Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-06-30
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70 THE CtTt7r| ~ ycr nc Eagairer.
| ert,t, IL iYEHAIDINCi

- THE SLAFEHOLDlN1
r. STATES.
In olc,'' w..,,,,croS. .Juue ~, 1851.
gstin' .mv address Of August 70, 1856, pronu!
o. ,,.CuEs,rrAKE BAY AND MILFORD NAV h
EvnRY PRoJkCT, ! remarked: "ln aIolhe
accommodation | shall enter into minute oetaue rec n
.a N he manner Of carrying 1t into success'u' op
..;on will now state, however, that every SCUM
arm citizen who chooses may become co p,a, ~,
Il; that the shares will be issued for eacn - NOR.
person shall! DO permitted to subscribe ior fo
until all shall have had ample time 10 and The Dis
one and tina. each slsveholding stare manager in
trct of Columbia shall be entitled 10 on sned sup
the concern When my address " sscure a charter
posed that should be enabled 10 Snt as it is now
for COMPANY several monh se obtained before mex
on;to oortsin that one cannot Dc ;v If the mani
quite CERTAIN siar cannot in view VI GA mo from
oanaIy vi oh are so stra nsly iurn Garment to
day to dsy, longer poslpoar,,c of preliminary
the enterprise, the 0o"N'' a..
hnar;cal as this enterprise was ,hs pupiic
AS o S aben first communicated " .o,Ssvorng to
ind that even fa,,dious inoreaa New York since
ger ~ hsan discocered that through &c. confines
Sound the Great Eastern may o.rainly bu, not
81 that CITY. 1t is strange enoash, which have
strange than true ina. ,hs Steam Fery-ale
zinc that il was entirely too sectioai 80 sentiments of
that IL was hostile to the conser sr,ns CONNER
the Union, that it would beset visons Of country.
| n;ol r;yalrv between the two ut' ,yi,ation in
vta, I'D teen alive the slavery "ntinn,
short that n was almost Of treasona uf an early
onnsar 70 be- oyerioyed at thu P,St,. mort. What
vsit of the Great Eastern I" ,s,on of the home
| remark able and instructive FoIs
10 ada.e circumstances aiter cas- rsfullv examined
Im October 1850 after having o "c noo,strnction
bs Isyiahan, then in early progress Amsr
1no ~ company with two aisune"'e' ;;no
l Called III conipny i bar architect aud orssihh.
.on' Jor IN ascertain what the cuanoee ,;,o
inducing him to make the Chesape go listening Z,
,ion. lie promptly informed me- a, =, those NJ
~ own REPRESENTATIONS, aud Subsequently =" Nv, St,
my own feP .s, h conld not hold out the slightest
oncomrayoment that il would bs IN MS power w .o,
plv with my wishes, inasnuch as sne We, - h.r d.
Intended for the Australian traue anu 'n'1 ~ than
;,n sbe had been arranged accordingly. ~ "as 'ep
ynected that she would be ready for sea IN Tie .oi
| lowing August. In month or two, however a;.ei
this interview, Mr. Scott Russell, her ente w.
constructor, found himself unable 10 c"'hpH m'' ~
| epgap.nents and all entire suspension Ill tie con
structon occurred, which lated severai months III
the mean time the Company became aispirneu, anu
several of the stockholders was told r"ther than
make additional advances, were inclined 10 aoan"? !;
the undertaking in despair w hile aiairs were III
this almost hopeless condition. capitalists having large
| interests in the Grand Caaada THUS RAJ f0ad
proposed to provide the amount required tor her com
pletion upon the condition that she would run tempo
rar;Iy TO Portland instead of Melbourne. The propo
stion was assented TO-, not from choice, perhaps but
from necessity. She will, therefore, rs | am now as
sured on reliable authority, unquestionably proceed
| to that city soon as she is prepared for service
| which, it is believed, will be in October; and from
thence she may steam around 20 New York, tmaking
the run in ten or twelve hours) and abide there twt
three days for profitable exhibition. Until recently
| | did not suppose her commitments to go to Port
land were 30 obligatory.
As soon Us the Great Eastern is removed from he!
stocks il is the intention Of,he company to commence
the construction of a companion for her in the Aus
traau line, and the two will constitute regular pack
| cts between Milford Haven and Port Philip. Hence
there is but little likelihood that she will engage per
manenty in the transatlantic trade. She may b
far from perfect in her proportions and i'll her ma
chinery but she will assuredly develop principle II
navigation which will accomplish rs great revou
tion IN ocean carrying as the locomotive has accom-
pshed on lanl. To be ready 10 turn this principle
to the best account at the earliest possible hour ID
| duty which Southerners owe not only to themselvc
but TO their posterily. Ii this does not occur | a
resolved that il shall not be attributable to wan'
energy ON my part.
