New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-06

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NJ - 49,, bon, AZ was the Phpniclan OF V"
,h,o;uap sailor Of over two thousan" 700 !. ~.
II the Good Samaritan honored iot e'V'
ration had but turned aside 10 'ooA 0''-
>1.:.,s,v IN , certain man who hsd been 50 ~"
i,.lv a. 70 fall among thieves. and' hi''o'
80 Iii, had given him 3 handful OF tracts aha
..ra5 that they might be rendered efectuai " u,
r;no Of hi, soul. il is quite unlikely that ne wouiu
haze ever been so pointedly commended ~ '''I,
Christ Not that the tracts and tho prayer "'1'N
b.ve been intrinsicsly worthless-qu''e o'"''"'''
Do. a,oeIlsnt "a they we're in their place. 'ne!
were not adapted to his most urgent need. "',
,,ouis,e that the sufferers physical WOUNDS s"ouia
ho dressed before his spiritual desttution couu
~ .uccss.fuIly treated. Even though the end de-
sired we're wholly moral one II was neee''',' W
minister first to his pressing bodily HIS II ON! ~
nrensre him for the successful treatment Vi '''
moral defcIencie'.
W. HOG rho Se,men's Friend Society either 10
oh.rc. ia name. or else resolve to Institute
,borougb and searching inquiry into the a''r'g'
condition and treatment of American Seamen on
ship and shore with special reference 10 '"oS'
questions:
What are the usual sleeping accommodations
If .esmen on shipboard and are they consistent
with health. comfort, sell-respcct, or moral pur!
. What provision, in the way of books, &c II
usrsuv made on shpbosrd for the intellectual ana
n,rsl improyement Of the sesmen's leisure hours
and why should not modest library al "eii-choS'"
hooks be among the indispensable furniture Oh
forecastlr
Q Why should men who work at sea require
constant hauling whaling, bruising' malhihs' I"
mako them do their duty, when men oil e'sehtiah'
the same stamp and caste who work on ianu are
~, .,,,ck one blow each per annum by their EN-
ployer or his agents ,.
How can any human being be expected to de-
velon or even retain. self-respect, good impulses
mr. any desr 10 be better if ne is to be treated by
his superiors to incessant vtuperation' oiaSPhemy
heating and marging, from the hour ne nrSt a"aAes
70 consciousness on shpboard until he is turned on
at the end of the voyage!
5. Is it not possible to improve the influences
which usually surround the sailor on shore 50 Us
save his means and his morals from the harPies
that now speedily devour the former ana sllh
further depraye the latter
6. Might not Christian ship-owners be induced
by proper representations, to resolve and agree
that no person who signed the shipping articles
while intoxicated or was sent on board inSensioc
from liquor, shall be allowed TO make another voy-
age in any of their ships!
:. What attention to or profit from Bibles,
Tracts and relig ious mnstratons, can be expected
from men AZ dcbauched in mind and body as are
majority of our seamen
g. What reason other than that of i'll treatment
above indicated can be assigned for the steady de-
crease in the relative number as well as character
of American-born seamen rendering necessary
constant evasion or violation of our Navigation
Lawsl And would not our shipowners be proflted
By such care for the rights and wellbeng OF our
seamen as would induce energetic and adventurous
American Youth once more to incline to seaman
ship as VOCATION
Men and brethren think of these things!