Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-08-08
FLOGGiNG IN THE NAVY.

pirate prayer.
After few brief remarks by the Chair.
man, Watson G.. Haynes, the sailor, was
/ introduced to the audience, and spoke for
an hour in vndication Of the rights of sea-
men. He said the law made the slave
personal property OF real estate, hence the
interests Of The owner TO improve his ply
sical condition it was different with the
sailor,-hc is no mans property the laws
ofthis country throw no guard around
/ him he is abus d. oppressed, beaten, IL
treated by officers in the Navy and Mer-
chant service. Mr. Haynes quoted many
authorities from the Naval officers to cor
borate his statements of the abuses exist
ing in our Navy.
H. read letters from Commodore Stew
art of the Navy, showing that the AmerI-
can Navy had not lis equal for arstocracy
in existence, not even Monarchy.
The speaker said that the writer of that
letter had shown to the world one of the
brightest act ons ola long valued and hon
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was aud Is by Naval influences, to speak
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q"'S"o" IS al act o' piaVeryoi "hlch
few men are capable in this age Of sycop.
hancy.
! q sD. kc in ploWinu terms of the heroic
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IN The PhcIl'' never resor'lng to the lash
"ie '"en 'N'''o'' " '"e "ru''' manner 10
"hi'h sea''en are ho@eed' hy striking WIN
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Mr. Cranston said tha, he had been rath-
cr unexpccte lily lied upon to atdress the
meeting but that as the subjects were
those which appealed rresistably to the
humanity of our nature, he could not but
respond to it, lie then alluded to the
blessings of our Government, which give
ne ,Lc priyilepc of spcakinc freely on all
subjects, and thus reaching the w-mak-
;np mower and correc,ln. such evils as may
eyis, in the administration of the Govern
mon, ,b,ou,b all its yariou, branches. -
lie proposed TO look at the subject in reas-
onablc and sensible h1b,. and to consider
what effect Flogoing must necessarily have
,no, ,,os.ho,n American lie then went
on ,o do.c,;ho ,he ,ruo character or tho
, and oooor,,s s,jor and IN sho,. ,h,,
tho ;oaic,ioo If corooral pnnisbmen, upon
| h; m only DEGRADED hi. being, and was cal
cnl,,ed ,o destroy wbatever Of dioLi,v he
4 miob, nossrss. Is il lust. is i, consistent,
s,iJ Mr e. ,h,, ,ne cre,,ed in the ;maoe
/ Of AIm;ob,v God in whose soul is plan,.
oJ ,ho soed. of ;.pm, ,,,l,v in whose
hear, is the vital .prino of life " hich is 10
. live bevonJ the grave, should be lashed
: and scour,ed like the miserable whelp
xb;ch onIv nosses.es instinct, He then
arousd ,ba, o,ber modes of punishmen,
ri,b, no e,rsc,,allv subs,i,u,ed without
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se''ice' Iic sal" ''a' so 'o"s as '"e '''""-
man practice OF F1ogging was permitted
/ !, was well calcul ,,cd to lead TO and en-.