New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-08
SUB SIDES TO OCEAN STEAMERS.

an obscure evening paper Of yesterday enritled,
1.-The Despctsm OF the Executive" referring 70 the
ut action ii the Pres des, Of United States in
placing hi. veto upon to. Collins scheme, and Goa
tanning the follo~,Dg language:
Tire su.mss OF IN. coinss 'os ss.ert ths the bill
-d shr a.h C"su.' BY bre,y We can qlie rv.dJ BE-
,e ttsittr veto ~s' bosh b, he opPo.on V,nd-bi 10
BIDS Ugh e. Gerry 80 poats e.pee,y hs nni;i-.
often, th.t nc iuhaene-, hss become n,'tssoe com
m.ous Fny uo.ssrd dnisrs supposed 90 b. soou, ne
pic- Of ss.to iHvovins noa Of dollars Larger
IN proportion
I, has been bu, seldom III A. in the course Of 40 Sc
tive mfe all. sdy some shat prolonged have tsksn
any uorice ~ wsp4per calunpies. Of any descrip
ton /, h.- been nv invariaoe policy 10 mind my
own affairs. and at the same time, 20 lie, those Of
others alone. and should DOW maintain the same
silence shich rave more tssn once preserved when
hbesd, Old 4 not seep TO me that the charge, more
than IsIustd, il the above paragraph, is of SO eK-
ira, seaDt atd wshion description thst AN not at
liberty 10 overlook it.
As runderstsna IT, il s-sers that the President WAS
bribed 10 veto TIE measure and that wss the briber
Ire President Of the United States occupies posi-
iion where he can scarcely, without compromise OF
his official sno personal dignity, notice or puai-h
hbeler, ~hsever may be tue description OF his false
hood. VITA private citizen ii is otherwise; and
my has been thus sse1ci,i-d TO ps,s unuoticsd
smorg II uspy ulooa;rsiicied viliicaioas 20 which
have b.rD Lately subj,ctsd IN connection VITA .hs
subject matter ~ the eceot proceedings IN Congress
| shail, probably, deem it my cuty TO csl uooa
the public prosecutor 10 desl vi ths sathor Of the
Il 'sm,us poiseraDh which | have quose:, as the
course pubie justice seems - require; and IN TIA
time before that vincic<,On can be had
claim the RS NJ 10 stae publicly the position which
have occupied in r.latIon TO the late sppio zion OF
nj
tioBal Treasury. De ire "a It the public should
kn.w all thssI have core and thar wish 10 do.
This accomplished, they will uocer-tsnd to what die
q Ou 10 at Ti0u;e inc various eninaivorsions upOa
NY coDfuct IT. relation ~ This SUBJECT. vita winch
c-r'sio n.wspsp.rs have lsely .blnaded AMI can
better appreciate III degree II weigh, to which they
are .nites.
An.ru,y r, turn from NY last vi.i, 20 Europe be-
csm. sainfieo that he facilities Of commune tiln be-
tst.n the tw" countries sere altogether Insufficient
sbd that the interests of our groSing commerce N
p,fatv,ly required that they should he greatly ln-
creased ~ .xt.Df sud improved In description This
cubs, quebt wtt6rasal at the Cdoar1 Line to 'he
taspor, service u Grea, Britain brought the subject
su f,fcinly Ia my ait.DIOa that s'me tine since
mace Is Postmaster General the tll) slng propo-
sfou:
The Cursid line b.iween NV 'os sni Liverpool hsylng
been Withdrawn, ard gusui sad rapid WIN
Europe esel;a 10 he rest. Of cur eonorc-
ihr .ySrs JOposi i,n TO tas Po'tn'',er Geser'
vii run seui month, tine, which b. - srr,u wi
tie Coin, hn-' uoud form ws'sly nsa ,i'ni ,nt
The yoysse Out s.o hone."
