, 1859-01-28
PUGET SOUND HERALD.
srEILAcooM, W. T., JAN. 28, 1859.
SPEECH OF HON. CHARLES n. CARTER,
OF CHEHALTS,

SPEECH OF HON. CHARLES II. CARTIER,
OF CBEHAITS,
On the Resolutions rendering thanks to the Adj
mInIstTniion, aud to Hon. I. 1. stevens, Dele
gntcin Congress.
Nh. SPEAEER--This House has already COM
plimentcd the Administration for its acceptable
steps taken towards the establishment of sep
arate military department for this and our sister
Territories. And, however much may be in
clincd towards its general national policy, do
not sec that its actions have been so favorable to
western interests, as to deserve resolution of
thanks for only partly doing lis duty. Acting,
as tho President does, in the capacity of pub.
lie servant, take the liberty Of pointing out
few Of his delinqucncies towards the North. West
II is fresh in the memory of members of this
House that the President, in the carly part of
his administration, condemned the course Of
Hon. ]. ]. Stevens in the last war, the man whom
you now compliment in the second resolution !;
and approved and sanctioned the policy Of Gen.
Wool, a man who acted the part Of Achilles ut
the siege Of Troy, retiring in neighboring re-
treat, there remaining in n sullen and inactive
condition, waiting for his countrymen to save the
battle at the cost of their lives, and then march
up and claim the laurcls Of war. Tho great
error which the President committed by endorS-
ing the policy Of Gen. Wool, is in part excus-
able, considering the high position Of this Gen
eral.
In glancing over the Presidents message you
see no reference made to our war debt Being
adebt OF national Importance not only on accoun;
Of its magnitude. but national interest attached
to II, he should have used his influence during
the last Congress, at least, with which il was so
great, to have the war-scrip REDEEMED. There
never vas debt more justly due to any people
Are not the pioneers on the Pacific coast entitled
to the confidence and esteem Of our government,
when we know that they have extended the lin
its Of empire and civilization, and secured foot
hold for the United States en- the western con-
fines Of the continent? This debt, which, Il not
soon paid, will be forgotten like millions Of dol.
lars in the shape Of Revolutionary and French
Spoilatcn cllims aglinsl the government; which
claims were justly due our ancestors, but which,
through neglect, have slumbered unpaid to this
day, and perhaps never will he satisfied. Il is
to be hoped that this will not be the fate Of our
war-scrip. AS soon as the Indian war with the
Sioux on the plains, with the Indians in Utah,
and with the last remains Of the SSmino,cs in
Florida terminated, the expenses were quickly
paid But, tho pioneers on the Pacific coast
must fight their own battles, receive the taunts
Of Congress, and submit without a murmur.
1 am pleased to see in the Presidents message
that he has become quite liberal in his Kansas
policy, and changed his opinion very decidedly
in favor Of the people Of the Territories pro.
ceeding in "thcir own way to form a State gov.
Crnment, preparatory to coming into the Union"
James Buchanan was an old man when he went
abroad the last time on foreign mission. Dur
ing his absence, being surrounded by courtiers
and friends he could not keep pace with the
great change Of public sentiment from 1859 to
1856. So that, when he returned from the old
world, he came back to the United States like the
Bourbons returning to France after the termina-
Rf tha nf hat had
transpired during their absence. As candi
date and as President, he was too steadily en-
ployed to study the signs Of the times and note
the great reaction going on in America. He
never committed greater error than in attempt
ing to apply the ideas Of 80 to the people of 81
His mistaken Kansas policy is only thought Of
as tho things Of the past, has no reference to the
general policy Of the democratic party, and may
be considered as overshadowed by his past cmi.
nent services, performed at home and abroad.
His Recommendations In his message for the
better protection Of American commerce, and
travel over the isthmus Of Panama, the fulfil.
ment Of tho treaties made with the Central Am
erican States, and the opening Of the vast into
Tior by Railroad, have reference to the dovel-
opcment and improvement Of the States on the
Pacific.
With pleasure, I concur in the resolution com.
plimenting the able Postmaster General Ills
recent valuable services in establishing an over.
land mail service between the east and the west
may be regarded as the first step towards the
settlement improvement, and civilization Of that
vast interior, as well as the starting point for the
uturo construction Of Railroad, which, when
completed, viii turn the commerce of tn, world
into the lap Of America, and place il on a more
direct route from the East TO the Indies But
while favor his land mail service, | do not nor
can hvor his ocean mail service performed by
agrcat steamship monopoly, running The mails
through a foreign country, cutting oil individ-
nal lines, entangling our government with com
mercial monopoes, and whose influence is TO
rule the commerce Of the Pacific. The influence
OF this powerful monopoly upon the Congress Of
the United States, is not cxcelled by that of the
colossal "Cunard Line of steamers, upon the
British Parliament In 1916, | believe it was,
tho British government established the Cunari
Line" to run 10 their Canadian possessions
Our government, to bo up with the times, and to
keep pace with its European rival, established
the famous "Collins Limo" Of steamers, owned
in part by foreign capitalists, to run to and i'm
prove foreign country--to run of individual
lines from the Atlantic-to establish communica-
ton with Liverpool, Southampton, and other
plAces-all at an enormous cost to the govern
ment, at first Of comparatively few thousand,
but soon Jumping up, from year to year, 10 sew
eral millions Of dollars. At tho very time this
steamship company was established, Mr.. Whit.
ney's plan for the Pacific Railroad, the deficiency
bill, and other important measures, were under
consideration In Congress; but they were all
crowded out by the influence Of this monicd
monopoly. Mr. Benton said, that to secure an
appropriation to set them in motion, they paid
S160,00O as bribe money, to corrupt members.
It Is high time that We do away with these dan.
gerous monopolies, and thus open the way, and
fasten the establishment of individual lines Of
steamers. By so doing, we do away with many
national abuses. In other directions, VIC see the