New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-11

Isuc, ter. The speaker then alluded to tue inpor.
t.pt poeh on which the merchants Of Amsterdam held
in hiscrv in establishing the free institutions OF the
world. They bad established NeT-Ansterdam, and
the merchants OF NeT.York now sustained the came
relstion to tie ror,p TIE importance Of an esprit
On c,,- rs among uf,cS sns alec urged upon the
merchants. The City oi New-fork cent no msrch sat
10 CougIess the legislative. lbs should MT De,
s-d if The merchants would see that theif cas was
r. p-ess il would be better FOR their Interest l.
niglt be that il would ne agsiDs, the interest
Of individuals, bat Individual interest would
suffer from the neglect. Issing ths
present 81 en- illustration OF the idea, the speaker
called attention 70 the fact OF the jeoDsrdiziog
Of the peace of the country by Il remark Of man
who called states nen called ioitn ny WHIST sere
called Bnii.h tutrsges, ahd TINS . suO,erVe PEI
toral ends. Such remarks we're disgracf ful, and
might be the means Of hss enipg % wa, with sll s
crefu cssnities. A sugls voice 10 the Ssna-e which
should CT we what had been called outrsses would
have shown tie utter fslscy OF the unlustlh sble al
tempt II brig out hOstiteg between Aneri:s aud
Great Britain Men might sLeer al the nerch 4nt for
t,krg this position bat history Tad Shown that the
merchants Of NsW-YCrk had always ethibitedS true
patriotism. When a rcbsn pled led his Il g, forums
ard sacred honor, il meant more thsn the pe0ge of
the politician whose life, fortune and sacred honor
were email fraction. L'ughter.i The Importance
# commerce Lot being interrupted was ALLUDED to
because Of the bearings Il had upon s the Interests o.
tie country There should bs, therefore. center OF
TIE commerce OF the country and It should be in this
Chamber. In tunes past the royal Gove'nn@n; ard
republican succestJf5 ndu Gtksl OlLcn
OF tbs Chamber, but Il hsd not always been obtained
Educstiop too imp rant branch. With all
our progress bad not macs pr0gress 10 education,
but rather had rerograded. 10 lsOin Columbia Col.
Iege there were 50 students matrculsed, with popu
lson in this city Of 81 600 and in 1856 with $50 0JO
population, the number mstrlculated WAS only lob.
Tat s 70 say while the city Vas twelve times lager
and certainly twelve tines ricner the students 10
Coluub ia College were not twice as many WHAT
wss the fact Ii was that with progress in all olse
our young men not educated. Ia al the
coeglste Institutions OF this city there were bat ~
mstrcul acd strden,s against which there shouln he
eco to make the proportion the same as IN lSUl.
Were not the corruption in political institutions
sId ext,aTagaIoe ia affairs, and much else that
were repusve features of our present society, due to
tie want Of high culture 10 connection with this
subject, ths speaker stated the advantages which
Columbia College offered in furnishing educ alton -
yuurg men. The import snce Of knowledge OF
physcsl geography, as having 9 bearing upon aces
and pursuits stated sOIn-T What IN detail. Esps
ciaIly was it an important brarch for them in this
State because of our remarkable geological and geo.
graphical featurce, which # Themselves formed
volume of wonders, il the rivers, mountains val eys,
BAYS lake., Soils Nc.-a Of which had tttsc 1t for
tie part it occuped-tha. Of the Empire STATE. Ia
couclusion President King alluded to the fact that be
was speaking on the groupd where, in F95, he was
born TIE site being TIE same that was once occupied
BIZ tie residence of Mr. Asop, hi, grandfather, and
who vas usIy years an officer of the CnsIber.
DE PEYsTER OGDEN next addressed the meeting.
He showed the identity OF the interests OF manuac-
lures agriculture and the arts with those OF commerce,
and the importance of having commerce so organized
ss to have its full weight in the affairs OF the world
To make its organic alton efficient it was necessary
that there be center and what could better De mace
the center of its influence than the Chamber OF
Commerce. He also advocated the establishment
Of Tribunal Of Goa merce.
After addresses by WALTERS. GRIFFITH ard CHAs.
ArcrsIUs DAVIES resolutions of thanks 70 the Pfesi-
deIt for his address ard to Prof. Alexander Bache
of the Coast Survey for presenting to the Chamber
various charts of coasts and harbOrs and to L. and
G. w. Blunt for series CT marine charts offered
and adopted.
The meeting then adjourned.