American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-07-21

iish and declare, that in regard to our dress VIZ
| OF right, ought to be free and independent anc
that henceforward and forever we are absolveC
| from allegiance to the TYRANNEss FASHION thai
all connexion between us and the Paris mantua.
makers ought to be totally dissolved ; and that
as free and independent women, we have full
power to adopt and wear the new costume Of
such mode and shape as best becomes us, walk
ing forth redeemed and disenthralled from the
long trains in which we have hitherto been en-
shaved, and enjoying that ease and comfort in
the new dress 70 which we are SO Justly entitled
And for the support OF this declaration, will
\ firm reliance on the protection of enlightened
and liberal men, we mutually pledge to eael
other our ccuntenance, our influence, and oul
sacred non honor. rr Numerously signed.
FLoGGNG IN THE NAvY.--We take for granted
that q desperate effort will be made in the next
Congress to revive the barbarism of flogging in
the navy. The Secretary of the Navy has re-
quested from each of the captains and comman-
ders IN the service a statement concerning the
offences and punishments within his command,
with the expression of his opinions upon the
whole. subject of discipline. OF course every
od ofhcer, and every petty tyrant. among the
young, will say that fogging is essential to dis
cipline But those enlightened enough to com
prehend new ideas, and also to comprehend that
rational beings can be governed by moral con
siderations, will say that they can best govern
ships crews aoithout the lash. trr,,, ,,.li,..a.
During the recess Of Congress, the press,
whenever it can be reached, will be persuaded
to speak about the decay of discipline following
the abolition Of the lash, and about the neces.
sity of resuming that instrument of salutary
discipline. We shall be told that our navy is
filled with the dregs of Europe, bred under the
lash, and therefore needing the lash to keep
them within any bounds. We shall also be told
that, since the exclusion Of the lash, respectable
American seamen have been deferred from en-
tering the navy; for they would not associate
with the lauless Europeans, and the latter,
without the lash, are lawless without limit. But
all this has been said heretofore and as it was
gross exaggeration then, so will it be again.
And we trust that very few Of the: press will be
imposed upon by such tales, or will believe that
brutality is the only efficacious agent in the
command of ships. .-..r., ...s-..
. But the greatest demonstration will be made
upon members Of Congress at Washington
Any Secretary of the Navy must be strong and
firm man who can withstand the array Of facts
and opinions that will be manufactured for the
occasion at the next session; and members of
Congress must have much commendable self
denial, to withstand the arguments by which
these facts and opinions will be sustained! But
the people must not despair. By strong pres.
sure z1ahoW, they gained a victory in the last
Congress over the strong pressure acithna, and
bya similar pressure upon the next Congress,
they will keep what they then gained They
succeeded in excluding from the navy this bar
barism of antiquity and the middle ages j; and
they succeeded only by vigorous efforts against
the official combination in defence of the bar
barism. The combination is active to recover
what it lost, and only by the same vigorous eff
fort can the people again triumph in defence of
humanity and progress. Therefore we enjoin
upon all who would not have the flag of our
country, the ensign of freedom, again disgraced
by the brutalities of slavery, to be wide awake
Let them speak out through the press, and
through every other legitimate channel, and
convince their representatives in Congress that
hating or retrearing in the march of improve
ment will not be tolerated in the Nineteenth
Century, at least in american legislators. Let
them not be contented merely with what they
have gained, but 60 one step further, and insist
upon the abolition of the spirit rations. Rum
once excluded from the navy, and the lash is
perpetually banished without hope of restora-
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