The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1832-08-11

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havo supposed, would have been TO tho
mind Of the gentleman from Kentucky ~
Tho vessel that makes voyage coast
wise, from Boston or Providence to. Sa-
vannah or Charleston, is not apparellcd
OF furnished as to The sails, rigging, ca
bles, and anchors, as are those vessels
which double Capo Horn, the Capo oil
Good Hope, or enter the North Sea. In |
some Of the foreign voyages two or three
suits Of sails are required, and every
thing else which belongs to a vessel, or
is necessary to enable her TO perform q
voyage, in that proportion; but the vessel
that makes a voyage constwise, in stu
ation to touch at any intervening port,
were any accident to happen TO her, to
render It necessary, can 70 from port TO
port and return with but q fcw sails in ad-
dition to what is at all times necessary,
and with but small quantity Of extra rig
ging or furniture ofany kind. Then, sir,
il is submitted to the House that the a.
mount Of duties which are paid on foreign
articlcs'used in vessel in the one case, in
addition 10 those which are used in the
other, is Of itself sufficient to warrant the
distinction made in vessels Of the two de-
scriptions named in this section OF the
bill, IL thcro were no other reasons which
could DO assigned. There are, in one of
the ports in Massachusetts, not thirty
miles from my own residence, one hun
drcd and sixty ships, all ofwhich are en-
ployed in tho whale fishery, and whose
ordinary voyages are three years. 1t is
not for me now to mako an estimate ofthe
amount ofthe articles charged with heavy
duties which are necessary to enable any
one Of these vessels TO perform ono Of
these voyages. Every ship Of three hun
drcd tons carries at least three anchors Of
eighteen hundred pounds each; for, If l
do not forget, the weight Of the anchor is
upon scale Of six hundred pounds to ev-
cry hundred tons; and many ofthese ships
haycA in addition to tho three anchors,
/. one which is called spare anchor. The
!, weight or number Of iron cables attached
10 ono or these vessels, in ono of these
voyages, am not now prepared to state,
but think the gentleman from Maine
was fully authorized in his declaration,
that ot,c Of these vessels has attached TO
her larger quantity of iron than ary OF
the STEAMBOATS, which navigate our bays,
sounds, or rivers, including in the esti-
mate the whole Of their machinery and
apparatus Of every kind. 1t will also be
rccollected, that in the construction Of
ships for foreign voyages, the quantity Of
iron and copper used is greater than that
used in our Steamboats,, especially those
intended only for the navigation Of the
Mississippi, Ohio, and their tributary
streams. The same number Of iron and
copper bolts, and of iron knees, are not
required OF found necessary in one case,
which are required in the other.
| Ihave not said Mr.: p. conyersed with
the Secretary Of the Treasury, or the
Chairman Of The Committee on Manufac-
lures, to learn their reasons for the dis
elimination which the gentleman quest
ions in such strong terms !; but perhaps
the true ground Of distinction is this -
Our coastwise navigation is confined cx-
clusivelv to American bottoms--foreign-
crs are excluded from our coasting trade
l-our lakes, rivers; and sounds, are navi-
gated exclusively BY our own steamboats,;
and trust this will, rs it always has, ev-
er be the case but, in regard TO our reg
istcrcd tonnage, that has to contend a
gainst the navigation Of the world, pro-
tectcd ,fostered & encouraged as that nav
igation is, by many nations of the globe.
And Iwo1ld ask gentlemen whether this
discrimination in favor of the registered or
|{oreign tonnage is such discrimination
as will ipjure any ofthe other interests of
| tho country. But / will not cavil about
BARS, or dispute with tho gentleman A.
bout points in regard to which we ought
to agree, and to settle our difficulties. l
now say 10 tho gentleman, that If he re-
mains dissatisfied with tho discrimination,
he is at liberty 80 to alter the section as
to put steamboats, on an equality with our
registered tonnage. If, as the gentleman
has stated, there are invested in steam
boats on our Western waters FIVE millions
Of dollars, and the, average loss upon
which, is twenty-five per centum annual
| ", think this interest is entitled TO an
encouragement beyond that which is pro-
vided for in this section Of the bill. But,
after all, Mr.. Speaker, what is the a
mount of the miserable pittanco which