The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-21
House OF Representatives.


WASHINGTON JAN 90 1852.
NEW YORK BRANCH MINT BILL
The Speaker announced the first business TO be the
question, Sha the New York Branch Mint bill be re.
jected 2''
Mr. JONES (dcm of Tenn to be read paragrap ph
from the former and last annual report the Secretary
Of the Treasury, showing the efficiency of the MINT and
that the coinage Of last year. gold silver and "copper"
amounted to nearly fifty two and half millions OF dol
lars.
Mr. Tuck said the mint of Philadelphia had capacity
for coming at the present time from to year. twice
the amount that the country could possibly demand from
it. He further opposed the BILL and said he could show
concusvey that there necessity for the proposed
branch and in such terms that the most ardent friend of
New York State City could successfully controver
Mr. BRIGGS lwhig) Of n Y, said if the gentleman had
made himself familiar with the bill he would not have
attempted to alarm the House by the display Of the ex
tavagant expense of carrying the bill into operation
should it become law. If he had looked to the ninth
section he would have seen that the is not to
into operation until security shall be given to the
tisacon of the Secretary of the Treasury that the
whole expense of The branch mint shall not exceed
$z50cOO including sitc buildings machinery and every
thing connected with the coinage of all gold dust which
may be received He would state further that the cor
poate authorities of the city Of New York. during the
last session Of Congress, in the most liberal manner
rendered to the government site for the location
would be large, but New York expects if the bill shall
become law. to expend large to carry
+ The entire hey nT' TO ID cn ii
attention to the last section of the BILL which says that
when the mint hpto operation half of per
cent shall be required of all deposors of gold dust for
coinage. Itwoud not be exaggeraton to estimate the
annual coinage of mint there at forty mions-whch
United States Treasury si2O COO The mint In California
will not diminish the receipts of gold dust at New York
per cent and it was believed the coinage there would be
applied to the circulation OF that State.
Mr. SEYMOUR, (dem) Of n Y, having the ioor yielded
it TO
he interrupted before Mr. Briggs took the hcor he
was about saying something OF plan by which much
s Gold @ New Y York he and
1t by of receiving Office to do the business
and this would dispense with the branch mint in New
York The expense would be than three or four
thousand dollars annually. The gentleman from New
York Mr m Briggs said only sSSo Coo were "a asked e; for
tains anything about New York giving Site Not
word The substance of all this is $3.50 600 arc asked for
commencement and all history warrants the belief that
this should not be sufficient, additional will be
voted rather than the work should be abandoned
Mr. SEYMOUR, of New York said he regretted objection
was made by Mr. Chandler to the second reading of the
bill 1t was unusual in its character and, far he
knew, had seldom been applied except when senti
ment really entertained and with regard to the result
of vote on which no one could be mistaken. This mea-
sure when before former Congress- examined, and
discussed and afterwards rejected by small majority.
But that time other minds have called to the
consideration of it, and the necessity for the establish
ment of branch mint in New York has been constantly
increasing in its force He should not follow the example
of the gentlemen from Pennsylvania by alusi0n to the
city he represents and apply such remarks to Phadel
phia the gentleman had to New York He should not
talk should he search the vocabulary OF
epithets to Gull those which, in his estimation would
best express the comparative rapacty of these rival
cities He should not compare the gentlemans constitu
ents with the daughters of the horseeoch, who
satisfied, but constantly out "Give, ,give.n
He did desire to descend TO such of contro
versy before American Congress. 1t foreign his
taste and he could Judge correctly of the sentiments of
the House foreign to theirs He should look at this
tona question and not mcreya scramble between two RI
val cities to which shall get the greatest portion
and patronage. 1t just to his State not to dis
miss this topic without asking gentlemen on this floor to
look at the past history Of the commercial metropolis and
then say whether there anything the part of the
city State York to Justify the remarks Of the
gentleman from Pennsylvania. Or did the gentleman
speak from the promptings Of his own bosomS Or,
did the feelings ranking there induce him TO stig
mntize New York collection OF horse ecches,
and but an extension of wappings In the course of
his 0r Seymours) legislative experience, strong In
teress OF rival localities have often been presented
but never, to his knowledge, had he given a
vote to advance the interests of any particular locality
apart from great national questions Last session he
voted cheerfuly the gentleman from Pennsylvania
himself for the advancement Of particular interests in
Philadelphia as forming one of these great commercial
centres Of the Union In whose prosperity all rejoice
and OF whose success are all proud. The gentleman
alluded TO the Collins Line and referred to the appropri
alton in that connection proving immediate ten
dency advance the commercial interests OF New York
But he would put the question to the gentleman whom he
knoNto he patriotic whether his vote for the Collins
links not given strictly high national grounds for
the purpose sustaining commercial interests against
the rivalry Of England backed II Is by the whole force
Of the British treasury And he knew should similar
arise and the question of foreign rivalry again be
presented he should have the vote Of the gentleman
behalf Of such national question
Mr.. CHANDLER, (whig) Of Pa, (hir Seymour yielding
the Hoor) asked the gentleman to do him the justice
TO believe that he did not refer to that subject
as part Of his arguments. A. gentleman on
delegates from PENNSYLVANIA voted for the Collins
line appropriation, and now his (Mr. Chander's) pa
trotism was made an argument against him. He wa
utterly astonshed Of this wheneyera proposition shal