The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-19
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But an expression fill from the honorable sanator
fran North Carolina Mr.. Badgcr in this connection,
which does demand a passing potce. He says, sir,
that unless wish to rewre This matter, and write
In letters OF blood, we must preserve this relic OF
barbarian and barbarty upon our statuie-books. We
must preserve this usage lest our naval history be
written In blood Sir, II the reports that have been
made to officially. and the very slight information
which have been able 10 acquire, are true--if the
punishment inflicted under this law be true and II
be the average punishment IL IL The fact that ON
board all the naval vessels Of the United States our
history Is now written In blood. There is stream
oil nving blood running from the back Of the Ameri-
can sailor from the first day Of January TO the last
day OF December; and If that Is not writing the his
tory OF the navy In blood, do not know what the
Senator expects.---lM. HIe's Speech.
| The matter Il now before the American SENATE and
the country. The House has abolished as far as Il
can do so. the use OF the cato nine tails and II now
shelters Itself behind Us. II has now The American
Senate, with our live bodies and our immortal souls
MS buwafk for Its protection. This IL the position
we are now occupying, and which we will occupy
unless we do Justice TO this human misery at home,
IL Will make but little difference, however ultimate
ly, how this Senate may decide the question to day
because the question has gone Out 10 the American
public II has been m0oted II has been agiated and
| II cannot stand IL cannot stand against the yehe.
mence Cfpublc scorn and indignation. II has been
already disapproved Of by the popular voice.-Jfr.
Iaie's Speech.
But sir, 1t is said that this power Is no, abused
Twill only refer you TO the records among the ar
ICuNc5 VI tile II Is tOO,lnat Inc
offence is capital one for nm officer to inflct more
than one hundred lashes. Well | went down to the
yard TO inquire If there any Of lille
| gal punishmcnis. They looked on me much one
| Ia looked upon who asks to see herring. And. in
deed, | found there man by the name Of Herring,
| who was sentenced 10 receive five hundred aehea
and actually did receive four hundred. tried then
10 call the attention OF the Senate To the subject, but
was told this was not the proper pace.-hr. Haie's
Speech.
| am tin favor of scourgng American citizens
| Roman citizen could not be sconrged, and l be-
iieye an American citizen Is Of us high order Of
men as were Roman crtizens. Romnn citizens Were
lemployed both by and land In the army and ia
the navy, and there was no scourging; that was re-
served for slaves, for barbarans, for those below The
dignity OF Roman. IL may be that rome persons
are bad enough % be whipped, but question Y
whipping will effect reform. also question II II
IL worth while 10 make the ofiicersof the navy the
Instruments or agents 10 correct the ncorrigbe part
Of mankind. II is better, sir 10 get them out Of the
navy and have nothing 10 do with them. feel deep
modification, sir, In seeing man--one who Is
brave-one who will die In defence of his country
either In the army or nayy-tied up and logged.
feel Inundated, sir by such spectacle and should
IKE 10 nave the subject properly examined. Mr.
Benfon's Speech
which seems 10 horrfy the honorable Senator which
Is that this practice Of hoggng is calculated 10 pro-
duce mntiny, and that II ought 10 produce mutiny;
and the Senator calls on me TO reconsider and to re-
examine this assertion, and to retroct II. Sir, IL
| there Is any one lesson which have been taught
more than another, and which will retain longer
than another, and be most anxious TO transmit TO
those who come after me- II Is that Resistance to
4 tyranny 10 obedience to God" let II come whence
II may, let II come from whom il may. Instead of
retrocting that, wish had voice that would
seaman suffers, and would pronounce In his ears
the words resistance to tyranny is obedience to
God;" and when the turn comes to you, whether II
come with law or without law, remember your ori-
utr, thn ,rrf,
country and remember your free institutions, that
give value TO the inheritance which you possess.
Those institutions are the production of the sent-
ment that resistance to tyranny is obedience TO God
And sir, II those men have human hearts, they Will
learn the lesson, and they will practice upon it,
Mr.. Hale's Speech.
What ask is, If there is human heart in this
Sennte--if there Is man that dare stand up and
speak for the rights Of humanity will tell him that
NOW Is the day and now Is the hour that human
lily calls for her friends TO stand up and let their
voice be heard and let them stand up, II they have
10 stand alone. ! have stood alone here and would
not be afraid to stand alone again on this question.
But tell you, you may rally your strong hosts !;
4 viii rally stranger one among the American peo-
pie Sir, they will not permit this relic Of barbarisn
to remanj they cannot permit u. The age Of the
CATO -nne-tails is past. In the year le49 you may
erect your monument and nscribe uponit, nHere
lies the cat o-nine tails The funeral procession
| will soon be marshned and all the arguments drawn
from the views of England cannot shelter It from
the excavations OF outraged humanity This Is
rhetorical defamation, suppose. Well, thoy have
got many othor things in England that they cannot
get rid Of They have Lords of the Admiralty, and
! suppose we shall be obliged to have them and II
we keep the cnt-o-nine-tails, think we ought TO
have them. We ought 10 have Admlrnls Of the red
and Admiras Of the Bluc-I do not know whether
they have any Admirals of the White. But am
sick 10 death Of going back 10 The dusty and dead
past, digging among the monuments Of The Govern
ment from which we sprung, to find and bring up
causes and apologies for trying 10 Keep UP these
remnants Of barbarity still longer One would think
that these men were not our sons and our brothers
who nre doing this work on board ship, but the in
cnrnaie ends of hell marshaled, forced, pressed in
10 our servlce md that there was no other avenue
TO their hearts, way Of approaching their under
standings no process Of appeal TO them but with the
-nine'tails 10 Their backs. Have not these
men ears 2 Have they moi hearts2 And have they
moi friends? wonder II they ever had morherp
1 il they have sisters or children wonder II that
circle Of human syinpathies that surrounds every hui
man heart, binding il by thousand ties to thousands
Of other human hearts has anything do with these
sailors or have they, in place Of human hearts,
something that Gun only be reached by the rope 5
end.--iNr. Ldie's Speech.