The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-05-28

LAWS. The Washington correspondent OF the
y. Y. Times says In recent letter that the
olisarchists, of the South who now bear rule
a, Washington, having struck fatal blow to
NHew England interests by the repeal, on the
part of the Democratic Senate, OF the hshing
bountie,. are about to follow up the blow b,
repeating the navigation laws, and thus adj.
hitting foreign vessels on equal terms wit
our own to the coastins trade. The design is
set forth by the correspondent as follows;.
"The passage of the bill for the repeal OF
the fishing bounties Is one OF the most impo
;ant acts of the session. 1t will inaugirate.
it il pass the House. comprehensive chang
of policy, directed to the withdrawal OF all
encouragement IRON the Navy, and OF all
protection from the interests OF navigation.
THIS bloc is to be .faiiored up By oaoihsr.
rkicI eannot fail TO MAKE a pr!tbaa5 seaside"
,l,an hc country. The Con;nittee OF COM
Inerco resolved to-day, by n sectional aud
Iartizan majority, To reports bill tn repeal al
Discriminating duties in favor OF American
vessels over foreign in the ports OF the Unite"
States, to admit foreign vessels to tho ,'erie''
tree lon of the cGastins trade, aud 10 ppeli
tic requirement; that all American vessels
j MI have certain proportion Ut Amerirar>
n, rart IT the crew. In word, the Dill pro
roses totally to abolish all protection To Nmcr-
lean navigation, and throw the coastii,, ta,,",
NJ well as that between the United States and
foreign countries, open to foreign vessels.
The same proposition was, yesterday morn
ing. reported to the House by the majority o,
tie Select Committee On Free Trade and ID.
rect Taxation, oil whicl NIr. Bcycc, OF So,,ti,
Carolina, is chairman. Ills Committee was
,lCsigncdly and pro- erly composed "t neih-
her iriu,dly t. the resolutions introduced hy
ur. luy,c lucking To- Il abandonment oi ;lia
SNstCpt 9l indirect taxation through impost.
.t,ai, imported merchandise and ? resort ~
direct taxation, To be collected by tho several
States, and paid over by them into the COM
mon treasury. .y..F
These propositions must bc taken together,
lccause they form parts of the system, which
il would app ear. has been formally adopted
by the Southern Democratic Party.
They contemplate, not u revolution in on
commercial ,,olicy, but the total destruction
IL, md they are also directed to the sever
a"cc NJ the Union. The measures named in
Nlr. Bn,co'- resolutions are dis-Union. and
irt il De remembered that they pre not the
opinions ol one man-they arc proposition,
mlturcly iorrCd after laborious inve legations
ard deliberately rromulg gated by a Committee
ol lie House. They go back To the plan ~
tn Confederation, and can only reach It b.
throwing off tie Union forever, under the
Constitution. The very moving cause ut the
formation of the Union, was, that the finances
the Coniederacy had fallen into diiapiia-
ii m, because the States would not furnish
their quotas of supplies. Without collection
laws, without duties upon commerce.. and
nirhOut fiscal system common TO the whole
cosntry, and administered by the Federal
Government, the Union would not endure
two wears. The report from Mr.. Boyce's sc.
lect committee l., Therefore, wl,en correctl.
viewed. only report in favor OF the dissolu.
ton OF this Union, and was no doubt 30 ln-
tended by its author. 80
'fhc Senate's Committee, under the lead OF
Alr. Clay, was organized last December, nm
der very strong sectional Influence. The
Chairman Is himself person whom no man
fr,in the North voluntarily converses with.
IIo has been operating In manifest accord with
,lr. Boyce's Disunion Committee. The bill
f.r Tie repeal OF the fishing bounties was part
OF the Dlan arranged between the Committee
am il was the intention to move the reference
q. the Senate bill 10 the House Committee in
orler to get il regularly before the House
without delay. The Committee. however,
las ceased to exist, aud the bill must so to
the Committee on Commerce OF the House, OF
which Mr.. John Cochrane is Chairman. II
reported at all. it viii be with the recon-
incubation that it do not pass.
Blu, should the bill be got before the House
fol action. motion will be made TO add, as
All amendment, the repeal OF the sugar daiics,
which last year yielded Si3,5oO,OOo. The
motion will probably succeed, aud the bill
will then become subject OF contes' between
the two Houses. ...I.
The repeal OF the laws protecting American
tonnage and navigation, will arouse the oppo-
sition oil the owners OF live millions OF tons oil
shipping in all parts OF the country but the
iGen who have started the crusade against
interest will no, be satisfied with one or two
unsuccessful attempts. They will continue
tie agitation until they prevail, or until the
party to which they belong shall be crushed"