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The Beards Were Right: Parties in the North, 1840-1860.
From:
Civil War History
| Date:
March 1, 2001| Author:
EGNAL, MARC
| COPYRIGHT 2001 Kent State University Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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Toombs of Georgia: Nine-tenths of the [internal improvements] bills which have been reported, I think are for the [Great] lakes.... Not one of these bills is for the Atlantic coast.... This time the western rivers are left out. I do not think the Ohio gets anything now.
Pugh of Ohio: Not a cent
Toombs: The Ohio river is quiet this time. They either have stopped mending the works or they are not amendable.
--Congressional Globe, May 27, 1858
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