The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-10-02
From the Chicago Democrats Press.
Tonnage Duties.

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oa' ago ,ne c'"s"ue'," VI '"l'o"u'' ~" ,p
'oaaA Anu canN" sen'ro "n'." "o1',' nav ,
o'avh from W. Nauon"' treasury over WV n'',
drad hionoh'o oil 1"tatT' per nh'u', w o"'' u
,n'o .t"fA'"i' ""e" '''h '.,N'." '".'e s'''
nv y MY, rr.. .ne ,ts.,r W,
an ,h;- .vs,em Til, occur.ed upon the nsssnre
of,n on6ronr;st;nn to bni,l n ,nrnpk. road from
H,y.y,l, % Lexington Ksn.ucky.-a road less
rational !, n. ,our plsnk road l,om
Cbi,.y, IN IN. De. pine. r,,er-At IN. same
Anna that he vetoed tho measure he declared him.
SELF in favor Of approprla,inn. from the National
T,s,suv n, ;,,r,dv.msni, of a strictly natinnal
character And ia a historical fact a. remark.
ed today h, Cen Cas-. that Will. he iG,n Cn,,l
.tood AZ The head a. IN, War pspartmen,, and
Gen JacL,on orcun.d II . Presidential chair. the
estimate, .en, nom that prpsttmeut to Congress.
Tor annrorriat;ons Tor Riv,,sond Uarbers. exceed.
ed ,bnss 81 All IN, wLiy administration, befors or
,nr,
IN. democracy vcre and AWAY, have been the
Ia, fr;,,d, If Rive, and Usrbor improycmept-
,bsv v.ra and alxov. had hecn onpc,ed to n cen.
,,oj ,y,,.o Of in ,yoy,u,n,, by the general gov.
eminent. Whatever could be bes, don. by indi.
,idnsl .n,s,n,i.e tho Democracy would lsaye TO
indi,idusls Whatever could be best done by
State Governments, the Democracy would leave
10 The State. u;.s n,licv would dictate such
a cour-,. aside from the Constitutional objections
which Va. Democrats marty believe to b,. in the
u,v NJ apy other
Spnno.e the poliey of III. vhig parir re,pec.
-, internal mrroysmen,, ,s deyelop.d during
,h. ndmmi.tratiop Of Mr. Adams. had become
n, settlsd poliev Of tho poy.rpm,ut-how many
Y,ilrrsd. and canals would by this time have been
ronx,rpcted in the ,oun,rvi Sppposc YOU had
waited n, IA. ,.s.y,, roy,rpnrn, 10 make your
rai!foa from here to {, alena-W hen would u have
bess dor,t Sunno.. Won had waited for the zen.
.rai go,e,n,oent 70 co5.,rrc, your two lines Of
railroad which now eonnee, YOU with the Atlantic
ci,i,.-xbcn would thly have been completed
Would no, such a policy have put the whole coun.
,,, o,,,rt,r Of. century behind its present con.
di,iop I The Democratic nstty then !, the true
fr,,,d Of Internal in,prnvsmeu,. because. under
the poli,, which thew advocate. their construction
!. ss,tar,h. vbiT marty i, in feet the enemy
of,ueh lrnnroveniefts. betause under their policy
thsv r,nno, be oon,tructed-tLe system would
break down in conseas pnce Of 1t. own weight
Now. in REGARD to tonnage duticz no wished
t,ssv that he had Turned his attention to the hit
tory OF Harbor and River Improvements, and had
made her hsrb,r BY levying tonnage duty, with
the e,psent Of Congre..-Charleston, South Ca
oljn, and Saysnnsh Georgia. had eompletca,
their hsrbor. by tonnage dutlc, levied With tho
eon..ht of Congress Baltimore had done the
came ,hng-the navigation Of James River aud
che Appomatoy had been improved by tonnage
duties levied by consou, Of Congress, and so OF
various other rivera and harbors on the Atlantic.
--Hehsd obs,ryed. moreover that where hM-
sors and river. had been improved by The levy
ins Of tonnage duties. they had been well done
done thoroughly and permanently And 'ha,
where IN attempt had been made to improve har'
bors and rivers b. appropriations from The Gen.
er,l Government, the work was generally but
partly done-done lmperfecily and at uuneces'a'
~ cost
Now what did this bill propose TO DO ltsm
ply provided that the new States should be put
upon an equal footing with the Older States
that Congress should give the States tho pow
er to permit local authorities to levy tonnage