New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-19

Z he was determined to oppose our bin AID sdvo..s
his o~p, Why did be rot tell ~ .c' PRONOUNCE ,si,
behavior the extreme Of dupcity in every senss AZ
the word. Tue Secretary OF the Treasury hes san
,hst If Congress did no, psss some expaolory Law,
be would put in force the existing lsw ACCORDING },
bic own construction, which will be TO seixe eys,y
ship that comes here. Shall we tsmely PERM, oos
Senator 70 prevent the passage OF BIZ which Z 1,
sflcrd relief to Us al Shall We not dsnoaace thas
Senator, who thus vent away without expressing he
opuiors on the matter 10 bis associa.e-a Sanssor
from this Stste' Mr. Fishs bill is in al rsspecs q
rre posterous one. The ship-owners ard merchants
here took il up, and scarcely clause "a net si,a
their support The Senator from LOUISIANA should
say has written to me, saying ,hst he regretted besx
Obliged to oppose our bill. Mr.. Fish says that shsrs
wss Misunderstanding. bat ! say there vss no MS
understanding at al. Our meaning Vas distinctly
drs,ood and be thoroughly sequlesced N our wishes.
We complain then, that he should have thus opposed
bill in orde- 10 urge the passage OF he own.
Why bad he not the mspliness 10 stand up and say
thai be had q bill Of bis own, sud therefore coala
not advocate ours hope that the resolutions,
submitted TO you, will be unanimously passed.
Applause
Mr TILrsroS said rise 70, the purpose OF in
dorsirg even word tina, Mr. Grinneu has saj. wss
su,meer OF the Committee that visited Washington,
sid returned believing that cur bill would pass.
The Chairman Of he House Committee on Commerce
wss vel satisfied With its provisions. IL was proper
bill IN every respect and csreally protected the ia-
tertsts Of the immigrants. IL was much more hu-
mare bill thar that h;ch we Sge now aclns under.
The law under which We have been acting slnce l>I
has be. cor s;rued under certain basis az ashin-
ton The merchants have obeyed the law, but we are
Tow building three -decked ships unknown 10 our
commerce, az the time when this law was enscted
ana our worthy Surveyor Of the Port insists that we
she'll plsce the passengers in the lower between decks
a. that the cargo shall be slowed on top OF them
Laughter We AK that law may De psssei oy
which We can csfry the passengers where tney can
have sht and air. We are bound 10 do 50, because
the laws on the other sce OF the Atlantic are very
strrStnt Ii we had no law here, the passengers
would be- protected. AtWashiogton they say there
is written law and We must observe Il. We desire
TO support the lax but the manner IN whico we nave
been treated by ee,tsin Seustor VI. Fish meets
with our entire dsspy rotation. His bill was undoub
edly conceived in ight spirit but such law could
never be c,rred into execution. The las he has
originated is totally mpractics One feature in his
bill IT, that the the ship IL respoos Die for the
death Of q passenger Why, Whist 0ouli you think
If law which wonli mske the keepers OF the Astor
Hou,e responsible fer the death OF guest snd for
the support of bis family IL would only excite your
ninth la conclusion Mr.. Tles'on said he hoped that
the result Of this meeog would be felt IN washington,
sId that the Senate and House Of Representatives.
would see the necessity OF protecting the men who
bur up the commerce Of the great City Of New
York.
Tie resolutions were then adopted.
MIR MORTIMER LIVINGSTON Endorsed all that MIR.
Grup. had given uitersnce to. and said that he was
in W shins with the Committee until the last day,
aud ad DO hesitation in ssying that he believed mat
Mr. Fish had acted in decetful manner OTArd Mr..
Grinn.ll and his associates.
The meeting then adjourned.