New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-08-03
LcoMMUNIcATEp.1 II
Hon. Miles Taylor and his Votes In Congr
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Hon. Miles Taylor and his Votes In Congre1
To the People of the parish of Lafourche: VIA
You are called on by the Democratic party Cr
Louisiana to vote for the Hon. Miles Taylor for (nool
gress! Before having complied with that deman
would be well for you to know that Mr.. Taylor
one among many who voted in the last Cong5pmpnrI
against resolution under which the " bill to rensate
distractions in the Bayou I4afourche, LouislaEsey
might have passed the House of Representatives g'
become law, for it had already passed the Sen 9ti.
Let us examine the record: noorrst
We all know it to be cardinal doctrine of the De'sh
cratic party tooppose appropriations Of public none
at Washington to improve our rivers and harbors
But an individual Democrat may sometimes be found
who votes for such appropriations ,chn his ocn Dis
trict, while he is bitterly opposed to all out of it.
This struggle between political principle and personal
interest may have prevailed somewhat with Mr..
Taylor in the case before us. But his very decided
opposition to river and harbor appropriations else
where in other States than ours, under this Demo-
cratic dogma, enabled Mr.. Taylor successfully to kill
the bill making appropriations for the improvement
of Cape Fear river in North Carolina" (page SID
which success, unfortunately for the people of La
ourche, extended itself also to the bill to improve
that Bayou, in his own District as the sequel here
will prove to you.
by reference to the journal of the House for the
last session. you will find at page l26 that nearly one
hundred bills which had passed the Senate were on
the Speakers table awaiting the action of the House
Among them, you will enumerated, the large st
number were river and harbor bills for different Sec
tons ofour country and for Louisiana they embraced
the survey of Atchafalaya Bay and its approaches
another the survey of the Fails of Red liver, near
Alexandria :: another to provide for continuing the
improvement of the Mississippi river, aud another to
remove Instructions in the Bayou Iafourche, Louisi-
ana together with the bill already mentioned for
the Improvement of Cape Fear river in North Caro-
lima. The appropriation for Latourche $3l 900.
Now, in order to reach this mass of demands for
harbor aud river appropriations the chairman of the
Committee on Commerce (Mr. Washburn,) wisely
| proposed the following resolution. See page 572.
Resolved, That the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union be discharged from the
further consideration of the bill Of the House, (H r.
295) to continue the improvement of the Cape Fear
river North Caro2na, and that the House proceed to
its consideration; and that when under considera-
| ton, ii shall be in order to submit amendment
thereto, embracing similar provisions for rari0us
other ricers and hdrbors!
| Had this resolution been adopted, the chairman
was prepared to move an amendment, embracing
all similar provisions for various other rivers and
harbors' already Indicated and among them the bill
to improve Bayou Lafourche.
The first motion in order was to dispense with the
rules, 50 as to enable Mr.. Washburn to submit his
resolution. Two.thirds necessary to decide The
vote stood-yeas l24 nays So. So the motion was
carried and the rules dispensed with, notwithstanding
Mr.. Taylor voted against it, and did Thomas Green
Davidson
| Thereupon, Mr. Washburn submitted his resolution
and the question came up, will the House agree to
the resolution Twothrds necessary to decide The
vote stood-yeas los, nays &c. This motion lost
because twothrds did not vote for it. Mr.. Taylor
voted against it of course.
Mr.. knowton then moved a reconsideration, which
was carried, the vote being-yeas LOG, nays IS. Bat
Mr.. Taylor here again voted against it, and 50 did
Thomas Green Davidson.
The resolution of Mr.. Washburn now being up a
second time and in order for second trial. the vote
on its adoption taken, and the resolution a second
time was lost. The vote being--yeas ll3, nays so
Twothirds not voting for it. Mr. Taylor is found
again voting against it before, who, with Thona:
Green Davidson and few others, succeeded this time
in killing it as dead as Julius Cesar! See page 57G
and 81.
On the same day Mr. Wnslow moved to consider
Tie Dill NAMING appropriation lor Ine improvement
of Cape Fear river, n. G., pithout the condition il
the other resolution Of taking up other simlar bill
as amendments Mr.. Taylor's vote is found in tn,
negative. See page 81.
Men of Lafourche! this is your Representative
You elected him to protect your dearest interests a
Washington. You want the distractions in YOU
Bayou removed, but Democracy will not permit Mr.
Taylor to vote, as principle, for appropriations fo
harbors and rivers because it is against the creed
the Democratic party! He might favor such to som,
extent within his own District upon a direct vote
but how can his constituents on Lafourche ever eX
pect to get through him what he positively refuses tc
others-and he must refuse others Or he cannot bt
good Democrat!
Bayou Lafourche must therefore go without this
aid Of the General Government. You can never ge
it until you have a Representative of the Old Lint
Wing school who advocates the old Wing doctrine o.
free appropriations of the public money to improve
our harbors and rivers and thereby to improve on
commerce and our agriculture!
Had Mr.. Taylor's politics allowed him to advocate
this good old doctrine Of the Wings, your Bayou
would now be navigable from end to the other
and your lands would not be overlooked in high water
| &MERICUS.