Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-02-22

ce.! But il is granted that these last are enii'
tied 10 The pratuity; although. In proportion as
he unfortunate Off ers, lost in the Hornet,
have Loft wealthy brothers and sisters, IN 'he
same nropor,ion their wiwows, children and
nareui, have no need of he public graiui'y.-
But 10 dew i, 10 these last, is against the az
mit,ed e4pediency of The whole bill.
I, is plain, therefore; that there is 40 course
Tor those opposed to he clause in question, out
to go again,, the principle of The whole Oil; as
is done in poin, of fact, by the gentleman irnm
North Carolina, and The gentleman from lndi-
ana, shall not engage in the defence OF mat
principle for il is sufficiently established IN inc
legislation Of the country. ! cannot ho"e'tr'
fprbear d reply TO one or two remoik, 81 ne
gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Ies) 7y-wmch
he seems 10 Distinguish between his case ana
,ha, of widows ard orphans Of Ulcers and SEA
men killed n ba,tlc H. rhink, that /" time OF
pcace the service is n different footing from
what's is 10 Time Of w.r, and less n'er'tor!ous.
IL there is any dfflrerte rowe.rr The service is
more attractive in time Of wa: md IL Is mole
peculiarly necessary, in i'm, OF Peaee, on pub
lie grounds, to sIrrng hen ihs ,utourageMeh's
which i, presents. A, TO th- uffi,ers Of course,
no distinction exists, they .ngaee in he ser
vice for life: The men enlist for tied terms;
but believe the calculation, whether in time OF
| peace or war or whether war Is lik " soon
er or laIeI 10 hapcn, never enters ln'o 'helr
| heads. and as far as the temptations to enfst
exi.,, IL is as easy to enlist ere" In war j. III
| peace / brlieve sir lha' every moi,e "' faii
! policy requires these tnccufageme MS IN me
| ser, iceraIhrr in time Of peace than war
The gentleman said, The vessel was MOI lost
in battle, but by casually; il was not danger
10 be brav,ly enc ounterrd; no energetic aci was
10 BIZ performed. differ from The gentleman.
believe storm, violent enough TO destroy
ship of war, is far more dangerous,sand terrific
10 land men or seamen, than any battle mat
was ever fought. Gentlemen recollect the de-
scrip.ons we have had Of the frigh!ful storm
which swrpr the Gulf Of Mexico.s bout he lolA
Of September, and in which j, is supposed the
Hornet was lost. A letter has gone the rounds
II the newspapers, from vessel, which was on
the ouler verge Of the range OF this Storm; aud
the captain represent i, as.dreadsnl beyond de-
scrip ion. Do gentlem,n tell me, that The
condition Of vessel OF war, oppressed by
her armsmentn such storm; is nothing com
pared TO battle? Sir, battle has n" 'errors
10 he gallant SEAMAN. II is full OF nope, prom
isr, glory, and even reward, II no higher motive
operated But what is there 10 animate and
cheer him in one of those Tremendous temp
s.
the dangers that SUI round him? am well per-
suaded, Sir, that there was not one lndi'idu !,
man or officer, board the unfortunate Hor-
net; whose muscles were not stiff with labor-
whose nerves were not strained with agony, be-
fore he went down to his watery grave. And
suppose i, had been told them, q, the last
dreadful hour, thai; within four months pit
lance like this( and miserable pir,snce, alter all
il ls,) would be proposed in the Congress OF
the United States, for The relief Of the widows
The hers, the children, the sister, dependent
on them for support, and whom they should
never behold again; and that this poor piiiance
would be denied ~ would il not have added On
speak ably 10 the agony of that last moment,
aud hav- embitlered the bitter cup Of deaIh!-
SlS speak wi h feeling on his subject, and
with good reason Among my neighbors, there
are some included within the provisions OF this
bill. sptak for he widow and orphan, whose
wants have been brought home 10 me. 1t is my
duty to Them, my duty TO myself, To oppose
the recommitmen,. hope the clause will no,
be striker OUT; but that the bill! will pass ss II
came from the committee Of the Whole.
Mr.. HOFFMAN, referring TO the number OF
the majority ~ which the motion 10 recon-
mi, was negatived, suggested 10 he gentleman
who had called for he yeas and nays upon the
Inc Sprake. stated thai this could not be
done, rxerep, by the unanimos consen, of The
House, the cons ilutiona number naviug arisen
to sustain the call for the yeas and nays.
Tue proposition to withdraw the call being
objected 10 Nv several members, the question
was token as follows:
YEAs.-Messrs. Alexander, Anderson, An
gel, Arnold, Bailey, Barber, Barringer, Barley,
Ba,es, Baylor, Brrkmon, Bookee, Boon, Borst,
Broadhead, Brown, Buchanan, Bu,mau, Ca
boon, Cambreling, Campbell, Chandler, Clark.
Condct, Conner, Cooper, Coulter, Cewlrs, H
Craig, Crane, Crawford, Creighton, Crocher-
on, CrowninshielG, J Davis, Deberry, Denny,
De Witt, Dickinson, Doddrdge Dorsey, bud
ley, Dwight, Earl, Ellsworth, G. Evans, J
Evans, E. E,e'ei!. H. Everett, Finch, Ford,
Forward, Fry, Gilmore. Green, G,enneIi, H.l>
sc, Hammons, Hem?hll, Hind,, Hodges,
H.ff,nan, Hubbard, Hughes, Huntington, IN
re, ,IogersoIl. Irwin Isaek, Jennings, Johns,
R, NJ johnson, Kendall, Kennon, Kline aid, A.
King, Ltpirr, l. nj, Malary, Man, Marin,
Gale Marlin, +. Maxwell, L. Maxwell, Nc,