The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-28

Washington, for precisely the came reasons which
induced them to vote higher wages to poor Jack
the increased cost Of living at Washington And
this being the case, is il TO be believed that the
representatives of the people stood in need Of the
influence and persuasion of the individual in ques.
ton to induce them to do justice in the one case,
as they had done in the other? The idea is an i'm
putation on Congress, which members themselves,
We are confident, would be the first to repel. Dou-
| BILE pay was given TO the army also; and is II like
y to be supposed that any particular individual
| influence was required to have the same thing
done for the other branch Of the service none the
| less meritorious?
"The claim, then, that the muct in question was
pay for services rendered, is thus shown to be
shameful pretence, and nothing more The amount
assessed on the officers and men Of the Vincennes
reaches, in the aggregate. nearly -four thousand
dollars This vessel is the second that has been
victimized in this manner; others Of the Pacific
squadrop,wll undoubtedly be levied upon in the
| same manner as soon as they arrive. One OF the
| ieutenants informed US that his assessment was
sixty dollars The specific levy upon the sailors
individually we have not been able as yet to asceS.
tain, but we are told it will average about twelve
dollars; or, in other words just one months pay
per man.
ave all know the improvdence the warm i'm
pulses and confidng disposition OF the honest
hearted unsuspecting sons Of the sea, and there s
| nothing remarkable, therefore, in the fact that
they should have been robbed in this manner with
| out a murmur on their part. When the sailors
arrived home from the Pacific service, it was, of
course, good news for them to hear that their pay
had been doubled. And when it intmated
that it all through the perseverance, of certain
party that the passage of the bill through Congress
| w wi " In
readiness the generous and ever grateful tars
| tributed to the recompense Of one whom they had
| been persuaded TO believe was the very man who
had procured them the favors of the National
Legislature. The ruse succeeded, as we have
stated above, 10 the tune Of 81 900. But as
the transaction came to the Of the Secretary of
the Navy, (Mr. Kennedy,) the person who had act
ed the agent of our Democratic friend as well as
the (otlicial) agent Of the Government, in giving
the sailors their money with one hand and king it
away from them with the oher-this person
Immediately sent for, and the Secretary left
him in doubt as to the light in which he viewed
the operation; and not only this, but ordered him
forthwith to make restitution to the sailors who
had been robbed in so barefaced manner. Nay,
more; he was made to understand that if he had
paid the money to his master, that it could
not be brought back, he must disgorge from his
rotary did not interpose for the officers,
told, and not improperly SO, we think for if they
were such fools to submit to so outrageous
extorton, they Capable enough to take care of
themselves) were at liberty to do 80. But all ho-
nor to Mr. Kennedy for determining that poor
Jack should not be imposed upon in that way.
He ia the right kind of Secretary Of the Navy;
and his conduct in this matter, we need hardly
say, will insure him the esteem and respect of the
American sailor, wherever he follows his flag, the
world over"
| Will the Democratic press, which has for
weeks past prated about General Scorr's "pay
and allowances" and which has heaped cpl.
,hets without number upon the Wings in con-
nexion with the Gardiner claim, make known
and denounce this act Of Democratic official,
who converts pretended anxiety for the poor
servants the country into pretence for de-
priving them of portion of their hard earn
ings? Will the Union spare space for a para
graph to expose this beggarly proceeding Of
member of its own party? We shall see.
The fair presumption is that our Democratic
contemporaries will try to stifle with clamor
this evidence of Democratic hypocrisy and cor
ruption. But here it stands-a fact, admitting
neither of explanation nor denial.
A circular issued by the Wing Committee,
reviewing the state Of the canvass, and pre-
dieting the election of General ScorT as Ger
tain result Of Wing exertion, is denounced by
| the pennsulynninn as a ssspecimen of Federal