New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-03-23
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c The Distinguished Admiralty jude in charge deyereT
BIZ 10 1872 ultsSSii IS si"s
'You wilt cali 10 iind continually The safe sGd cp''t
the parties coocerred the nature OF the'r Ves oatsS
and necessities Conss qaeniiy IN iaGss Ct matters com
ss,ted upon high yoa viii! tls- mo ree Tue state
of society upon that element where all Tciencs tlS
sea- and gctionS is, where every thing cenrs ~is1
the sight and know lsdge q. the neighbour o., i wBr
the peace tranquility ct the sus y eaey s.cgrs
under uiid and moderate sayernebt ter cave 'ej oe
Of ierpciou possessed OF few 5pt St-0pg eas re et
10 their empoymesi; OF uen harusned ~ DANCE sa lear
less by habit he Subjects Oh yons celiot51i A c
do sudden; vehement from the IA cTe sDi nrcss
OF The occasion. The preservation OF shps2Hd ~
often upoa OF severe, but Necessary ii>i tuc
These violence present yer, ars5r pes OF
human bur such violence Is frequently JuSh ele,
sometimes absolutely necessary because ylttc IT, 10
coU,nercr, 70 navigation defence OF the Nm. dols,
be The consideration C tbs a5ousd soften TIE
rgor ot judgement, which N ht Otherwise be sade Ok Ad
persons ignorant and experienced oil what IS Zone ut
II painful observe ihst without thy greatest care
IN weighing of evidence. commander or eacsr or sa
can be safe upon his trial In charge of The ives anh prop
critics CT other eontendin with the most erocIors r
uugovs,nsble Gle meat. commander placed every @
meat ia danger s The loss OF cha, and itt ships
lir gove,nment compressed ilio narrow COMPASS, Ia
which itere can be no baoe gf security aT any man on
beard without rapid Snng occasional eXefieI Of an
absolute power placed IN nEn L.Se oher governments
and situations, The command OF sopii open TO @ most
horr general combinations AID coGSpdceS, wilta lheIf
couseg ucncc III 10 maxi the stoucsi heart remee fht
passions operate without ccntrol AID al bpar OF
ship oiies scene OF misery terror dosde license,
resentment and revense''<
The notice recently suggested that the ccusc Of odcsrs
board the SGers should have proceeded mors formally
having first served written charges the accused,
should have conducted the examination their
subject their crossexsninaton. and regular defence,
could not have been carried nlo effect Each o. the Icc
persons executed ha al the time OF his nres been ds
tinctly informed OF the charge against hlm and two OF
The hal al err ards repeatedly plead guilty Inc charge
The Certainty OF the eul OF ali the three had been paceG
beyond persdvsnure by the ocular OF toe nGdnue
TIE sumuay inquest before the counci o; officers
awful occasieu N-cessit stood stern umpire, ara aoweu
time for The ceremonies delays OF The law. The
Investigations land with every desire
the courts proceed ciih DESPATCH have occupied mo
before The Court of Inquiry least twenty days aAd Tbs
before presen, Copr, Martial more than tory days "no
has he proposed regular trial coE,nued Out oneeath
of the shortest OF those Vines would moral certainty
have been interrupted and supercedeo BY the threatened
nophe. which, 10 the twnang OF an MoalG naxe
substituted for the of law ih reign OF eror The
very exposure that the iral OF lha nuilny wa
formally cong on for Lie or or DEATH mPlcan Of e2ulst
The uncsnhned as we'll as The con ned gu ~ "ou1 OF is
produced conclusion that could not have ialede
iihas been sometimes said that The Somers mghthave
eit al ST. Thomas the custody .! The Government ie;e
the prisoners who caused tie dGnge Ihc pr9Dlsy OF
surb course NAV be though, DOUBTFUL, the hris
ca ud baye reached that i>laGd IN safety. An Anirrr2i
shpcwari always deemed competent 10 meet an enemy
from without OF aorce not superior TO he's nuSh
more mast be deemed competent ~ meet aud quell by
power, enemy from within II SHE is LOT caps-
bic ofan,aning her discipline, Sue ocght not 10 be
held worthy b. ht her cocniry battles Ii would seen
be degradation 10 oor flag for an American .shpos
lie aid oil foreign government 10 sustain lhe
pe,
But these SpeculaoUs foreign the pending rial -
The evidence repes the superstition that The SomcS coud
have reached 81. Thomas IN safety with all The prisoners
alive. There every to believe that what iht
ccD,pirators Intended 10 do. they would DO qachy f
Wales had understood from or spencer eat se inu'!
