The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-09-05

section OF act ID March, lSs7, incorporated =
sIses 42s IA
Mr.. YULEE. Mr. President, there is one of these
items which il seems to advisable to call the at
tenton OF the Senate The subject OF the steamship
vice has been referred TO the Committee Naval Affairs
We have gwen attention to the subject. but
not prepared al the present time TO report
The appropriation for the Bremen line contemplates
what may be considered sanction by Congress OF
new contract BY the OF the contract originally
made and sanctioned by Congress, time fixed
within which the service TO commence, and lmiia
uon of five years fixed to the duration OF the
tract 1t seems, however, that in ls47 Mr. johnson, the
then General by order Of his own extended
his contract-orginay for five years--to twice that
terminating ten years instead OF hye and proongng
the period within which the service 10 commence
from lS47 10 1850.
Thus, under the act OF is45, which know personally
the department did not consider in force in s47, this
contract modified and renewed Now, IL that act
in force for the making of new contracts, it
force authorize the Postmaster General thus to
extend the time OF that contract, and to change the
amour, OF service which the party entitled 10 per-
FORM because the time fixed in the original contract that
received the sanction OF Congress fixed the period with
in which the Havre vessels to be put into opera
ton. The contract also limited originally TO
ships, and augmented by this arrangement TO -four
ships so that not onlyahe time was augmented two
fold
Now this is the case which wish to bring before the
attention OF the Senate II sanction this appropra.
ton this side bar way OF providing for the extension o
contract TO double the amount oil service contemplated
even if il were preferred, and If the act OF 1s4s
were then in force and the Postmaster General had the
right to make the contract, the contract tseli
has ceased, | induced TO think, TO be in force
believe the commencement OF the running of the Havre
line limited to the LIST OF july 1880. Was it moi
soi
Mr. DICKINSON Yes; to the LIST OF July, 1850
Mr.. YULEE. Well, the LIST OF July 1850, is past
and neither OF the HavTe vessels has been put upon the
line II stated that OF these Havre vessels il
to be put upon the line in September That is no, ac-
cordng to the contract 1t is therefore in our power
without injury to the parties. and without causing
plant TO disagree to the extension Of the contract in the
manner contemplated.
Now, think il will be advisable to strike out the APP
preparation 40 far az II extends to the Havre line will
state the In the fret place. there now
tract subsistng and any legislation proposed will be
equivalent to contract In the next place, il will be
better that any action whatever taken by Congress upon
this subject shall extend the whole OF this subject
matter II il probable that during this session Of Con-
gress and before long, the Committee on Naval Affairs
may make report which will the whole matter OF
the steamship service connected with the naval
men OF defence II 10 better to act upon The whole sub
ec together There special reason for puitng
hdence in this Bremen company. The steamships they
have already furnished for any portion OF this service are
the very owsst steamships put sfoat by any Americas
or British company, They have gwen Us assurances
bducesnto believe that the have any great
or extraordinary qualifications for the production S
seamships calculated to add anything the lame Of the
country or TO the ecsncy Of that branch OF the naval