Richland beacon., 1881-01-29
The Mississippi improvement.

the ff'h Congress, but We had 70
expected 10 see the effort to rrocur,
appropriations for the improvement o
the Mississippi river meet with sucl
Treatment at the hands Of the Rive,
and l!arbor Committee The pole,
OF the friends Of the measure in plac
ing Il in the hands Of that commute.
seems TO have been O big ms,ak,
after all.
We Democrats Of he South hav,
been the willing and submissive ser
wants Of the National Demo cratic
party ever since the war; have voted
e'r the candidates proposed by the
northern wing of the party; have
asked for 10 political preferment or
emolument !; have carried the bulk O.
the political burtnen, and have recciv.
ed ell the abuse and calnmnv as a re.
ward for our zeal to the party, while
all our efforts to obtain relief and
material assistance from the Govern.
ment in the development Of our re-.
sources have met With downright
refusal or been treated with coatemp,
by the politicians whom we have
served.
Millions of dollars have been ex-
pended in improving the barbors and
rivers of the East, and a great rail-
road has been built across the northern
portion Of our country by the assi--
lance of the Government but. with
the exception Of the Eads je,;ies,
nothing worthy Of notice has been
done for the improvement of the great
river which drains, waters and bears
upon its bosom to the sea Cor should
the products Of the most fertile por-
ton Of the continent. And whenever
move is made to secure assistance
from the Government in this direction,
the whole East is at once nrraved
against the measure, our pretended
political brethren and friends mani.
testing o pucuIiarly vigorous oppos.
ton thereto.
We are a Democra.-will probably
never he anything else-~ben ii comes
to principles but We can see no logic
or reason 10 eiinging to aud support
ing men and measures. where u
political principles are involved, sin,.
ply because the majority of the par'y
favor them; therefore, we suggest to
our memhers Of Congress that here
after they form such Combinations aud
alliances as are likely to result in the
achievement Of those objects in which
their constituents are directly inter
es.ed. especially those measures tba,
will tend to the advancement of unr~
and sister states commercially and (
otherwise, regardless of party lines
or party lash. where they Fan do 81
without making any sacrifice OF rrin-
ciPle-and we Go not mean naud;in
when we say plinriple
either, but those principles that are
and ennobliag, that are isr-
)lied by the very word Democrat
government Tor the people by be peo-
Die. La the selection of cungres9meaHi
md President in the future we tx
,ect to pursue and advocate this pol.
cy. That is. We will inquire more
loosely into the interest felt and man.
tested by man for the prosperity of
ur country than bis party zeal.
n. B-Tbe above remarks were
ased on the erroneous statement, 90.
ng the rounds that the committee
you'd not report fuyorably on bill
0 improve the river. Since they
'srs in type we have received the
blowing telegram. which revives our
opes: t
Washington. d. c., Jan. 26.-Com-
'erce Committee Rivers and Har.
ors to-day adopted by unanimous
ote plans for the Improvement of
lississippi reported by Mississippi !,
liver Commission. e
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