The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-06


proved by such asysem They should be careful not 70
enter into It, Let them their Senators an
= ~ s 70 sS as,
would be fairly in the lists All want Il equality,
ard hat competi1 shall not be allowed 10 stand
vantage ground He repeated th.t II they were to g
The principle OF getting all they could out Of the pub
lie tsasury they would be beaten. and End that they
have = sraa X s%py would
TO the North going to the Treasury and taking all
wanted while the South took none, or that viii the
Nor helping herself literally the South should at
least come In for q sharer
Mr. MBApE in reply went into the history Of the bill
for the improvement the James river 10 show no he
thought ard voted this principle of nerna improve
DeDts II he In Congress and bill were bsfore
him appropratiyp moneys for iptsrnst improve men
he ask Will the bill passf he ought IL would,
he would try to make IL fair as possible. he ha I
doubt about its passage, he would oppose it, He would
nothing which could fnferentialy continued into
action a The character Of vDg for Northera appro
pris ions condition thst they Should get similar 20
preparations for the South He you'd have he said,
we demand portion OF the money OF WHOM We are an
censtitu ionsy robbed we should do on the prnape
that yen would ask highway bier I, give you back
portion Of the contents OF your purse TO enable you to
return home. daughter
Mr. ANDERSON Of Richmond, could not vote Tor the
amendment to the snenement, because II was iihhera
BE would say 10 the Convention that thu resoai n
hrorght in BY the committee was intencea 70 meet tho
difficulty presented by gentlemen who sand that they
were unwilling to go TO Congress- TO ask for sid
in carrying out enterprise TO which their
resources adequate. They INTENDED merely 70
say to their representatives, that if appropriations
these enterprises TO be eontoued TO be made, W
deraDd Of you TO that justice is done TO your
section Of the country. And hat not propsr ia
view Of The acts that rs tar as his owe reco ection
prompted him, all the important enterprise. OF that
cone ST. either vi she aid Of the government IN their
construction wh the promised ala in m.in aiding i1
AGEsTEsAN sugge ted THAI the Nicsrsgus transit line
was an exception 10 the corr &c ,pess Of that renark
Mr.. ANDERSON acknowledged that II was so, but that
that h'e was s'imna by The extsaoTo.ar ans'sss
government aid In respect TO the Collins lioe, the
had ioca ed the receipt Of government AID in
the BUILDING aod tn ont Of thei ships He rec ac' ed
srsabe Instance Of fieud of his fr0n New
Yors, old schoceic~, ThJ vent TO Congress without
silver in biz pocket and stuck to Congress ill he
had go contract. And when he did get the con rat
he had borrow money to carry bi homs where us
sold lis contract, which brought ma f'rtnne, aoi
made nrtune for those who carried ~ Oa Fntt vas
the say 10 when New York enterprise was developed
VI stimuants applied 10 he South thera
would be 10 deficiency Of enterptse exhibited there
Mr. FLOYD of Va would not have troubled tbs bods
9Th rsmsrks If be had not been the Chairman OF tbs
himself presen these resolutions. Hs vas himself
utterly opposed to he sd character Of the resou
ton under consideration; ana HI would answer the
question OF she gent eman over the way lMr Meate,
TO whether he wid not prefer to see ths South
ing poititp Of the puolic piunder that IA would t
He be ieved that Congress had cpn.htntonA rgnt
Make thu e Appropriations Foo his part ne would tou "a
net, taste herole not the pucesn thiog and
was the sentiment cf the people OF Vi giaa (Appaus4
Whenever ns.i ution of the United States il lie
flexible thipg-a OF sliding Ell Is then rsy
question of time vnen the Cove naenf itself shall ail
conruent the los RELAXED bJ Mr. Anderson os
how NsFrhe n enterprises are got up.
Mr. ANDERSON explained Tat he mad only nstaacsd the
fset TO show hat II the appropriation OF the govsra
IDen whsh he'd simulated the building Of those saps.
