The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-08-28
Fysi session 24iA Congress, 1855.

| III. II. No 307. A bill making additional an
preparations for the Delaware break water and n,
certain haIbors, and removing distractions in Ana
at the mouths Of certain rivers, and for other pur
| poses, for the year 1886.
Question on engrossment and third reading.
Among those who voted in the negative are
Chiffon Allan, Ky. Edmund Deberry, N q.
William J. Graves, Ky Benjamin Hardin, XIV
/ Daniel Jenifer, Md Abraham Reneher NJ & I.
| John Taliaferro, Va; Joseph X, Underwood, XIV, ,
| John White XIV. Lewis Williams, N, C. ;Sb.,,
rod Williams, Ky,
No vote in the House on the passage.
Among those who voted in the negative in IN.
Senate on the biil mo. 30Tl at the hrst session
| oath Congress, are Henry Clay, KY BENJAMIN
| Watkins Leigh, Va. Willie P. Msngum, N. G.,
Alexander Porter, La. w. Q. Preston, S. C.
First session 2ith Congress 1856.
| III, r. No. 523. A bill making appropriation,
| for the improvement Of certain halbors therein
| mentioned
Among those who voted in the negative ara
Chiffon Allan. Ky. John Bell, T,nn william,
X. Bond, o.; George N Briggs, Mass Thomas
| Corwin, o.; Edmund Deberry, n q I1G"
Everett, W.. William I--G svss. XIV ftz9a
| Hall, VI. 4; Benjamiefiardi NV. laitls ,q.s
| KY; james A. Poarce, Md; ASsallrss Egscb,f
| N. C John Talisferro, Va; Joscph II. =,
wood, Ky. I; John White, KY; Sherrod w .lhaa,l,
| KY.
| In the Senate, first session Gath Congress, on
third reading Of the same bill, among those who
voted in the negative are rhomas Ewing o.
Benjamin Watkins Leigh, Va; Willie p Man.
gum, N. c.. William c. Preston, s. @.
There was no vote on the passage
Second session 24h Congress, 1867.
II II. No. S95. A bill to provide for the i'm.
provement of certain harbors and for the removal
| OF distractions in and at the mouths Of CERTAIN
rivers, and for other purposes, during the year
| 1897.
| Among those who voted in the negative on the
| engrossnent and third reading Of the bill are
| John Bell, Tenn. Horace Everett, VT James
| Graham, N. c.; William j. Graves, Ky; Benin.
| min Hardin, KY; Abraham Rencher, N. C. !;
| Augustine III. Shepperd, N. c.; Waddv Thomp.
| son, s. CT Lewis Williams, N. c. There was
no vote by yeas and nays on the passage.
In the Senate, among those who voted in the
| Henry Clay, KY. William c. Preston, S. C.
Second session 25th Congress, 1878.
ii. R. No. 1874. A bill to provide for certain
| harbors, and the removal of distractions in and
the mouths Of certain rivers, and for other pur-
| poses, during the year 1898.
| Among those who voted in the negative on the
passage are John Bell, Tenn. John W. Crock.
| EFT, Tenn. |; William c. Dawson, Ga. Edmund
| Deberry, N. c Horace Eve cit, VT; James
Graham, N c.; James Harlan, KY; John Pope,
KY; Abraham Rencher, N. c.; Augustine Fl.
Shepherd, N. c.; Edward Stanly, N. C John
Taliaferro, Va; Joseph II. Underwood, Ky;
Lewis Williams, N. c.; Christopher H. vii.
| liams, Tenn.
In the Senate, among those who voted in the
negative on the same bill, on its engrossmenl and
| third reading, were: John ]. Crittenden, Ky
William c. Preston, s. G.
What does this record Of Wing votes establish
against the men whose names are recorded on the
same side with the name of General Pierce! Il
will certainly not be commended that il is concu.
sive evidence of denial, on their part, of the ex.
stence of the constitutional power to make i'm.
provements of any kind, or that all the items con.
tanned in the different bills against which they
voted were unauthorized by the Constitution. We
find such names Henry Clay, Of Kentucky,
John Bell, of Tennessee, Thomas Corwin Of
Ohio, J. r. Underwood, of Kentucky, and Thomas
Ewing, Of Ohio. all recorded On the same side
with General Pierce; and yet we are told that
these very votes, by which they establish for
those men the most conclusive evidence of their
devotedness to the improvement of western har-
bors and rivers, establish just the opposite for
General Pierce. They, by the same record, prov.
that General Pierce was not only opposed % all
such improvements, as being inexpedient and i'm
polite, but they claim to establish beyond doubt
his unnlterable and fixed opinion, that the Cons,-
| tuition contained no power that would authorize
| any appropriation for any one Of the objects spe-
| cited in either OF the bills referred to.
The assertion that General Pierce denies the
| existence of the constitutional power in Congress
| TO appropriate money for the improvement Of har
| bors and rivers, and consequently would be CON.
PEELED 10 refuse his approval, If elected President
OF the United States, TO any and every bill OF that
character, is based solely upon the record have
| just read because out OF that record the whole
political history Of General Pierce may be quoted
| to prove the very opposite conclusion.
call upon the ongnators and upon the aulhon
| Of this unfoundcd clamor against General Perez
10 point to single word he ever uttered, either 10
Congress or out of it, inlimating, in the rcmc,er
degree, his denial Of the constitutional power IA
| Congress to make appropriations for oblecti
strictly national in their character, or in any way
| denying the existence Of tho power Genera
Pierce did not vote against the bill Of 1856 but
Corwn, Of Ohio, Briggs, Of Massachusetts, ur
derwood, Of Kentucky, Ewing, Of Ohio, Hardin
OF Kentucky, Mangum, Of North Carolina, and
host Of other leading Wings, did record ihsr
names against IT, And theee men arc held up q
the especial friends Of western improvement
while General Pierce, who refused TO vote sgais
the bill, Is set down as an Incorporating cnerJ
Of the interests Of the whole Northwest.
! now propose to contrast the localities of sons
Of the Wings that voted on thiz question with ,~ T
locality Of General Pierce. II il well known thai
the North and East were moro strict in Their I
views Of the exercise " this power in the Consp
tuition than the western wing Of the Democrats
party. General Pierce, il will be remembered |
was representing particular locality, and at lhr
time was carrying out the views Of his consits- |
ency; position Involving responsibilities widely
differing from those that attach to the Chief Mst
istrate Of the whole nation, the opinions Of M
Fillmore while Representative in Congress, and
his opinions upon the same subject while Pres
dent Of the United States, sbundandy prove
In the States Of Tennessee, Kentucky, ant
Ohio, the public sentiment not only admitted ne
existence OF the power to its fullest extent, but ne
interests Of the whole people demanded hs hbenl
exercise. Yet VIC find the lending Wings Of hh f.
day refusing to sanction by their votes bills CON
tanning appropriations for Objects within the hm'a
Of tie very States they were representing, not BE-
cause they had constitutional scrupes bot becaus
they could not, like Mr. Pierce, give their ascent
| to spsry item contained in the broad schedule /
| objects for which appropriations we're sought
But il Is said General Jackson approved NY
| very bills that General Pierce voted againsl
| General Jackson was western man; had slwsys
30 far as the Improvement Of the great nafgsU'
| streams Of the country were concerned, been ~
trcmely liberal in the exercise Of the constitutions
power, never denied or ever doubted by him; ano