Date: 1853
The terror it inspired, however, made him more wary in approaching the coast.  A boat guard was kept rowing around the ships all night, and the most extraordinary precautions taken to protect them from these mysterious engines of destruction.  While our blockaded coast was thus filling Con gress with alarm, and the whole land with gloom and dread, the bold and hostile attitude which Mas sachusetts was assuming, both deepened the general indignation and added to the embarrassments under which the administration struggled.