New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-31

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=, soysrn officers in the command Of single ship OF
= .oradyon: thus raising Q grave question OF cisci-
plips. only TO be s.ttled by the oct OF the CON
mmapder in. Chief of the Navy The Presd ent q me
T;,sd State with whom rests the prOylJce of jlds
;r he,her Ia the Lieu.enants ressors for the step
hs has taken officially given, be bad jus,fabs cause
f b;s act Of bringing his ship hone without orders
must settle the difficulty BY the laws Of the seIVcs
dress: - p-,- r,,-..,.ocs. 4, .
,;b degree involving the nonor Of our d y have oc
Cured near the station r. which have oeen ~
~ belniny hand has seen given 20 our un'oT,unsve
conntrymen. Exposed TO the WRATH OF tyrsnt taey
beye been driven rom Paraguay, Their properly n.s
been copGscate&, and the nag, 80 pfoua oeca.se.
waves &c a b>nner for tie oppIss7s4 Vi eve ."n1
r. cbc,se ~ come under its folds has been, by or.
ders CT q petty tyrant, hauled Gown ena uahp'cu
couk not help our countrymen, because ! VA
rot permitted to 60 there WIN my commas. We,
,be h,,e;ican Consul at Bnenos AYres expressed hs
wono4r at my absence from the difficulty, ss though
nv ioaction had been voluntary one.
Vessels of war are abroad for the sole pn-pose OF
nrotectpp the ves property and rights OF our citi
gems. When fosnd that my requests 10 % 70 fala
quay were refused by tie commander n-ceiei OF the
Brazil SQUADRON when one month later be had oire;t
and authentic information from Lieut. moore, oI lue
navy Of the stusl condition OF al AIS IN paraguay
and the means to send me orders again AZ nsnli
when | saw that the fesr OF responsibility mace ine
comm snder iochief yet decline sendlng me wnere
vessel Of war was much neeced, 10 longer Ie9i
tsted but brought back my command 10 the Cnl,ed
States rather to ingloriously rot IN the m1d IMAM III
plorionsly sail upon the ocean
TbA cor,msnoer.jn chief sUpposes that 10 declining
positive responsibility none exists tar from
cnnntv demands more of than acton, ohen t1Tced
a,non us IL WAS under the same supposton that al
nirsl Bypg Of the Bri.h Navy. acted. Should DOT
his fate be warning TO those who seek cJulhahu''
ard yet wish 10 shirk responslply ..-..,5
aft Ia
there Al al the end of three return with me
praise Of arduous service and it IL to sdch peson9
who demand that the promise sho ia De Kept 10 ne
oar" that wriie this statement; but the promise
With me shsll not be broken 10 the nope, even
though were upon the instant dismissed IRON pro-
fession in which have toied for thirty years always
sacrificing every personal consideration for oe honor
the dignity and the glory of the service. The nan
who could calmly refrain, IN command of vessel OF
war where her use was perverted, T. e., sent w1ere
she was rot needed when great necessity exsteu lor
her elsewhere would be happy in meeting SUCH terms
as were proposed by a Chinese ommsnder to an En-
elisb one in their recent war: " mat they bore no
"enmifv 10 each other and that they might have an
"epgegement curing wnoie Gay WiIn lnscn sSpy
with the use Of shot and balls, and using blank
cartridges alone. -,
feel that sending batteries abroad means something
more than idle psrade; that il implies that they are
IN he sent 10 such points seem in need Of them,
ard indeed tina. tsey even to be used, when tne
honor OF the flag demands 1.-THE commsnol1g oihcef
10 be held in the stctest sense accountaDe ior an
uniust or useless employn ent of force SIMPLY 70
shrink to avoid possibility is contemplate 10 my
eves and rather than submit 10 the de yradaton OF
beng forced into this passive position, would thro"
NV commission 10 the dogs and see II, IN the woe
world there was no honest mode Of gaining SUD-
fistence even to a man who is wanting IN the expert
ence OF human life.
Whatever the Navy has OF the affections OF the
American people is due TO those energetic ana gal
liant men who fought in the war OF 1875 rev oil
the old heroes yet remain; long may they 1--we, en-
loving the respect and affections Of their countrymen
They never aiterod in their duty TO their nag but Al
ways reflected the greatest luster upon It In their
ste ad now we have often inactive. aged moeclity,
and il cannot be denied, youthful imbecility-men
who have grown up under the awful fear of RESPONSE
bility the aged ones have taught the younger ones
10 doubt even the truths of that most famous book
the Arabian Nights Tales. Wha. have we TO expect
from the Navy, when old fogyism is acting from Its
supreme hight upon young fogyism! 49,
No doubt there are those who will attribute THIS
EXPRESSION Of opinion to interested motive; II does
arse from that but not from motive of self interest.
So ne ar the head as am, of the list, retired list
could not materially affect my rank and IN one or
two years | would be promoted, from vacancies. But
i. would aec, materially my confidence in the eti'
Cheney of the service; and might look them with my
brother officers, to possible with re 'pectable
foreign power without the fear Of a probable dis
grace. for disgraced we certainly would be, II our
adversary should not be affected with that same old
foeyism which destroys, at once, the efficiency OF,
sno pride in a naval service. Z. HUNTER,
Commanding u. s brig Bsinbridge.