The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-23


for the whole bill fixing the ss at present
provided Tor giving South Carolina the member for the
fraction. ard adding n member to the whole number
making 1t Ia-the additional member being allowed to
California This agreed 10 and the bill ordered to be
engrosscd
THE DEFICIENCY BILL
was then retumed the question pending being on the
amendment granting further aid TO tine Collins line of
etca
Mr. BonlANp. (dem of Ark raised question of order
that TINS amendment made appropriate called for by
no existing law and by estimate from the
and was therefore out Of orier.
The CHAIR said he could not decide whether there was
estimate for Ii or not
Mr. BADGER (whg) of Ga. said the Senator from New
Jersey would in his speech show that estimate for
this had been made by the Department.
The CHAIR overr,ied the point of order
Mr. MILLER, (whig) Of N. j., said he was one of the
this amendment He then stated the existing agreement
with the Collins line for carrying the mails In their steam
er everything the line agreed TO perform had been done
they had accomplished the transmission of mails
the Atlantic in shorter mo than ever before known
they placed at the disposal Of four Of the most
splendid steamers aoat SURPRISING all others in speed
elegance power and tonnage and they have competed
with and shown themselves superior the Cunard line
To do all this Collins had to expense On
every trip made last year the line lost $4,000 He read
letters from the Postmaster General and tho Secretary
the Navy authorizing and directing the increase of tho
An allowance Of thousand dollars per trim
would make an aggregate allowance to the line for
20 trips SS58OOO per year lie read estimate of the
cost and current expenses Of the steamerof the
rage cost and receipts per trp-and showed that the
average loss sustained each trip $ 928 making
annual loss Of nearly 100000 The allowance provided
by this amendment would still leave to the compa
Of $4,000 to 81 0OOa trip One Of the great cost
OF the lino was that 1t was enterprise here and
the very tools implements and machinery necessary for
the construction Of the machinery Of tho steamers had
to be obtained nothing Of this kind having been
structed here before The experiments and tests had
cost large sum. 1t true that by their contract
this line not required to build such ships had
been built; but the oynprs felt as a Americans felt
that II not to be d question of gain to them. per-
sonay, but they felt desire to produce something
superior to what Great Britain had aoat 1t is not
struggle between Collins and Cunard but between Collins
and the British government from the moment the
Collins line wasdarted tho British government had done
all 1t could to break it down Somo Of the first trips
reports were set abroad that the Collins steamers
were unsafe and passengers refused to by
them Loss was thereby sustained He then read
tables showing the vast superiority Of the Collins line
for tonnage capacity horse power &C. the Cunard
line also tables OF the times Of trips by the lines
showing the superior speed Of the Collins limo What
Collins had lost tho country had gained He attributed
the postal treaty to the establishment Of tho Collins ine
and claimed that the large sum Of $82S received by
that lne He read, also statements showing that the
Cunard line received over $725OOo ayear lie had
line reached nearly million Previous to 1889 Ameri
can sailing vessels had carried of the palm of speed and
certainly had obtained nearly all tho passenger business
put steamers and till the Collins line went into ope-
ration, Great Britain had the monopoly Of passengers
specie arc sent BY the most eRpeditious modes Our
steamers have vaod and beaten theirs in the great
points Of and certainty and II supported and kept
sells before Letters have been brought hther by the
lineethe Cunard starting four days in advance Of the
Consand they have beed distributed In this city ut
one time The mastery and control Of this business
be maintained this government will only protect its
citizens as Great Britain does hers He alluded to the
efforts of the Cunard line to bring packages &c. from
Havre to Liverpool Free to them for that line
Shall this allow its citizens to DO defeated in
this national enterprise for want Of this small aid Let
the service of these steamers be pay them such
sum will keep them going, and the postages will in
crsxse proportonatey The increase Of post
age during the year 1851 $l9l 600 Unless the
Der OF trips OF American steamers be increased Great r
tain will receive nearly all this increase Of postage Ho
must be over Panama and by way Of the Pacific. The
mails for this purpose must here by Collins
Cunard. Either the British American government
must have this under its control If the Collins line goes
down the British lines do not. Great Britain will then
be the great mail carrier of the world 1t boasted
that letter from New York. by the Cunard line to
Liverpool reached Calcutta in ffty.fve days letter
from London, by the Collins ne to New York and by
way of Panama. reach there In forty days Tine
terprac of Yankees great is cannot compete with
the stubbornness Of John Bull unless it be placed
equal footing. He maintained, these steamers were
done Perry and Others to that effect The United States
steamship Mississippi cost than these vessels
each trip Of that vessel II for the distance would
cost more than for by either of the Collins line This
line ofstenmers great school for engineers lie nj
udcd in dcta to the many lines Of steamers Of England
in every part Of the world and while gentlemen were
dreaming here Of the power of the Russian armies and
ndulging in specuntions upon political progress &C..
England was plouehing with steamers the from
pole to pole planting everywhere the seeds Of
from which she was to derive harvest of power This
should be our destiny. Commerce the great power
which was to civize the world which to dissent
nate free principles We should rival England in this
Of the world II would be glorious csntost
This was no monopoly of Collins. 1t broke down tho
Brtish monopoly in the hands Of foreigners Another
object was that II was aording protection to Americans
against British enterprise. lie for afTording all
proper protection American enerrrize labor and Skill
against British capital and wealth. No jealousy would
be created in other cities If this aid given to the
line because 1t left and entered New York No objection
was made to this from any city except in New York it.
self, ard there by very few persons There
MORALS file in the Senate, from twent yone cities
of the United States In favor of this aid to the Collins
line.
Mr.. SEWARD, (whig) of N y, got the floor, and this
amendment was passed over informally.
OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE DEFICIENCY BILL
Mr.. HUNTER (dem) J, Of Va, offered several amend
mcnts which were agreed to.
Mr. BoRLAND moved to add to the bill that the laws
and advertisements Of the government shall hereafter
published in one paper in each Congressional district
and in paper in each Of the Territories and in four
papers in the District Of Coumbathose papers having
the largest weekly circulation to be selected in all
He sad he desired that this kind of patronage should
not be used to subsidze small papers but should be
from the hands Of the administration and put beyond its
control lie could not be having any hostile
object in view for certain that the great poll
ca party to which he belonged would bein few months
in power.
Mr.. HALE (froe soil OF N H--what party is that,
Mr.. BoRLAND.--The great democratic party, without
any division.
Mr. BADGER said that he did not agree with the Sena-
tor that the democratic party in power
and supposng this rather intricate
to affect the incoming whig administration he preferred
TO look into the matter lie moved that the Senate
j0urn which was agreed to.
House Of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, April % 1852.
MILITARY LANDS ARKANSAS
The bill reported yesterday TO bring into the market
certain lands heretofore set apart in Arkansas for the To-
cation Of military warrants account of services in the
war Of 1872, was passed.