The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-27

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sis work and for a know they peectly eenpeient
to Ssrs through and accomplish their work Whsa
omplishea n shat way think II 10 much desirable,
and likely TO be much useful to the world than If IL
ose up the patronage Of who may reg
s and control H. and II up for hostile or bad pur-
noses aG rive 10 one another advantage want
to exclude all sues Aeas II 10 institution created py
company for their hsres and the benent OF ne wnoe
world The world will II exactly In proportion as
they exercise fairly and equally and upon moderate terms
the Communications which they wish to make That 10 the
interest the world and that the interest OF the COM
pany There want to leave it. enter into aone OF
these bargains for y sixty years annuites TO oc paid
sc. reason for that If they want aidf they wanss
premjuo let and let them show that IL Is 10
our interest &c contribute and will be for dealing lib
orally with this great purpose.
You saw the experiment is hazardous one, and tbat
the of the expense ought not to be entirely hrowh
on the heads of individuals In answer 70 TINS may say
IL for the expected profit that individuals undeske 70
invest their money In such enterprises They ough 70
have studied il we'll they ought to have known
were about But say, again governments cocvs1 W
assist it for the purpose Of dmushng as,s aA oira na
Md in this form, by alliances between governments
and cotpsnies leading toconstsnt disputes and making
the thing ess desable and less nseful In my humble
opinion than wodla be if you were 70 leave depenaen
on the interest and wisdom of the company VINO nave ha
arded their money upon its success .,, s. Ia.
with these views should be GLAD 1T the Dill as before
moved had been recommied that 1t might anuefgo re
s;sien II certainly requires revision lie gencray y.
the lang espoyed may lead to different for
instance that you VIII ,contraet TO furnish ship
contract anything aboutts That is TO go from us tas
m bounty on ne par. roo o. sorS sss assistance arnou
You want no contract The President OF the JIM
ted States Is authorized to aid this undertaking Y
ing vessel or two to lay down the cable ana yes
this bin has that the President may contract 10
nish this aid There is no use for this language.
appropriate to tho ease desired INN. .ue "nJ' haii
now that motion. have been overrueo, auo ao
not wish to protract any longer this discussion. .
Mr. MALLORY. Mr. President 1t 10 hot my purpose 10 z
urotract the debate for In favor of ths pill ana ae
Sire to sec 1t passed but still feel compelled 70 say aew
words the subject, ~
constitutional objection the passage Of this bill and the
arguments against it have resolved themselves into COLI
Ct I and has therefore
with gee deal of care the objections taken 10 ne depa
on the point OF espedicncy noticed RsrucuaTy inose
from the chairman of the committee Fnance MT HUN
TER hich were characteristic 0 the position ne occupee
before the Senate as chairman of that comraittee wih
briefly notice these objections 70 show now es Tb
first the great consideration OF the cape pairing
laying down the wire. understand the government 10
not liable If the parties do not succeed in the enterprise
The second was that shall pay more than our
es are worth Who knows it? Who knows what Tue
dispatches will be wUrthf Contingencies may arise IN
history of this country en single aespa'cn may
worth S., 900 word, or ten times that sum-
Another objection made by the chairman OF the Ja-
,hs snrsssn,s Of Great Britain
That tenab1e The authority given In the Dill 70 Inc
President to contract with the parties includes the
of contracting conditions and we must suppose ne
would his duty If be wsre not to contract
that all dispatches by or to the goyernsnt OF the United
States should pass through lis confidential nsess aons
The system would not only be than useesS but
would be great injury to us If your communcaons 'erg
to pass through any other than our own conndentia
agents. and matter of course the PRESIDENT wouia 90
contract had drawn up amendment for that purpose
but when that there was 10 the bill ample power or
the President to do that refraned from Offering IT.
Mr. PUGH The bill has been so amended as to limit IL
to the propositions already made hy the BRITISH govern
M Mr. MALLORY 7 tnderstsnd the amendment of tho
senator from Delaware Just passed embraces the provision
OF tho amendment had intended to offer s2
a The PRESIDENT pro tempora There has been no
vote taken the amendment OF the senator from della
h Mr. MALLORY If we decline the proposition made to
US by this company what is to arer
both temin of the line? And in the exercise ei tnie
ppower implying knowledge of despatch sent over
it readily perceive the bightng innuenoe sne
might at pleasure exercise upon our public affairs Sr
understand that my friend the chairman OF the commune
the Judiciary speaking Of as war measure saa .n m%
no device of this kind will ms from the pers OF war
conccde that but this is one of those measures wncn
multiply the interests of tho county, which prlnB he
cotton of his State within twontour hours OF
the great markets of Europe 1t will take the poDs nere
toore shared by the cotton spectators OF Europo
place them the door of the cotton-panter he AT a
times during his growing crop will have power 70 Know
what his crop worth in the markets of Liverpool wmch
govern the markets of the entire world. 8 Il az
u
War will Put end matter of course to a. these re-
laons The project conceived by the senator from ONO
of neutrazing portion OF the American was
presume introduced for the simple purpose OF knpg no
bill but certainly not with any idea that Great britain
would ever neutraze any portion OF Newfouno
land or other side Of the continent for our accommo
daton in the event Of She has In recent postal
treaty with France stipulated expressly that each party
shall have mail steamer across the channel, which
shall not be molested or interrupted during war put
know Of similar concession that she has ever made ana
certainly she would make one Of this kind 81
My friend from Illinois spoke of fishing this cable up
He has not probably looked to the details OF the soundngS
made by our own seaep and the effect that this wire
will sink some foot morewe cannot tell certainiy
beneath the surface Of the The idea Of fishing in
between seventeen hundred and fifty and nineteen hundred
athoms Of water with anchor for this chAin novel
and untenable.
American genius sir has discovered practically de-
yised the means conceive Of betting the world nsan
taueousyo sending the principles Of American freedou
in the language Of Shakespeare around the globe In this
attempt TO unite two continents are gravely debating
whether will accept the boon or not for 1t voun-
tary onel The rifing sum Of money is so small that
scarcely senator here objects to it money consdera-
ton at ALL That does not enter into our calculations
II there be anything said the subject it is surprise that
get the advantages as we suppose them 70 p
for so small sum of money. shall vote for the bill
The PRESIDENT pro tempore The question Is on the
amendment of the senator from Delaware.
| The amendment was agreed to-
Mr. TOUCEY. l move to amend the bill by inserung
in the nineteenth line "he United States the WORDS
aand the citizens thereof" and in the twentynird Inc
after "Grea Brain" the words land the suolecs tnereo
so that the provso will read 80. ls.i,-, i,
Prov;ed further That the United States and The ctzens