The daily union., 1852-05-11

steam navigation. am willing to do this Ii will be in
The power OF Congress 10 terminate this contract herea
ter when shall have seen how il operates il we deem
II necessary 10 do So appfehend they will receive more
than $4,000 trip hereafter AT first travellers were
AFRAID 10 venture IN those steameIs because IL
untried experiment, and there old established line
that they could go in But this line has established
character for speed and safety, and doubt not that
there will be increase hereafter both OF passengers
and freight IL the amendment OF the senator from North
Carolina MIR. BADcERl is adopted, leaving this matter
TO Congress, will vote for this appropriation other
Mr. HALE. | have never known appeal to the
courtesy OF the Senate 10 fail since have been here,
cept upon ps4acs c2sns,deraslon and that Is
moment!
Mr.. HALE. cannot. Igave way once. and lost the
floor to motion 10 adjourn, which motion failed and
DO not feel like giving way again. was going to say
that had sat here very patiently through This long and
protracted debate without opening my mouth suppose
that some gentlemen think that II would be great
trial to TO any member of the Senate 10 sit through
long debate listening eagerly, patiently earnestly and
anxiousy, without saying word. That has been my
condlton and have been amply repaid for 1t, Tor have
been entertained and instructed with eoquence in all its
FORMS forensic az well didacc, and for which felt
very grateful to the Senate and to the gentlemen in par
ticular who had thus aided in enlightenng me- But
felt still more grafed when saw the complacency with
which those gentlemen who had thus favored the Senate
and enlightened minds when some else rose to
word and moved Tor an adjournment till Tomorrow, that
he might have good opportunity to do 80 say felt still
more gahed at the complacency with which they voted
mo" upon that motion.
Mr.. DODGE Of Iowa Mr. President
Mr.. HALE. do not mean you.
Mr.. DODGE, OF Iowa. Will the senator allow me
moment! had not the least idea why he made that
motion He did not disclose the fact that he wished to
address the Senate Members upon this side would
'anly have voted very differently had they known that
and they would be very happy to accommodate him now
/ will move an adjournment if the senator will
consent to it,
Mr.. HALE lido not know how gentlemen are to un-
dersand when one wants to address the Senate except by
his getting up and commencing his remarks. did
and the senator from Michigan Mr. CAssl suggested an
adjournment upon that Batthe Senate would net adjourn
and now they are in for it, think had better have
vote tonight; but you must have the Speech whether
yO%S have Ws1 ths yHs Ts oT Fl, no. Laughter, ,o,.
Mr.. HALE. Ii will be a short speech and will 60
on with it now. say could not but be grafed at the
ready addressed the Senate upon this subject voted no
upon the motion TO adjourn. But excuse them, as they
probably acted upon the ground, upon which the Ma
of the library there-that il there was anything in il
which was not in the Koran. il wrong and ought 10
De burned and if there was nothing there but what was
IN the Koran, II was entirely unnecessary and ought
also to be burned Upon that ground perfectly justify
and excuse those gentlemen and do not bring any
sations against them
do mol expect enghten anybody upon this subject
rise simply to say that from the beginning OF thus dis
cussion have been in the situation OF friend OF mine
in Of the New Hampshire towns at the time OF po
hcal election His party sent him round to canvass the
town, and see how the voters were and having done So
he reported that in certain district where he had
uc louHu tuey were all wings Dut IOuT,
they were very doubtful Of which, says he, am one
hat is just exactly my situation in regard this bill
have felt earnestly and anxiousy desous vote for
il from The first, and have felt what have never felt
in regard to any other question which has been before
the Senate-hat there was sort OF manifest destiny"
that should vote for it. And il strikes that the
friends and the opponents of this bill whs have under
taken to discuss il any anaoges drawn from any other
source have entirely mistaken the character OF it, The
bill belongs TO the "manifest destiny" school, and
other We are bound to have the contest with Eng land
any how and our man1est destiny is TO beat her. That
Is the beginning and end OF The arguments by which this
concern Is TO De sustained II belongs more exclusively
TO that school than any other much SOL hope the
senator from Texas Mr. RUsKl will pardon for the
efeence-as the annexation of Texas which pure
belongs exclusively to that school as any question
before the Senate. Now for that sufficient asoIl,
less am led to vote for this appropriation. And il is
said that good reason ought be sufficient whether
there be great many others not ] remember TO
have heard OF an attorney who accounting for the
absence OF his client He said be had great many
sons--some dozen or fifteen Of them the first that
he was dead and could not come. The court said that
that was sufficient without stating the rest And il
70 me that the reason have given might possibly be SUI
hclent 10 Justify all our votes
But, to leave that will state that there is view OF
this question which have taken, that have not heard
from any one else yet that will influence my vote shall
vote for this amendment And, whoutgong into exam
naton OF IFS detasfor which confess have not infor
nation enoughl will state that my view OF this matter
tor from Kentucky [Mr. UNDERwooDl alluded the other
day. that the Secretary OF the Navy reports that the
annual expense of a ship Of the oil the first class
fraction short OF $500 900 year. have it from OF
the present Naval Committee of the Senate that the
tual expense OF keeping of those ships afoat is
tfhe over S3o0,0oO year Be that as il may, see BY
this report that the expense for shipo line OF the
rst class Is put down AT $2s7, ,5oO the expense OF
gaie at 900, and the expense Of steamer OF the
hst class at 100000. This expense TO incur in
one shape or other and then this comparison To
keep aoat one OF this line OF steamers going and from
Liverpool % times year costs according this popo
sItion, something like S200 900 year and keep aoa
one oil our naval steamers costs witbin very small
fracion) Just the IL is put down this report by the
Secretary OF the Navy al So0,600 see that we have
1--WE steamers ahoat now, and OF fgates and shps-of
the. line Do not know how many do not know that
we have any ships-of- the-ne ahoa al this time. But
you can pnt down at round numbers that the expense
OF ffgate and OF steamer is at the o S200 900
year and the expense OF of Collinss line is about
$500 900 year. Now what will result in the greatest
beneh TO the countryto all the interests OF civilized
ciey-to every interest which should commend itself 10
the patriot and the Chrsiian-one of these steamers
making her trips monthly the Atlantic ocean,
freghted with all the by which affecona,e hearts
bound togetberall the means by which the inter-
course OF civilized. social polished, and Christian
ciey Is kept IN operation, mnisterng to its elevation
its highest sense, and advancing the great cause OF hu
man progress and the amelioatIon OF the condition OF
man by The multiplication OF the facilities which il affords
Tor this interchange; OF your steamers which
goes out in stale, anchors at Mahon some other port
IN the Mediterranean, at port in the Pacific or
IN the West lndes and then lies in idle state possibly
making or two cruises of pleasure, entertaining some
semi barbarian chief or doing something else to make an
idle show OF pride, and then at the end OF one or two
years returning to this country again The question
suggested 10 my mind is, which OF these is the most
merorous-your steamer that goes out and effects