10 t,ke effect very shortly aud eyen oaT ne'r
81. IhausI,. The arrest OF hr Spencer nd six OF M
associates instead OF retaTding was likely TO p
ople Under the evaporation ctused oy turr 's
every Thing indicated an immediate ouibreah the 'ore'
bodDgs of the unccnfned cuipr'rs thai tn. cogmoaes
might invoke the arm OF foreign law a 81 iooss
and cause them BE- sent homeIn lions, by SAT-
ces 10 meet ,er coun;iy, DOOM lent the s'iusa' o s
peTaon 20 The other xcitsment; and IL Hole
than probable that had the execution not taken pae !ei
II did the squall which followed IN The Grenins o ts'S
would have been the signal TOT the EDal explosion IN
..liug AWAY of the Somers Tor Ober "est iadlr
stand would have been still more dansefou1
The big q TSaif S91 and b n lie
kpawn course the voyage would nave oeen vtf.lay an
ftlni es OF The sip and nat inc bearing away ba
fight from the DREADED danger 10 crave p5oiecton Et
bave disearened faithful, could rot have iaed U
strength the ranks OF The tailhess it wousa ntsc @
tirrned waveing IN their adhesion 10 INC m1iyt ni
Imps ted resi- coura the confirmed IN gn' ihal
crisis would have been suddenly forced on !, alnS'
doubt The conspir1iors wsutd have hesiatsd ~ IL
the choice of the Two paths before ten-!De ore sa W
The IRONS the prison, aad The ealows OF Tie law i ot
conductins as they would then nave noluy thpeetsn'
roup blood and massacre, 10 sure and prompt victory
by revenge, and GROWING all oer despefa"
TO enable Court the better 10 Judge Of the necessity
Of the execution. permit nae 10 bring hs case 70 sncler
test Suppose that the execution hat rot !asen place 'ha
the unceutned had risen aud reieaSr toe prs
oners; that the mu;ny had trumpte', and me gs bera
turne into racal cruiser; hat1he faithful OF The Oh
Ger, and crew had all massacred excep the conand
pr alone: that refinement in cruelty Tue prres au
shared his wre,ched le and him so at he ut
be iorcad TO weDd home MS eliiary way, and become M
self the dIsgeaced of what would then indeed nave
-. n ,avedv of lie SOmer. With what burs. Of I-
,gnaon would The cnuary have received his narrative
How would Americaa press with Us Thousand lonns
overwhelmed him with examinations anu a.o
RES like these: You seasOnaoy urged ny t- nIhi-
nous voice of your trusty officers 70 ave thei. te
lives OF your faithful aaeD, and the honor OF our
M
10 die and whose imnediate dealh was lserousy NC
napded by The exigences OF the case "hydia you Ho'
antbor,y-your whose opiHrn
your own TOO concured You did not because You da'eG
not You allereo the path OF known AMI acknowledge
duty. brcanse you wanted nor courage W y, ~
ysu in ct conscience dey"tyes TIE response
bity &. L. murders, which yon might and ought 10 nave
revested On you recoils the disgrace oil tra hi which
never sustained boiunt was colmlttea 10 your eha'
To finish the picture permit nm 70 m u u ln. ps.e
while cruising o coast, had been permitted Dy htdvtn,
in an evil ou 10 capture some vessei py'og Det"see ,
and Europe, feighed with the talent ahe Dsapty o. he
land The men are all murdered, aud the smaie tnc'u
dug perhaps made wife, and niaicens us, boon
raI,, universal shrek OF agony bursts from the AnetI-
can people throughout all their VI 81 domnas and ise wal
in IS echoed back from the whole ciVGea woflu anu
where then could commander OF the somers have nc
den his head branded would have been, by aA OF
iaaDy nseiibe a stamped on Tue eheaa 81 Yam
The case of the Soners may form epoch Ia our hayai
history. Should the course 81 The COMMANDER DC sPotu
by his Country Glutries in our sap, OF We" IN
hereafter be of rare But sbouO lEis Ioui VI
the hi b tribunal public cpnlon pronounce sentence o.
condemnation on the which be Tell himself oouhu 70
nr,.e n i respectfully yet soiefnHy submitted lna me
rrtence viii be signs. for the general prevalence OF IN
subordsaon in navy. The means and subjects OF nil
,Ins are always hand. Filled with fen OF
naked naiions character; crowded with spr Us abnienl
a, the element on which they dwell tie ships bert1eck
ever ahouuGs materials OF cembn'lon. "hsa ssage
snars NAV ignite Tie commander tquencn The haue,
even If . Sometimes by the saclce OF life he must
Suppress rnutny in his lille empire by me appca "
ali needul force No degree force peihaous % a
lawful that esary The suppression Erectsaiup
is The only point which ne can nshtpiy sop
lie mpsl move to iat point CAUTIOUS, not with idi.
lersg step He must employ gentle neahs II they "lii