The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-09-19

do mat IN our country Tor small compensation, and ma.
the remark which made that the navy the pet Of
the government in regard the officers OF the navy s
snekiy true is almost always the case, u you go into
and some else gets the bruises That isthe with
the navy The navy has It's pet, but II Is the officer who
~ the petted child The officers have taken the honor
emolunens the compensation and all for waiting orders
do not understand that the government have under pay
to-day single sailor who engaged n that arduous labor
Of waiting orders No. SIR we DO not employ sailors 70
wait orders; we only employ ethcers for that. This
sir rs the situation and condition Of the sailors in the
American navy. ,s4Is y se Ns3a
great many gentlemen have said they anxious 70
have this bill passed. | must confess have no such
anxiety about IT, shall probably vote for It'll intend to
vote Tor T. wish we bad not an acre OF land in the
worldaot an acre. shall probably vote for this bill
should rather it would be postponed and defeated
and again, than that justice should be withheld
from 40 mertorous class as the saiosnot that wish
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insertion OF the amendment that has been proposed IL
act Of such manifest justice that destroys the BILL
shed over IL 4 this sa,aity Is defeated because Il is
coupled with an act Of the simplest justice.
Mr.. DAVIS, Of Mississippi. The senator from New
language and vehemence concerned but heard
him make which had little application TO the subject
before the Senate, he has done just He argues
and sailors and winds up with advocating this amend
ment for giving bounty lands TO officers but not 10 sailors
Mr.. HALE. Gnterposing) II thoselwere my remarks,
have altogether mistaken them, and lake back every
Mr. BALDWIN The amendment includes both Off
GERS and seamen.
Mr.. BADGER The other amendment was withdrawn
Mr.. DAVIS, Of Mississippi All! Well. il may be
another amendment than that which was offered and
read at the desk a.
But the senator from Florida to whom intended to
make some reply commenced with declaration that
he would correct errors of fact had fallen into
Now, sir. he made some statements of which NE is
better Judge than am and others of which should be
bpt Ter m he he Wi a ter
he may have been right, but when he got upon land
know he was wrong He says, however, that in the op
erations upon the coast of Mexico, the navy got no
Mr.. YULEE, (in,erposing) | said they did capture
some merchant vessels, but their prizemoney did not
equal three months compensation OF soldiers.
Mr.. DAVIS, Of Mississippi. | recoect now that the
senator did make that exception But is that the only
exception Then, ask what became OF the armaments
Of Avarado What regulation requires them, when they
take guns and munitions OF war them to the
government is there any Gentlemen cannot escape
from this BY reading 10 the mere words Of the law
Does the praciice-does the fact exist! That Is the
But the senator from Florida, by way Of showing the
contrast says that the sailor gets via, and the soldier 80
Mr.. YuLEE. (inierposing The senator is mistaken.
/ said that the highest pay Of the soldier was $12 and
that OF the landsnan 80 did not mean military lands.
men but naval landslnen. Naval andsmen are a class
employed on board who do not 90 aloft, but
deck They are men who are called andsmen, because
ii is not required hat
The naval landsman is one who stays on deck if il
were land should not be surprised il there were some
Land bcunies TO be located on deck: [Laughterl
Mr.. YULEE. Seamen receive $l2 month, ordinary
seamen So and naval landsmen so. That is the clas-
shcaton OF sailors on board, and said that their pay
varied from s12 10 50,
soldiers So. When be said landsmen, did not un
derstand landsmen the deck OF vessel. The pay Of
soldiers is not 81, but 1t rs 81 for infantry and s. Tor
mounted men that his very lowest rate for seamen
two dollars higher than the pay OF soldiers And
10 perquses, the soldier, like the sailor buys out Of
his pay everything beyond his simple ration and clothing
The sutter furnishes him jack knife, and he pays
the sailor for such things as he gets them The ration
OF the sailor is worth than mat OF the soldier and
forms part Of his eompensatoppart OF the proper es.
innate But the senator and myself upon select
committee to frame bill 10 put the army and navy upon
the footing on retired list OF the assimila
ted rank; and the great difficulty then was TO bring
down the officers OF the navy to the officers oil the army
Mf YULEE. (in,erposing.) would suggest to the
senator, if he will allow me, that the difficulty out
OF the fact that there were more numerous grdes in the
Mr. DAVIS And then the senator instituted com
parson between the services OF the army aod The navy
went into argument, though il reply TO me.
against granting any bounty TO sailors. made such
made no argument against giving sailors
bounty. ! answered the argument which was made, that
they should be put upon an equality with the army
said there argument Tor putting them ia this bill
which could rest upon the foundation assumed, that u
ders OF the army The senator, therefore, answered no
argument OF mine He followed the lead Of The senator
IRON North Carolina, and not the line Ol my Argument
But in this in Florida the senators says they made
prizes because the Indians had shipsnohing but
canoes. | then asked him il they took canoes, and he
would no, answer that He would no, tell whether they
did or not. Now, il they had taken them, have no
doubt they were taken as prizes do not believe they
turned them over to the quarermasers department. as
soldiers were required
And then the senator says IN relation 10 soldiers that
il is in time OF ney may come in the way of
chance bullet. Now, sir, do not know what his ex.
perence Ia regard 10 the navy may be- but II be had paid
Q little regard TO the army he would hnd that they
had 10 not only in the way OF chance bullet but
OF bullets and he would also hnd II he had paid the
least attention the bill upon which he has founded his
argument that IL is only for services in war. and not IN
time o peace that IL il proposed TO give bounty land IL
only the actual services rendered in war, IN the pres
ence OF the enemy, that the terms Of this bill include
Why, Mr. President, am not the peculiar advocate Of
this bill said former occasion that would prefer
that Congress should decide whether they will give
bounty 10 all soldiers not; and il to give il in
anybody else could purchase it, and TO secure them in the
possession OF II forever would prefer that said be-
fore that believed hat great extent, the operation OF
this hill would be 10 reduce the pce of the public lands,
and 10 make individuals the sellers Of the public land In
stead Of the government itself therefore made
TO the argument proposing that when the sailor
should come in for his bounty Il should be in money
prefer that the soldier should be put upon the same
ground ! prefer nov, instead OF giving to the soldier
two hundred dollars worth OF land, for which he may
get hundred dollars, give him hundred dollars
r ii choose TO graduate the price Of the public ands
we should do II by some general, wisely regulated law
and not throw them into the hands oi individuals IN
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