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


the few captures made during the would not have
amounted 10 more than eight or ten dollars for each
Mr. PRATT. Cnterposng) Mr.. President, will the
senator allow me 10 ask for explanation of
term he has used. that gentlemen may understand its
exact meaning hope the honorable senator will ex-
PLAIN perceive that he recognises the term to which
refer. 3 sHEE 4T1 NJ t9y.4T
Mr.. YULEE, (resuning) Mr.. President, will refer
the senator from an eastern State to the vocabulary OF
any OF the western States for the explanation Now sir
IN respect to this przemoney Suppose that money is
chargeable TO them: these prizes would have paid
for and did not pay forit h does not equal the extra
compensation given to the soldiers You have obtained
the three months extra compensation for the soldiers
You did not give the this, which s more than
any prze-money that would have gone into their hands
i does seem 70 me. upon every consideration Of good
fathupon every consideration Of justicetha they
much entitled TO this good offering we are about
making as the other branch of the service that paric
pated in the contests in which have been engaged
with other nations Why should discrimination be made
Why is opposition made to the amendment to the bill
now under G nsdentlon This proposition Is nothing
6f goodwill and Kindness entertained for the service
performed BY those persons The navy participated in the
in the sphere the extent Of their duties required Of them
to the honor and fame Of the military service OF the
country as to the honor and fame OF the navy. Why
cuded in the bill for bouny-in the same act Of bounty
This did not come from the Military Committee. tits
bill coming from the Committee on Public Lands, in
tended as q bounty II was omission OF that com.
mtee who neglected to consider the just and fair claims
OF one OF the branches of the service who much
entitled to bounty that for which they have made ap
preparation. fs 3.a
In respect to the pay have shown that so far as the
seanen and soldiers concerned, difference does not
exist at all But suppose il did is there not differ
tain, and private! very great difference. Does not your
bill make the same bounty to them! Do you not give
quarter section of land to tine solder-the same which
service Is there not great difference Of pay between
them Do you not give the officer fifty times than
the soldier Why, then, should you refuse the sailor
more than the soldierl II you make a distinctions
discrimination founded upon the difference OF compensa
tion-you ought 10 exclude the officers altogether. You
ought to exclude the segeanis because they receive more
Now, Mr.. President. | will not occupy more of the
time OF the Senate. cannot perceive any reason for
discrimination If we going TO make goodwill
oHer-if we are going 10 grant bountyl see
Why we ought not 10 give II to the one branch as well
as to the other IT we give 1t TO any we give to the
navy at ALL this is Appropriate occasion Some OF the
senators say that they fear that this bill will be lost,
the amendment is incorporated in H. II do not intend
to do justice in bountes, it ought TO be lost II
are at all liberal, should be impartial. We should
not stimulate branch and discourage the ether You
do injury TO the public service il you make this discrmi
nation. We ought not to make the discrimination. II
they have served together they ought 20 receive bounty
together. II they did material service which
quired of themf they served their country gallany,
and deserved the bounty OF their countryt ought to be
distributed by the act since they served in the
war nj the same time. There eminent propreiy in
Ii. | am uncertain whether | can vote for this bill
ALL Il the naval branch Of ihe service i no, provided
passage in the House II was passed almost without
opposition. II will have the strength IL had them
and the new strength oil the friends OF The nayy when we
send il back 10 Them II is moi fair argument that
amendments ought not TO be made because we hazard
the bill by the failure OF II is our duty
70 90 what we CONSIDER right and as, and throw upon
what they ought 10 do, as representatives. apprehend
far from there being any danger Of failure the adop-
ton OF this amendment will be calculated not only gam
votes in this bui in the other House.
Mr.. HALE. Mr. President, wish to put one ques-
ton which has been discussed as a matter OF law.
nd by the act of government passed in is23 the prn
cpes Of the law are suggested by the honorable
ator from North Carolina, MIR BADsEa.l IL is as
follows
lind Be further enacted That the proceeds OF all ships
and vessels and the goods taken on board OF them which
shall be adjudged good prize, shall, DO.
wish TO say, however in relation TO this amendment,
that believe sir II there is class upon the face Of the
earth OF which could be said they bad done more for
their country and the country less for them than any
other class IL would be the sailors OF the United States
navy. They have done everything that do; and
yet far this government is concerned, they have
been an ouilawed and prescribed class The govern.
ment which has extended protection to all Of its other cit
zens extends TO them. The moment the sailor Is
three miles from the coast of the United States he just
exactly far from the protection Of the awo personal
rights, OF liberty and Of feas the history OF the navy
within the last six years will show. Just exactly as
much outa wed sir ii he transported 70 place
where the foo, OF civilized had never trod. The
history Of the countIy will show il. wish senators to
consider this Look al the documents, which have been
submitted under a regulation by the two houses and pub.
sbed By their order showing the discipline 10 which the
sailors in your navy are sHbjecedl What Is 1t Cat
nine tails for breakfast dinner, and supper laugh
teri Read the accounts that published They show
the treatment they subjected to. II goes in progress
son like the rule which used 10 have given IN the
country schools when went 10 school, for working out
tile rule OF tbreethat more requires more and less re-
quires less" So OF the navy: "more requires more;
but the has yet where "ess requires less
That IL the treatment TO which your sailors are con
stantly subjected. Nothing has been done for them.
There has been no bounty for themno land for them
no law for them, or protection The humanity OF the
provements into the military code, and have abolished
many OF the barbares and outrages TO which your sol
dIers have been subjected But, the protecting hand
of the law has reached the sailor There Is nothing
done for him. Ii has been hardship and exposure,
slant and txcessive. After all he has done--when he
has served the country aiihfuly-all sir, the
government has eked out 10 him II hospital where he
may end his hfe when he can no longer drag his frame
about the streets.
SENAroR. He has TO pay for that
Mr. HALE. And he pays for that, as has been sug-
gested You even him for that II IL subraced from
mis- wages repeat. il there be upon the face OF the
earth class that has the strongest claim. not upon the
sympathy not upon the generosity, not upon the human
y OF the government, but upon It's strict Justice, 10 the
sailors The sailor the only man, and that " the only
class Of men, whom think American legislator can
look in the face without blushing Sir cannot look
sailor in the face | know he receives, and has re-
Of the government Ihave tried ever since have been
here IN Congress- in every way, 10 procure some anne.
loaton of the condition OF the sailor, whose lie ~ one
OF constant exposure. But the time has never come.