New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-29

his ho.ts To this letter could not imn.di .ely
reply .rcm disability Of NY nEnt arm frocl S boil.
am row able 10 use il seaIo ard ansrer you, my old
srd sterling lrisnj, a. 10 our htIe navy thus; -
What YOU eay you heard rsls.e on tbs. sltsc. Is
correct sni the history q thing is this In oar attack
on Trpoh in lOi nndsT Commodore Preoe, we had the
Of Fix gunhoaI, loaned to car service oT Toe
kiIF pf the two Settles, their construction h0SeveT,
being dsfgped only for the defeTs sc Of Naples Bsy,
and the Islands therein they were clancy, Inactive
vessels bad o. ss bad 10 row. and bsd FOR our small
yesses 20 tOs high Wind and r0ugn sea, bat when
orce got under their batteries for action, they proved
uost efficient and poSerfu suxIilrlss sganst psrns
rent rOrks u position sui be n sns themselves
a. az Object 70 FIRE at. At the point blank range Of 8
- poundeT they were hard - ht Al lite sboFter or
longer distance al firing ~ them bec.me random Or
irg. Now for the attack Of ships under breeze IN
bot;0mles places OF shere ship COui get anc nor
age ard sprrgs her caoe they were almost useless
but where EMP became a fIed object, by Gains or
grounding they were then most efficient for cuttug
them 20 pieces, and compelling 4 surrender.
Commodore Prebi4 wrote strongly 20 the Govern
ueut OF the United States 10 ssnd him dozen them,
of such construction 90 would enable them 20 navigate
The Atlantic and the Mediterranean Ses 10 safety sni
capable Of being moved with facility. With wind or
osis. ths wac done and the first twelve were con-
srcc;ed and sert OUT. One Only lost ca. Of q 81
run ber ard they would have proved al that could De
wished, had tLey been iced &. Tnpoi.
The appropriations for the gutboss bIilt sitervart
was obtaned from Congress under TIE pIee1t Of hsr
Der defsues; at that tine .O6 $50 boats were built
ard building. | have seen since in Mr.. Jefferson :
fret published letters that war gss 10 la' time al
most inevitable with Spain, ne had intended them e.
peciay f5r an attack on the Island Of C1bs 81 the
most Efficient IssLs Of blOcksdng s tas.r OutpoTts,
a,d for the attack OF their protecting batteries. Iprs
suned AZ that tine the intended war sgeinst Spain
grew ont OF our extensive claims thst country, for
our deprivation Of the night Of deposit at New-Or
LEAFS granted by Spain 10 l7iJ 10 perp.tuy % the
Interior con merce Of the JBltsd States | well re-
collect that in corsequerce Of Mr.. Jefersons hsy.
ing in hs message 10 Congress, at the sessiOn Of
December 1903 recommended something like a
wer On Spain, which he az the same time counter
acted through "a back door message As Mr.. Ran
dOph termed IL anO which cau.ed Mr.. Randolphs
desernc him and making violent opposition speech
agsinst nm, and HE double policy Randolph was
then think Chairman o. the COMMITTEES Of Finance
in the then Congress- The letter refer to, | msy
have among the correspondence Mr. jefferson
had with Mr.. Merzzs Of LeehOrn, who put into my
hands all the letters OF Mr. Jefferson, addressed 10 him
after cur revolutionary war had ternlnated, up To
1877. | was then spending three moths IN Pisa on
the Arno, while my vessel The II bernis-in which
wss then engaged on a voyss to Calcutta was col
lectirg hey lulds II Spanish dollars, AID selling her
cargo nom Philadelphia. Il among thOCe letters
Of Nh j. fsrson that saw his reasons for not enter
ing into the views Of the Emperor Paul Of Russia,
who, VIXEN about 60 uske pace With the Sultan oi
Turkey proposed 10 Mr. Jefferson to insert in the
treaty 81 article To open To the flag of the United
States the cmmerce of Turkey in Europe, and that of
the shores Of the Back Sea, provided the United
States would accredt Minister 70 and from the
pire Of Turkey end that Of Russia. l. struck me
iorcbly az that time that Sr. Jefferson lost vslusbie
hand maid to agriculture ana manufactures az
well strong friends in those two powers, for toe
promotion of relations with those Of Tuns, Trpo
and A gieIs.
You see have given you Roland for your OF
yCr' Truly yours, &. L. STEWART.