The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1852-09-07
, Surveys, S.ooo---amountIng in the aggregate

to 64s,li9 o. Nh tkAt
This bill was ordered, in the House, (June
| 28,) to third reading-yeas 1876; nays 63-
Mr.. Pierce voting In the negative-and passed
without division. wide House Journal, lst
sess. oath Cong, p. 1l27.)
| Mr. Wise, as usual, moved to strike out the
onacting clause, which failed--yeas 50; nays
1873; Mr.. Pierce, also, as usual, voting in the
affirmative, wide same. Journal p. ll24.) An
effort was mado by Mr.. Pierce and others to
exclude the appropriation for the Hudson, but
that failing, the bill passed; and General Jack
son (who was no huir-splitter) approved it.
Mr.. Pierce is found missing on TIE passage Of
the act Of July 4ta, 1896.
This act.may be found in tho United States
Statutes at Largo, B. & LIS. ed, VOL 8, p. 1913
lit made tho following appropriation, which in
tho aggregate amounted to $4Ss, 100 Al, avery
moderate bill and eminently just, as it let in
several States which had not participated in
former appropriations.
! 1t came up for consideration in tho House
of Representatives June 2S. Mr. Piorce's
name does not appear in the list Of yeas and
nays, though his whole course proves ho would
have voted against it had ho been present
Gen. Jackson approved the act, July 4th,
very good day for SO good deed.
His Vote against The act Of March Sd, 1887.
To be found in U. S. Statutes at large, d.
g. LIS. ed, vol 8, p. 1880, 100.
This act contained the following aspirations
which in the aggregate amounted to 1874, z
%. 1twas approved by General Jackson on
the very last day of his Presidency, and may
be considered sort of legacy from "Old
Hickory" to posterity. 1t is true he did not
approve all measures of internal improvements
such as the Mayville road bill, but be felt no
difficulty as to appropriations for Harbors and
rivers. 1t is strange his frequent inculcations
did not produce some effect on Mr.. Franklin
Pierce, for the above act was brought to vote
in the House of Representatives. Feb. 23, and
passed; Yeas 10Y, Nays 81, said Pierce voting
in the negative. Verify! Should he be elec-
ted President Tof which by the way, there is
but slender chance] he Will hardly tread in
''the footsteps of his ilustrious predecessor
BY what sort of licence, poetic or otherwise, has
this gentleman had conferred on him the title
of "Young Hickory" Heaven save the
mark!r
We will now ascend with Mr.. Pierce from
the House of Representatives to the Senate OF
the Unites States, and attend to his vote against
tho act of July 7th, 1888, being the last act
but one Of any Importance which has been
passed from that day to this. The act may be
found in the U. s. Statutes at large, B. & lie.
ed. VOL 8, p. 2SS-'9. 270.
The aggregate is 81 ,469, ,l0S A; but the act
provided that where any appropriation exceed
ed the sum of 81 1000, one half of the amount
should bo applied to the object specified, in
1888, and the other half in 1889. so that in Of
feet it made appropriations for two successive
years. The bill came up for consideration in
the Senate. July 9TH, and passed-yeas "a,
nays IL; Franklin Pierce voting in the mega
tive.
s.Apnrovoa Nh Hh i'fhfa2e VAN pUnEN.
A mere pittance aliorced for The improvement of
harbors and ripers for long period Of IL
gears:
There followed long interval, during which
time nothing was done for the cause of harbor
and river improvements; but on the Sd of
March, ls43, John Tyler, who now goes for
Pierce, approved small act entitled "An act
for tho protection of commerce on Lake Mich
igan." This act can be found at large, in U.
s. Statutes b. and LIS. ed, p.6l9, vol. g.
The aggregate of this appropriation was only
$4,000.
On the lIth of June, 1874. he approved an
act of considerable breadth, including the Mis-
sissppi and other important objects, with an
aggregate of 655, 900. June Is, 1914, he ap-
proved another act, appropriating l2,500 for
the harbor at Southport. Wisconsin; and on
the same day another for tho same sum for
the harbor at Racine, in tho same Territory,
and here all river and harbor improvements
have beon arrested.
The appropriations mado by the act of July
7th, 1888. were limited to the fiscal years of
1888 and 1889. and consequently terminated
on the LIST ofJanuary, 1910.
During the long interval of twelve years, on
the lst ofJanuary last, there has been expend-
cd on these important Objects only 100000;
being on an average the pitiful sum, of 90, ,333b
per annum ..f- .rr..--
In the meantime, tho lives and property of
onr citizens have been sacrificed 10 an incalcu-
liable extent Why is thisl Is it not because
the policy of Franklin Pierce and of men like
him, has obtained an ascendency in the govern
ment, and has ruled us with rod Of ironl
The ,choie System broken dovn By Polk's Ve-
to of 1916. ITO
| James X Polk and Franklin Pierce, were
| in the House of Representatives together, and
joined hands in resisting to tho utmost all har-
Dor and river improvements. And what was
the course of James X. Polk when President
of the United Statos? Did he not Veto on tho
Sd of August, 1916, an important river and
harbor bill; which had passed. tho two Houses
of Congrcssi 9 ...t.,.- .t.f
| This bill made the following appropriation:
The aggregate was 81 ,284450: of which 1t
was proposed to cxpend only 800, 9,450 in Now
England, ana in all the other Atlantic States,
100000 including Plattsburgh harbor and a
steam drcdge for Lake Champlain, while tho
bill conceded to ths harbors on tho western
lakes, Including the St. Clair Flats,) Sis5, 900
and to the great rivers otthe West and South
west, 100000; henco this should be regarded
as bill substantially for tho Improvement of
| Northwestern harbors and of WeA and South
western rivers. 1t passed the House of Repro
sentatives. March 20t-yeas 100, nay, o.
wide House Journal, lst Scss 29th ConA, p.
| 653. )rar 90 D ttlia
! Now England was at this time entitled t.
fill thirty-one seats in the House, but on
} assigned to New Hampshire was vacant. Sh'
was represented by thirty members, OF whom
twenty were Wings and ten Democrats. Oh
the passage of this BILL eighteen Of these New
: England Wings voted for il, viz: Severance, 0
} Maine, (thc only Whig from that State,) Foo
and Marsh of Xermnnt Ahhntt j. q. Adnms