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Updated: June 12, 2025
So long as a mere temporary outcry about the apparent non-success of some adopted improvement whose real value perhaps cannot be proved unless by the exercise of patience may result in the dismissal or in the disrating of the official who has recommended it, just so long will all those who are called upon to act as guides to public enterprises be compelled to stick to the most conservative lines in the exercise of their duties.
"If you please, your honour, I'd rather take my disrating I don't wish to be chief boatswain's mate in this here business." "Obey your orders, immediately, sir," cried the captain; "or, by God, I'll try you for mutiny." "Well, sir, I beg your pardon; but what must be, must be. I mean no disrespect, Captain Hawkins, but I cannot flog that man my conscience won't let me." "Your conscience, sir?"
I had known of his having disrated more than one luckless mid for a far less heinous offence than so serious a breach of discipline as that of which I had been guilty; and disrating was the one thing which presented itself to me as more objectionable than anything else in the shape of punishment except flogging; but I built my hopes upon the skipper's good offices; and the result showed that I had no grounds for fear.
The man looked at the captain, then at the ship's company, and then at the man seized up, but did not commence the punishment. "Do you hear me, sir?" roared the captain. "If you please, your honour, I'd rather take my disrating I don't wish to be chief boatswain's mate in this here business." "Obey your orders, immediately, sir," cried the captain; "or, by God, I'll try you for mutiny."
We believe you to be a clever first mate, otherwise Captain Kendall would not have dug you up out of the forecastle; and believing this, naturally we dislike the thought of disrating you. We have, therefore, instructed Captain Peterson to retain you in your berth as first mate.
It was worse than tyranny, I thought, this arbitrary conduct in disrating me unjustly! I remained here till I heard one bell strike soon after the second dog- watch commenced; for I was waiting for Jorrocks to be relieved, as I wished to speak to him in order to get him to put in a word for me with Captain Billings, when he had calmed down and could listen to reason.
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