The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-08


Escambia river, Florida $500
90 improvements at Huron
river, Ohio ...... 1900
I" dredging machine on Lake Ere... 5000
boat to prevent distractions in Red
river. Louisiana and Arkansas,
and for working and supporting
the same. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 30,0OO
completing channel between st.
Mary's and st. Johns, Florida. 5000
4" completing pier at La Plaisance,
Michigan. ...................,. 323
erecting lighthouse at Buffalo, N,
York. Observation-Disclosures. l94
" erecting beacon light at Erie, Penn. 60
improvement Of Ohio and NIiesissip-
pi rivers, under act of 1881. II 800
expenses of surveys and examina-
tons public lands in the terrific
res and in the Indian country. 10000
Mr.. PIERCE, then, in his Congressional cru
SADIE against internal improvements, opposed
the specific interests of Maine, Massachusetts,
New York. Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware, North Carolina. Kentucky,
Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida APP
preparations called for by these States, sepa-
rately, for carrying out public works, would
never have been granted, if Mr.. PIERcE's vote
could have determined the result. Grants
needed to improve the navigation of the Ohio,
Mississippi, and Missouri-and, consequently,
to advance the prosperity Of the vast region
watsred by these rlvers--received his undevi-
ating opposition Congress-more liberal and
just--agreed to them, and the model Democratic
President ratified them. Mr.. PIERCE voted to
defeat every one of them.
We anticipate infinite amusement from the
homely interrogatories TO which Mr. PIERcE's
stump orators will be exposed throughout the
campaign. They will expatiate on the purity
of their candidates Democracy--his rigid ad-
herence to the "strict constructiOn"--h anti
palhy to National Bank; he will be represented
as an incarnation of Democratic excellence, wor-
thy in all respects Of the sobriq!et conferred
upon him by our contemporary of the Union.
"Young Hickory" according to this show
ing, will be entitled to the support of the
"unterrifed" everywhere. Imagine an orator
of this order in Ohio, Michigan. Illinois, Lou
isiana, or in any part of the North, South or
West; picture, if you can, his graceful gesticu
lation, his flowing periods, his well-chosen cpl
thets, his endless tributes to Mr.. PIERcE's
craftsmanship as shown in the halls Of Con-
gress; and then try to realize the chilling effect
of some honest farmers appeal to the law
and to the record. The rhetoric of the orator
will vanish before the plain truth-telling Of the
Congressional votes. Mr.. PIERcE's orthodoxy
on some points will not save him from tine con-
demnation that awaits his opposition to i'm
provements deemed vital by the citizens Of the
States Immediately concerned. What regard
can the people of Ohio cherish for candidate
who made his Democracy stalking horse to
block up the harbors and obstruct the river on
which their prosperity still largely dependsl
Are the people Of Illinois likely to hold them
selves committed by the promise Of Judge
DOUGLAS in behalf of the man who planted
himself in an attitude of hostility to the com
mercial emporium of that State2 Will Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida, or Mis-
souri,, display any zeal in behalf of one whose
title to legislative glory consists mainly Of the
fact that he was constant in his antagonism to
their wants and wishes2
Mr.. PIERCE will discover that his friends
sadly overrated his availability when they re-
him as ga sheet Of paper" I'M
marked and unsulled He will find that the
Of politicians acts perishes not
with his withdrawal from Washington; and
tina. neither private excellence nor public white
washing can avert the penalties which people
visit upon those auayed against them. Mr..
PIERCE labored hard in Congress to "sow the
Storm" now that he is candidate for Presi-
Dental honors, he must not repine if compelled
to "reap the whirlwind."