The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1852-08-02
EVENING SESSION.
The River ana HarbOr Dil being undo

The River ana Htrbor bil being under
cJlsldcrauon-
Nj. Lockh irt 4vowed himself strict con-
iructiulllst u, the Cons -lt1,oA, and sdid e
Vas pr pared to vote or just system vi
me astr ;, of national chdfaoter, iOr tIe
iuipcovemv ut o. sivers md n1rb rs. In do
ny So hc was not departing rom the Demo
craft. doctrine, having before hin the exam
pie ol J tferson, Maa.son, Mohroe, Jacks N,
anu Polk. He thought thot his Virginia
friends ouy ht to I row aside their aOstrdc-
tons, 4nu come into this measu e, and not b
So stubborn aid u.u ISL ON the eubjec,. James
river ought 10 be improved; ana, II the gen.
tt man from Virginia would introduce All
amendment Tor that purpose ne would vote
| Ior IT.
| Mr.. Mllson remarked the Zen lena ha .
fallen into an error iii supposing tIat h. was
interested in the navigation o. ines liver.
Mr.. Lockhart understood tina, each Virgin
ia memb r acted Tor himself. They were all
| freemen and free tuin ers. He Md no doubt
the gentleman from X chinond would 20 whIi
he believed to be right, as would the thei
dele gates from Virginia; and he would say
that i the gentleman would Introduce al
amendment for the i'm rovenent OF James
river, he would 60 with hI.ii but not without
| Mr.. Cdskie said he sLUu move such al
amendment, and vote for 1t. 1t Vas iair duC
proper, however, tor him to remark thAt the
did not design to vote for the I'll /. but TO tIa
gentleman, and gentlemen lIhe him; Le ap.
pealed-th , being sdtIsii d vi the proyrlety
oI TINS pollcy-to carry out fairly an. justi,
what Is their own principle, anu not .ail u d,
this because he Mr. c. could not ayr,
with the character OF their policy.
MIR. Lockhart. All | desire is that the
gentleman himself will introduce the amend
ment.
Mr. Caskie. / will
Mr.. Lockhart. And I hope to see The
gentleman become more beral.
| Mr.. Caskie. Never, never.
| Nj. Lockhart. | should be happy to see
tie gentleman staining up with his D>mo
crauc brethren of other sections; and tn :.
1 he will insist, with me, IN having no lOgroli
ing uiil, and in frownins down and voting
az inst every amendment which may be OF
ierei to render the bill udious and objections
able.
Mr.. Caskie. 1 will.
Dir. Loc6HARr complained that the bill diC
not give enough Tor the OHIO and Mississippi
pile out of the appropriations"
Mr.. WALSH did not wish to trouble tn,
committee with a speech, and gave notice
That he should write out what he wished tt
say in defence of the Committee ON Com
merce.
Mr.. DUNCAN felt called upon to vindicat,
that committee from the charges which ha
been preferred against it. The gentleman
from Kentucky (Mr. MARsHALL) complaine,
] that the bill appropriated too little; whil
| the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. MEADE
com; la lie u At etill a lp rated to nue.
he lag oppos TO al su h appropriA tions
and both charged the committee with inius
y tic and neglect of duty towards their partic
Z u!ars sect lns. He then refuted those cha
ges by calling attention to the dutie~ Of tn
COMM tee, and detailing its labors and tn
data on which is action was based. In tn
course of his remarks he said one thing wa
Y certain: the committee proposed to appro
:, pirate as much US could be judicieusly expen
: ded by the next session of Congress. As T.
: the complaint of Virginia memb rs that Their
e is no appropriation in this bill for that Stit
~ so long they adhere to the dog-n To
e manger policy and hairs nIitng con>tru ton
: of the Constitution, they must suff; r tn
consequences and IKE the responsibility
f, Expressed the hone that the substitute G
NJ. SrANLY would not be adopted, .or rea
sons which he stated.