The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-09-28

vent their removal. Whatever ability he had,
was employed in constructing the grave yard
from which Judge DOUGLAS 50 narrowly es
capped, and in planting grave yards" of like ca
pacity at every turn of the Mississippi. Judge
DOUGLAS, of course, did not mean to censure
Mr.. PIERCE when he made this statement; but
whatever censure it suggests belongs eXclu-
sively to General PIERCE and his party. His
tory tells but one tale on that head.
Grant that in the aggregate an immense sum
has been voted by Congress to protect life and
property from peril in internal navigation.
Grant, further, that the results achieved bear
only small proportion to the amount expended.
Still the responsibility rests altogether on the
shoulders of the PIERCE party. who have de-
feaed Wing efforts to systematic and give
full effect to internal Improvements as embraced
within the legitimate functions of the General
Government.
Judge DOUGLAS says truly that appropriations
voted one year for particular Improvements have
been rendered of no avail by subsequent re-
fusals to complete them. He suggests that
the ST 500, 900 voted during the last session
that probably awaits the necessary supplement
tary grants of the next session.
1t is, in truth, needless to build snag boats
| this year, if we afterwards refuse to pay men
| to work them; to launch dredging boat with
out providing the hands to set it in notion to
| lay the foundation of lght-h house, and then
Leave it to the mercy Of the floods. Such
procedure is not only mockery of public wants,
| but scandalous waste Of public money. 1t
drains the exchequer Of the nation without in
| any way benefiting national interests. Who,
then, are responsible? Who but the Democratic
members of Congress? Who but the friends
| of Mr.. PIERCE? Who but those who, under
the leadership of Judge DOUGLAS and General
CAss, resored to every artifice sanctioned by
the rules Of Congress to defeat measures de-
signed to produce different state of things?
The waste, whatever it has been-and it has
| been vast-s attributable to the Democracy
and to none else.
In another particular Judge DOUGLASS con-
fesson is especially rich. The old adage which
extols a rogue as the detector Of rogues finds
parallel in the averments of our friend the
Judge. He has been behind the curtain and
knows the secrets well; and with laudable
anxiety to tighten his soul before mounting the
stump, he lets out the whole truth, though to
the discontinue and disgrace of his political
confederates.
Stripped of all disguise, the statement of the
Democratic Senator amounts to this that the
Democratic members of Congress, being hostile
| to internal improvement as principle, would
vote against measure intended to apply the
| principle, as such. for the common benefit Of
all parts of the Union; that the improvement
bills are therefore necessarily fragmentary,
partial, and ll-digested; and that in this shape
they receive the support ofDemocrats who, while
"conscentiously" opposed to the Wing princi-
| pie, are ready to sacrifice their objection when
they can advance their own personal interests!
This is not the testimony of an outsider, or of
an unknown man. 1t is the confession of an
accomp lice-the revelation of one who has par
ticpated in the man9uvring he so graphically
describes, and who can put his finger on the
motives of every man implicated in the trans
actions. The New York Evening Post and
the organs Of the Richmond Democracy have
sent forth accusations of the same purport
They have alleged that the Democratic ma
jority in Congress have pursued time
serving and dishonest course; and that the veto
of Mr. PIERCE on the next River and Harbor
| bill will bring them to their senses. We
printed the structures of our Democratic con-
temporaries and thought them severe; but they
were mild in comparison with the exposition Of
Judge DOUGLAS. According to his avowals,
legislation in Democratic Congress is game
at which none but reckless intriguers can
win. If he speaks truly, honor and patri-
otism have but little influence in the minds
of Mr.. PIERcE's Congressional friends. 1t
is hardly credible that those concerned will
long sit quietly under such an imputation from
such source.
We hope to see Judge DOUGLAS at the con-
fessional again. The conscience which re-
purchased momentary peace by telling ugly
truths about its neighbors, will surely need
cleansing afresh before the Presidential cam
paign be ended. And therefore, for truths
sake as well as his own, We trust that Judge
| DOUGLAS will be penitent once more.
EDWARD A. CABELL, Esq, has just been
appointed Chief Clerk of the General Land
Office. Mr.. CABELL is gentleman of ability,
and has for some time past been engaged as a
clerk in the Land Office. He is from the State
Of Virginia.
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From the Albany State Register.
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