Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-07-03

| Washington Republic Of the 9Th, in mott
cling the nomination Of Mr. Pierce, to re
mark that his political career has been dis
tinguiselby little beyond undertaking hos,i
lily to every plan ofinternal impro ovements
| We showed that In his course on question
Of that nature he has been uniformly hos
lille to the requirements Of the young ant
Igrowing sections Of the country !; that b,
his resistance TO grants essential TO sh,
carrying out Of great public improvements
he has done all he could do to impede tbs
progress Of the Middle and Westerr
States: and that even the East has poot
grounds Of complaint agains. him, for tn.
extent to which his anti.imp.ovement pre-
dilections impelled him. The mention 0
"internal improvements" seems always 4
have sufIiced to arouse within him feel
Iings even more partizan than those o.
numbers Of his party then in Congress-
Andrew Jackson was upon this question
less pharisaical in his democracy thar
franklin Pierce.
That we may not be accused OF dealing
IN baseless charges against the gentleman
who 10 to prove tower Of strength to the
democratic party, we intend, from time to
time, to refresh the memory Of his friends,
aud ours, with reference to the official re.
cord Of his conduct. while a member oi
Congress. We are mistaken IL before the
contest now began be ended, the leaders
who happen to be responsible for Mr..
Pierce's domination will not discover either
that their memories were singularly treach.
erous, when his claims for the Presiden.
tial chair came up for consideration, or
that they committed an egregiot,s blunder
when they assumed that the country gen.
orally never knew, or had forgotten, the
facts that figure most prominently in con.
nec,ion with Mr.. pierce's Congressional
career. We start. to-day. with the report
furnished by the Congressional Globe of
proceedings on an additional Hafbor
Bill" which was brought ut fot the third
reading in the House OF Representatives
on the 26th of June, 1886. The Globe
reports as follows:
b A bill making additional appropriation
for the Delaware breakWater, aud for Ger.
tain harbors, and removing Instructions
in. and Al the mouths OF certain rivers, and
for other purposes, for the year 1886. -
The bill had been reported to the House,
from :he Committee Of The Whole, with
sundry amendments the details Of which
were given At length, when the bill was
under consideration in committee.
The first amendment of the Committee
was concurred in without amendment.
The second amendment Of the Com
mi:see Of the Whole waste strike ont the
clause 'for continuing tlse improvement
Of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, from
Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, 10 New Orleans,
Louisisna. and from the mouth Of the
Ohio 10 the month Of the Missouri river,
one hundred and ten thoussnd dollars 81
and insert "for the improvement Of the
Ohio and Mississippi. from Louisville TO
New Orleans, seventy thousand dollars
for the Improvement Of the Mississippi
river, above the month Of the Ohio, and
the Missouri river, to Independence. fifty
thorsand dollars, 10 such manner, aud for
the removal Of such distractions, ~ the
Secretary Of War shall direct"
Mr. Smith moved 70 strike ont aEfty
tsonssnd dolIass." and insert thirty thou
sand slollsrs; lost.
Mr.. Hawes opposed the whole appro.
priation on the ground that its effect would
b TO increase fhs number Of officers oil
he Government.
Mr. Boon said that he wished TO ssy |
very few words befors the question was
laken. Mr.. B. said thai he bad been hon
1sed with seat in the House Of Repre-
,entatives during period cf nine years. |
md had uniformly voted for appropriations |
II money for the "common defence and
general welfare Of the United States, !"
whether the money was to b expended
n the Atlantic seeboard or in the Spnth, |
md De would now vote against tlle motion
i the gsntlemsn from Kentucky. B1t,
MD MI. B, Twill take this occasion TO
ldyise gentlemen. that unless more lib /
.ral policy should hereafter b extended
owsr1s me new States Of the West, be
ponld. IL his life shouid Be spared, sesusu,
4 the commsnceneut Of The next session
4 Congress, prepAred to orgAhize4 We4
sru influence, 1hst would b felt 19ainst
u appropriations d m0,ey sase q si.e
nnlil iustice saould 81 5o0s lOt
le peOplsEd fhs new 8lafes III tle Weat.
-. mid Mr. b, viii no longer consent
. isave th~Pe0ple of the new States tax- /