Mr. ORSSON. The honorable member wentionel Maine half a ‘o dozen times, and he onecting the East generally the Now, is thattrue? oes the honorable member suppose that the people of missouri are not interested in having an efficient commercial marine to carry on the foreign and domestic trade of the the U.S.? Does he suppose that they have no interest in mul tiplying the men who are to carry the flag of our country upon every sea, and who can only be.?. by increasing the commercial marine of the country? Is fe oblivious to the fact that the reputation of the country has been increased so as to make us all proud of that marine, by means of the encouragement which we have heretofore extended to the commercial marine of the country? The late war, to say nothing of those which preceded it, has demon strated that the arm of the country in case of danger is strengthened, and greatly strength ened, through the instrumentality of a commercial marine. And, therefore, in voting to encourage ship building, as far as my judgment instructs me, I vote to foster, and to increase by fostering, that commercial marine. My friend supposes that there is in that fact or in this particular measure which is to bring about that result an injury to the interest of the West an indication of an enmity to the West. I am sure he will not attribute to me any such purpose. I happen, to repeat it again, to live in a State which stands between the extremes, and if I might be permitted to quote from a message sent to the Legislature of our own State by the Governor who was 1st elected by the people, I would say to the honorable member that that location is a pecu liarly happy one in enabling us to decide upon the sectional differences which are to be found existing in either extreme. His language was, “That we are not given to the rude boreas of northern fanaticism or the hotsimoom of southern impetuosity.” We stand upon compara tively neutral ground, neutral as between the sections, not neutral, I trust in Heaven, in any contest which may involve the existence of the Government. Whenever that question shall arise, whether it may arise in a contest with foreign nations or among ourselves, the honorable member from Missouri will find that Maryland will be with Missouri in that contest, and will never agree to any measure, whether of internal or of external taxation, which may inflict an injury upon the West.