Mr.. FLOYD said it did not alter the prncol IN sbaps Or
firm. That which will corrupt an Individual will tls0
corrupt country: and who wa say ct the establish
OF such principle tha' will not, IN Of
tine sap the foundations OF guvsrnuent itself9 We
here he ssid to protect the Institutions of the soatl
the maintenance II those institutions depends upon the
rigid construction of the constitution. Guard il,
hen int thn IL
tion flexible in trument, l. becomes thtog
Of avail the end lt seemed to him therefore tnes
the whole object for whish his convention had
tcgether had been perverted. 1t was like meet
ing Ct stockholders ia private speculation ,npany
than meeting o. Southern genlemsa net 70 consider
the interest Of ther county He wished TO pat himself
right the record and he therefore denisd that Con-
giess had the rgh directly or indirectly appropriate
dollar out of the national treasury TIE promo
OF any eial erprise wha' ever.
C,lonel MORGAN ated that his was the FIRST tins
within Ave yeas that &c had heart that Congress had
constitutional right 10 appropi.e moDe7 f3c the sup
port Il mai steamers VIXEN thsy are ba't 10 be
convertible into war vessels Ii the Collins steamers
upon Congress As 70 this gea. Southern qaes ion he
would say fE words. Congress hsd cone lst enough
on he SUBJECT OF the slave question place some Of
The Northern states out OF the pale of the constitution
II Son hsrn man follows his slave to Massachusetts
and arrest him, he viii be Imprisoned o. feion;
and Pennsylvania is hardly whit better.
Their sbiity get out of the tram melting iu IF
the North depended on the promotion Of SOU hern
He could not any difficulty IN the world 10
tutional but VIII would demand sppro oratiou Tor
the aid II Southern line CT mail steamers If they aid
make OF this app opya ion for years
il nigh allowed 70 accunuse; but he had fear Of
that, They needed mail steamers which would b. also
useful in time ct war, for he time was waen he
feared the allies would be turning their sention TO the
sf.!s this continent Let u.s. then ne sid interest
European merchants ami manufacturers 10
here ard then let Yankeedom carry its ,ods whore Il
nlesses. What reed we then care tor Yankee fana l.
cismf If ever there tae for shing VIVA. my
friend has called the siding STALE this Is H. Let Us en-
eeavor ide into the affections of cousins the
water an then vii! be dependent the Nortn
Gen GREENE, Of Texas, asked the gentleman frcm Va
Mr.. Mfad.-how he came TO hs Knowledge OF the tact
that government would discontinue the appropriation to
the Colias msi lines when the contract would expire
He did understand 1t. He would g. farther.
He believed tpe system soing the enter pres was
good one and far better than that Of built Ting old 74s
which lie rotrg in the ck yards and which viii
perhaps, vis' The ocean again. The English steamers
be SAID found to be altogether superior to their 20
or three hundred war shi1s,
Mr.. MEADE replied that he had certain Information
that the compensation 30 the Collins line would be with
drawn but he believed mat the President OF the Uni5ed
States rad made such Teconmenl aten TO Congress.
Mr. + B. DEANE Jr, of Lynchb1Ig understood the OBJ
ect Of The convention to be to devise measures to build
the South 10 devise TO increase the
OF the South devise 70 maze the South
erfu enough TO maintain position In the Union. He
did not conceive that they would here deoaang
stitutiona questions they here TO devise and
port TO the country system which would build up toe
OF the South The measure proposed, is-he
argued that which would be OF more avail for
the purpose than any other that eau be devised.
n,hed between Liverpool and New York That New York
took ride into supreua cy ana left behind her Pha
delpha, Boston and New Orleans Is the pro aositi m
said he this thai IL Congress will pass laws making
appropriations for steamers shall at the same time
make appropriations for the South as well as the North
He Understood it. 1t been the settled policy OF
Congress TO make these and we nd even
strict consructionts defend ng this consti
tutoDs grounds These mail lines to considered
the ia cf the navy; and nov it be wrong for
Congress to tmulats their building 1t Is the only
can ever bsve navy to cope With th.t OF England
How II be unconstitutional to make arranyem suts
for csrry ing the mails the water and constitutional
make arrangements for carrying the mails the snif
1t is IN potsnt to lave msi lines between New York
and Liverpool between New York and Boston be
wen. FIR ate powers. They had been for years hli-
fpIittDg the consti ut and all ne time they
fsrg back aud less able to oppose those now
attempting in the North TO NEEDLE with thif insttu
tons Had Eina thirty years ago been practical in
her ags alton both at home AMI abroad she would not
no have need for such convention this. Sh, wol
have SAID to those miserable wrees in Congress VIII,
interfere with rights, You hsse come 20 the mark
but You dare MOI cross II ~ Bot nov hoShh ~ 1t
ma thai now no N will have to settled