New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-12
WHOLE NO. 2~o5.

el u Daniel ~ ttSfeF, during the Session d.
Congress. "a relation 70 tbs subject Of Fo-gilg
Seameu. Capt Jones states that sage experience
had served Oh teach HIM that The best Kind of lis
cip.le has always existed On the public vessels
where the infection OF the lash was rars Is ID ever
resor.ed %. Capt has had ample experience in
every branch Of the Military Service, both Army
Navy and Revenue Mariuc-has held Commiss ions
Tor thirty wears and consequently has been Goth
ed with legal authority 10 iurIct corporeG punish
melt-yet he hazards nothing IN sayi Ing that
every experienced ani humane Commander
Knows that Sesmen. when properly and ably
/ commanded. are more cocle than any other
class OF men under the sun This testimony, Mr.
HAYNES remarked, should bear weight with every
member az the community. and exert an influence
upon the Government Ii = substautIatcd In many
wavs Mr. II remarks at a previous meeting,
regarding Commodore Strngham, OF Brooklyn.
having been IN some measure misunderstood, ne
here took occasion to correct the erroneous impress
SONS which have gone abroad He had ever held
Com. :. in the highest estimation and would not lie
/ understood as having sad aught against HIM.
He had stated and would repeat the facts set
forth In TX. Doc. " 81, HI Session. Thuteth
Congress-relstve to the actual degree II
Flogging practiscd in the Navy. Commodore
Strn4 ham sailed IN MS own ship. with $50 men on
board. Comparing the doinrs this vessel with
the fri ale United States, he showed that during
one cruise there were inflicted upon the men OF the
latter q 6.J-i ashes-equal 10 about three times
the amount OF lashes that Com. StrinSham had on
board the Ohio Mr. Haynes then proceeded to
consider the subject OF Floggiug in the abstract
There are times when the Commander cannot re-
fuse 70 fog a seama,-the law detines the penal
ties and SO long as the law exists, there IS some
times NJ escape from the inhctIon. sailor ire
quenty becomes drunk when III tins condition ne
acts tooshly like all other men IN the same situa
ton and the penalty h.ows Ia such cases 1t IS IN
fact mercy to give the man SIX Or dozen lashes,
else the culprt goes before a COurtMartIaL Is lad
in doublelrous and may be considered very iortu'
nate if he can get clear with fifty. | have yet to
hear said Mr. HaynesD of the first Court Martial
so merciiul that 1t lets a man Oft with twelve
Mr. HAYNES aiverted to the attacks which have
been made upon him on account OF his efforts IN
this movement His dis position, he sad, was not
to speak harshly OF any man-to SANDER no one.
But as for himself, he had been baseiy traduced
and vlliied and felt that he did not deserve IT, lie
stands rs poor man, devoted to the accomplish
ment OF a great purpose. When his character IS
touched he is touched in a still more tender point
-Dearer than life itself During the whole nine-
teen years that he had been in the service, he de-
/ fed any one to produce evidence OF his bad con.
duct What have | done, lhe Indignantly eN-
claimed last evening" that should be pursued Ike
fox or a hare before pack OF hounds, from one
end Of the Union TO the other tie expressed ms
willingness to lay open the whole story oil his
efforts and his receipts expenditures aud aspects
D n
examination. All he asks is tar and candid
hearing and deliberate Judgment upon the testl-
/ mony which he has abored SO lndeatgably 10 lay
before the community.
The Seaman's Friend Society came IN tor severe
castigation az the hands of The speaker lie DE
precated the idea OF leaving the poor sailors To SUI
Ter at our own doors while the charity when bears
the cognomen of their friend, is devoted 20 the
dissemination of Gospel light and truth IN iorelsn
ports-to the exclusion OF really benehceht eloH
at home A high compliment was pad u the DOS
ton Port and Aid Society, as wei as 10 tilc Ncnera
BILE Father Taylor; the Industrial society oil Ne"
York and the Seaman's Orphan Society In con
clusion Mr. HAYNES pledged himself never 10 give
up mt the American Seaman shall be able to 20
on board the man-of war without the lash held over
his head Loud applause here interrupted ms re-
marks When he resumed, he gave bret ac-
count of his receipts from all sources up t. the
present time. in aid and lurtherancc OF the noble
cause ia which he is engaged. The aggregate IS
S441S-of which 50 go have been given by mem
beers OF the Unitarian Church s679 by the Con
gregatonalists and Fresbyterians 500 by the
Episcopal so from the UIiversasts and the
remainder from the Methodist Episcopal, baptist
and other persuasions. Thus showing that the
different classes ofou- citizens have all manifested
hearty interest in this movement The days OF
Flogging. said Mr. Haynes. are virtually numbered.
The influence o. these manifestations IL being iet
throughout the country, aud must make It's m'rA al
Washington The American seamen IS sun
man: he will be- must be treated as a man-as a
freeman. He will not brook the insults o. th'
scourge with the iorbearance OF the foreigners
whom it is falsely asserted thrOng our Naval ser
vice-but where in truth the principal acting force
is purely American-but the seamen must be
made TO stand before the world as a man assert
his rights and aphod and MAINTAIN them hence
forth and forever.
Mr. HAYNES observations were greeted with the
heArtiest accamations We give but an outline
of the chief points brought forward but the por-
tons we have thus brieh, sketched viii convey an
idea of the sound and logical nature ct his arSu'
ment ,..,.
He illustrated the action of the Colt and " Cav
by actual demonstration with specimens OF he
the barbarous lmplements-an examination OF
which we can recommend to every BODY possessed
of spark Of human feeling, as avery enectuai anu
dote to a fsnced relish for FLoGGING N The NA''
as promoter Of discipline.
The other speakers of the evening were 'u's'
RocKwELL, Rev. DR.. FARLEY, Mr. Cof"Ni
Indian Chief and some others. All these "'D
80 ,,,,rs marked with .orcble arguments ana car
nest eloquence. rh
tn. ,olo,vine Resolutions, expressive OF the
-, Of the meeting, were offered by Judge ROCK
WELL. and unanimously adopted
Use,ed, Isa duty owe one another 70 eieva'e go
improve he social condition OF al classes snu - LI
such progress as will not only releVe ths opPfets' -
al, command respect hetwe-n high ard low rlch ahu
moor and whereas, the fact Is notorious ta' 'ne - &
F,,cs u. IIoJy az seanen observed IN cur Navy WIN
s .ane II not greater sircness than religious eAefe.ss
and whereas, Humanity Demands mat pupnr eAp .es .
rnt. wrong mould be heard tbroD ghOui our country
az & ~ bs ur sesmen shall not be bfough, " HE .eFei
of the brute Therefore, .,. Cd, -. rom
u $500 That we hold the Of the Car and Cor
-, ~ rnni.hnrnt 10 Government vessels @s sea-
Ssl to civ.z aon, and sain on the nohof anu u''
OF the Navs department -. - .,4 ,cas, :,
,rone. hi. - foster every department Of me poysluih
- gl,srt is mana cement hal It may STAND OfIe- ~
ample bef r tee wor d <,,. T., ,ha Addition
-, q In ne NAVY. that a force 10 oettcI 'a40u-
49, -, spnesI 70 reformation than The phys means
of la-erarng sud naming Tue b'.d{ H., -, p,okrvn in
" p,i,4 That The citzens ~ The cry o. bioyA "a ~
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