Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-09-11


She runs down upon the enemy, until she
has approached within striking dis,ance.--
She then turns tailto. hoists iivr boom, and
lets fly heavy shot, whic:i is expected to
end the conflict. NOT the gun boar is in
a situation To run away--and thereby pre-
vent the eHlsionof human bTood.'' s.
1t iseh the authority OF a friend of Mr..
Jefferson who has long snioved his conf
trnce, and acted with him in many import
ant scenes Of his administration. that We
ere embed 10 detect t,ae. editor Of the
fvenirg Postin no less than three a!sr;ag
missate.rtns in Ibis single article, and 10
First. Thar j; is f11se thar Gssn Boat
No ] has t;ertwo AID thirty FOUNDER plae.
ed iii h.f stern.
Second. it's Jlhe that in coming TO ac-
ton she turns -saiI TO.
III, d. Its likewise false tina. she hois,s
her boom 20 let Ay,a shot.
!. On the contrary, il is,a fact now placed
beyond all dispute, that the Boat has her
pun port precisely 10 her stem, andis bret
ia action in the following manner The
bowsprlt, no. being fixed 10 thevuigar man
ner, israised BY tackles, The passage in
the stem which had t,een jus, before occu-
pied By rhe bowsp,it, now Offering gun
port, the gun is runoat through il, and lets
fly from that SITUATION, ard no, from her
stcrn as is malioiohsly asserted n, the XIV
ening Post And here wevent,r re TO saw
that il the Editor Of The Evening Post had
not been very weak man himself and eve
nv thing but a philosopher, he never could
have supposed Mr. Jefferson such a cursed
fool as 10 run his gun out from the stern
whenhe copId rim her out from the bow.
And as to the low lived attempt at wit IN
thass editor, in representing Mr.. Teffer-
son as man who fights and fires altogether
a bosteriori, and his clumsiness in bring.
ing Carter's MOUNTAIN, and such stuff, it isa
fact which we assert on the authority of
friend of Mr.. Jefferson who acted with him
in many important scenes Of She revolution,
) that never was Drawer man, or more in
trepid, known during the war, or one who
performed greater number of feats or
more glorious exploits Of private valour,
than Mr.. Jeferson, whose courage and sol
der like conduct have been questioned Tor
years, and still continue to be questioned
and denied throughout the United States.
But TO return 20 our. description of The Gun
Boatin time Of action, Alter discbarging
the shot the bowsprit is again lowered down
with the utmost CONVENIENCE into its place,
while the gun is re-loading. During this
time the vessel may set her glib and getun-
der way once more, sail up to the enemv,
and give him another Shot, if indeed, SIT
should happen ip'event" ,hasthe FIRST has /
not already decided the fate Of the day.
1t is not to be denied that If the sea is
any way rough and the vessel pitches much,
the gun may happen to take salt water into
his belly at an unreasonable moment, but
in answer to this, a csptious. federal OBJ.
lection, it is to be remembered that the
chance-is stleast hve'to one that the battle
will not take place in pitching sea; and if
no new invention WAS ever adopted, uil e.
very possible objection that Immature and
malevolence could raise, was answered and
entirely obviafe' surely the Improvement
of human affairs would long since have
ceased, nor should we now be indulgingiu
the glorious expectation Of that happy event
soclearly demonstrated by Mr.. Goodwin
and other modern philosophers, that man
kind are rapidly approaching to state of
perfectability. BUTT is endless to notice
federal cavils.
In the above we have contented ourselves
with pointing Quit in a summary, the gross
Misrepresentation of the editor Of the E.
vening Post. 6 hus do the ungenerous
caiumnies of the enemies of the Chief Ma.
gistrate recoil on themselves Let. this |