The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-04-27

aud we will beat her with steam ships, 4 this govern
men will only protect commerce with the same lib,
efalty with which the English government has protected
hers That is the great question IN this case
| The English government and the English people are
very wise and very LIBERAL too with regard to The man
agemen OF their great interests They do mol ac-
compsh many magnificent projects as we do; but
they have keener eye TO their own interests. we es
tablished line Of mail steam packets to iavre and pre-
They bring freight and passengers IRON the conii-
nsnt by way OF Havre and Bremen, TO New York Now.
what do we find the Cunard line dong Why. in order
70 cripple our line, and secure 70 themselves the monopoly
OF the Cunard line have, undersiand established line
OF small steamers, running from Liverpool TO Havre. by
which they carry free OF charge, all goods from that
point Liverpool ntsnde be conveyed in their steam
TO the United States This they have done, and are
doing The very last packet which arrived brought
thus piece OF foreign news
"BELawM The Belgium papers state that Il is The IN
tcntion OF the Cunad line establish line of steamers
bstweea Antwerp and Liverpool, to connect with the
Is evident that England is endeavorng TO control
the passengers the freight and the postage from the con-
tinent to the United States land that, unless we sus-
interests
desire here to call the attention Of the Senate TO the
effect produced upon the public mind OF England by the
establishment ofthe Collins line. read from the
authority, (ChambeB0
"The American steamers that irs piled regularly on the
American route were the Washiagtoa and Hermann. Of
about thousand tons burden They, however, did not
depend entirely the British traffic, but made the port of
Bremen. at the noa,h Of the river Weser in Germany
passage up and down The British Channel The line of
BY ~a
OF five OF three thousand burden, three hum
horse They are named after The various Of
the world-the Atlantic. Pacific, Arctic, Baltic. and Adr-
vet built except the Great Britain, and their competition
is to be treated lshuy The merits OF the rival lines
i 'Thus commenced that rivalry which has made
gigantic raoe-conrse of the Atlantic oceana
long that the difference in the longitude Of It's ermn makes
difference OF nearly five hours in the time of day and
thus while the people at the American end are rising from
their beds. those the European have got through much
OF their days work The 'hying horse Chlders and other
noahes OF the turf have done great deeds in their way
but they shrink insgni cance compared with the
performances OF steamer propelled by steamer equal to
day, over angry, restless waves tweuyl and
times forty three feet high, chasing each other at dis
thirty miles An prizes the tari paltry
with ths, for which these contend
ard safe unicaton between great continents,
and two mighty nations Hitherto tue superiority has
not been distinctly declared either side,
eapsed.'
But what is more important in this case is, TO show
what has been the result Of the establishment OF the Col
Inns line upon interests at home In the first place,
It's effect upon our treasury OF which we have heard
much: Have We lost money by il! BY the statement
furnished by the Post Office Department, and laid before
the Senate by the senator from California, appears that
we have not los. cent but. on the contrary, gained
$3S673 SO. That statement shows that the revenue de-
rived by the United States under the operation OF the
treaty and by the establishment Of the Collins
OF which there had been paid to Collins, for
his service for two years 10000 90
s5s,675 50
Or nearly $4,000 per into the hands OF the gov
eminent over and above what they have paid do not
pretend a an .as y p1saSs ~, Was derived from letters or
derstand the account in that way But il is nevertheless
true that all this postage, whether received from Gu
quence of that policy which established the Collins line
There was postal treaty made between this govern
ment and Great Britain until the keel Of the first steamer
OF the Collins line was lad and we should have had no
control whatever OF this postage fund had the Col
Inns line been established and put in competition with The
una.d G % ns 80 isI aen as the policy s concerned
10 the credit for the money received Tor postage against
the charge for the money which has been paid Tor It's sup
port.
1t is that the amount received during the last year
will not cover the amount proposed TO be given by this
amendment, yet this does not prove that the receps Of
the coming year will not be sufficient TO cover the ap-
preparation There is already increase OF postage this
year. The increase in the number Of trips by both
lines will add 10 the amount That has been the result
heretofore As the humber OF ups and the speed OF the
steamers have been increased the postage receipts have
advanced and therefore, in considering this proposition
can safely rely that tor The coming year there will be
fore The Collins line performed only monthly trips during
the winter, and the Cunard semi. monthly. Now, they
alternate weekly during the whole year and although ID
there not many passengers in these winter trips,
there are just many and perhaps more, letters 10 the
winter season shall not 60 into the estimate OF this
this grea, OF there will be correspond
ing IN the postages during the year
Tne Postmaster General states that the increase OF trans
Atlantic postagcs in 1881 1850 is Sl97,439 81.
will be much greater in 1852 that my friend from Vir.
gnia need not be afraid OF the being ruined by
this appropriation II must also be recoIlecied that un.
less increase the service of line, will not be
able 10 divide the postage with our competitors Eng
land gets much the largest proportion Of the postage
but the moment we pu, service upon equality with
hers shall be entitled to divide the whole postage, and
put half OF II into treasury.
But the advantage 10 be derived from maintaining this
line is not TO be confined TO calculation OF the
amount OF postage that may be put into the treasury
There are other considerations of much higher impor.
ance. The great route now from England, and from
western Europe, TO the East Indes is from Souhamp-
ton, by way of Gibraltar and Alexandria But who does
not perceive that the time coming, that il is not FAR dis
ant, when The great mail to the East Indies not
only from New York but from London and from Paris,
will be the Atlantic, aid by either OF the Cunard
line or OF the Collins line, under the control either Of the
English government or OF the American government
That presents this important question to the Senate aud
10 the country, whether shall not at all hazards
tain this line, 10 order TO preserve for people, and for
government, the control OF that great worlds route
which is 10 pass along the shores of this country, and
lndiesi
The honorable senator from Virginia said that II this
line could not sustain itself let 20 down. The Cunard
line will not go down. The great West India mail steam
route OF England III moi go down But If our line alone
goes down, what happens All the communication
the passengers, the letters, and the commerce. passing
the Atlantic, crossing the Ishmus of Panama to the
Pacific and there spreading the great East
s under the complete control OF the English government