Mr. FESSENDEN. He stands at the head of the whole naval service, just as GenlGrant does in the Army. The office of vice admiral was created for him on account of his, allant services, and after all those services had been performed. Sir, I think that one great difficulty we shall have to contend with in this country will be this striking propensit; to hero worship. We do all that we can thin l of for a man; we place him at the ver head of his profession, giving him the 1st place in it, and then, after we have put him up so that he can be distinguished no more in our Navy, we proposeto createastilladditional new rank, to conor upon him in order to further testify i our respect for the individual. I suppose, in reality, that this is more designed for somebody who is to succeed Admiral Farragut as vice admiral. At any rate, it leaves that office open, and it must be filled by somebody; I do not think that for the leading officer of our Navy $10,000 is too high a salary, and especially for a man who has rendered the distinguished services that Admiral Farragut has. I have considered somewhat the proposition to create the rank of general for GenlGrant. I have the highest regard and respect and admiration for both these distinguished men. I think they have deserved well of their country and should be honored by their country, as they are; but, sir, I think in a Republic like ours there must be some limitationtothis hero worship, and the disposition to push men forward by continued rewards after the time has gone by and they have alread been rewarded to the utmost extent that theIaw will allow, and high offices created for them. With my present impressions, much as I admire and respect GenlGrant, I should not v to to create the office of general for him; an the same objection lies in my mind to the creation of this new office of admiral. I think the present salary is too low, and I would vote with pleasure to raise the salary of Vice admiral Farragut, if he remains in that position, to $10,000. I do not think it is too much. But, sir, let us consider one fact; and that is, that after all his distin uished services were rendered, we created for iitn, in order to put him at the head of the Navy, an office that would elevate him over all his compeers, a new office of vice admiral, and raised his salary somewhat accordingly. He stands at the very head of the Navy of the U.S. The same is true of GenlGrant. We created for him the office of lieutenant general: we placed him at the head of the Army, and gave him a pay which the Senfrom Iowa states now amounts to 16 or 17,000 dollars a car; and besides that, the nation, or indivi equals of the nation, have heaped upon him private benefits and rewards. He we been honored in every way. I think we have something else to do in this country besides devoting our attention exclusively to these very distinguished men. Due honor should be paid to them; all honor, all respect, should be paid to them; our sense of their services should he testified to every reasonable extent; but it is not worth while, in a republican Government, to run mad after men. When men have been placed, as a reward for their services, and as a testimony of the admi' ration of the country, so high that they can get no higher in the line of their profession; when they are at the very bead an front of all the men in the respective lines which they occupy, for Congress then to turn about to see if it cannot create some new office to push them on a step further strikes me as settinv an example which, if followed out in this Iiepublic, Will lead to a great deal of difficulty, and to a for etfulness of the principles upon which the Republic itselfis founde. I have thought of this subject anxiously and carefully, and with all my regard and respect and admiration for these distinguished men, I cannot bring my mind, after the full and ample rewards that have been given them in the way of honor, to create new offices for the sake of doing something more. I shall therefore vote against creating the rank of admiral, after one rank has been created for and filled by Admi ral Farragut; but I will vote to increase his pay to the amount of $10,000 with pleasure. I think that is not too much to give him.