New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-28

errmen to It's citizens and our commercial history Is
| full presages of a successful completion
IL IL contest depending not on aims, nor even on
wealth but chiefly invention and industry And how
stands the national account In those respects The cotton.
ein, steam navigation and electrical communication
These are old achievements. England, only year ago.
inyedth nsOns to bring their inventions and compare
them together in palace Of iron and glass In all the de-
vices for tn increase OF luxury and indulgence Amer
ca was surpassed, not only by refined England and
clivarous France but even by semi-barbaran Russia
Not until all the mortifcsfion which such result pro-
duced had been felt did the comparison OF ufarian
| inventions begin. Then our countrymen exhibited
Blgelow's Anti friction Press, machine that raised
power gre.ter by 2f0 tuns than could be raised by the
Bramah Hydraulic Press, which, having been used by
SIR John Stevenson in erecting tubular bridge on the
Straits OF Mensi, had been brought forward by the
| British mechanics pc contrivance OF unriyaed merit
| for the generation of direct power.
Next submitted our behalf inventions of ST
John, =" The Variation Compass" which Indicated the
DETECTION Of It's needle any place resulting from
local causes, and the Veocemeter, which tells ut any
tine TIE actual speed of the vessel bearing it, and its dis
lance from its port Of Observation-Disclosures which
adopted at by the Admiralty Of Great Britain
Then, 10 say nothing OF the ingenosy constructed lock
invented by Hobbs which dehed the skill of the British
atisans while he opened all Of theirs at pleasure there
was B,eelow's Power Loom, which has brought down
lneranod end Brussels Carpets within the reach Of the
| British mechanic and farmer. While the American
| Flows took precedence Of all Others McCornick's
Reaper acknowledged TO be a contribution TO the
agriculture of England surprising in value the OF the
Crystal Palace Nor were we dishonored in the fine
srts--for well deserved need awarded TO Ball
Hughes for his successful incorporation in marble of the
ideal Olive Fruit, and the palm conferred on Powers
for his immortal statue OF the Greek Slave When
had turned the tide of derisien away from
shores the Yacht America entered the Thames. Skilul
architects saw at that she combined In before
unknown proportions the elements Of grace and motion,
and her dest challenge reluctantly accepted and
then only for the tenth part Of the prize she proposed
The trial graced by the presence OF the Queen
| and her Court and the triumph complete. In the
very flush of this demonstration of American superb
ority in unitarian Inventions and especially in the art
that leads to naval dominion, further and conclusive
| confirmation given, by the arrival Of American
clippers from India freighted at increased rates with
shipments consigned by the agents of the East India
Company at Calcutta to their own warehouses in Lon
don Such, and recent, are the proofs that In the
capital element of invention equal to the contest
| for supremacy of the seas. When consider these
proofs and consider resources, OF which those OF
Pennsylvania of the valley of the Mississippi or OF
California alone, exceed the entire native wealth of
Great Britain when consider, moreover, almost
homogeneous population already nearly equal to that
of the British islands, and multiplying at rate un.
known in human progress by accessons from both OF
the old Continents; when consider the advantages OF
geographical position midway between them, and
when consider the expanding and elevatng influences
OF freedom upon the genius OF our people, feel assured
thst their enterprise will be adequate TO the glorious
conflict if it be only sustained by constancy and perse-
the part of the Government do not know
that shall prevail in that conflict but for myself, like
the modest hero who instructed to charge on the
artillery at Lundys Lane can say that I'VE will try"
and that when difficulty occurs no greater than that
which meets my motto shall be that of the dying
here Of the Chesapeake:
Don't give mp the Ship"
Mr.. UNDERWOOD followed. He said he
desired information several points to enable him 10
vote Understandings. He wanted TO know ii these YES
sells could not by proper system of economy, be made
to be selfssstaning He went into critical examina-
ton of the various items constituting the expenses of
steamer and made estimate therefor, from which
he argued that independently OF the food of passengers
af sta a n
End beck ought not to exceed S32,O He said the
900 put down as the average expenditure on each
trip could be expended II proper economy was
practiced. He was, however, willing In order 10 sup
port the line to vote for an appropriation OF
Trip but no more. He regarded the proposed allow
snce of S33,O00 exorbitant in the extreme
Mr.. JAMES got the floor; the subject
was then postponed
After Short Executive session the Sem
ate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union the Homestead BILL
and Mr. Stephens Of Ga, speak which was the
signal for general clustering Of members around him.
many filing the In front Of the Clerks desk.
Mr.. STEPHENS (Geo.) said it was not
his purpose TO discuss the before the Com
nttee. He did not however, think it liable TO the OBJ
ectons which had been urged with so much ability and
eloquence did he think many advantages would
result from it as claimed by i jealous adyo
Gates. He preferred this scheme to wholesale system
OF giving lands away, but for the present he thought
that they had better postpone the subject to await future
developments. The gentleman from Maine (Mr SmarD
had delivered speech to defend the North, making
good his assertion but he (Stephens did not rise to say
that he intended to respond by defending the South.
His object TO defend the Constitution OF our conf
mon country, North and South This led him to in
qure into the condition of the country which presents
on attitude il did before 1t has been said that in
all Republics there must be parties, but he would
60 further and say there can be no parties.
without principles. A party must have principles and
men must adhere to them. He had heard much about
progress Old Fogyism and Young Americansm, but he
repeated he had risen to defend no party either Wing
or Democratic, any faction but TO lay down funda-
mental principles which should govern free people,
and without which our Government cannot be main
tanned namely that all parties to be living active ener
eetic must be organized the prominent questions Of
the day. and that they must stand or fall on principle
The great leading prominent controlling question which
was likely to into the contest was the right OF one
section OF the country retaining their fugitive slayes
| IL was said there must be q disagreement between
Southern and Northern this question that Is II
he understood the logic of the assertion in great con-
stitutonal question men must disagree TINS 70 De
adopted the policy of the Wing or Democratic party
it is time the country knew 1t. There Is majority OF
the people of the United States In favor of the fulfill
ment Of every constitutional obligation. That majority
has been evidenced by the votes of this House. and had
been spoken in the language OF law The principle mad
been affirmed North, East South and West; 1t had not
only been affirmed by Legislators but by the Courts OF
the county, and helmng sorty OF the Ameri
can people in favor of the principle. II he believed
there must be disagreement between the North and
South on this question, this future would indeed DO
| robed in the darkness OF the grave to him. What,
he sad do | ask of gentlemen of the North | do
not speak 10 you as Wings Democrats OF FreeSoitrs
| speak to you ss representatives Of the people
American people--n whose hands is the destiny Of
America and the hopes of mankind Willyou not main
tain the principles which animated your fathers when
they framed the CONSTITUTIONS Will you seek to abro-
gate their acts end repudate their deeds and insist hst
we shall disagree this great question The Consti-
tution and laws must be enforced II Wings or Dem
ooras cannot bring their party organization 70 the
coenition of this principle and ii Is true that large
portion the North unwilling TO stand by the con-
stiuiionsl guarantees and rghtor one he wanted to
know IT, as Southern man, national man, and as
friend to the Constitution II true he was for dividing