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to bs converted into was steamers, aud the right
reserved 10 take them Tor public use will add great
Iv 70 The strength and efficiency OF this description
,,r our Naval force. To the steamers thus an.
,borised under contracts made by the Secretary OF
tbe Navy. should be added five other steamers
authorised under contracts made n persuarce Of
the law by the Post Master General, making an
addition in the whole OF eighteen war steamers,
subject to be taken for public use.
As further contracts for the transportation Of
the mail into foreign countries may be authorized
by Congress, this number may be enlarged indef-
nitely
The enlightened policy by which rapid COM
municalion with the various distant parts OF the
globe by means Of American built steamers, would
find an ample reward in the increase Of our COM
mercei and in making our country and its resources
more iavOrably known abroad. But the national
advantage is still greater of having our Naval Off
GERS made familiar with steam navigation, and Of
having the privilege OF taking the ships already
equipped for immediate service at moments no
lice, and will be cheapy purchased by the COM
pany, by the compensation TO be paid Tor the
transportation OF the mail in them, over and above
She postages received,
A just national pride, no less than our CONNER
Gial interests, would seem TO favor the policy Of
augmenting the number Of this descripson Of YES
sells. They can be built in our cnunuy cheaper
and in greater numbers than in any other in the
world
The first of the American mail steamers author
lied by the act Of the Sd Of March 845, comnIeled
aud entered upon the service on the lst ct June
last, and is now on her third voyage to Bremen,
and other intermediate ports. The others Hess
authorize under the provisions OF that act are in
course Of reconstruction, and will be put upon the
line as soon as completed.
Contracts have akO been made for the Transport
tation of the mail in a steamer from Charleston to
Havana.
A reciprocal and satisfactory postal arrangement
mas been made by the Post Master General, with
the authorities Of Bremen, and no difficulty is ap-
preh ended in making similar arrangements with
sll the Powers with which we may have commu-
nications by mail steamers, except with Great
Britain.
On the arrival Of the American Steamer, hound
10 Bremen, at Sou hampton, in the month ofJunP
last, the British Post officer directed the collection
discriminating posLages, and other mallable mat
ters which she took out to Great Britain, or which
went into the British Post office on their way to
France and other ports OF Europe.
The effect of the order of the British Post Office
is to subject all letters and other matters transport
ted by the American steamers to double postage,
our postage having beer previously pad on them
TO the United States, while letters transported on
British steamers ar subject to pay hut single post
nge. This measure was adopted with the avOwed
object of protecting the British Line OF Mail Steam.
ers, now running between Boston and Liverpool,
and if permitted to continue, must speedily put an
end TO the transportation OF all letters and other
matter by American Steamers-and give to British
Steamers a monopoly OF the bus ness.
A Just and fair reciprocity Is all that we desire,
onl on this we must insist. BY our laws no such
discrimination is made against British Steamers
,hr;n zinc letters into our ports. But oil letters ar
vivmg in the United States are slGlect TO the same
,ro,os Of nostage-whether brought in British or
American vessels. / refer you to the Report of the
post Master General for full statement OF the
Cact Of the case, and OF the STEPS taken by him to
He has exercised all the power conferred upon
him by the laws.
,Lo ,lioc, IN the attention of the British govern
mept. and is now engaged in negotiations tor the
nnrnose Of adjusting reciprocal postal arrange
ments which shall be costly just to both coun-
tries. ---..-..-
should he fail in concluding such arrangements,
and should Great Britain insist on enforcing the
nnooual and unjust measures it has adopted, it
will become necessary to confer additional power
nm the Post Master General in order to enable him
10 meet the emergency, and put our own steamers
or an e1ual footing with British steamers engaged
in transporting the mail between the two coun-
tries. and | recommend that such power he con-
frtred.
In view ofthe existing state Of our country |
trust it may not be inappropi late, in closing this
communication, to call to mind the words of wis
dom and OF admontion Of the first and most illus.
trious OF my predecessors, in his farewell address
80 his countrymen.
That greatest and best ofmen, who served his
country so long and loved it 50 much, toresaw with
serious concern the danger to our Union of char
pctprising parties by geographical determinations
Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western.
whence designing men may endeavor to excite a
heliefthat there is a real difference of local inter-
ests and yiews-and warned his country against
it.
So deep and solemn was his conviction Of the
importance of the Union, and of preserving har-
uony betwesn its meneers that he declared TO
his countrymen in that address" 1t is of infinite
moment that you should properly estimate the
immense value of your National Union-to your
collective and individual happiness, that you should
cherish a cordial, habltual and immoVeabIe attach
ment to i, aeCustomlng yourselves to think and
sneak of it as a Palladium of your political safety
and prosperity Watching for its preservation with
jealous anxiety, discountenancng whatever may
SUGGEST even suspicion that it can in any event
be ahandoned-and Indignantly frowning upon
the first dawning of any attempt to ALLEVIATE any
norton of our country from the rest, or to eneebe
the sacred ties which now link together the vari-
GUS parts"
Alter the lapse ofhafa century, hesp admoni-
tone Of WASHINGTON fall upon us with all the
force nrtruth. 1t is difficult to estimate the inn
mense value Of our union of coniederated States,
to which we are so much indebted for cur growth
in population and wealth, and for all hat constl-
tutes us great, and happy nation. Unimportant
are all our differences of opinion, on minor qups-
tons Of public policy, compared with i.s preserva-
ton, and how sCrupulously should we avoid agita-
ting topics which may tend TO distract and divide
us into contendng parlies-separated by geo
graphical lines, whereby 1t may be weakened or
endangered.