The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-06-11

tcian; but the greatest fdur pas was in refusing
commission which would have defeated his enc
mics in Washington, his country's enemies in
Mexico. and all his enemies for the campaign OF
lS4S. Throwing away the best card ouf, he has
thrown away the game; and there is one candi-
date fairly out of the way.
TwENTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
In senate.
WAsHIseToN, Tuesday, June 3, 1876
ATLANTIC MAIL srEAMERs
A bill for the relief of the owners of tho ship 0sn
Webster Atherton, Archer, Allen, and Clayton when.
On motion Of Mr.. LEWIS, after several Intellectual A.
tempts. the bill laid the table and the Senate
sumed from Friday last the annual bill of Post Once
The amendment pending was a proposition by Mr..
Miles, 10 appropriate sac 900 for line Of steamers from
New York TO Bremen for sa5 900 moro for another
line from New York to liverpool These arc mere inia
tory appropriation guarantee like the paying OF hve
dollars upon bill Of i've hundred that the contract is
legitimate.
Mr.. NILES &C. tdinsy defined the object Of the amend
with arkable clcarness and ability. The Post
master General had already contracted for tho Bremen
line, and this act intended to ray the conract-as
also to authorize similar contract to Liverpool was
designed that the Bremen line should consist Of four
steamers, which should make an aggregate OF twenty
trips year cost for mail transportation OF $3.50 600
should consist Of five steamers Of at least 1000 tons
each, at contract Of S3s6,0oO per annum II was
thought it could be done for that MrNles dwe upon our
political relations with Germany the increase Of cm
grants from that quarerthe increase Of commerce. ana
Of the still greater advantages o. the inc 70 Liverpool
were now paying to Great Britain We hsyeno law
postage even ns The contract Dl
by which the ships to be built with adaptation
to the service of the government in case Of to
be sold to il when wanted undo an arbitration With
these lines we should be enabled to divide the profits of
the msilswh Great Britain 1.-THE system Is to be
adopted ought to be adopted at once In theevent Of
war; the advantage of these steamers was selsvident
The British paid about fsouco for their lines
of steomers and said that they we're already re-
al n
valuable merchandise would go on increasing py the
saSsc we'll I wory Ss Of Congress
Mr.. ALLEN said he had not heard proposition for
some time in the Senate which required IN mas %
body. He knew as the starting point, Of no authority
for tho establishment Of a mail steam navy between
New York and Liverpool, or New York and Bremen
the bounties of the government We had the manuiac
laws and now you propose an ocean steam navigation
monopoly, supported by the bounes ofthe government
would sop ni one cUmmenced Boston Phsdsphia
Baltimore, Charleston. and New Orleans would demand
allowed them to start with Then the little sesports
would all in each claiming steamer or the bene
fit of line Of steamers Start this system sir and i
will not stop, till the IL covered with mail war
steamers and the people weighed down with taxes
The post office establishment will have to be n great
monopoly Of steamers to Europe. He denounced tho
idea that establish those lines, because Great
Britain had done He secuted all examples Of Great
Britan-the who nothing to admire but the ex
amples of Great Britain, had a wart his nose He
hoped the government would keep clear Of those
binatons We have lost enough already by thcm--thc
very Union had been convulsed fsm its extremities to
its centre by its connection with protected corporations
If wanted mail war steamers anywhere, we wanted
them in communication with Bucnos Ayres There
they might be Of service to the interests OF our
Of our commerce. and said that having grown up from
the enterprise Of the American people, he would depre
Mr. DArTos undertook to set the senator from Ohio
right in several points, wherein he had miscon-
act Of sas gave the authority to the Posmas
ter General 10 contract for the transportation Of ocean
mails by lines Of steam packsts MT Dayton detailed the
poscd and unqualified in his advocacy Of the system
tenn adopted to contribute greatly to our commercial
Mr. HuNrrroroS took the view, but thought the
Bremen line would not pay, because, among other req.
to Bremen than by the ocean route through. No
doubted that the Liverpool line would pay but there
men line, he thought il would be best to do 20.
Mr. SIMMONS in his appeal for making the experiment.
eat OF and letters the us
amounted TO million and half per annum and the COM
pany were about TO duplicate their steamers, which
the support Of these British steamers to three millions
per annum a.
posed scheme. The city Of New York had taken no d.
rect agency TO secure this monopoly-thc bids wcro
open to the whole country He next exhibited that our
commerce with Great Britain double that of our
trade with France and the Hanse Towns combined ex.
tODaccO-heuce
the Liverpool line There could DO NO doubt Of its re-
muneratng the government. He described the advan
tages Of steam shpssad this scheme would answer as
substitute or the ten steamers OF Mr.. Fairfield
and upon this and the fact that by establishing these
lines, we should secure part Of great business now
monopolized by Great Britain; and powerful auxiliary
Of defence in Of war; he in favor Of both
lines.
Mr.. MoRrHEAp, spoke IN unqualified opposition to the
subject There was telling whore the expenditure
would stop if once commenced. In the course of his
remarks, he paused for a moment when Mr.. Benton
arose to his feet
Mr.. BrSros-Is the Senator done
Mr.. MoREHEAD-No, sir not yet
MIR. BEsToS-Well, the Senator will 20 forward
cheerfuy give back, as long rs he bangs away At this
concern.
mail steamers, said the Bremen line was set down at
$500 600 per annum, to begin with.
Mr.. MoRgHEAp-Why, sir, here IL m item Of $25,o0O
in the anne ndment.
Mr. Dr-That 10 intended the sanction Of the con
trache money not to be paid till the service is rem
dered.
MIR. MoHEHrAp--I suppose the money viii be paid o.
MIR Dn-CertainIy, sir.
Mr. MoREHEAp then showed that the ultimate result
would be a Bremen line, at 100000 per annum, and
and when they TO run In once week, there was no
telling whore the expense would stop
Mir. BESroSl look upon this project, sir IN twofod
aspcct-ht 1t 10 intended 70 make money; secondly, 10
increase mail isciliaes with Europe Now, sir, the
ton Give the government large plantation and slaves
work it, and Il would break down in the Job We have
tflcd hand al inc salt oTks, ana u We
have gone digging lead ORE and has 900
year, and another bill has Just como in from the other
House to sell out sir We can't do anything in the lead
business Then you had your live oak plantations In
Florida sir; and said at the time that for every cubic
foot Of this live oak which was worked up into ship II
would cost cubic foot Of silver or geld sir don't re-
collect which and don't which, but there 10 any
dispute about it, will stick to the gold Some years
ago sir the country was mad with this morus multi
csus mania recollect sir wa: afraid then the 60
vernment would be apt to go into this morus muitcsus
srd have largo plantation OF its own But We
escaped that The moru; S mucsuls went
Co. Now having got clear Of the morus null.
scauli, &c arc going to try our hand at carrying
isttsrs abroad We can make money BY that, per-
20 from carrying letters at home. Why, sir this 10
nothing more than multicaulis speculation. We
shslI be like Moses the Of the Vicar Of Wakefield
then he entered into the speculation Of the purchase OF
horse We shall find the animal will cost more than no
is worth sir Oh yes. Great Britain has several lines OF
mail steamers; but where, sirl She has them plying to