The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-10-21
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rRom THE vIneIxIA ARGUS.


CHESAPEAKE AND SHANNON
lG" We were on the point Of offesing TO
our readers some remarks upon the uncon.s
mon demonstrations Of Joy which have been
manifested in Great Britain for the capture
OF the Chesapeake, when friend, who oc-
casionnlly has the pcrusal Of French Gaz.
cttcs, furnished US with the following trans.
lation from French rapcr.--It will be re-
collected chat Commodore Broke's account
of the battle found its way TO this country,
in the first instance, through the Paris Mo-
niteur. The Frencc nation appear to take
a deep intcres. in our maritime success.
We cheerfully substitute the observations
of the foreign journalist for those we i'm
tended TO make. The reader will doubt
less prefer them to any thing we could
present them
Translated from French hafer.
The British, who had triumphcd in so
many naval combats previously 10 the p:evail.
ing American war, had long rslinquishcd the
practice Of rcjoising for victories obtained
over single frigate. Ifan achievement Of
that sort took place against any ofthc Europ.
can powers, the detail Of the action was mere
ly inserted in the London Gazette, the pa.
pers OF the metropolis echoed the narrative,
paid passing compliment to tho officer, and
the affair rwent of, being recorded, nrememoria,
in the Naval Chronicle, as a thing,of course.
Votes of honour from the cooperation Of Lon.
don, sword Of hundred guineas value, and
parliamentary encomiums, were reserved for
the hero who should destroy Rleef. Tho
battle Of the Nile, that Of Trafalgar, and tho
like, were, alone, brilliant enough 10 excite
the applauscs of people grown callous 10
common fcats Of renown, and who, accustom.
ed to vanquish every thing on tho ocean, be-
lieved themselves omnipoient on that element.
In the Americans the British have found ais
enemy that has obstructcd the agreeable train
of their maritime idea. The citizens Of tho
United States are the best scamcn in the
world.--Their officers are men of nautical
science, Of great experience, and generally in
the primo of life. The first naval combat Of
the war marked, not simple equality Of skill
and courage in the men Of the Two countries,
but decided superiority in favor Of the A.
msricen1. Ifthe English pride was morti6.
ed at this sudden reverse in the case Of the
Guerricrc, the whole British government was
thrown into CONSERVATION at the capture OF
the Macedonian, The Java, the Frolic, and tho
Peacock. Such rapid and successive defeats
made the cabinet OF ST. James brstlc again .
Il seemed az If all English captains wcro
doomed to pass, ono after the other, under
the Yankee yoke, or to tho regions Of tho
dead ! The terror of the London oligarchs
was increased by pcculari,y which attend-
cd these combats for 1t so happened that
the officers who commanded tho vessels thus
beaten by the Americans, were scycrsIIy Of
some one Of tho different races of which the
population Of the kindom of Great Britain IN
composed. Dacrcs was gay, fearless Irish
man. lie would drink with you, or fight with
you, in the civilcst manner TO be imagined.
lie was the boast Of the British cruizers IN
tho West Indies. Garden was South Bri-
ton, and was remarkable for that sdrIy vanity
Of mind that distinguished the modern Eng
lish, who, after subduing the Scotch and tho
Irish, are nov actually governed by them.
Garden was so astonished a the vepemcnce
of Captain Deeatur's FIRE, that he lost the
faculty Of command, and did not recover him.
self ill his decks stresmcd with blood and
bis ship was entirely disabled. Whiuyases
was WeIchnsn, and fought with courage
worthy Of the natives OF aucient Brittany,
from whom the Weleh are dcccehdcd. But
he coniende< in vain against the American
Jones, who had msdc himself moro illustrions
than his namesake Paul Of desperate mem
ory. Lambert vas a Scothman, or Of Scotch
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