The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-06-24
Thirty.SecOnd Congress.
FIRST SEsSIoN.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
FRIDAY, .uoy 81, 1852.
[ Continuation Of Proceedings
ROsDs ~ NIyNNEsnr.


ROADS IN MINNESOTA.
(Continnsd from last ,ceel.)
no man knows, and The length of one Of which s
two hundred aud sixty miles, and 10 make The
roads rshltully and properly, ! have no doubt
that ever Il quarter Of million ot dollars would
be indispensabiy necessary Wcl, if tbe House
choose 10 begin to appropriate such sums with a
view 10 some general system, and these appfopFI-
alions are 10 be considered - a part and parcel
/ Of that general system. why lei say so--tHs .s
not, II Is lime 10 stop whex we are--to rescue
territorial road bills from The Committee on RoaGs
and Canals, and TO comsign them to The Amy bill,
OF to tho Military Committee, who can certify 10
Us whether they are necessary for war purposes
not.
! Mr. TUCK. / have too much regard to the
dispatch Oi business III this House, TO detain the
committee long With any remarks OF my own upon
The bI3. VIII take occasion, however, TO say,
that think the gentleman from New YORK Nc.
Brooks places unfair obstacles IN the way OF the
passage Of this bill, by attempting to hold every
man who shall vote for 1t, committed to tho pol
ICY Of d general :, stem OF iaternaI improvements.
Now, The two great parties IN the country have
been, 10 Il great extent, divided on the question oi
internal improvements Bu, the two parties have
not been divided upon The policy or constitutions
aliy of territorial appropriations, like the one now
/ under consideration. SUch appropriations have
been made IN past years for all the Territories
equally under Wing aad Democratic adnIinisira-
tons, anu been supported by ihe MASSES Of both
parties, without It's ever having been alleged,
that those who voted for them, thereby abandoned
their party positions. Ii IS extraordinary, and
think wrong, now 10 impede and enddnser this
bill, by attempting to array political party
against it.
| understood the gentleman from Ala abama Nr.
lIouslonl TO say that lie adopted the views sug-
gesLej by the gentleman from New York, Mr.
Brooks Now, VIII say to the gentleman
from Alab; ma that If he sets himself up such Il
Simon Pure Democrat, and SO committed against
Internal iInproy enents, that he Will not even vote
anything for roads in the Territories, he adopts a
standard never SET up by hi, Democratic pfede-
cessors, and not likely 10 be set up by his party
friends IA, the present line. 10 discard The ma
king Of appropriations for military and other nee
essary roads III the Territories, VII be turning
over new leaf in the history Of the Democratic
party, and VIII be writing pase OF their history
quite novel, and certainly N contradiction OF
their past conduct. Bu. wishing 10 hasten action,
| Will say nu more.
Mr.. VENABiE. II is with much reluctance
that vote agains, any allowance asked from this
Government for the benefit Of d Territory. Bui
the question now presented involves the great
II points to opening the doors OF the Treasury ior
the purpose Of supplying every demand which
may be made upon US by any Territory placed
under our care. fthc primo p!e be fixed, If, by
our legislation, II be settled that there 10 genera
poWer N this Government to ma le roads, TO ma t
internal Improvements Of any KIND, yon may con-
struct railroads snd canals. Why, SIR. do nel
see any limit 10 the amount Of money which IS to
be taken from the public Treasury for such pur-
poses.
Bot the gentleman from New Hampshire Nr.
Tuck says, should we deny he proprety Of such
appropriations we shall have to turn over a new
leaf IN the history Of The Democratic party. But
| do not regard it parry question. regard u
a. question sprin.ing from Inc Constitution, and
1 never, az any time, take my view OF the Con
situation from the construction which any party
may place upcnn. regret very much TO see
that there are gentlemen belonging 10 the Demo
cratic party, who have voted FOR log-roi,ihg t'eT
and harbor bills, who have gone to any eyten,
that gentlemen upon The other side Of this House
have gone upon the subject Of internal improve
ncns. and charge it as departure from The Old
doctrine Of that party; and if The gentleman from
New Hampshire lMr Tuckl will pat himself to
the trouble to review those doctrines, as li.nstra-
ted by Mr. Madison and others Of the Republican
party, he will find that ! am not alone; and tha'
be, instead Of turning new leaf, has only
failed to turn over very old leaf; and that he
has only failed 10 go back to The opinions Of the
fathers Of the republican doctrines OF this country
| have never felt myself bound by party lines
upon this subject; but here say again, ,ha,
deeply regret that the Democratic, or Republican
party, (which was a much better name than the
Democratic party, and regret that the name
was ever chapged,) that The doctrines Of the
Republican party, since the days of Mr.. Madison
seem to have charged.