The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-10-08

often il may be necessary for The public interest that
vessel with all her gnns her armament and ammunition
on board be taken into dock for the purpose OF stop
ping leak which is suddenly discovered. She may be
aken INTO stone dock, and the repairs ade. and she
De sent OIL to sea without unloading her armament and
provisions and u is 10 be hoped that II may be done in
this noaing dock But il cannot be done il merchant
sesse y N Inc dock and have TO wait for he 70 be
finished IL is proposed, however to take that merchant
vessel out the railway. Now This is 10 be done only
BY the application OF very power and it is very GER
tain that the owners Of these private vessels when they
once get into the DOCK not going allow their yes
sells to run the rsk OF transfer upon these RAILWAYS
fhis matter Of railway Is mere matter OF experiment.
MIR. COOPER have one word to say in regard 10
the arr umen Of the senator from Maine which Il seems
to me, is most extraordinary one-yiz; that mer-
chant vessel requires but little tine to repair Now,
il is known to every that many Of our merchant YES
sells large those vessels which compose cur
fleets They often want much and as thorough repair
as the vessels composing our national marine, and they
require Just much time 10 repair Now, II ID not 80
that thirteen or fourteen vessels can be docked and
paired once and you have only to refer to the state
impossible He states The Norfolk dock to be 2lO feei
long by so feet wide. Now, do not all know that
one OF our tcass packet ships would be all that could
be taken into Of these docks at time They are
often $50 feet long, and 30 and perhaps than 80 feet
wide; and it would be impossible 10 take in more than
one in such dock the one at Norfolk, Now, thisis
the objection that is urged against having these docks
open To private vessels. have kind of hesitation in
doing thing that be properly done in order 10 ia
mprce ali the faces that are requisite But, sir, sup
pose ship wanting large repairs were 10 be dockod tor
the purpose of epairs mean one OF our private ves-
selscould il be removed for national vessel that re-
qured repairs In certain circumstances where the re-
pairs might be trfng, might give place 10 national
ship II the repairs were necessary to I But might pc
in such state that could not be displaced for any such
purpose. Now, do not know that the government is
bound 10 provide facilities OF this kind for private
sels at the expense OF national vessels All that may be
done without preudcing the national vessels may be
properly done; bni beyond that ought NOT 10 60. II
willing that they should receive all the incidental ad
yantages they can from this or any other appropriation
but am not willing that the national treasury sheuld be
made bankrupt in order 10 advance the fortunes OF pr
w vas 2. individuals / i i not 50 a. all u, that great number
small vessels might be, but not large vessels sh
Mr. SEWARD. The argument in favor OF striking
out this portion proceeds upon two grounds-one that
the Uniied States have not high responsibility TO
discharge towards the mercantile marine, and the other
that has not as much interest IN the mercantile marine
has in the national marine Now, understand il to
be the duty OF the United States to regulate commerce,
and that the government is charged with the response
@ Of s.s M s s o ss ~
the national marine II certainly has as high an interest
in III for it connects itself Immediately with the revenue
s 5 ns be s them IS for CON-
gressthere being other provision for the merchant
marineto open their dry dock for that purpose espc
cally II be done without serious Inconvenience TO
the public marine Now, we know the fact that there 10
such provision there for the merchant marines and is
there any immediate prospect that there VIII ne one e.
10 our merchant vessels Not only our commerce
Of the benefits growing out OF such establish.
ment on the Pacific ocean Vessels coming from Chit
ma obliged, wanting repairs, TO go around Cape
Horn 10 be repaired and If they are not in condition
to make the voyage they are lost Il is therefore,
il to me, indispensable necessity to provide
such an establishment the Pacific coast Thess vesr
sells may well enough navigate the placid Pacific but
could not endure the voyage around the Horn Then At
that the only question which is presented 10
whether sufficient taken in this bill TO provide that
public vessels shall have the preference. cannot imsg
Inc how that could be provided for more strongly than Il
is in the last clause Of the section, viz:
when occupied by vessels Of the navy, 10 which
preference shall nj all times bc given" p esf3a3N
Now submit that those who opposed to this pro-
vision still bound TO submit TO some mere form OF
words to the preference, and that Is all
The question being then taken on the amendmcnt,it
was lost-yeas %, nays 25--as follows;
YEAS-Me.srs. Atchison, Badger BaInwel Berrisn.
Bright Cooper Davis OF Massat hnsets Davis OF Misss
s,pp, Daw,on Dayton, Dedge Of Iowa. Downs, Hunter
King, Mason, Morton, PeaIce Pratt, SPruanoes Tufney.
Walker, Whltcomb, aud Yulee-2S. .s.f1
NAY5-Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Csss Chase, Dfcktn-
son, Ewing, Foo'e, Fremont Greene Gwip Hale Hsmn'
Houston Jones' Mangum Norris, Rnsk, Seward, Shields,
smItb, Soule sturgeon, Wales, and WinthroP-D
fro BE CONTINUED