New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-25

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sricpl WI, should they not do something foe river
ard psrbor inprovemsnfsi II the funds requisite 10
that end tkep from the co nnon iressury taen e
CITY Of Nev1 orb and the milonsres OF tnaf Ciy pu"
conuib1ie largely 70 thOse Improvements NoHne'o
else On this contr ert there consumed anything IKE
the sount Of durisole GOODS, and th-se, soo VI sne
most cos;ly cbuscte,. Coosoer for momeot 'os s'
population Ct h.i City Accnrdi1e 70 ths 70"
there the City proper, spopGlsron OF nsHS"NO'
20 " hieh 10 soded the popoiafioa oil b'o"Ayo'
Wisu sbursb Jersey City, Hoboken, and. large M n,
b-r Of families Who hrd their homes 10 tns Coooess .,
Richmond, Kings, Queens. Westchesser soo osnsr
e. uIies bisher up the river, all Of whom su's anuA
belong TO the Cry Of Ns~. FORK l believe an NOV
sxtrtvssart vhen say that Nev YORK nos eouAn,m
e,c, lsiion Of not ess than $4,000 living sous
ttdips ard on ming az verify believe onearo par, Oh
the surplus wealth Of the country When say
wealth mean such a. above what requires ivi w
comfortable support of man and ms i.muy, 80
AZ Ain vhy his wealth should contribute 70 aaroot
ARD river impruvementsi Why sboud toe ulercnsn'
prrcee Of the great emporium Of commerce % eAoa
g stee wholly or neary go rom ~ oon.sup Ms,h;oS.
sven no - ace q splendid eQuipage pa'siog oown peOs'
v,y With lady covered oser With gorgeous nhs ana
with servant, In livery % inquiry ia, s.a .,
sjx =, n, has made hslf million OF dollars 10 Tsdeoi
| commerce. He hvss 10 palace up town vnleo sou'a
40 no discreei, 10 monarch that hoase 10 nlled WIN
Ere nch furnture-hs table covered VIII me
~ nste-his cellar 10 filed vhh costly winss-hn sue
| sns eauebters wear cashmere shavh thst cost SOW
s,ch and their persons are ornsmented WIN OIL.
neck secs pms ard rings In snort ne $40 us ,sy
enjcv eyery luxury that human heart can coocese OF
slimported articles, snd payirg navy ouries
Wnx ,hou not revenue derived from such % irce 90
devoted 10 bs mprovem ns OF some river or nhDnr 70
The West ard Nor,h ves' especially - tee oeden.u
this sy stem are Ultimately % REBOUND TO the sdvsnce
| mept AID prosperity of this sane merchant why
should he Senator from Illinois oe 90 willing 70 exon
crate the common und, thus eerved, IRON s' ps,ueI
patton In these burdt u.s. onS 10 lay them exsluhvey
on the hardy lsborer Of the Northwest struggling win
| every species Of difficulty ,,,..,.
whsth here .sid OF New York 10 equally applicable
10 the wealth and luxury Of Boston, Peiisdephis 6ai'
| more Charleston Providence, Salem Albany, newark
and olhsr ciues Of the second md miro grades
thers 10 10 be found all over the Aanuc ses
mary individuals Of great til, Who consume areh
amount OF dut able goods and who can only be made 70
Contribute bsibor spd river iu provemens oy sppro
| pristiors frum the common stuck. Nearly 'ne sooio
surplus wealth OF the country 10 to De oupa ea o, vac
a,sbanx mountain ana what agsravstes the case es
ssnrsy Is the fact tb 1t the West No'hsest SCUM
wet have contributed largely to the ennancemento OF
| thai weshh. Tne merchants OF NeT YORK, bos'nn,
Phlsce phiA Baltimore end ether cities have BEEN fT
| the Iss Quarter of century selling and will coouuue
70 cell sr q quantities Of goods TO toe ranfmontsno
res,ops t the United States q, large ros 70 say eS
otbtsrt proft In the meantime the psope oil ins' re-
zion have beer engaged IN paying for their farms build
ipe 6wers houses school houses ard churches, OPEN
Ing roads mskcg tho thousand other improvements
inoisps nsabe In a county and have bad lae o.
pOrur ity 10 sccumulste surplus wealth Tnen comes
IN the he norabe senstor with bis notsbls scheme and
,sys e, these Of toll bear oil the burden OF hsr
tbo16sny able TO pay" (mo't Of them not unwiiosJ
90 feel" Bowrver satisfactory this may be tos
senator aud politician, doubt whether the people 10
| bis o. cfioD prepared 10 sgree TO IL
Rp, ,he Hon 4. paor after ex pressing his discomfort
with the Corps Of Typographical kDgineers, and yin
Consrs. for conduct which be alleges 70 nave oeen
corrupt, ~bhes TO explode the stem OF Improvement
from The comm treasure because, be 'ays u 10 tho
source {, ncessnt controversy and dspute ct tbs Ma
utns Capitol. According t. he account OF TOE mater,
there IL DO stPadiness 10 L. Is spasmodic system
ar coes by Jerks Who 10 responsible for this state OF
thrssl Why have We DOT had reasonable al d m der
ale sppro pnaticp, year after eari WY have works.
