasury of
seven eight millions the end of the fiscal year; and
yet here bill requiring the Administration to spend
two and half millions of dollars, which could be OBJ
tanned only by borrowing running in debt, The
amendment offered by Gen. Cass was eminenty proper
and has been strictly in accordance with the practice of
Congress on the subject of internal improvements. To
show that such is the case, quote part of speech
made by Mr. Vinton, (Whig) of Ohio, the floor of
Congress, on the receipt Of what was called Mr.
Folks second Veto Message December, 1S47. Mr.
Vinton said:
For years. sir, while this system of internal i'm
WAS unuef In House, md
preparations were annually made towards it, it was the
duty Of the committee internal Improvements, either
by addressing letter to the Secretary of the Treasury
or In some other mode to ascertain what would be the
residuum remaining in the Treasury the end of the
year, after meeting all the appropriations that were re-
CURED by the Governments and the bills that were re-
ported that Isl the appropriations that proposed to
be made at every session while that system had the favor
Of this House, the appropriations that recommend
ed to be made were always limited within what was as
certained would be the resduum remaining D the Trea-
sury alter meeting the other expenses Of the Govern
ment."
The reader will see that the amendment proposed by
Gen. Cass, but order the dsbursng agents Of
tbs Government, to carry what had been according
to Mr. Vlnton the uniform intention of Congress inmak-
ing appropriations for Rivers and Harbors. And vet
because Democrats voted for it, they called lick.
spittles" and sneaks, and cowards, by the editor
OF the Chronicle Does he not make the same show of
himself that the fellow does who dives shallow water7
Cincinnati Enquirer.
10 We regret to learn that during thunder shower
on last Sunday evening" Judge Ashley Harris of High
land, near MontezHma, struck and killed by light