The daily union., 1852-05-11
CITY OF WASHINGTON TUESDAY MORNING, MAY II. 1852.

extraordinary kind Of business How will stand. sir
! i that line down Will 1t mol be productive OF
disastrous consequences 10 the whole ocean navigation,
so far as this country Il concerned Where have you
line to compete with England when you let this line 90
DOWN. Where have you foreign line that can live
upon the ocean alter that period shall come There IS
| not one. t
And doyou expect as stated by the senator from Vir
ginia. [Mr; HUsrER,] that after you let this line 20
the globe. you reestablish line and put 1t into
competition with the old and long established lines oi
England Sir the honorable senator from Virginia lMr
HUNTERl has made statement which have TO
less cannot concur IN and thats. he wants TO the
naval and commercial marine separated That not the
problem. permit to tell the honorable senator, which
steam is working out On the contrary, so far as we
have yet gone, working out new problem and
that is, that you have efficient navy which will
add TO the wealth. and the prosperity and the business OF
your country in time oi that you can unite hem
in other words. that you will not keep steam vessel
inc coal a. hessy sxcsnda and for no earthly PUT
pose but waiting for the contingency OF war. ae 4
Sir, see at this moment that In the East Indies the
English have converted the whole commercial steam
into effective navy for the purpose OF aiding
them in the prosecution OF The Burmese war and yet there
is not in that whole region one vessel that y equal 2,
from there to Eng land s that those vessels when they
have been thus converted into naval steamers are likely
to be effective any vessels in the English service
Mr.. President, will merely add this that if we let
this line go down nowf. after the immense expenses
incurred for its establishment we abandon It, will ven-
tue to make this prediction, that SO long as the govern
men Of Great Britain and the people OF Great Britain are
uoled to sustain their lines OF steamships free from the
competition which the gentleman from Virginia lMr
HUHTERl speaks Of and which right upon principle
that free composition can never compete successfully with
England. But while the competition is between the
American people and the English people, then the Amer
cans will most assuredy be successful But when the
English government and the English people unite with
immense capital OF that country, and when they de-
the whole OF their energies the maintenance OF
their lines they will seize the whole monopoly OF steam
power of the world; and then TO talk about American
citizens successfully competing with England under these
INNS s mt pf thn aon. On will
bring your steam lines home, and confne yourselves 10
inland trade and interior commerce. af-
| Now, sir you enter into competition with Great
Britain upon the ocean, SO far steam navigation s
concerned with her government, and her people, and
her capital all united in sustaining these lines! England
has never made such an effort as she IS now making 10
build up steam commercial navy. And she is recover
ing the dominion OF the ocean BY II which she probably
will do unless we afford reei to our line OF steamers
and risk 10 private citizens to Withstand the competition
kept up by England, in my humble opinion you will not
find four such steamers as the Collins line now have,
MI JONES' Of Tennessee. I de not intend to trespass
upon the Senate by making speech upon this subject
but simply desire 10 the difficulty have in giving
my vote for this propositions with the hope that some Of
its friends may be able TO remove IT, am as ANXIOUS
think 10 sustain this line as any gentleman that is in IA
vor of it. confess that the sentiments uttered By the
honorable senator from North Carolina MIR. BADGERl
weigh very largely with me, owing 10 the patriotic view
he has taken OF the subject So lar the patriotism and
nationality Of the question is concerned repeat am as
anxious 10 sustain this line any senator upon this oor
But with The impression have and with my conviction
my vote for this amendment. yi .sl ID e4#.U& 80
One difficulty that tends very much to bring my mind
to this conclusion is hisand have sought IN vain thus
far from the advocates of this proposon TO get an
PLANTATION which Nv was satisfactory 70 ny mind mus r lar
Cupard line, according the statement OF the gentleman
from Virginia. Mr. HUSTER] $l4, 1000 per trip Bot the
senator from Texas Mr RosKl on yesterday stated that
4 there was in the estimate made by the senator
from Virginia, Mr., HusTERl and that they received
El75,ooo per annum; and by making my calculaton
upon tns find ha, the CanaId line receive. between
line $4,000 per trip. and this proposition - 10 extend
from $4,000 to $4,000 irp Taking, therefore, the
this measure-to wit: fl75.oo0 per annum--it makes
between $4,000 and Sl7,o0J trip that the Cunarders
receive, and wa are asked to give 10 the Collins line
confess, sir. that there is difference between
these propositions and cannot, Tor the life OF me, see
how possible that our vessels csnno, run Tor less
$40 900 per trip know the has been made by
The senator from Rhode Island, Mr.. JAMEs,l and re
affirmed by the senator from North Carolina, Mr.
BADGER,l that the difference is 10 be found in the magn
tude OF the vesselin the increased cos, oil running
large vessel over small vessel; and they argue from
that that there this difference, and that we therefore
$4,000 .
| Now, Mr. President, think there is some mistake.
do not profess have the slightest knowledge upon the
subject OF navigation but do profess 10 have little
common about machinery, and enough OF 1t 10
/
cost oil running large vessel and small one which
gentlemen assume, Now, cir, II takes no greater num-
ber Of officers TO command large vessel Than il does
small vessel, and the only difference between running
large and small vessel is the additional number OF
hands necessary large and small vessel each re-
qure captain, the list OF officers, the same engi
neers, the pilots everything in this line Is ldent-
caly the and therefore there cannot be that der
epce. fe
But grant that there is precisely The difference that they
claim, and how will the stand ihen2 The Gu
narders average little less Than two thousand ions per
vessel-a fraction less the Collins avefage three thou
sand per vessel The Cunarders receive then about
900 for every thousand tons, which S6 000 Our ves
sells three tons burden giving them 900
every thousand lons you have $4,000; and that Is
the maximum OF u, even pou carry out the calculation
according 10 their Arguments and their own esiI-
mates Tha, assuming the ground, that just in propor
you the magnitude and the tonnage OF
vessel, Just in that proportion you must increase the
expenditure oil running and grating all this to be true,
they cannot reasonably raionaly appropriate sum
exceeding S24 600, WHILE al the lime, they are
deavoung the compensation to S33,60o This,
SIR is hs difficulty have; and If gentlemen remove
ii, shall be as ready to vote for the proposition as
they are I'll
should regard il as national misfortune TO have this
line fail, and am willing and anxious TO sustain them
as far as can consistently with my conviction OF justice
due the whole country But If are TO 60 on and In
crease The Compensation from $4,000 TO S33 900, IN my
humble Judgment, humiatng as II may be, IT Is better
Tor US to abandon Tor, sir II this will not
sustain them where shall find the means 10 sustain
ihem9 II we allow this enormous expenditure and pa
ronage of the government TO this line OF steamers, every
line will be entitled to come in and present claims Tor
equal amount of expenditure and patronage. as1 .