| IN whsb large sums Of money bsve been expc' DIED.
| rot been completedi Why hsvo they been permitted
10 sIl into decay and thus tofuer expenditures req
| dercd ctmIarsiiyely vslueess do not he,lta'e %
o., that The Hon Senator (hr Dorgl") aud bis poli
solely responsible for this state OIL tninga
TIE Senator cADrot plead der eciion Ot duty by bim
SET end those who act With hin az reason for reject
inl the system twill be recollected III, the late M
Polk epphd the veto dtrtd TO River ans HafOor OIL,
ufich lssied The Uou'es ct the let sol OF th5
29h Congress AZ the exc, veto % another bill woieh
Iassed the "a sess'tn Of the sane Congress 10 the
two cages, vltdcstipg h!i extraordinary course,
which directly the revere Of thar OF President
Jackson the subject he lsid down rules OF con-
du, ana avoved princi Pies which rendered tue coz
mstior ef ATTY I'LL during his term absolutely hops
ltu Therefore, no'hng attempted on 'hs suolsct
the 3Oh COperess ard az the st session OF the J.t
the two bOuss were co much absorped win the vart
QUE Slavery quesons then pending, IL was impossible
a. d. bnS'hig But az tbe - Session OF the last Con
gItit, the Houfe t Relr scn'stves 10, up me SUD-
ct Ies,d an excellent bill aud sent 10 81 the Senate
We kI CIV who decet. Il. We know who spent eay
s.r On, L. usess dot ana In reading Inappropriate
C,cuHtIts sud ve know how a small minority over.
csne the tnds If the nea,gTe aud compelled them
toylet.
1ieewksa tlue /. tue wbeT the state u the Tfes
ry ha, ayp OPP atoE 81 this ccsra, ter could
I6t properly been but AZ least hall dezen
bt the cose # Mr. Ty ers sdGinis'rs'ion Should
AID ght rave been pssseO hsd Il not been fGr toe
r,GsuHa' L. conduct ~ public IL 10 with poor
grace Esi the SerRtor alleges the ui'conduct # his
Lo.iilcRl 1eIds as reason for repudla,og this
Bstctbt system
The senator seea, To suppose that monstrous ipJus
tee bss teen dore In toe appropriations tr tn go i'm
iroyemet to- 10 The Wett North West and South west
There 10 NOT particle OF foundation for ths suggestion
"a can show soundspty fI)m the records.
1h, bill vetoed BY Mr. Polk at the lst session, goth
Consre's coItshed appropriations to the s,ucuos OF
a. 2s3 450 In Their woTds, II sppropri sed slightly
over miller ard quarter OF dolars appropriated
The sI ke~ Ems States only so 49, 10 tue res'
# the A'lSbtic fULer only SI73 eco, whereas gave
90 r,herp trd North western lakes $50 0O0 and
20 The Western and South riyeTs SiO0O00 uak
rs sltost Their for the Northwest West and Seutn Wes
70 I.ssitan $4,000 cut OF little over million ard
quarter or In Oher words, we on the Atlantic frontier
got only about elourth OF the whilo
ita, itcson, With all lee mloDsires. great cities and
V wealth, contributed By The consumption OF du,iaole
sos %, much hs rger poriion OF the amount aDpro-
prs;ed. thk ihs honorable Senator might velllnsls
at the bill should have been vetoed on doctrines such
80 he has promu d here today.
Mr.. ADAMs-Will the Senator allow me
% ask him If no voted fer the ill which vetoed by
Mr. Poki
Mr.. SMITH, not only voted for the bill
Originally but voted ssainst the veto or 10 other
vo'ds Ioesvortd to veto the vets and tai my
honorable lend, (Nr Adsms) fr whom cherish sen.
uuepb q respect eboUsh dItrr with him In toto
this subject that be may motion. ,tks out from
this bill every aopropsii for Ne Eng snc, and
will sui vote for IL xil vote for Il 10 aay l. IN
e'syOu put into Il tue ncn'tIo'ity proposed ~ TIE
sstsior from liro.', and then shall 20 sgns. moe.
decidedly
4 ss then, tia, the veto of Mr. Polk defeated bill
for North ~e,iein, Western, and South western In.
proyentpu, and not for inprSveu on The Atlantic
coat e1cep, in very mooerate d-gres NswE land
had 'ue or DO Interest 10 the passage Of that btu
yetfer Wbig Senator's and Wing Representatives. sus
tsirtd 10 throughout though the Democratic sepsors
srd RepIeE ntstv's, with snsle exception from the
section pursued different course
Al tie secs I'd session OF the same Congress another
bll or River and Harbor Improvements passed the tgo