The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-10-13
0eas Pisse svand f.sernAl Imprsvemsnts.


sssm ,(aca. Pierce and fnsernAI I'm rovemsnts.
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IS I'VE COPY in aanother column, IAN able article
fsom the New Ham shife Pssfsot, upon General
1g Pierce, l. iasnti6Sd Will The Of Internal
rlmPs.vs men.s 9 1, will hes besns in mind ~
ID lihoses vheAoGen.i Pssace the Justice 10 dis.
spassouately perdse dis article, thar The wing
I orators and jenrpal;st. ., the country, have
labpred most assiduopslsI and unfairly, carly
and late, in season I'D cot. 90 prove that Gen.
Pierce, i, and everhd sesn, opposed to voting
I . cen, from the n ,donll Treasury, for improv
- ing rivess and hasbass Especially have, these
men struggled Is tfaseeu this impression upon
the minds o. people Ia Tie " est, where the sub
s jrct takes = deeper hold spon ths. public mind
: ssd poesesses more interest fss he people. than
perhsps in any sther portion Of the codntry -
= Neither Gen. Pierce, nor bic friends, fear to
meet This i.sac, when, fairly presented. His
VA op,nions spon this saajectcossespo peccisely
alswtb those Of JacASon, Van l:u.ca Polk, and
other leading statesnan of the democratic party.
,sEsIte has, sever Observation-Disclosures which
were Of nstieaal Yiunas.seee, anless connected
With sach.ss wee clearly and undeniebly Of .
local chasaeter IN profession there j. little, If
any, difference 10 the two p9rties i but in prac.
tee there is : very wide difssrnce. In theory
+, the democratic party recagnise. broad line Of
~ demarcation between general and, lsc.lsiu,-
,prsyements ard in ,prpcsce faithfully sdhere to
j.; while the Federal party. holdte the, same
theory, but when il comes 70 acting include ev.
thing ip its idea Of general improvements.
To such an extent did this doctrine obtain with
that party, during the standardization of yohnie
Adams, that in 1899 when Gen. Jackson canat
into power, works had been surveyed and esti-
mste6 lot, W dieeaoh u w ig!dveinm-nt. 10
y I'D Snio6nt over one hundred ana four MILLIONS
'e8 OF dollars. a Among them sas I Road from
is' wsshing f6E City 10 New Ofleans, estimated to
cost 'S6me sir iS,ii,ioss ~ dollars = canal
, FROM Lake Michiga6 % The iwsbssh rivef, eve
,nllions Of dollars :; sicahai from the Tennes.
% 'Sees6 the Savannah river, dbout four aid kai
mslzions; canal and rallrosd7 ffo6S the Ten.
4, nessee 20 Tie sAItanshs ivel. iboal iasr a~4
sra half lNiiiseas canal from The Jamesto the
s"i Kapahwa iver assss rsaiiiioxs; na.ssusl from
= Wsihang City to'Bdsslo. about sipo s.,n;o.s;
canal from the Msrsinack 4 S:onnc9f =. Ssnapee
Lake, 10 the Connec,icut, shout .. mil,os and
xay'' Here are I rev, facts, = which serve 10
illustf,te the extent Is which ne sse4l.i pasy
cary the doctrine 81 1nsern. pro,
embracing not only rivers and hsrboras q iacil
itate the commerce between the States, but
= roads ef every ,dssosiptise, ssnchl AS macada
"a ,nised reeds ard rails>sds. -, alss canals {,
sswas stozeheek zannatssl AppeGas fss squaa.
d ovias The public ireasuse, slaiHr season from
itsslgisve excunissssiaie the ,fasoidaaisg fields
eisf sescolasios and restore the ssoyerpme1. TO
It's ancient simplicity, ,esoaosayg sa4 viftifs,
I.Nw which Pyospted ,be ImmoFsl cksaa, 10 sesiss
WITH lhe ior>e Of his great mind and The power
Of ms graf maze. this dangerous system He
"q 1a~esith tiseevt.of GPhzinsopbsr, .shG, uuiess
a'bsid and decided sSs6Rd Gds al cn. TO caecx.
the wild and rash rasSt sfAnees which the policy
a~sSf sAdssslhdd .supesiAadeea! shae' a,S nation
Tsg wouldssbe sihSsived "a "a asshense.,munt If
III eApeAdituse indd dsSl tdtSles hbonsi,reople,
'aa which - sld stsubw ,ssA o. The uibse arduI
6us'labn sndsoppressite isxssSnis u overcome
as'sls Alsenfsse seized ese oppSruni.v'o Sjsh al
shs'ftsvrScy efss siasesS tpits4Sl isad ~ boiH.
mes Of an independent sistesmas, md sscordrd
HE solemn judgm.n. and determ,nstau .v,inst
she policy. The clsusor. of his s oppoa;us. as..
u bed him not; the thsslts and inyeeiivsts Of
II; enemies. which ~sr. showsr-S it ;.p sst ~
ofhal, upon h,s dev.asd bod, wers disrsiea1 4.
His rolisy was thss. ~Aieh ~ss Am aoae DIV
vssssn and expesisaes, prsd-nc sh1e aNsstSa
and he VS. not the MN - b dissdf6&d ~ III
clsgfrs ofs1s @sb- NePaaser. bys - 81 O.
vsald jazlsee r.eT rsds Inn 1nso ssimiiDios
Gee, R;seee, during ~ 60 rsssisQ.l Tsf
siavsv s'med e cssy ,liey md prSlsei
~ people rem sp-cieus sclS| 81 proaiesse
snd ssss ulaiive natisssliee slst.on, which would