New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-28

iron clad or wooden. lrreme1iaDie ueiccso III
the Monitor model there are defects which
havc medc it impossible yet to build single
sesworthy vessel of that class; but thoy furniSh
no excuse for vessels which, from weakness
caused by bad material and workmanship eau
not float in smooth water. Tho system uhder
which il is possible to get such craft accepted
and paid for by the Government must e''no' oe
radically wrong, or in the hands oil RADICALLY
dishonest msn. In either case, the Navy DO
partment was bound to yeform it, and Is reSpon'
sible lor its continued existence.
tn. Post says:
:. tn. co,. Of tho Turks hss been $ooo0 We do NOT
.t, those facts OIL idle rnOr the oatns Of "ia e'
out Of prison to swear them the parties are all known 20 ne
Navy p-pa.tnent The contractors known The GOV
ia known Tho engineers who declared the
scawohy when she leaking at the rate Of nve
In four hours ore known There about sixty
per,on.ofers and menou board who bear witness to
the fac,.."
That il bringing the matter 40 closely home
to the Department that an explanation must be
offered or the public will suppose-and have o
right to supposc-that no defense exists. We
published letter some weeks since over q
well-known name setting forth specifically de-
feots in the construction of the Naubuc--an
ron-clad of the Tunxs pattern-thcn building
in Brooklyn. The charges elected no reply, no
denial, from any quarter. The facts in the
Chino case have become equally notorious. A
Government officer experimenting the con-
struction Of iron-clads, puts a false deck
-. IL ti. In
bring her enough out of water to be sent on
trial trip. goes down Boston harbor with her.
proclsims the trial success, and then strips oil
tho false deck and throws overheard five or six
hundred dollars worth Of Government lumber.
That offcer-Mr. A. G.. Stimers-was indeed re-
lieyed from his experimenting duties. but has
not been dismissed the service nor tried, but as
signed to other duty. The Department suffers
him to escape without punishment for fraudu-
lent act which, If he were private ship builder,
would disgrace and ruin him.
Was the Department 30 committed to the
Monitor system that for any reason they could
not afford to disgrace Mr.. Stimcrs7 IL not,
why are these statements permitted to pass
without con'radictioS or notice Of any kind
The country is becoming persuaded that II
has spent and is spending enormous amounts oil
money for worthless vessels. Something moro
than curiosity is excited. Alarm and indigna-
ton, and a disposition to examine into facts
ard to Judge of responsibilities, cannot be
wholly repressed. single success does not
cover n multitude of failures On tho other
hand, a failure ike this Of the Turks, like tho
Naubuc. like the Chino is 80 disgrsceful that it
must attract attention; and when the fact il
known also that whole feet Of lght-draught
Monitors are condemned; and when it is pub
licly stated by gentlemen like Capt. Marshall
that even the Dictator will he no moro tit to 60
to SEA than the little Monitors, We submit to
tho Navy Department that, if it wishes to regain
any portion Of the public confidence it has lost,
the effort must he made very soon. or will be
made in yaiu.f