American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-11-23

sickening, all the loathsome, all the literary vomlt-
producing hattery incesantly poured forth upon
our navy, and all connected with it? Oiai' the boast
ers upon the lace of this earth we have been the
greatest, The most shameless, the most contempt
ible and ridiculous.
However it was not until 8l4 that this Boosting
assumed a regular Official Characterization il was
that The rict0ry on the SerpentiRe Rirer came to
crown all the boastngs of this nation OF boasters
You complain that Captain Stewart, after capturing
the two English ships, "was welcomed at Boston
10y federal salutes; that lie landed under salute );
that he was escorted to TIE Exchange Coffee house
lhy troops, amidst the repeated cheers Of citizens
lot both sexes, who filled the streets. wharis and
vessels, and occupied the houses, while band Of
music played national airs . You exceedingly
Offended al this, ami seem 10 curse the manager OF
The play house for having craved leave to announce
that the gallant Captain Stewart and the officers oil
the Constitution would, in their full nniform hon
o. the Theatre mith their presence. You seem
to be enraged at this enthusiasm Of the PEG lie,
and at this little trick OF the playhouse men; and
yet not one word did you say about the victory OF
1.-THE Serpentne River
On that famous sea 10 Hyde Park, the Two fleets
met, ia order 10 give the foreign soyereigns their
whskereG follow and the enllghtned people Of
his loyal Wen, occular demonstration Of the superb
Iority of British skill and palor. The Yankees
were superior in numbers Of ships and guns Long
aud obstinate the fight but, at last, as The
newspapers told US, the shouts OF halt mil ION
lof people communicated TO the sky that Britannia
lstil ruled The waves
The citizens OF Boston were very soon afterwards
'akng their turn but, they had something to boast
loF. One OF their ships had taken tm0 English
lshps, which, every man must allow, ought 10 have
AIKEN her. There was really something 10 boasl
If. II you had been there, indeed. 10 explain 10
hem, as you have done to me in pages 466 ana
"a that the LEvANT was baH 81 .fir," that tn,
lCyane's timbprs wpre rotten - that her" brpech
liNg bolts dreic nat:' il you had been present ii
Boston 10 explain all This, as nicely you have ex
laned il 10 me, how YOU would have set the Yai.
KEGS laughing The play house would have been
the place for you 10 20 70. where you would haye
o casioned more entertainment than all the othe
actors in the scene. II YOU had told III, Bostonans
Is you told me, " that the CYANE 50 slow thai
every merchant vessel ran by her and that The IL.
lyAATs officers declared that she could just outsal
het companion, how the va KEGS would have
aughed Fhet would have wondered as ! do
first, that there should have been two such ships il
the glorious preal Brush navy; ond. that +.
ij0Hgias,h and Gordon Falcoh, should have 20,
into two such ships; and, third. that, being in Two
such ships they should have gone IN pursuit Of the
oNs1LTUTIoN with view 10 disable her, il not
AXE her.
have no room Tor more. and more, trust, is noll
necessary. | cannot. however, conclude, witbou,
Ioestowlng my serious apprehension on your endea
yors to disguise, to gloss over 10 palliae, the inglo
rous acts OF which you pretend 10 have written the
history When disposition to do this is entertain
led by people, that people is manesy destined tnl
sink. The disposition arises from their not daring
10 look the truth in the face ii arises from their
consciousness OF inability 10 recover what hey have
Iosi God forbid that such disposition should
become general In England but il you do not pro
y. -l.-t-
seems to it will be for want of ability and no,l
or want OF desire 1t is invariably the case tha, the
e eednes for praise is in inverse proportion lot
the merit of the party Oh thi, you have probably
Experienced the truth; but, there arises urthtrl
llntonvenence; and that Is when you have beeunl
% besow unjust praise, you lay the foundation oil
aim upon yputo proceed TO all lengths in the same
curse. Alter writing the book which YOU hayel
s"nt o me, and upon which have made these Oh !
srvatlons, there nothing in the way of praise thai
my Office in the navy has mol right demand oil
you; and II you refuse, no reason why youI
should mol be liable TO hi, lash.
10 The Officers Of the Navy beg leave 10 observe
hal deem heir proiess II hls h.y honorable that
think it ought to be held in great esteem by ~,
people that deem The navy OF the greatest impur
lance 10 the county; that | am convinced that if |
would require the greatest skill and most undaun,ed
courage on heir part to enable this country to main
tain the dominion OF the seas and that to induce
them to attain to this skill, and TO display this cou
rage, they not, trust, TO be told, that few
pounds difference in weight Of metal that few
tons difference IN point oil Size or that few men or
few boys more or less will never be thought of
by their country sufficient ground Of an apology
for their pulling down OF that flag which has for sol
many ages been borne triumphant through the seas
To The GorernmeM say that there must be i
new system ofpromotion, and a neto rate and man
ner Of distributing priEe-money. Captain DAcREsI
was indignant at seeing british seamen on board
the American irigsle which had beaten andI
captured him. He was parliculal " offended al AMI