Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-06-05
MORNING HERALD.


Salons RIeHrs.-An attempt wes made last week
through the agency of some of those lazy guzzling
pst-belliea vagabonds who style themselves Gus
ION House Brokers' species Of laRd pirates who
pick up living by shipping sailors, getting manfests
through the hands Of the custom house clerks with
expedition, porterng trunks Of merchandise running
of erands and doing other little out door jobs for
merchants in busy seasons,-te put down the wages
of seamen, from eighteen fifteen dollars per month
This pusillanimous innovation of their rights was
promptly resented by every able bsdied man in port
None would ship for less than their old wages and the
merchants were compelled to despatch runners down
cast to ship crews for no less than four of first
rate packet ships; and this contemplate maneuUe
mad for Its object the reduction of the hard working
manners wages the sum of three dollars a month
The requisite number having been obtained in Boston,
and brought TO this city Saturday, some of the
New FORK tars evinced disposition to prevent the
Cape Coolers from gong on board-threa tening them
with the cats, and promising 10 decorate the along
shorcrs who brought them here, with jacket of tar
and feathers and an equestrian excursion through
Wall street. asride of handspike. Against the run
ners in particular the old salts seemed to ertan an
unconquerabe aversion; and, indeed so mani est was
their intention Of giving them grauitous nde in the
manner above referred to, that one of them, after
cooling his in mint julap, ran up to the Mayor
and demanded troop Of his Wall street non-spece
paying Bank Guards, for the especial protection Of
those ndefatigabe sailor hunters.
Whether the accommodating Mayor responded to
this call for military assistance, promptly he did
TO the call Of the rag baron when the greasy vulgar
citizens demanded the banks in Wall street to redeem
their swn worthless shin pasters, has not yet been
made known but that the imported seamen did get
IN the vessels they shipped for and that those
vessels did 60 to sea, any whe has read the vau
able information contained in the Marine department
of the Herald must haveinfor med himself The poor
fellows who stood manfully out for their rights have
been left in the lmch having been ashore nearly
week, most of them of course their money is nearly
all spent When is all gone of course their land
lords will cat them aarift, and then, of course they
will be compelled to ship in the first craft that offers
and to accept any wages that their flint sknning en-
Ployers may think proper to allow them.
Poor jacks 1t is your own fault that you are knock
ed about in tins manner; that you are bought mp"
and sent on" from port to port like live stock-to
serve the exigences of every market-wtheut being
allowed will or price of your own; that you only
live 10 obey orders" sea, and to be swndled and
kidnapped on shore. 1t is in your power TO remedy
the evil by single effort. Remember rhs-the mer-
him. Assert your rights lads! and maintain them
submit to no oppression. Combine Form mari
ners association for your mutual protection. Estab-
hsh fund out of yeur wages, and place it in the
hands of honest old sea dogs fer your benefit,
upon condition to draw only in case of sickness
upon your leaving farng life. You can cast
iy lay up half your wages and have an occasional
blow out with the other half if you please but above
all the reptiles that glide your PATH keep clear
Of the brokers and the sailor boarding house keepers
as you would lee shore IN foul weather-one pur-
chases your liberty and The other sells il to hlm-beth
dividing the spos derived from your labors and pos
sbly your life. Seek other asyums when you enter
pert and listen to ether counsel.
We love the sailor. There is an honest manIiness
an open hearted frankness, in his department., that
commands admiration. We laRdsmen know littesf
his character while he il shore-his nature hereis
changcd-he is no longer a sailor, except in name;
but
"a creature Of impuse-borse away BY every breeze"
stranger in every port he enters, the first tavern
he falls in with he makes his home. HIS temporary
respite from the dogs life of sailor, gives him in
ordinate desire OF enjoying himself which, unfor,u-
natey for poor Jack generally carries him extremes
He becomes the dupe of every land shark that over
hauls him--is soon reduced to his last shilling-hs
money all gone, the landlord hunts him up a ship
takes his advance wages for an alleged bar score
gets him drunk and throws him on toard-scnds his
chest after him-and not until the land has entirely
faded from his sight, does he awaken from his dream
Of dissipation. At sea, he is a hero-a philosopher
Christians man AYE, "every inch man.
Contrast him while in the discharge of his duty at
midnight laying out upon the top sail yard, reefng
sail in gale Of wind-the vessel pitching and rolling
in the trough of a mountainous seattle blackness Of
the night only relieved by the flashes Of lightning
the notes of his manly "yo heave 20" audible above
the whisilng of the tempest, as he bends over the
yard with feet extended horizontally in the reef
ke, and hits the heavy canvass to the spar-contrast
him then with the reckless, careless, squandering
sailor ashore wasting in an hour the proceeds of
months hard ,oil-the victim Of dissipation, cffem-
macy, and disease-and they are no longer the same
individuals. The real character Of our sailors we are
sorry to say, is not duly appreciated. They belong
to the most usefu and Inc patriotic class Of our
citizens. In peace they brave the storms and all the
perils Of the ocean-navigate every sea- and encoun-
ter ever cllme-ts administer 70 cur comforts, con-
tribute TO Injuries, and enrich Oar Golfers In war
they fight battles; they protect our cities from in
vsnen, AND our flag frsm insult Honor and duty
with the gallant tar 10 principle, not PASSION. He