The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-09-24
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the line, to brave g defy my whole navy i'1'o
take three of my best frigates IN open firf.,
| and trounce me with no more ceremony
forsooth, than If l were a Dutchman or
a Spaniard. a sett Of fellows too. that
| had affected to dcspise. as beneath NV
no ice-f whose assembled navies could not
lay siege to a single sloop of warehouses
cake those seamen, about which they m ake
so much Glamour. They have broken the
ice, and l am conioundedly afraid shall he
sank 10 the bottom. / have made them
feel their strength already. and Shire wdy
suspect that they will make me feel it in all
my bones. And then there are your French
md your Russians; they too will proht b.
ehe example, and learn to despise my VAIN
ted sapcriority.-Oh that could hear of a
single vessel OF nliHc's taking ne Of theYan
KEGS OH any thing like equal terms. The
worst their frigates would be an acccpta-
bic Offering. l. would be "t the most CRATE
fMl Se'pice" which any captain :" can render
to the service" / would certainly kD;yht
him for his splendid achievement.
Enter BROTHER JONATHAN.
| Sir. you are g-athcd. have overheard
| your last expression, ani here is an account
!ust Put isto my hands of tie captuie OF The
| Chesapeake fiigatc.
John But. Let US see. A frigate, rnpos-
sibie Who has performed The godlike
achievement ?--"P. &. V. Broke" :. rhc
u States friga'e Chesapeak - alb ha, have
we got You! g the enemy made desperate
ont disorderly res.stancc"--st the proud
CID British Union hoatsd triumphant over
| lt'--ah triumphant over the HneTieuz
Tag "-Mark you that fifteen " minutes"
complement oE 40 mca"--" th2 Shan
non had $50" the Che :aneake fine fri
gaze" forty nine guns" IN 5ble fellow
shy, Sir, this action is nutxamp!eI"-
! = ,SH
grace' the naval annals Of 6. 8ritain."-
Yes, si", yours are but crck boa s. Voc
etea'i to Fight with me lit is certainly
the greatest achievement which the world
ever saw.
Jon. Indeed, sir! Why are vru so much
eIated? Why all this joy? Isit because
you have beat HaRkre ? Are you proud OF
conqaerlng q man whom you desp,se, NO
1t Is because you were afraid 6 us, and tn
w our superiority, that you croak 80 much
at THIS victory. IN the very excesseS which,
VOC afe IN iulgng YOU bow to our as,em
Clancy. IL is the greatest compliment, sor
could pay Us. And after all, what might,
feat have you doe ?--Caken the uery zuor,l
irlga IN our n4yy--just out from Port, her
captain unacQuaisted with her trim as wei
as his crew his l5t Lieut.. on shore and
himself and all his officers wounded or l:iiled
at the C. announcement. AS to Broke's ac
count OF the crews, il is (under the rose) b.
OF lie. Mi your officers write one letter
marked Private" aud one for the Ga
| Zette land II you ever live to see the
Priva'e" epis;le of master Broke, you
will confess it.
j. BULL. The Scoundrel is right, be
iieve IN that lsidc. } We'll. Sir, you may
| say what you please, your sun is set TO
ever. Your feather is cur you will never
see another victory achieved by your cock
boats over my redoubtable vessels ON any
thing like equal terms.
Enter Post Bon.
Sir, here's news from America. His Ma
Jesty's brig the Boxer is taken by the Z. 5.
! brig the tn.erpriZe.
j. II. II is all hum---it is impossible
Let me see--I6 1Gib carronatIcs 500
! tone" begged for quarters after mailing
their dag 20 The mastheatlJ. l won't believe
a word of y.
Jon. Ye', SIT, soon and you will see that
the vessels are arrived at Portland. you
WI see nov noby hero can die---aow
Burrows Oh, d Ike Wolf
I j. h. IL is true but what the deuce
has got into these fellows 'sney have n,
hmg to fight for, no knights, no gartsrs---
qohat do they fight for they must b. mad
Can such men 5e beaten C.4aide.
i'm. Yes, Sir. aHd you will also see how
no6'y an American can treat fallen en- my
There is m distinction between the con
queTor and bis prisODer--apd the gallant
blyth is buried intbe sane tomb with Bur
rows, with the same honnrs, and the sam,
affecting solemnities, without leaving ven I,
pay the cDsts, as our agent Mr.. Mnchil
was compelled to do when the gallant Law
, renee was inferred at Halifax.
j. b. I'll not believe word they say
l say again, your sun IS SCI.
2 Enter me Post Boz.
!, Sir, Sir, here's an accOuntuf a whole Brit
ish Squadron being taken by com. Perry
and # may say it, told with all in sucf
0 a strain OF simplicity and modesty as woult
e grace better cause.
jan. Wen, sir, what say you now w
beat you before in single con,bais. We *
celled you in spirit, in gunuery, in execu' 10
ON single ship---but here one squcdyo
beats another, aud we seem TO excel 20
even in your boasted qualities Of cvulujio
and maueuere And mark the efTyc s
Maden--Canada--
j. Bull Zounls, have been guided. M
most thinking brethren have been Guped b
oar ministers. Why, it was but the othe
day bd. Bathurst told the House of Pee1
that every means was taken to secure the a
u cendapcy on he lakes.--And then the Al
p, mistiCe Oh the Cohtinen,--and the camDnie
u ~ the Chesapeake ! Oh, VIC arc all tricket
/, aud these ministers OF rurg must troop for
{ IN have an Eaqury--thats certain.
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