New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-18
10 tie People Of Louisiana.

Ss& For the Crescent
To the People Of Louisiana.
You are called upon 70 scrutinzs the life and conduct
of thecandidates placed before you for the Pres
dency and Vice Presidency Of the United States frank
lin Pierce Of New Hampshire, and VIM. H. King. Of Ala
baa arc put In nomination. and are before you solicit
ing your votes for the highest offices In the gift Of the
people The whg doctrine u.s. that the sovereignty Of
this great republic is in the people Government is
trust and the officers Of Government trustees Official
ncumbents are bound to administer tho trust not for
their own private individual benefit but so as to
mote the prosperity Of the people, This the vital prin
ciple Of Republc.n
with these principles to guide us let us examine into
claims of Franklin Pierce the democratic candidate for
tho Presidency His Congressional career offers nothing
but string of negative uotes all the leading and vital
measures of the day For he "a statesman withouta
measure and orator without speech " His Congress
sioua abors therefore, useless and than worth
less but let us examine some Of the most prominent acts
of his negative public life: s .,i 6lg
l. will begin with the bill introduced in Congress at
the session Of 1885, making appropriations for the I'M
provement of Rivers and Harbcrs' IL appropriated
$4,000 for deepening the mouth Of the Mississippi River
in Louisiana, ETC. On the 2Sth June 1850, Franklin
Pierce voted in minority against this bill in the House,
hut 1t passed and was approved by President Jackson,
On the same day (2Sth June, 1886 Fra kiln Pierce
voted in minority against sAn Additional Harbor Bill
but it passed. and also approved by Cen jackson
contained the following items, among others: For the
Improvement Of tho Ohio and Mississippi Rivers from
Louisville to Neworieans $4,000 removal of obstruc-
tions in Red River in Louisiana and Arkansas
In the next, or Twenty fourth Congress- Franklin
vote is recorded against the passage Of the River
Bay and Harbor BILL which passed the House by vote Of
1903 yeas to 60 naysMr Pierce figuring in the minority
This bill embraced the following among Its many proyi
sions louisiana vermion Bay, Lake Pontchartrain,
Bayou St. John, Port Pontchartrain- s79,5oo"
AT the same session (ls37) Franklin Pierce voted
against IA bill to provide for certain harbors and for the
Of distractions in and at the mouth OF certain
ryerss 1t passed by vote of LOT yeas to OIL nays 1t
$4,000 for Mobile Harbor It gave also $4,000 for
the erection Of Marine Hospital at Neworeans for the
purchase Of sites for Marine Hospitals the Western
winters $4,000 Marine Hospital at Mobile $4,000 Red
River improvements Arkansas, $65,000; Mississippi
removal of distractions at the Mouth
--$2l0,O00.n ~5 ~
As sequel to Mr. Pieroes negative course on the nl
Of the great rivers and in the bays and har
boris ho voted against the bill to continue the great
Cumberland Road in the States of Ohio, Indiana, and
Illinois, but it passed in june 1885, and approved by
.4ndrew Jackson.
FRANKLIN PIERCE AND VIM. r. Kisc AGAINST THE
PnE- EasrroRs-I come now to the great Land Bill and
Presumption Law of 1871.
AT the extra session. September A. 1911 the following
entitled bill passed Congress- and approved by the
President:
act appropriate the proceeds of the sales OF the
Public Lands and TO grant prs-emrtion rights TO settlers
The first section approprates ten per cent Of the nett
proceeds Of the sales of the public lands to each State in
which they situated including Louisiana and eight
other Of the new States
Section second distributes the proceeds of the sales OF
the public lands among the twentysix States of the
Union after deductng the ten per cent to the nine
the representation Of each State and Territory in Con
gress, etc "
The eighth section grants five hundred thousand
Of the public lands to Louisiana and the eight other States
in which they situated for Internal improvements etc
ten Of this great land bill grants
presumption rights to eyery person being the head of
family, widow or single man. over the age of twenty
one years. being citizen of the United States for
egner having filed his declaration Of intention to become
citizen etc. who since the LIST of June lsO has made
or shall hereafter make settlement on the Public Lands
etc. and who shall nhabit and improve the same etc. be
authorized to enter with the Register of the Land Office
any number Of acres not exceeding $780, quarter
lion Of land include his residence, upon paying to the
United States the minimum price ($l rs per acre. Nc
person shall be entitled to than presumption ish
by virtue of this act" This is the great Presumption
that has rendered such signal benefits to the people
especially the poorer and working classes.
Franklin Pierce had got into tho Senate of the
United States and what his in relation to this
land bill and great emptiun law Let the following
proceedings and votes show:
O. s. SENATE, august 49, 1841. The Senate proceeded
the consideration Of the bill to distribute the proceeds
the Public Lands among the States and grant pre-
empion rights to settlers. 3sjf
Mr. Tappan (dem of Ohio, moved to postpone the bill
to the first Monday in December, Ito kill IT'D the
ton rejected, Franklin Pierce and VIM. r. King
voting for the postponement:
| Yeas-Messrs Allen. Benton buchanan, Calhoun, Clay
Of Ala Cuthbert. Fulton VIM. r. KING. of Ala. Linn
| McRoberts Mouton Nicholson, FRANKLIN PIERCE o
N. H. SEWER Sturgeon Tappan, Walker, Williams Wood
| bury, Wright, and Young-2l.
i Navs-Messrs Archer, Barrow Bates Dayard, Berrien
Choate, Clay of Kentucky; Clayton Dixon, Evans, VIM
Mangum Merriok Miller, Morehead, Phelps Porter Prem.
tiss Preston Rives Simmons, Smith of Ind; Southland
Tallmadge, White, and Woodbridge-29 So the bill was
| not postponed, or killed.
U. 8. SENATE AUGUST 20, 1s41-The distribution and
presumption land bill again taken up and debated al
great length It then passed by the following vote
Yeas-Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Bates Bayard, Berren
Choate, CLAY of Ky, Clayton Dixon Evans, WILLIAM
GRAHAM of c. and wing candidate for Vice President
Henderson Huntington, Kerr, Mangum, Merrick, Miller
orehead Phelps Porter Prentiss Rives, Simmons Sntl
of Ind, Southard Tallmadge, White and Woodbrdge-2S
Naps-Messrs Allen, Benton Buchanan, Calhoun. Clay
of Ala, Cuthbert Fulton WILLIAM R KING Of Ala, (dem
ocratic candidate for Vice President Linn McRoberts
Mouton, Nicholson FRANKLIN PIERCE of N H., democratic
candidate for Presidency Preston SEWER Smith of Conn
Sturgeon, Tappan Walker, Williams, Woodbury. Wright
| and Young-23.
| So, the bill passed, and of the most mporan
benefcent laws which did pass the Congress
the United States (See Niles Weekly Register Vol G.
| n ALA (Idem Vol 81 D. 10Y Isyrsr,s,ror