Second Message To Seamen

Author : Andrew Furuseth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332240616
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Second Message to Seamen written by Andrew Furuseth and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Second Message to Seamen: His Relationship to the Harbor Workers and the Shipowners "The bondman can feel no responsibility; he can have no sense of morality, of self-respect, or of honor; because he has no individual will. He is alone. Association for mutual aid is unthinkable. Deprived of his human estate he is degraded below the animal or vegetable kingdoms. Any man compelled to labor against his will, be it by an individual or by society, is a bondman. Let the American People beware of bondage being imposed upon any class. Toleration of it by workers is treason to American ideals. To resist it is the highest duty though the result may be prison or death." "The share which any particular nation had in the use of and the power on the sea depended always on the number of its people who obtained their living by following sea occupations. Fishermen on the coasts, later on the banks, whalers, first in small boats along the coasts, later in large vessels following the, whale or seeking him, trading in their own produce, or carrying the produce of others - these are merchant seamen. Valuable cargoes tempted others into piracy, and the merchant vessel was armed to resist the pirate. These were the early fighting vessels or men-o'war. In all instances the men employed were seamen. Seamen were always considered a special part of the national defense. "To develop a large number of trained seamen, to foster and develop a tendency to the sea in the population, has ever been the care of statesmanship. Nations have fought over fishing grounds, not because of the fish to be caught, but the seamen to be trained in the use of those grounds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.