Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-21
AErERNnnN SESSION

The President called the Convention to
order at $3.50 pm, when the discussion OF
the resolutions and amendment relative to
direct trade was resumed.
Hon. Milton Brown, OF Tennessee, in
the course OF his remarks on the subject,
said that being from the interior of the
country, he had no personal ~prejudices
for or against any port as the entrepOt for
merchandise and immigrants from Eu-
rope. Whether Charleston, Mobile, Nor
folk or Savannah, was decided upon was
an imnaterial matter-the great point
was to put the business in working trim
at the earliest possible moment. Discus
sion as to the merits of any particular part
was superfluOus; in his opinion almost
any of them would be eligible enough,
but il was the business of the Convention
to decide mich was the most desirable.
1.-THE question was not decided now, when
would ii be, he asked; and said that It was
the special province of the body TO settle
upon and name some port upon the
Southern seaboard as the terminus of a
line of steam vessels to and from Europe.
Iftime was frittered away in senseless dis
sensions, New York would swallow the
trade as she had swallowed that of Boston,
Philadelphia and Baltimore. He replied
that il WA better to throw out the ques-
ton han to lose time in discussion that
could lead to nothing but confusion.
Work was what was wanted, and most of
all, money. Money wOuld be the result
of work in this as in all other matters.
Go 10 word and show capitalists that there
wa$A' money in it, b" and the money to in
aug6rate the movement would not be
lacking. The gentleman was listened to
with marked attention, and he closed
amid an outburst o~fapplause.
Col. Lamb, of Georgia, expressed his
embarrassment at his perplexing position.
He likened Virginia, his native State, and
Georgia, his adopted kome, to his mother
and wife, and while reluctant to exhibit a
lack of filial devotion TO the first, was COM
PEELED to adhere to the last, and. therefore,
favored Savannah as the Cis-Atlantic ter
minus of the proposed steamship route,
satisfied that no more available port could
be named.
A delegate from Virginia, whose name
was not announced, dwelt upon the pecu-
liar merits of Norfolk as a port for the
proposed steamship line, but would
waive his own opinion in favor of that of
the Convention.
Mr.. Wrightson. of Ohio. spoke
in terms of unqualified approval of
the proposed establishment OF the
line of steamers proposed, and sug-
gested Charleston n Savannah as ports
on the Atlantic seaboard available as ter
minalp points. The gentleman, in closing,
remarked that as discussion was likely to
continue if something was not lone to
bring the matter TO an issue, be would
move that a vote be taken by States, and
that the port receiving the largest number
of votes thus east be declared the choice
of the Convention. The motion, however,
was lost.
Mr.. Everett, an English gentleman on
nected with the immigrant scheme, made
a telling speech, in which he handled the
subject of direct trade in a mastery man
ner, and carried conviction to the minds
of his audience. Our readers are already
familiar with Mr.. Els views, and u want
of space compels us to omit a synopsis of
his remarks.
( Gen. Chiffon, of Kentucky, arose and
stated that on the part of the delegation
from his State, he would take part in the
g family QUARREL He reminded the
members that the time of the Convention
was too valuable to be taken up with
meaningless platitudes, and urgedNimme-
diate action on the resolutions and amend
ments. The Convention was the most
was in favor of a vote being taken by
States. as moved by the gentlemen from
Ohio. He closed after . little badlnage
with ''his distinguished baptist friend
from Georgia amid hearty applause and
laughter.
The debate was now growing warm,
and as Rev. C. X Marshall of Mississippi,
took the floor, manifestations of eager
were made, and as that gen.
tleman went to the point at once, matters
approaching a crisis. 1t is a mat
ter of regret that circumstances viii not
permit US to give the gentleman'sremarks
in full, but that 1t was The effort 81
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