The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-14


LAWYER, Lawrence, Lewis. Lincoln, Love, Loyal
Martin, McCarty, Mercer, Mligan, Montgomery
Morris, Parker, Patton James A. Pearce, Phil
lips, Henry l.. Pinckney, Potts, Rencher, Robert
son, Rogers, Augustine ii. Shepherd Slade, Sloane
Spangier, Standeier, Storer, Taliaferro, Under
wood, Vinton, Webster, Lewis Williams, Sherroc
Williams, and Wise-74
So the House determined that the main questior
be now put.
Mr.. McCARTY called for the yeas and nays Oh
the passage Of the bill; which were ordered, anc
wcre-yeas l05, nays 50 as follows
YEAs-Messrs John @. Adams, Ash, Ashley
Barton, Bockee, Boon, Borden, Briggs, Brown
Buchanan. Cambreeng. Carr, Casey, Clancy, Cha
pin, Clark, Corwin, Cramer, Darlington, Davis
Denny, Dickerson, Doubleday, Elmer, Fowler. Fry
w. X. Fuller, Galbraitb, Gillet, Granger, Gron
nell, Hamer, Hannegan, S. S. Harrison, A. e
Harrison Hazeltne, Henderson, Hester, Hoar
Howell, Hubley, Hunt, Huntington, Ingersoll
James, Richard nj. Johnson, Henry Johnson b
Jones, Judaon, Kcnnon, Kilgore, Kinnard, Lane
Lansing, Lawrence, Lay. G Lee, T Lee, Leonard
Lincoln Logan, Love, Lucas, Job Mann, William
Mason, simpson Mason, May, McCary, McKen
nan, McKim, McLene, Miller, Milligan, Morgan,
Muhenberg, Page, Patterson, Duce J. Pcarce.
Phelps, Phillips, Potts. John Reynolds, Joseph
Reynolds, Ripley, Schenck, Seymour, Shinn,
Sickles, Sloane, Spanger, Storer, Sutherland,
Taylor, Thomas, John Thomson, Toucey, Turner,
Vanderpoel, Ward, Wardwell, Washington Web
ster, E. Whittlesey, and T. Il. Wbittlesey-l05.
NAYs-Messrs. c. Allan Beale, Bean, Beaumont,
Bond, Bouldin, Bunch, J. Calhoon, w. b. Calhoun,
Campbell, Carter, G. Chambers, j. Chambers,
Chapman, N. ii. Claiborne, j. f. H. Claiborne,
Coles, Common, Craig, Cushman, Deberry, Drom-
gooe, Dunlap, Everett, Fairfield, Forester,
a ~
Griffin, J. Hall, Hardin, Harlan, Halves, Hawkins,
Haynes, Hopkins, Huntsman VIM. Jackson, Jar
Wis, Jenifcr, c. Johnson, j. w. Jones, Lawler,
Lewis, Loyal. Lyon, Abijah Mann, Martin, Moses
Mason, McComas, Mckay, Montgomery, Morris,
Owens, Parker, Parks, Patton, f. Pierce, J. A.
Pearce, Pettigrew, Peyton, Pinckney Renchcr,
Roane, Robertson, Rogers, A. IL Shepherd. Shields,
Smith, Speight, Standefer, Talaferro, Towns,
Underwood, Wageaer, White, Lewis Williams,
Sherrod Williams, and Wise-S2
So the bill was passed.
Mr.. PIERCE, it will be seen, resisted to the
last the great improvement then proposed; al
though the bill which encountered his opposi-
ton shortly afterwards received the sanction OF
President JACKSON. This is another of the
instances which prove that though Mr.. PlERc E
may for effect be dubbed ''Young Hickory, -
the cognomen cannot be regarded as derived
from political Identification with the true sold
Hickory"
At page II of Little s. Browns edition OF
the Public Statutes, we find that the act now
referred to provided for the appropriation of not
less than 100000 for the continuation of the
Cumberland road as national work. OF this
sum, 100000 were appropriated for expen-
dlture in Ohio, $25O,OO0 for expenditure in
Indiana, and $780, 900 for expenditure in Hi
nois. Mr.. PIERon's friends in those States
will assuredly thank us for reminding them of
these weighty reasons for enthusiasm in his
behalf. They must feel under special obliga-
tons to one who never fought more valiantly
or determinedly than when striving to place The
Great West in strict blockade by water and by
land.
That the Cumberland road is now to a great
extent superseded by railroads and other routes
of travel, is point that does not at all affect
the question. When Mr.. PIERCE voted against
its continuation the road was regarded. as an
undertaking Of national Importance, and was
so sustained for years subsequently, to the
manifest advantage of the States through
which it passed. As a national work, Mr..
PIERCE opposed it, precisely as he opposed
national grants for the construction Of harbors,
or for the improvement of what were in 1896
almost the sole highways Of our internal com
merce.