The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-08-23

L he Democrats making q ktl@-'f t@45tb HI ~
fend the conduct Of the den1ocr@ L 5e*sfesenta-
lives from Louisiana, in voting / :a'ast the ap-
propristions to improve the rAtigas.on Of the
Mississippi and Red River. Its7n give no bet
I ter excuse for men voting against tte interests
n oftheir constituents, and against measures cal
culated 70 greatly beqefs Louisiana, than the
vague assertion that The Southwestern 1zin-
formed that opposition 10 a general system q
internal Improvement by the fedora! govern
ment is democratic doctrine" and thereby,
out OF its own mouth, gives an endorsement to
our statement that the Commercial Bulletin
ought not "to be surprised atfin4;h3 democra-
tic members of congress doing a., in teir pow
- - defeat > rneasnre calcula.Ad - benefit
tqleir own immediate constituent. We have
\ not as vet known them to consummta% a single
act calculated to promote the public "eltare;
and there is no earthly reason why the peqpIe
should ever expect any good to ernanate frotQ
such a source" For, according to our cotem-
porary's own admissions, democratic congress
men 90 TO Washington for the purpose OF car
/ rying out vaeue and abstract theories; and not
with the intention oflooking after the interests
of the State they represent, or Of striving to do
something to promote the welfare OF thar con-
! sdtuents; and we would be much obliged to our
contemporary Il il would point out when or on
what occasion he present democratic deIega-
ton in congress from louisiana, ave consum-
mated single measure that viii promote the
public welfare, thatefthe State, orof the dwell
! Ierss on. Red River Ne want facts, act
bare statements. +#
The Democrat. is equally as lame in its at
tempt to demonstrate how the democratic re-
representatives. from IQuisiaDa could socb erfll-
ly vote $4,000 to improve the navigation Of
Cape Fear river, in Nora Carolina-a stream
hardly entitled to the appG2laton OF a creek
and then turn around and ootaqgGi2sst an qppro-
pyiotion to Dspfovet6e KississtIg5 and Red R;y-
es8, in he STATE Of Louisiana! 1llo Democrat
says that the president explains his reasons for
favoring the bill, and we are left to suppose that
because Mr.. Pierce liked tie Cape Fear mea-
! sure, our Louisiana democratic congressman
were in duty bound to vole in its favor; and as
the president does not admire be great Missis-
sippi, they were equally bounG to vote against
any appropriation TO improved We have not
as yet seen in the Union or the htelligencer the
explanation. which our contemporary says, gen.
Pierce made on signing the Cape Fear river
bill, and hope twill be published IN it's columns;
and can only wish that at no distant day Louis
lana will send to congress men with.sunicient
independence TO vote in accordance With the
wishes and wants of their constituents, wi31eut
STOPPING to ask whether they please or anger
the president. But it seems to us, just INV.
that president Pierce, in signing the Cape ear
bill, himself nulIihed the creed of his party in
such matters, forone of the democratic martyrs
in returning river and harbour bill to e)ngress
said, that as it contained appropriations for i'm
proving rivers at points connected alone with
the trade of such river, and the exertion ofmere
local influences, |no,altematiye is left me butt
to use 4he unqualified yesos2
President Pierce sent to Congress, on the 4th /
inst, his veto on the river and harbour BILL
The National fnteliigcnccr t1oees,
was SO near the hour for closing its legislative
duties that there was no time to take the sense
Of the body on The bin returned: indeed, there
was no quorum present, and the message was
not opened or read" Never before, since the
organisation Of The government, has the house
of representatives Treated a president with such
utter contempt
| Our contemporary, e1ut. {. large majority Of the
party whose teuets it SC abiv expounds, differ
with the wings in regard to the propriety of
! the general government removing distractions
/ from the great rivers Of the Mississippi valley,
aid while their opinions are entitled to our
highest respect and consideration, we can but
wonder how the Democrat finds it unconsti-
ts5ional for congress 10 vote few dollars to make
our aver nayigablo, 50 that planters and mer-
chants residing on its banks and in its vicinity
may get thets produce to market; and in the
same breath advocate the constitutionalitY and
, democracy in congress voting away milIio, "
alternate sections Of public land (apoth1. .. :
tq' millions of dollars Of public n 49,, ~ s0
IN the building Of railroads.&c. ~ 90, ,o>on
prary inform US Vice. o,,.,-on,..t - o S
to0a authority to5stweop the dvelIsr IN" tSo
+"9 Z. u.s''sS% and the one who lives on the
,ar.;s - Yer. lfit is constitutional fof the
A. government to vote money for thb pur-
if aiding few individuals composing an
'sorporated company formed for tie purpose Of
building arallroad to the interior+~a mere in
dV1duai aud local enterprise calculated to ben
eht none but the stockholders and the NEIGH
borhood through which it runs, Thrust Of me-
cessity be equally rs constitutiona.for Tie rem
eral government to devote few dollars to i'm
proving the navigation Of river, rnoandnr;ne
tor hundreds Of miles through ricl lands and
whose banks are crowded with dties, towns
villages and plantations. The Constitution or
flee United States was not framed beneftona
class O. citizens only; but, on the contrary is