The daily union., 1852-05-11

CURED maintain these large ships and keep them in thai
slate OF proud superiority TO speed which now disn.
gulshes them. But here the facts, and gentlemen
may speculate upon the question whether these ships
ought 10 cost so much money maintaining and running
Them The acis they do The fact is that the expenses
exceed all The receipts of the company at the rate oi
nearly $1,000 trip Then. what Is proposed by this
amendment! II is to add, not the $l7,000-we propose
to increase the rate OF compensation from $9250 trip
or voyage to $33ooo that s 10 add $l325o 70 The CON-
allowed M 70 each TIP We hope oI bette, and
enterprisng patriotic men may be able 10 make good the
contest and 70 maintain their superiority Ithere be any
truth IN any reliance can be placed upon ties,
tmonyihe fact is shown that they losing SIT 900
within fraction upon every trip and therefore, we
TO support assist them at all It difficult TO conceive
what else we could propose than 10 add $4,000 to the
present amount OF compensation.
But again Under the conditional arrangement entered
INTO by the Post Office Department with these gentlemen,
constant equal competition through the entire winter as
well as the spring and summer months. Then MIR. Pres
dent must Iecoiec that with regard to these winter
trips, besides all the enhanced difficulties which
pany them though they fall greatly short in the ordinary
remuneration, the winter freghts small and the WIN
ter passengers ew that, taking all these conside
raons together think must be evident 10 every gem
eman that if any assistance is to be afforded that pro-
posed 10 by no means unreasonably large,
Gentlemen may suppose that If this assistance is with
held, this enterprise will be continued Now, permit me
10 assure them that they entirely mistaken So sure
as this proposed amendment is rejected and Congress de-
cnes to give this asked for and desired a the very next
step Will De an from tneSe BenIemen 10
relieved from the ruinous contract which they entered
upon with the government. II we refuse this aid, we
cannot deny thai other application It will be unjus, and
that the moment that application made to Congress- ii
would be fayoraby considered and promptly granted.
Then how will wesiand Suppose the line s. 10 be dis
Ensh enterprise Gnxsh reuuslon and he national
honor and glory of England By whom the loss TO be
boe' in each and every OF these particulars it is to
My honorable friend from Virginia Mr. HuNTERl said,
that II at single blow all these Collins were
sunk to the bottom Of the ocean, there is doubt the
sir no doubt they would. And does any doubt that
If the whole American marine o-mor iDgulfed
in the ocean, the English marine would still bring the
products OF foreign countries and take away the products
OF our own! But is there any man here, any man IN
America so deaf TO all perceptions OF national honor and
national interest as TO be willing to accept the last alter
native3 Not my friend from Virginia, [Mr. HUNrER.]
am sure But II there be any correctness in the
ing which he applies 10 the Of the steamers, that
reasoning will apply with precisely the same force and
whs s a,ss woe ss b
by IL! Why, sir, surely not. Would the vessels en-
gagged IN prosecuting under SAIL and without the aid o
steam the commercial interests OF the United States gain
any advantage by the dsconnuance of this line Surely
they would not The passengers would then 20 by the
Cunard line both from this country TO England and from
England 70 This country And Why Because in this
age OF rapid motion will always travel by that
vsyance which gives them the speedies Transmission
from one to the other end Of their journey
Would i'll benefit in regard 10 freghts TO have this
line removed! Surely not; for the reighs transmitted
BY the Collins line would for very obvious reasons be
transmitted by the Cunard line II the Collins line be
put OF the way, there be eectna competition
regard 10 reghis between ordinary sailing vessels and
steam vessels The carry those reghis which
are OF comparative lshtness and OF increased value
The ordinary heavy frcghts which seek and cheap
transmission cannot afford TO bear the additional expense
Of steam transportation Now my friend from Virginia
Mr. HvNTER] mentioned yesterday that he had under
STOOD from persons concerned in some OF the iron
interests iron works, that these had actually
brought iron at SO small almost pu, il upon
The footing OF taking IL in for ballast, Now, think my
friends Informant must be mistaken 1 learn, from q
that think entitled the highest credit that moi
ton OF iron has been brought This country IN
steamers. Ballast They do not want ballast with the
immense weight oil their machinery, with their immense
quantities Of cos great object on their part is to re-
duce the amount of pressure, and therefore TO enable
them 10 move with the rapdity Sail vessels are
sometimes in the habit OF taking freight in this way, be
cause where the articles solid and heavy it relieve.
them OF the necessity oil encumbenng themselves with
the ballast they would otherwise require Then il
that the dlsconiinuance OF this line involves the
certain consequence OF giving the steam communication
between this country and Great Brtain-and as
quence OF that. the steam communication between this
country and the continent OF Europe-nto the hands
BRUSH steamers There is no escape from such re.
suit Ita LII ## .3 @
Now SIR even il were TO suppose that large OUTLAY
would be required during the whole continuance OF ih
contract, with very small remuneration in the form
postages 10 the United Saes should sill, for one bt
exceedingly unwilling TO see this line go down. do no
exactly agree win my frend from virginia. MIR. HUN
TERll do not believe that money devoted 10 prope
purpose by being boarded up. ! do not believe that
money expended 10 advance the honor and promote the
interest, and maintain the supremacy OF my country
is ever otherwise than well and efecually bestowed
bringing that return which nations should consider the
highest aud bes-he Improvement ol the condition oi
their people, and the elevation OF the character Of The
whole country fof, with regard 10 nations the repua.
lion Of strength is strength He who has established the
character of invncblity will not be very likely TO have
his preensions put TO the test by actual conflict And
nothing undoubtedly supports Independent States in the
world than the reputation OF perseverance, strength
aud Inhexibe integrity But, then, is there "a
suppose that we viii be left in that situation :
Ay friend from Virginia Mr. HusrERl does not be.
eve that this line will be prosecuted or be 80
prosecuted, make adequate return to the treasury
IN the shape OF postages for the expenditures which Il
viii involve. Now, upon what IL that founded In all
our domestic concerns have ever found that the
oi the country upon the ncrease that every
facility gwen 10 correspondence increases correspondence
and Just and reasonable reductions upon the price
postage followed by large increase in the amount
received of poslagesi This poslage-these ocean
postal arrangements by steam vesses--nre their
beginning; they are Just in that commencement when
they showing wDs they will do By whatthey have
DONE And entertain the strong and confident expecta
ton and hope. that should we give the required assist
ance 10 this line, they will be able 10 MAINTAIN them
selves and overmasler The competition in which they
now engaged; and ~ few years we will lind that moi
only have the satisfaction of know that county
has increased and consolidated its reputation
in the eyes OF the world agreat naval power and ma
lion OF enterprise and unrng perseverance, but even ~
peeuniay point OF shall receive Just reward
for this high and eevaiDg OF conduct, by havsg
an immense amount of money brought into the treasury
from this source What has been the increase already
Why air. the increase OF last year over the year before
mounted TO nearly hundred thousand dollars Who