The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1819-01-04

uemaii should allow himself TO blend app
parentiy Useful information with private
scandal. Though Mr.. NJ, like myself
perhaps, has been disappointed in promo-
ton by causes, that, as fallible human
creatures, we could not possibly foresee
or avoid; yet
(England with all thy faults, love thee
still y
bypatience, perseverance, and honorable
actions, we may still hope to surmount
the obstacles which chagrin or spleen "a
rising from disappointmcnts, can only
| tend to augment. -,
Mr.. Milford observes, thatssthe encour-
agement given to Seamcn in the Ameri-
can navy, induces seamen to enter it
There is no Jogging; no degrading
man to the level OF beast Human ma
ture IS estimated at its pl opcr value; the
noble mind is cherished and rewarded"
It's really astonishing, Mr.. Editor, that
any man, IN his right senses, should at
temptto palm such an assertion on the
British public for truth will stake INV
existence, that there was more .foggng
and starting with ropes ends, in the few
| snlps composing the American navy, than
there were hcggings (startings have been
long abolished III our navy in the Medi-
| terranean fleet, consisting of nearly one
hundred ships of war, between any given
periods, from the years 1909 on To 1915 /
should TINS remark be too general, take
the following, tar eremhie :-Shortly af-
ter our late peace with America, | was
dining at the Commercial Hotel i'm Ha-
wanna, where were also sevcIa, Ameri-
can ofhcers, commanding small SQUAD
ron OF gunboats, which put into that port,
on their way TO attack the freeoeoters of
the island oil Barataria. After dinner. one
VI them invited me ON board his gun
| BOAT, to see some men who had been in
!ured by the blowing up of gunpowder.
accompanied him on board of his YES
sci and will allow you, Mr.. Editor.
ara Mr. Milford, tojudgc of my surprise,
70 see several men manacled with irons
OH DOLE hands and feet, and some of them
gagged with pump-b bolts, and other pie
ces OF iron, to prevent them expressing
their pain!
On inquiry, the master ofthe boat dis
covered that his masters mate had taken
upon himself TO infict six dozen of lashes
on each OF the unhappy creatures, ard, to
allow them to cool, had placed them in
the situation which L have described
Their fault was this-they had been on
shore getting water, and had brought off
little wine or spirits. Now, Mr.. Editor,
the contrast OF American and British dis
cipline in the above case becomes very
conspicuous. No officer in the British
navy, under the Captain commanding,
can inflict lash Oh any culprit here a
| masters mate exercised all the necessary
duties Of his absent commanding officer.
from his own feeling mind, that, accord
ing TO MIR. NJ. urged him to "estiinate
human nature at its proper value," and
to "cherish and reward the seamen.''
Should this case, to the veracity of which
L pledge my honor, not suffice, Can cite
many others not less encouraging to Bri-
ush seamen to leave the comforts of their
own ships, regulated by experimenting
Parliament, and enter on board of those.
OF America. am, Mr. Editor, YOURS
respectfully, Ill. CAMPBELL, r. n.
| Suffolk street, Charing cross, Oct. 1.
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