THE HON. MR VOGEL AT SAN FRANCISCO.

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2529, 25 March 1871, Page 2

THE HON. MR VOGEL AT SAN FRANCISCO.

The following is the conclusion of the report of the Chamber of Commerce meeting at San Franci co ; MR STOW’s 1 EMAUKS. Mr J. W. Stow moved—“ That the thanks of this megting bo tendered to Mr Vogel for his very interesting and instructive address.” He felt, in making that motion, an interest in this mail question-which is n-t new, but which, if possible, had been strengthened by the remarks to wh’eh the Chamh r had just listened. It seemed to him that the anricip ton spoken of by Mr Vogel as a dream wore by p.o pjeans an idle dream or a mere fancy, but that wo were on the track —the highway, so to speak—not alone of progress in tin direction to which Mr Vogel had alluded, hut that, day by day, we were drawing those lines an-1 setting up those interests which gnarmteod that it would, in the interests of commerce and of common humani y, be ultimately impossible there should be any broad or serious dividing 1 nc between localities and nationalities The feeling was growing upon him and bo hoped it might grow upon mankind at largo, that the'‘e were no more such dividing lines. When he could hash a thought from America to Europe, and could have another thought fla-hcd back in reply ere he could turn a corner and take lunch condor'ably, it was not -worth while for us to consider that we could be otherwise than friendly and inter-communing He felt that the Chamber had taken a very honorable po-i----tion on this ma 1 question. Hp did not know what mote we could do to impress upon Congress wind Congressmen might deem our insignificant views up n the subject. We had i ctitioned. and sent all the iuformati- n we could get together, and n >w, forsooth, jye seemed to find ourselves in this most unjf rtunnte pondition—that ' hat which was of so muph importance not alone (o us, locally, but to the United States at large, appeared to have got into the company of a brood of things which might or not be meritorious, and yet it seemed to be d - tormined by some members of Congress that the brood or litter of things questionable should sink or swim with this mail qn stion, about which there was no discussion as regarded its value. He could not help feeling a tingle and a Mush of shame, that it should be possible the Congress of the United States should he prostituted to the confusion of all sorts of schemes into a hodge-podge mess, to the detriment of that w Inch was go d and the defeat of that win oh was meritorious. As an American citizen, he was ashamed of, and he blushed for such a state of things. Had it come to this, that from the lowest to the very highest legislative body in our land, it was necessary to dovetail and tic together enterprises, some of which could not do aught else than sink into infamy and oblivion unless they were hitched on to the tail of something else that was able, by itse’f to ily on its own merits? He had watchel the course of this legislation in Congre s, and he hesitated not to say—he wou’d say it, if it -were treason—that it was a shame to our Legislature that tlicv dared mix up things in such a way Who denied—-who bad ever dared to deny—that the establishment of this line to Australia wai a necessity fhat could pot be got by ? No one had ever raided question or difficulty on that head. But because some nun; want'd a million of dollars voted 1 o him in connection with some scheme of his own, this mail question was jeopardised, A man win had been on this coast, and had received the hospitalities and court sies of its people, could yet rise in his place and object to having so reasonable, and honest, and good enterprise considered by the Senate, unless all manner of worthless or questionable projects miidjt hp drawn into a vortex with it. It was a shame, and he blusln d for i£. He trusted that the Chamber would not relax in its exertions on this matter : but would pei’si tently exert all its zeal and use all its influence, to secure success to this mail question, the success of which all could see to be vastly important to the future welfare of this State. [Applause.]

Mr Vogel rose and su’d that he should at once proceed to Washington, and that he hoped all opposition to the scheme would be smoothed over. The motion was then put by the President tendering a vote of thanks to the Hon. Mr Vogel for his able and interesting address, which was unanimously carried. ACTION' URGED ON THE AUSTRALIAN SUBSIDY. Mr Brooks then renewed his motion, and offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted;—“ That this Chamber hereby endorses and re-affirms all that it has heretofore said in its memorial to Congress on the subject of steamship communication between California and the Australian Colonies. and earnestly hopes that Congress will consider and act upon this subject with especial reference to its merits, and not permit its success or defeat to depend upon other enterprises entirely foreign to this subject and our interests.*’ It was unanimously adopted.