Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-10-17
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{ " AR Z PeS JHs. ABSIY AND NAV9.-T m
beetle Administration at Washington seems
TO have declared .swar to the knife.7 uponftkc
army and navy of the United States. The
ssfindiHg,' oi the Board sot officers, wllich the
President has approved, by which alarge MN
Der Of gallant men are degradedtrom theiHi5o-
sition in the Navy, aud succeeded bY~inefi-
Fcient and Incompetent party fayoEites, is one
OF the horrors Of this iiquitoas waEupon the
navy. Among the first to be struck down was
COMMANDER NICHOLSON, who has passed for
ty years OF his lite in the navy, with credit TO
himself and honor to the country. This gall
liant man has been degraded from his rank
and placed in an inferior position, with
.duction Of his pay to stipend wholly ipsulh-
Gent to support hiHlAand the President APP
proves the act Another of the gallant men
to whom gross Injustice has been done, is Cap
the knee in battle on, Lake Ontario, in 1872.
He afterwards lost his hearing at the battle Of
Lake Champlain on board the flag ship of Com.
N Donough Notwithstanding these severe
disabilities he was three years ON sea service. !.
part of the time IN the Mediterranean, and for
fifteen years he performed duty IN the recrait-
ing service with great satisfaction to the De-
| partment-and the magnanimouS Board Sspro-
mote the efficiency of the navy'' by retiring
the wounded, crippled and deafened old Yete-
ran, on the paltry furlough Of a few hundred
dollars! And the President says Amen! We
may probably take GccaSioGto do so hereafter.
The Administration, not satisfied with It's
! war upon the Navy, has also attacked the Ar
my-and Cen WISFIELD SCoTT is the first VIC
| tim. The gallant old ssHero OF Hundred
| Battles" has been SCARED by too many wounds
! not 70 attract the Jackall's sccnt-and the in
| tention of Congress 10 reward the old veteran
/ is to be thwarted by the most pusilanimcus
! Administration that ever disgraccd the Nation.
/ To this end Gen. CALEB Cushing, lie HCro Of
/ TG1HPico, is employed to nlystify aud befog
/ the question, and certify against giving the
/ General his back pay, and the President with,
| holds it But the victory is but haif complete.
General Scott granted leave Of absence to
/ Gen. Hitclc0ck-a thing Of cTery day occur
renee. The Secretary Of War, seizing this as
| preteXt, addressed him vindictiye and in
| sQlting letter, demanding his reasons for this
| act of 1ayCTitciSm to General Hitchcock, and
! at the same time CouBtermGH7ef the Generals
| order granting leave Of absence. Gen. Scott
replied to this Insulting epistle as became a
man and an Amcrican-and the Secretary ba-
wing drawn the fire Of the General, thegeupon
opens furious bombardment upon him from
/ his pop-gGn artillery, intending doubtless TO
| completely annibilate the old Hero, and dis
possess him Of the confidence and esteem OF
| the American people. lie enters into Sc
| we're criticism Of the conduct Of General Scott,
during his whole military career, and attempts
to tarnish the fair fame Of tie gallant Old He
70 whose brilliant achievements in arms have
given him world wide fame, and deeply en-
ShriBed him In the hearts OF his admiring and
grateful countrynen. We heartily endorse
the sentiment Of g contemporary, than it is an
unholy warfare which does not spare the
wounded soldiers. Less merciful than the
sworn cnenlies ofthe country, it would seem
that the Pierce Administration is to signalise
its career by bayoneting the officers Of the ar
my and navy who have escaped the dangers ol
war-thovz zh crippled, manned and disabled
for what object the people may b. led TO en-
quire, and Congress we trust, .demand.-
Pierce and CBshih@ may prescribe and Perse-
cute. but the American People vii nobly VIM
dicatc the veteran Hero who has borne the
starry banner Of the Republic III triumph tlro
q hundred bloody battles and whose honora-
BE scars attest his devotion to his country
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