New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-12
ruF HARgOR VETO.

JscbsoD and Van Buren, approved. Tnis could
10. be denied; but lis advocates urged that he
20 voted a. representative Of Mar Hampshire;
thst when be came to act as the chosen Pre,i-
den. Of Ms uhO!e Lh.0E, Lis course would be DIFF
fereut. This logic prevailed, and every State
considerably Interested in River aud Harbor In
provemeuts gave linn It's vote. What think the
People Of these States now that he h.s vetoed
the bill OF the la-t session What haze they to
say 70 the John Wentw0rths and John b. M,cys
VITO lured them into their present preiicanent
How DO you get along with Polk. Harbor
"Veto ?" ssked al Eastern man OF Wisconsin
Democrat, during the Presidential cabyass folOE-
inc that Veto Easy enough was the ready
respcnse; 1--WE abuse Polk and bis Veto worse
ethan the Wings can, 50 that they make nothing
"out of them"
The new Veto hiss this merit-Tith al It's IT.
resolution and special pleading, you cannot mis-
take lis diff nor It's scope Whoever accepts
the doctrines Of this Veto, whoever Imports the
author of tbs Veto, whoever henceforth rpholds
and aids to keep in power the backefs Of the
yo.oer, is a deadly foe or 4 sefseekiDg traitor 70
Whoever beuceforth tell. you that lie goes 1ltb
the Democratic party but doesl. quie agree With
Polk and Pierce and Douglas on this part GUAR
question, is trimming tricky sTindler, seeking
Office under tie cover of false pretenses. For
that whlted sepulcber which calls itself :he d sm-
ocIatic party has become the sbject implement
end seryltor Of the Slave Power, and the Slave
4 II 49,. o. Il
ment shall not improve Rivers and Harb)rs any
more than il fhall cherish aud uphold ilvers-
fed National Industry. virginia, the Caronas
Alabama and Mississippi, select and nominate the
Democratic Presidents; those Presidents knox
well WHO made tbem-thOse who wish TO be Dem.
ocratic candidates for President hereafter k1ow
also that they must square their opinions and
their votes By the South Carolina Standard or
they have 10 chance-so the whole thing is set
and Rivers and Marlboro have 10 more the ghost
of a chance. So long as tie Slave Power, acting
through the Sham Democracy shall make our
Predicts and control the Federal Patronage,
we sbail lave Millions after MilliOns squ4ndered
on purchases Of slips Of desert or Jungle on our
Southern frontier, on fOr.s and ornaments. on
ships and batteries but nothing or next to moth
ing. appropriated 10 advance Industrial pros
/ perity or promote the acts of peace. If the
Western People want Rivers improved or IIsr-
bOrs rendered safe and accessible they must
vote with and give power 10 the consistent ste adj
fact fiiends Of that policy; If not, they may do
az they have donc-tGlk for Harbor Improve
ments and act sgainst then-send Represents
-. l.
/ bat be sure TO have them headed by Presidents
/ no vii yetO and crush them.
/ We tisuk Mr. Pierce lor having taken up the
Shiny counsel Of certain pretended friends but
real enemies of the Improvement policy AID
rolled it in the mud # his own undeliable hos
tility. Thus he says:
There is another fprecsution in regNdt to
such which seems q me 10 be worthy Of
the confederation of Congress. IL -, 10 make GDDro
J74aftOH J0r crry UOrk ~ separate bH 20 that each
one shall stand On liz own Independent merits. ant,
Il 1t pass shsil DO 50 under Circumstances Of lezs-
!atye scrutiny emitting It - DC regarded ~ Of gem
eiG interest and proper subject Of charge on tue
Treasury Of the Union.
This dodge, you will remember, was invented
by Sias Wright, to cover his own deadly aversion
10 River and Harbor Improvement. There is DOT
capable of putting two ideas together who
does not LEoH that this recOmm sndatiOn is i'm
PEELED by implacabe hostility to any Ilarbor In
proyemeut whatever. Just Think of Congress az
tempting, at this ninety day session-with G. 5.
Houston leading the House and Badger to move
threedsy adjournments in the Senateto pass
fifty 10 hundred and fifty bills, sppropratng
5000 to $50 coo each for the imprOvemt nj of 80
many different harbOrs. In the first place, Hoas-
ton George. of Alabama. is a bitter enemy Of
tie HsrbOr Improvement policy. and has con
ceded precedence with his Annual Appropriation
bills over any such business as this. Who be-
lieves be would let twenty, even ten. bills for
the improvement OF this or that HsrbOr in the
Northern lakes. get even hearing And sup
posing be did, what could Congress know or DO in
the premises How is the House to know
whether there ough5to be pier at sag raw or at
Sheboy gan or whether this one ought to cost
$1,000 and that $50 zoo, or the reverse To
rely on the representations of the Member from
the district in each case would be very unsafe
for that Member has persO nal interest and pride
in setting the largest amount practicable Of Pab-
lie Money TO cxpeud in his own District No
Congress would have 20 turn back % and rel,
upon the report and estimates OF the Topographic
cal Bureau-that is TO ssy, OF the ideatcal an.
thority which was relied on in fra ming tie bill
which Mr.. Pierce has vetoed And il these est-
ms.es are to be followed in making sppropris
lions, what il: gained by splitting them up into
hundred different bills
Mr. Pierce rests throughout OF the quie, as