Nos Ihsve made no attack upon the Collins line,
though have never regarded, aud do not now re-
gard any par cul1r ine II steamers ~ one oi the III
suioDs VI the country, 70 foster .hlch Is tue duty
OF the citzeos and t. venture 10 compete with snca
Is TREASON AN not iuinc. II "a It iine nor have
eLte rsined sgEr of III gill toward the gentlemen who
founded ii. would not drtrnc. anything if'a the
credlt TO which tney are entitled. congratulate
'bem the PROSPERITY which has hitherto s'te1ded
their enterprise, and perhaps odghtio appsui the n
for 'htiI ingenuity in it, 0ana cement Commencing
with . capital OF about 81 900 coo, they hsvs been
ensbleH by meals Df lOsns from the Government,
To them ia the cODstrdctOo OF their ship. aud
the st larger crhtrOu'iuLs from ihs public Iretsn-
~ for camp pg the mails, 10 con-'ruct four steam
s1I,-, TeIT,ssutng III expenditure stated oy them ~
uya arcs of 80 COO 900
By ibe vice OF paying Interest upon stock In lieu
If ri ic.tds sld by the cOuverson OF scclnala.ed
income into The caJlt-l they have been able to rep
reseut "a sympsinZiUg acd patriotic people that
their busiuess has been dostyous that they have
received no d,ri4epds. Contracting in 1871, TO build
fis, 81 anships, and TO make twoGty rcdnd voyages
psr anIusi tor which they we're 10 receive nlneeen
ibuusaI O. two hundred shd fifty dollars slJ 25O per
vo1o they have succeeied in sa'fying their
frect by the Construction OF bat fJar; an1, since
ls52 have been rece wing from the National Treasury
the OF rbrty thousand dollars s33 OOO) per
voyage ia lieu of the sum for which tue servi,s was
ori. II oily contracted 10 b. rendered, and tots for
tstn;y FIX voyages per annun IN lieu oi tFenty.
They bave succeeoel IN a"1kenlng sveoles OF ma
tOnsl itIyOr III favor vi their .n'erprlre I'll slne
~ have elGeJeo that the measure OF An-rl-
cun patriotism is tie extent Of he pubic contribution
into Their Iea ury. Such sturdy aud successful beg.
eafs have they become thst some men, IN asserting
heiI Gains ", aid lead us 70 believe thai resistance
to their Cemsnd upon The National Treasury, on the
p,rt of TIE Exc cVtive is despOusn and that cDmpe-
luton with III. the brOau ocesn is an iays5oG of
the ir ltglnIate sovereignty
The iacts 10 blch nave referred are part OF the
history Of rbe tines; and now what have done |
veLtuTtd TO propose 10 do same amount Of mail ser
vice, with good and Sufficient steamers for ,ess Oh sn
ore taf Inc allowed To them, and to IN nance
the service within thirty days after making tue
trect. propos,O a. alternate with them - form
Il weekly communication, aad the only co npetition
which they would thus have encountered from me, is
that VII en- would have resulted fco Increased faci
ties for tue oowuJerce of the Nation ! assumed that
the AtlaLtc Ocean vas wide enough tor two lines of
steamers and that If tit 10 venture there en-
c1oaebed upon no privats domain, and Invaded no
yested rls BIT.
AZ citizen Of this great Republic, was not un-
WI Ing 10 show TO our peOpe that we could stand up
In any trade without greater protection thaa the
BIush Government gave ~ It cir zens. sod thsre
fore proposed 10 uLdertAke the ser nee a. cbmpen
sstion less by soDe thousands year than the sun
which that Government paid 10 the Cunard lice. rhs
competition shich offered was, therefore, in fact
competition with the Cunard nDe-for our service sud
oDI protection woul be TIE Ny proposition may
have tenGed 10 disturb the principle upon hch the
Colns line claim their nunfcsnt donations fro n the
pubic Treasury. and il the proposition and net
toe author OF It, aganst which the sOathen.s Of a
subsit z.o Press Dug In to have been directed
But Nhen II was proposed that our Government
sbouls deprive its.l VI the power to terminate the
extra al owaDce TO The Collins line and thus fasten
the country for five years TO come, the mistaken
policy of psroy zng private enterprise and ia fact
iorbidcns II access 10 the Ocean, in conjunction
with tLt usaIds Of rejecting men. hsv7 dou tied the
wi-com-ibe policy-the propiety OF the schsms-
aid have 80 expressed myself. / have an in.erss.
Ill COMMON with tie American people 10 maintaining
the freedom Of the Ocean 20 the enterprise Of a-and
tie DOE lfion which nade that nuhlc