New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-30
yxXIId CONGRESS-. .--. FIRST SESSION.
SENATE. .wAsBrscros, June %, Is

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Mr. FESSENDEN presented petition r,m New
Uamnshiro PRAYING for repeal of the Fugitive slave
Law He said that the petition was not open 10 'ns oo
icctops of locality which had been urged against tue
memorial Of the men of Boston. IL came from a town
whose population about 20Oo and was signed by over
voters which he supposed comprised a., s i,
Moreover the town was Mutton, "hich was INC ''"P"''
of the President. Referred. r,.
The bin 10 establish line of steamers between CaIior-
MA A. u sFWhRD IN w addressed the Senate fol-
Mr. President: The summer sostice IS passed. me
thermometer indicates 30 degrees-me is bec'mns pre-
cous in the Senate shall therefore, condenss tue OK
planaon which the Committee on the roSt o'hce anu
Post Roads has instructed me TO MAKE -.., e,
The bill directs the Posimssiereneral 10 contract ior
five years with the lowest bidder on fair competition win
good securi for the carriage of monthly ma pet"yen
San Francisco in California aud Shangbai III chi oy
the way Of the Sandwich Islands and japan IN Steam
vessels of nj least 900 burden, constructed IN the
hest manner with regard TO speed ana safety III cosi o
not more than $500 900 per annuin aud directs aso na
anv fcency of the accrung hostages to deray tue ex
p.s- Of the transacon shall be pal oy inc iIoasuy VI
the United States. WIN the Senate please 70 consider
that we have in operation very perfect postal system,
which pervades and peneirates all the inhabited regions
of our country, while it is connected by steam man
vessels with similar European postal systems beyond
tbe Atlantic and that by this national agency, lot.
TORS newspapers and commercial, scientific ana
noitioal COMMUNICATIONS of all sorts are regularly
tbos Of Western Europe VIII the Senate please to con-
slider that efficiency has been recently gwen 70
these postal systems by the establishments OF electric te.e
On, hundred millions of letters pass through our own fo-
Ofices annually. Now will the Senate once more consider
thal since our postal system thus described was sstD-
isIed we have forever ceased to be merely an Atlantic
people and that the contrary have added % inc oon
one aonrshng commercial State OF vast dimensions ana
,eo Tertiary which to become state, on the
Pacific coast and that being engaged IN ming up the
Territory thus rounded of, we have become Continental
Americs power, holding the same attitude 70 ASA tnat
we do 10 Europe and sustaining the same RELATIONS 10 tho
countres ON each of those Continents What now pro-
proposed is simply to extend our EXISTING postM
10 exchange intelligence with the nations dwell
ling ON its islands and coasts, IA we areaiy ex-
change intelligence with the nations that owen on me
islands and Of the Atlantic Oceae very sae-
men of the case in this form seems To me acompete DEM
onsation Nevertheless, will briefly Illustrate: First,
please look at the subject in its relations to the people
of California and Oregon. Those people morally and by
virtue of the Constitution have rights in all respects equal
with those which enjoyed by their ieow-czens rc-
siding the Pacific coast II the latter Justly enjoy the
aid Of regular and speedy public mails in their Intercourse
with the countries accessible over the sea which
washes their shores them unless for some reason that
must be assigned, the former have the same right
10 the cid of regular and speedy public mails
in their intercourse with the countries accessible to them
the sea which washes their shores II this right
should be absolutely denied then they would be absoved
from oblig atoms OF loyay and would seek to regain
equality BY separation and Independence am sure that
Injustice will not be pracsed 50 long a. to give excuse Tor
dnloys atty But this confidence on the other hand does
not OF ise Justify pOsip0nemeDt. The measure proposed
is premature II the extent Of the national Pacific Coast
bears any fair proportion to the length OF the national At
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cient population with adequate resources and capital for
foreign trade and commerce, and If there are on tho
Asac Coasts markets open and inviting such intercourse
All conditions exist. Oar Pacific Coast stretches
away from hd 3stto the 49th parallel length Of 1000
miles without including the shores o. the Straits OF Fuca
and Of Puees SOUND inland waters on the westsr side,
corresponding with the Gulf OF ST. Lawrence on the eastern
side Of the Continent This coast is but little shorter than
our Atlantic shore before Florida was annexed to the
United States. The population OF California and Oregon
already exceeds 100000 while San Francisco the chief
seat OF their commerce. numbers 80 900 need not expa
tate on the commercial and capital of people
whose mines, beside the domestic supply, yield eighty
millions Of gold dust and bullion Tor expectation; or 70
the fact in another people whose mines hsve
in years given stability and tone 10 our own before
huctuatDg currency and enhancing sensbly the faue
of all property throughout the civilized word H'tIe
is il necessary TO enlarge the commercial q Of
the ancient East and the attractions offers to - r
chants Of western coasts. They have be- g
years the inspiration of human activity in its gr TO-
yelopment. British steamers connect oil the iPf
ports OF the Pacific and Indian Oceans from =. I.s
| the Cape of Good Hope, and thus afford sSe =
the places where exchanged the PROD .ticn' IN !,
half Of the population Of the globe Gre Two
hundred million dollars But California and "a Ss
need Of u trade unknown to Great Brtag I'm n
regions to reduce cultivation and goldoss Ms nun
ains to be rendered productive they need ranna
while China and other Oriental countries have popus-
ton overcrowded and impoverished by ages OF Rn,
seeking escape newly -discoverec conf" - rnar
the inhabitants Of our Pacific coast are on ;bey are
deeply interested in all the social ner o. sub-
movements Of society in every part OF we s',", i
nit then, that the argument Tor M prn - s i'm.
comnlete even while Il rests the grosnc o, ns :
nor,ance 10 the people Of California and dragon nsp!,
however il is easy to show that IN hts Csc, r infe
others the local sectional inte:e-'s nv W. have
r;or 20 the general interests Of the uniou We na
a habit of discussing questions OF terns"rS e,mes
ment and of the extension Of po'ifcAi aiu ~. 80; NO.,
cal il fuences and connections with ~ . >. 49, 30
anxiety a. If we enjoyed always free choice 10 P''