True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-08-28

The calumny of the gallan, Navy by the Globe,
supposed to have emanated from the pen of X.
Paulding, the unworthy Secretary of the NAVY,
has excited in the bosoms of the American people
very generally, the most lively Indignation Thus
far we have met with but one print, and tina, the
Bee Of this city, ~ho has cmed in with the infa.
nous scandal and lies of the official paper. Blair
should be made to swallow his dirty daribe, and
we hope he may not escape severe and mefited
punishment for vilifying the American Navy,
which he and his masters have for years been
seeking to destroy. The following remarks on
the subject from the Louisville Journal.
The Indignation, which the Globes attacks upon
| the Navy have excie ed IL almos, universal. COM
ing as they d" from the o6icial organ of the Go
vernment, they carry with them the seeming
sanction OF persons in high places, and produce a
belief that that Department is next to be sacriic-
ed TO the Great Moloch ot oco-focoism. A review
of Tho policy of the present and last adminstra-
| tons in reference to the subject strengthens such
an opinion. Since the appointment by Cen Jack
| son OF Blanch, downwards, the Navy has been in
the hands of its enemies. Woodbury. and Dick
erson were in the habit of corresponding with the
common sailors, encouraging n spirit Of insubor-
| mandsrs Immediately above them, and receiving
every kind of excuse, the ridiculous and abb
surd, Tor dischargIng sailor from his enlistment.
10 such an extent has this practice been carried
thai vessels OF war have been detained weeks to.
gether IN port when the public interests required
them to be abroad, for want of men. II any at.
tempt wds made by the comman ding officer to en-.
: force discipline, the sailors in the daily prac-
! tice OF complaining to the Department., and thew
were discharged frou: the service removed to
other vessels. AndAn many instances ships
company has dwindled away ill there were hardly
enough men left aboard to reef sail, because,
forsooth, the men did not like the voyage for which
they were shipped. Every practice which seem.
ed likely to hurt the Navy has been adopted by
the late Secretaries, and-to wind up the business
the "Government Official" comes forth and de.
n"unces the whole service from cotnmodure to
| cock swain.
Ii there be any truth in the .oicial' CHARGE tina
spirit OF syc"phnncy and trucking have crep,
! INTO the Navy, how came 1t therea Under whose
\ management Of the Department has practices, 81
| baleful, been introduced? From the conclusion of
the last war until recently our Navy has been the
ohjeet next the heart Of the nation The glorious
! achievements of American tars upon Lakes and
ocean, have shed lustre upon the national arms
Our "hne OF Battle Ships" have been the won der
OF Europe, md The Chivalry and Esprit de Corps
which animated every officer, the theme of almos,
universal rul"gy and commentators How happens
II then, that this branch of The service is now
sunk SO low as to be Fl: subject of sfliclal Bill.
i,ngsga'e and sarcasm! Have the Shtthiccts OF
ruin indeed added the destructiSn of the Navy to
the many similar blessings they have conferred
| upon the nation! Can no interest, dear to the
American people, withstand the corroding in.
( fuences OF the corruptions at Washington.
| Inc truth is, In" attacks of the Globe aSs foul
ISLANDERS, or true only in reference To Com Ellil,
o. sufe head memory, and few others Of the
same kldHey, who have been the pets and ban-
lings of the administrators IL the boson,s of The
great mass oil Naval officers, the spirit of an ex-
allied patriotism and chIvarv still burns. No doubt
but that under the misnana gem ent of Dick ersnn
ana woodbury., the service has materially suffer
ed, that discipline has been ewilat relaxed and
that tnvorltism has made faiterers and sycophants
| oil some; but the many have not yel become con
tamlnated mot yet bowed down bene til the load
| OF corruption which is weighing every department,
oil the Government 10 the very dust.
But there is warning in the Attacks of The
| G,ohe, which should NOT be unheeded-a warn.
ing, that every thing hes been, and will be done
to reduce and degrade the Navy to the standard
OF morals and snbsetvency at Westinghouse
cripple its useful ess-lcssen il in the es,imauuu
OF the public nd,per,aps, abandon it together The
time selected by the Globe, to make the attack
during the abse nee uI the President on his tour OF
e'ectoneerlng, = is mere ruse Tint paper
would not dare take a step so bold without the ad.
vice and consent of the Executive. 1t is mere
ieeiing OF the publlc-pulse, that Van Buren, may
conduct himself by its beating. 1t isa resort o a
faction grown desp, rate by repeated losses, TO re-
snselrateus dropping popularity; and let there lie
me slightest indication that such measure would
he popular, and the Navy is demolished -
INTO such straits have The party fallen and so rabld
Is their love of office. that, could it advance III
Prospccts,they would assail holy religion. 9TH
ING is to-" sacred tor their iangs, no expedient too
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