Alter mature reflection the plau proposed in m
address for raising sufficient amount of money
cOnsummste the Steam Ferry project was lncomP'
rably the most practicable as We'll IA the most GesrA
Bile one which suggested itself 10 my mind. l
| 10, as is explained in tho quotation from tie
address, to obtain it by individual subscriptions
each member OF family to have the privilege {
subscribing for share of one hundred dollars. blu
none 10 be- permitted to take two o: more until a
opportunity shall have been afforded to all TO subscrib
for one. As the more immediate benefits which ar
to be derived from the enterprise will b. generally III
fused iu the circle OF it's operations. 30 was il though
of primary importance 20 distribute rs equally a'Po
slble the stock in that circle In my opinion there
. | no way in which one hundred dollars viii be eI
p!oyed for term OF ten years more probably "A u
lnvestment-apart from the enhanced value ot pro
perty which il would occasnn-and there IS c"r.iiii
none which Would afford So much agreeable intsres
regardless Of lis pccumiary earnings to the stock
hu.Ge.s. AS well TO the Old TIN. Young. the rich
the poor, those of the scabrard OF the int-riOr:h
, joyous anme;ing, cheering performances Of iIl
a flf.. fh.
mouths H. household words hav- secn kr.:s save
from bankruptcy by small loans from their sur sct:
> and costly testimonials TO worth purchased by per
ny contributions from the earnings OF industry Iii
southerner has never been oudune in udiclou5 llbc
raty, aud he can b. safely counted upon i'll the prs
sent Instance.
q But there are prudential considerations why tn
money required for the undertaking should be raise
in the manner decided upon. For the first year q
two is likely that dividends would be declared
and if the stock owned by capitalists Ii wOu!
probably desccnd 10 low point Of value, and subsr
queny hEd lis way into the Possession o parties, VIII
would transfer the vessels ~ antagOnistic service
Capital seldom We ks from dsiueresicd motives =
' Patriotism looks exclusively 20 benign results. tn
solitary stakeholder in the Steam Ferry would b
satisfied with successful experiment III behalf OF Ia
common veal until ample time allowed for IN
enterprise to display its merits in full grandeur.
1t seems to h generally believed tina; the Souther
r Convention at Savannah did nothing mnre than adoi
strong resolutions in favor Of the Steam Ferry. HI
: ment informally addressed to ne the following leite
which, from tour made in hslt dOz III SoIther
States, am persuaded einbodes the sentiment y! II
. constituency
n SAVANNAH, December, lSj6.
n DEAR SiR:-Ths undersigned, officers and ;ncm
bers OF the Southern and Suu,h Western Conm-rci;
Convention, and cit OF the South, have read wit
much satisfaction your letter issued from 'iIundo:
August l., 1856, and addressed tn the 'Cit,zens
the SlavehUding States, in relation to weekly a
sntic Ferry Lin. OF iron steamships. Of th rty thou
sand tons, between the Chesapeake Bay and Miiior
1 Haven" Approving the suggestions contained
i that communication. aud INDUCING The hop. tbs
Southern capital sufficient TO accomplish the object
which you aim will be freely offered 10 the nianne
g and upon the conditions you propose, we take th
method o! saying to you that We shall hold ourselves
each, responsible for ons share of the capital stock
/ the Company hereafter to be organized, and WI
otherwise contribute, far as We can, TO the speed
and complete success of the enterprise.
, VERY respectfully,
JAMES LYONS, President.
, JOEL CRAWFoRD, Of Georgia, =
: EDMUND MARTIN. offs. g.,
Il. BErHEA. of Alabama, =
w. d. MOSELY, OF Florida ;.
a. MCLEOD, OF Texas,
n. b. CLOUD, OF Ala, S.c'ry.
Here follows u list of members from dide'er
, States.
Here il proof sufficient TO satisfy the most skeptic
that inc otaes VI ,he o"ulh as CONCERNS mo e.eai
ferry, are disposed to act upon The principle OF oS
FOR ALL AND ALL FOR oSE. In this unity of purpose
their respective interests will be best suUservsd-th
property in each alike benefited. 1t is not cities
which this enterprise is intended calculated to III
part the greatest growth and prosperity. 1t ia tn
country which il will best serve-the landed propr'
taries, the rural districts OF the husbandman, th
mineral fields and mountains. The South wants Il
, New Yorks, or overgrown commercial emporiums-
I no redundant. vicious vagrsnt population-tod demo
raizo the body polite harass IFS repose. 1t pre-
ers to behold, from the quiet of its cheerful homo
steads, moderate.sized, substantial cities on s ses
board, and thriving inland towns and villages, wher
crime cannot be epgendered by ideness, and wher