The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-03-04

the House OF Representatives. on yesterday the bill making
appropriations the masteamer service with his
Withholding his approval The reading Of the message
followed by few Of those ephes Of passion and VI
tuperaon which mark the Of every Veto
One gentleman characterized the veto another step In
the march tyranny and followed the remark by short
but indignant repetition Of the old hreadbars denuhcia
tons of the exercise of the power Another gentleman was
still ncensed and bis passion led him to declare that
this was day for revolution We could not discover
however that either gentleman made any marked impress
sion other than the excitement Of good deal Of amuse
ment amongst those members who neither frightened
by the march Of tyranny the threat Of revolution
Without further debate the previous question ordered
the bin and the message sustained by vote OF 10 in
the Affirmative to 90 in the negative How little real cause
there for the indignant denunciatons of those dsap-
pointed by the will be manifest upon perusal Of the
message. II viii be found to be characterized by that
straightforward and fearless announcement Of his objee-
tons the bin which distinguishes every document that
from President Pierce His objections will COM
respect and carry conviction TO the minds OF the
people But is needless for to comment docu-
which carries its commentator clearly on its
face. The message is as follows:
TO The House Of Representatives!
return herewith the House of Representatives in
which it originated the bin entitled An making APP
preparations for the transportation Of the United States
mail by steamers and otherwise during the fiscal
years ending the thrtieh June thousand eight
hundred and yfye and the thrtieth Of June, thou
sand eight hundred and ffty-sixp with brief statement
Of the reasons which prevent its receiving my approval
The bill provides among other things that the follow
ing be- and the hereby appropriated to be
nad If in he mote otherwise
proprated for the year ending the threh of june
thousand eight hundred and ffty-six
For transportation Of the mails from New York to Liv
erpoo and back eight hundred and fftyeght thousand
dollars and that the provso contained in the first section
Of the entitled An act to supply deficiencies in the a
preparations for the service of the fiscal year ending the
hireth OF June thousand eight hundred and tytwo
approved the wenyfrst of July thousand eight hun
dred and 6fty-wo be- and the is hereby repealed
Provided That Edward K Collins and his associates shall
proceed, with all due diligence to build another steam
ship in accordance with the of their contract
and have the ready for the mail service in two years
from and after the passage of this act And II the said
steamship is not ready within the time above mentioned
of any neglect want of diligence their part
then the said Edward X. Collins and his associates shall
carry the United States mails between New York and Liv
erpoo from the expiration of the said two years every
fortnight free Of any charge to the government until the
new steamship shall have commenced the said mail
vice.
The original contract predcated upon the PROPOSE
ton of E. X Collins of March g. s46, made with abundant
means of knowledge to the advantages and dsadvan
tages Of the which he then submitted for the accept
auce of the government The proposition in the fol-
lowing terms
@E K Collins and his associates propose to carry the
United States mail between New York and Liverpool twice
each month during eight months of the year. and
month during the other four months for the sum OF three
hundred and eshtyfve thousand dollars S3s5,oOo per
annum payable quarterly. For this purpose they will
agree to build five steamships of less than thou
measurement and of thousand horsepower
each which vessels shall be built for great speed and su
GENTLY strong for purposes.
Four of said vessels be ready for service in eighteen
months from the signing of the contract The fifth vessel
be built early possibly practicable and when not
employed in the mail service be subject to the orders Of
for carrying dispatches for which service
fair compensation is to be paid Contract to be for the
term of years. II also proposed to secure to the Uni
ted States the privilege of purchasing said steamships
whenever they may be required for public purposes at
valuation be ascertaned by appraisers appointed by
the United States and by the 0 owners COLLINS
"WAsHrsGros March 6, 1916"
The act Of March 3D. ls47 provides That FROM and
Immediately after the passage of this act it shall be the
duty the Secretary of the Navy accept the part of
the government of the United States the proposals of
H. Collins and his associates of the city Of New York. sub
mitted to the Postmaster General and dated Washing
ton March SIXTH eighteen hundred and ortysx for the
transportation Of the United States mail between New York
and Liverpool and contract with the said X. Collins
and his associates the faithful fulfment of the spua
tons therein contained and in accordance with the provis
this ac and under this proposition and enactment
the original contract made
According the of that contract the parties
to receive from the United States for twenty round trips
each year. the of nineteen thousand hundred and
fifty dollars the trip, three hundred and eghtyfve
thousand dollars per annu; and they to construct
and provide FIVE ships of stipulated size and quality for
the performance Of this other service for the
OF the ships contracted for only four have been furnish
ed, the Atlantic Pacific Arctic, and Baltic and the pres
bill proposes dispense entirely with the original
dton of fifth ship by only requiring the construction of
one which would but supply the place of the Arctic re-
Gently lost by peril OF the Certain minor conditions,
involving expense to the contractors among which
for the accommodation and subsistence of certain
number of passed mdshipmen each vessel had previ
ously been dispensed with the part Of the United
States
BY Of Congress OF July 81 1852 the of CON-
pensaton to the contractors increased from
thousand tive hundred and fifty dollars hiry-t
thousand dollars trip and the number of trips from