Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-11-30


heart when Ja,ses Towrkius aud his coessades
were imp essed |! Whete was the British hsari
when they were so treated day after day? Blu,
who Is to believe this story! Il . nohcdy story bu,
70 no belief. You have no Bssh Official account Of
the action. Does stot riis speak volumes! Would
there not nave been ssch Official Vi the ac-
it0u. IL good excuse could have been made out for
t,is defeat and capture You take your details, ynu
cay, parity from the iaforaaation Of the British OIL
Gers engaged. Why do jSu sot name QUO nj least
Of tho uunibeS You talk Of Capt. Dousiss, and you
say, with species Of National vaniry iiIst deserves
not only beating but kicking, that 60 personal cons-
derasson III b~nle wac never the character oil a
DOUGLAS" DouoLAs indeed Why OF
@DouGLAs, you s'J.culsus coxcoa,b 3 SD experi-
ence has taught sic that loguesy aoretinE money
u characteristic enough OF sa Doug or "a, Doug
tss' once robbed ~ this wsy of 4 6tciiy n,ans
ihousssits uf doars. This, borever. H. y specimr.
OF the nauseous battery which you neyes fail 10 6es-
tow every Scoich officer, that comes in your
way.
your story about tho breast Of Turk n,ight do
we'll s"oush, &c we could possibly beii.se the fael
iieve you You are daily conirade.~d by the Ame-
r'cau Official accovni--and thee 10 no Engl,sh
official account. W~-o not the Enelish Go
sernmeni preu. good judges o! what they ought to
40 IN sr-" acase II they did not publish thor oh-
;'st account, had NOT their reasons Tor q, think
you IN short, Captain Ste Ar says that he Cap.
!urcd The two ships in iortynnuies and what &, und
- there for d'sbeIiewag him!
Nou dIe eNCceu'ugiy onchued al the 0oasftn2S o.
the Americans. Yoa have ioigo, all D,bd,n. songs,
i.suppose! xOa have forgot Ill the songs, aud all
inc odes And all the plays, Of all the peusionetl para
sites 10" have Nrgot Neptune coming ~ his WA
terry cas- TO snrreAder his trident that wuetrous
hero, King George the Third? Tou have forget,
d0utless, all tho disgusting, all the sickening all the
oa,hso"e, all the literary, vomi'-producim2 aanesy
necied with IL? or all the boas,ers ut,oo tire face of
tins earth, we have been the Y, sa,esi, the mos,
shaa'eiess, the most coniemp'ible sadiridiouious.
However, II was not until 1914 that this boasting
assumed y regular official chsracier-Then u was
that the victory on the Sercein,ne River came TO
crown all the boasiines OF this nation Of boasters
You compIain that Captain Stewart, after capturing
:he two English ships, was welcomed NJ Boston by
FEDERAL saiutes that lie landed under a salute that
We was escorted 10 the Exchange Cufe.hon by
troops, amtst the repealed cheers Of cz ems Of bo,
seses, who lled The streets, whars aud vessels nn,!
occupied the houses, while band OF music played
naiiouai airs."-fou are exceedingly offended Al
this, aud seem ~ curse the manager ur The pIay.
house fo having craved leave to announce that the
sa.gi Captain Stewart aud the officers Of the Com
st"tl '@ would ~ their full uniform, honor the The
are with their presence. Rou seen, To 10 ntaped
az this enthusiasm OF the people, aud al this l,,tle
rick OF the play house men and VET, not one word
dd you say about tho victory on the Se,pen,ine Ri
On that famous sea in Hyde Park. the two 1.e,.
met, Ia order 10 give tho foreign sovercipns tIei,
~hiskered followers, aud The enlightened peorle OF
this loyal Wen, occnlar demonstration Of The superb
K
superior IN numbers of ships and guns Lopp and
obstinate was the fight but, at last, as the uewspa.
