Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1852-07-22
The Democratic Candidate

The Democratic Candidate .
| For the Presidency was in Congress
nine years, four la the House of Repre-
sentatives, and five in The Sepa,c. He
took, says the New York Express, 10
permanent part in the debates of either
House of Congress, nor did he occupy
any importan, position. Even James
X. Polk, when speaker of the House,
placed Mr.. Pierce a, the end of the Com
mlt,ee on the Judiciary, and in no speech
OF his, nor in anything said or done by
him, did the present fortunate candidate
say or do aught emitting him TO more
exalted position. Still Mr.. Pierce did
register his votes upon certain subjects,
and from these votes something may be
learned in regard 10 his views and opin,
ions. And herein concerning @
I a RIVERS AND HARBoRs. .'Je# ID
! ln June, 1896, Mr.. Pierce voted a
gainsl the bill "making additional appro.
priations for the Delaware breakwater,
and for certain harbors, and removing
distractions in and at the mouths of GER
tain rivers, and for other purposes, for the
year 1885, Gen. jackson signed this
bill, and thus .Old Hickory and Young
Hickory as he is called, stood at anti
podes. AT the same session Mr.. Pierce
voted against the bill "making apayopri
ahons for the improvement ot certain
harbors therein MENTIONED" which bill
was also afterwards approved by Gen.
Jackson. AT the same session he voted
ag ainst "the bill to continue the Cumber-
land Road in the States of Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois, This was on the 29rh of
June. and on the ID of July Gen. Jack
son signed the very Cumberland Road
Bill.
/ On the Dist of Feb, 1897, Mr.. Hub,
bard of New Hampshire, presented in
the Senate the Credentials of Mr.. Pierce,
elected Senator from tine State of New
Hampshire. TO serve for sir years from
the 4lh of March then following. Dur
ing the session Of l837-3S, he recorded
himself against harbor bill that was
voted for by Buchanan and Wright. A,
the same session he also vo:ed agains. a
! bill for the benefit of the Alabama, Flor
| ida and Georgia Railroad Company,
which even Messrs. Calhoun and Grun.
| dy voted for, and Mr. Pierce found him
sell IN minority OF six in opposition. -
But 1t was enough iha, the blllconlempla-
ted 'internal improvement. AT the
same session a bill was before the Senate
for the "beneft of the Mt. Carmel and
New Albany Railroad Compa in the
State of Indiana providing for gran,
oil alternate sections along the road, the
company contracted to carry the mail for
twenty years without charge to the Gov
ernment; which would pay the Govern
mens al The rate of Sl,6 for each acre
granted. Mr.. Pierce voted against this
bill.
| These are some Of his votes in gener-
al. If We look al them in detail, we find
him voting against removing distractions
in the Hudson river, Genesee river, Os-
wego river, the improvement OF Dunklrk
harbor, against an appropriation for using
a grading machine on Lake Erie, against
erecting Light House at Buffalo, and a
Beacon Light at Erie, and against all i'm.
proyements for Western rivers and hat
bors, and even against paying the ex-
penses of surveys and examinations OF
the public lands. Everything looking to
the improvement of the Internal Com
merce OF The country, or designed to save
Y life and property, met with his uniform
condemnation and received his negative
vote. 4
\ The Republic gives The bill in detail
against which MIR. Pierce thus voted
Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio,
Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Della
ware, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Arkansas, Florida, are all made
to feel by his votes when in Congress,
what they are TO expect if he even should
be President. Grants needed to improve
the navigation of The Ohio, Mississippi,
and Missouri-received his undertaking
opposition. Congress-more liberal and
just--agreed TO them by vote Of IOl TO
90, and President Jackson ratified them.
Pierce voted to defeat every one of them.
The Democrats who think they have a
"Young Hickory" in Mr.. Pierce, have
forgotten both the antecedents OF Gener-
al Jackson and of their candidate for
President, Mr.. Pierce. Those who
wish to see the bill thus voted against
BY Mr.. Pierce in detail, will find il on
turning 10 Little a. Browns edition of
the Public Statutes, (vol 5, pages 81, 6s,
90 This is only the chapter in MIR.
Pierce's political history, and surely no
! friend of Commerce. no friend of Rivers
and Harbors, will be so blind and inlatu.
ated as to trust these great National in
teres,s TO the tender mercies of such a
candidate.
u One of the drollest occurrences in
the annals of gallanlry is related of Glib
bon the historian, who was short in stat
ure and very fat One day being alone
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