American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-12-19

Mr.. Walsh discans any hostility towards Mr. Rodney
1t may be The character of Mr.. Rodney sufficient
warrant that Mr.. Walsh entertain any enmity towards
him. it is an unprovoked feeling 1t is very probable in
deed that Mr. Rodney has knowledge whatever of the
Editor and such is the urbany and generosity Of his
character, that do not believe he ever made personal
enemy in his life But the circumstances of this attack,
the time selected for it, and its nsolent Tone afford strong
presumption, that if Mr. Walsh he not now gratifying his
malice he is panderng to the malice of others is
preposterous principle, false its particulars and
so ungenemanly and insulting in its manner that i'm
possible for moment credit the msy preexts set
up justify it, Every line in it bears the stamp Of Private
g1ieS, glang be cancelled by that cloak of Public
shirt, which MIR Walsh readily assumes when driven TO
the wall by the scourge of the Ineligencer. This
pure afterhought, cumsy applied as was ridiculous
The delicate health of Mr.. Rodney the anxiety he must
feel for the welfare of family trsversing dan
gerous element and proceeding far distant and
tied country, his distinguished character man and
citizen and the honorable mission in which he IS engaged,
all entitled him TO considerae and courteous treatment
from every OF feeling patriotism Little was 1t 10
be expected, that the provision Mr. Rodney found
sary make for the comfort and necessity of his am
would be made ground of calumny and agsin
him, even by champion Of our national character" 1h;t
Mir. Rodney had right take his family with him,
tain; that he had right to carry with hun every THU
needful for their comfort and convenience equally
tain that his family entitled the best accou.n
cations board the ship, no MIR. Walsh, will d
ny naval commanders have frequently been employed
the honorable Office of conveying ministers and tn, r
families abroad have cheeully resigned their JeScrf-
ye internal arrangements and cOOTts, TO borrow pbra
of Mr.. Walsh, and to their honor be it said that the Pre-
sent is the first instance record, where any complain
have been heard For the honor Of the navy for the ho
Of country hope, Chat this will be the last trlss
that naval officers not such marnes and popniays
Mr. Walsh would represent them; their heroic exploits
give that their character IS OF more maj "
stamp that there is in it OF that generous seden al
and hsrdhood which becomes the profession of arms
dsdans to stand upon those "cortoTts and arrangements
concerning which Mr. Walsh tenacious their behalf
With regard to the quantity of Mr.. Rodney's tecs
the absurdy of Mr. Walsls statement obvious in this;
he
sibe that in large rgate like the Congress, they could
interfere with the accommodation Of the crew :; that
they could fill her birth deck almost 10 bursting - or that
they could in any way dersnge the ship for fighting " ia
case of bae for working in gale. If any system
discipline existed in the Congress- it is impossible that %
or IS tons could have produced such disastrous
tquences vessel of nearly 1900 The writer Of this
ice and many persons in Wilmington and New Castle WIS.,
lied the Congress after Mr. odneys effects we're on board
land they Witnessed nothing Of that spectacle which " dis
tgaed and cOfouhdd" the refined and sensitive visitors,
and formed the subjects of discourse at the din
liner and tea-tabes Of Philadelphia These disguised and
confounded visitors must have had microscopic eyes ins
deed they could have discovered in any and every part
Iof the ship half of the quantity crcumsanaly
lmerated by Mr. Walsh The fact is that MIR. WaSh's
lventory is sheer invention rmped up for the He
ha got into dilemma and to get out Of it, has tasked his
Invenonhs vulgar detail is the result But enough of
this part Of the subject tits degrading to country that
such discussion should have place in our newspapers
and Mr. Walsh by recording in his gazette either his
Inventions or the gossPpng exaggeraons OF the Phila,
chatte and thereupon founding grave against
a high officer of the Republic, has done ridcue
country, than all that British reviewers could say
century
u Our naval officers will do well take lesson from
the dogmas of Mr.. Walsh. The heightened Disappointing
and somewhat ridiculous doctrines he has laid down rea
tive to the navy might apply very well to the meridian Of
continental Europe, where the military the privileged
classes of society in this country the principles well
established be shskeRthat the military power is sbor
dnate the civil The people Of this country know eir
rights well permit this principle ever to be forgotten
by their naval military officers If the vessels Of the
navy the property of the Executive Department at
Washington neither they the property of the com,
mandes II the commanders not the servants ofthat
} department" they its subordinates bound implicitly
obey its orders The President is the Commander in Chief
of the Army and Navy he is the representative of the
jesy and sovereignty of the people, The commanders OF
our national ships the representatives of the Ma
tonal Sovereignty" any than every American
woman child who happens TO be abroad such areprc
sentative THEY selected for such purposethey are
supposed to possess the qualifications necessary for
such purpose They chosen for what they arecom
manders of shps-or their skill in seamansip and
III should be humoyed ntedy, but EouId haze them kept
II good temper and high spirit, by all reasonable and sp-
lpropriate regards and completeness. But though he
would hlnor them unmtedy svery evident that he
would huor them to much greater extent than this
tion will consent to- Mr. Walsh had better let the
stands high the affections of the country the officers
able brave and patriotic as any in the worldthey
are but men, however, and tbe as other men, and
such extravagant pretensoDs as MIR Walsh promugatcs
il can neither tend to moderate their views their
t cause with the people. CD.
=" Fought in of battle MFR Walsh will confer
favor by informing what sort of fight it would be in
n case Of no battle"