pers told Us, tho shouts OF half million of peopI,
Communicated to the sky that Britannia sill ruled
the waves I"
The citizens Of Boston were very soon afterwards
taking their iurn iru, they had something TO boa,,
Of One VI their ships ha,l taken two English ,b;n,
winch, every man must allow, ought to have iaken
her.. There was really something 10 boast Of II
you had been there indeed, TO explain - Them, as
YOU have done TO me in pages 466 and 467 thar the
Lcvant was "bu,t Of fir :" that the Ccsne's U lin.
be's were Io,en; thar her breeching bolt. drew
ont :: IL you had been present az Boston TO exnla;n
all this as nicely as you have explained il 10 me how
you would have set thes Yankees "A laughing The
playhouse would have been The place Tor you to ro
10, where you would have occasIoned moro euie,-
tamment man All the other actors in the scene A.
You had Told the S0sionians, rs YOU told me- ina,
the Cyanc was so slow that every merchzut yesse,
ran by her, and that the Levauts officers declared
that she could but Just ouIsal her companion bo.'
the Yankees would have laughed! They woul.l
have wondered, a. do, frs,, that there should have
been two such ships in the glorious great British
.ayy second, that ga Douglass" aud a Gordon
+ falcon, should haze got iaio Two such sbips and
third that being in Two such Ships they should have
gone in pursuit Of the C0ns tuition with view ~
disable her, if not take her.
have no room Tor more, and more, I trust, is NOT
Necessary. ] cannot, however, conclude without
besiowing my serious apprehension on your endea-
yours TO 6isgnise 10 gloss over, TO paiiate the npIo
rious acts o wic'i you pretend Ia ia We written The
history, When dsposiiou 10 do this 10 entertain.
~ by people, that people IS manifesy destined 10
link. The disposition arises from their not daring ,o
ook the iiUi, in the face. Ii arises from their con-
cionsness OF inability TO recover wIiaf they have os
Iod forbid ,hat such disposition s;rould become
general in England hut, IL you do not produce This
Jishonorabe dispositions ID seems 20 md
will he for want Of ability, aud moi for want of do
lire, IL is invariably The case that the greediness for
''sse Is " an inverse proporionio the meri, Of The
'arly. Or thn you have probably experienced the
ruth but, there arises a further Inconvenience
Ind that is when you have begun To bes,ow unius,
raise, you lay the foundation Of claim upon you 10
proceed 10 all lengths in the same course After
writing the book which you have sent 10 me-, and |
ipon WHICH have made these observations there is |
'ohng ~ the way Of praise that any officer in the
'asy has not right 10 demand Of you and if yor |
e'use, see no reason why you should no. be aLle |
O his lash.
To the Oiacers Of the Navy beg leave 10 observe.
hat deem their profession highly honorable that
think u ouehiio be held in erea, esteem by The peo-
lie that deem the navy OF the greatest importance
o the couniry that am convinced III at il Womb a.
ore the greatest skill e. most un,Iaun,ed courage I'm
heir pat TO enable this country TO maintain the do
niuion OF the seas; aud that 10 induce them 10 VT.
am TO this skill and 10 display this courage they are
TOT, uus, TO lie told that few pounds difference in
weight OF metal, that few tons difference IN point
re, or that u few men or few boys more or less
WI never be thought Of by their country snfc,enr
round OF 40 apology Tor their pulling down Of thai
lag, which has for so many ages been borne Fri. |
n,pbant through the seas.
10 the Government say, that there mast lie a |
lew system OF promotion, aud new rate and man |
YER OF distributing prize money. Captain Dacres
vas indignant seeing British seamcn on board the
american ff'gaic which had beaten and cap,,red
i'm. tic was particularly offended al an Irshman.
'hom he sitting cooly making buck shot 10 Gr,
I his counuymen. Alas remenbrr poor eastman.
sbo was hanged as ri0ter, in 1917 Think of his |
ATE and the huck-shot will sink out OF your sight
lead his address 10 the Judge who condemned him.
I'D the buck-sbot will wholly escape from your
lind:
" Ny Lord | hope you will excuse q poor friend.
IS SAILOR for occupying your time. Had died 6xbr-
" the battles Of my country, should have pIo,ied
but confess that IL grieves ME 10 think Of suf-
sring like rohber, when call God TO witness ina,