Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-06-27

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THE NAVY AND NAVAL sfAFF RANK.
sroplthe deptns ihe cry OF lnJusuco oohles
up TO our national legisators' IL Woua oe
higma upon human nature 10 DeheNe thA
any statesman any man with sufficient
breadth OF Wow LOT iaW-makeri any Jaw
maker desiring wen lor INC INSTITUTIONS OF ms
country, Woulu' understanding inc SUBJECT
willingly leave our navy IN us present un-
happy and paralyElng lockoi naNalstah rank
IL Is on error to suppose that this subject IN
wolves any new and special honors Tor the
stan corps that Il implies acts OF legislative
generosity which might Dear deiay "lthout
ihhlctlng injustice such Is not the case.
The wretched TACT Is that all at once, while
resting In the calm security Of right conhd-
- ing In national Justice, unsuspecung wrong or
aggression one halt OF the Whoie navy was
suddenly cast down and thrown into the PIT
from whence the cry now comes.
They had less reason to apprchend such
decd Of sudden violence because they stood
in o position faithfully earned amid the
hazards Of great war, in which large pro-
portion Of their number felt assured in that
position by six years Of unmolested occupa-
ton, their right sustained by the arguments
and opinions of the most eminent and learned
legal minds, sanctioned by four Attorneys
General and two administrations. The act
sohumilIatlng and startling to its victims was
not Intended by its authors 10 be permanent
or to result 90 disastrously to the navy and to
individuals Il would be unjust to those who
struck the blow to believe they forcsaw lts
consequences. Such an assumption would he
inconsistent with the declarations and the
known generous character Of those who nj
the time cuntrolled the Navy Department.
There Ia every assurance that Mr.. Boric
deeply regrets the result, and Is most DESTROYS
to sec Il done away with. Believing In q
rood 10 &c accomplished by the order, he
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