The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-17

reality. The success OF n. -.
attracted The attention ~ 49,
OF 'ae Old ward. Ansa-- 49, -
expression 20 an opinion = - ~
q FarTaeus was Lord Was.ssss
Egitisa army. ana he = --stssss.
taoriIy. The genera, a,.r,n,..s-$oeo
eess OF tbs expedition asa,r.. , - ~
.'as ~ ss. me inadeyaate -
p:ess@s .s.l elciAs OF the navas par: y
Hsw tts-sAhs aSfsnssS. second. -.
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fessefsee naval aud n A;ary farrss. =
1hifoty. faFrasri's Gear aunrss.ss,ss.ss
,he mora CHEST ne woa.d nsusiace =
iag MS way past the deNnses 3
jackson and Fort ST. PHILIP IA g
appearance bsfoye New or..e.s.
after al the forts were 80.
tured by actual attack Tss
Tara result is A striking ,n.s*.
the due appreciation hy eop,..--s
the effect which daring acnssvsrs--a1
srt on mems minds. a.taouaA 3
case. these daring acts 10 nss
directly or materially ,naka r.,,sM
end or surrender they nav has. -.
Admiral Farragut's success Wa -
due 70 the moral effect prcd,acsa i.
gallant passage OF the forts"
Col. Szynsanski. who had car,...
one OF the forts, asserted shay,,. !.
Farragus had run the gaant,e, g :.
FORTS ana some rebel iiosiaa tAa, ~
the forts had been passed II Was -
cao.e for TIE enemy 10 transport his -
through the bayoas and canals ). h
Orleans without eneoun;ersng the fsrss
The history Of the conquest OF N. :.
sissippi valley would De incoualess -
out full credit for the daring. tn !,
fees and the victories achieved y
Mississippi flotiilas" under psss, \
Farragut.
No less brilliant were the 49,.
achievements az the navy on ina -
coast under Dahlgren, Farraguf -
and Dupont
The reduction of Fort Sumter ana i
enemy.s multitudsnous batteries IN -
iessen harbor, involving years a.
slant warfare. owing 10 the cs,-cur.,.J
OF the navy under Daa.grsn. -
eventually successful, although rk..J
ton. the citadel OF nulliiIcasio axa
treason. finally suecunbed 70 Grant !
t-sssss kfsst@f t~Sff.S 10 In
cess following the march To the sea :
services OF the navy in front OF CAss1
ton were continuously brilliant ~
gat's reduction and capture OF the ~
ficasions barring the entrance 70 49,
bay IS one OF the most glorious paees
the history of naval warfare. and tn 2
ture OF the grand hero. ,asied /, E
mast OF mis- vessel above the smoaA !
bate, IS one that both the painter =
the poet have iu.Enor;alized in pictue y
sonE. Some faint conception Of the al
gerous operation OF the navy mar +
gssaned from the brief statement tAx .
Hartford, Farragut's flagship in the "a
s.ssippi river campaign and at ne Z
tack on Mobile, had been struck reafl
800 times by the shot and shell m 4
enemy Farragut, referring 10 u
GROWING event IN his varied career, !
clares II 10 have been zone OF the ha.ss
earned Victories OF my life. and the =
desperate hattie / ever fought sincs i
days OF the old Essex. You may =
through long career and see lnauy
action without seeing as mitch bioodh.
as YOU have this day witnessed. =
old hero. besides leaving 70 the Urfa
States navy the fame OF his. exploita \
beQueathed 10 Ii the truisms-w hich sAoe
be the handspring or future actions: q
more you hurt the enemy the less he y
hurt you The best protection ann
the enemy's fire Is a well-directed frs n
our own gums" The capture III n
Fisher, Fort McAilister and other AID
Confederate GibraItars by The navy una
Porter and other naval officials SHEDS i
ditional iuster upon the couatq
nag.
The story OF our wooden navy. and d
of the monitors. always victorious. au,
points the way 10 more glorious sehiel
rnents In the future for our modern "a
small an 1t Is. That our ironciads !
maintain the prestige handed down n
time almost immemoriaI. whenever or
funity presents. is unquestionesi.
claim not to be mistress 81 the sea-
that cegnomen is the bone fer vi
European governments contend, but ~
claim to be able to make i good sfsps'
In defense OF our principles, and to /
press upon foreign governments the N
Grafton and spirit emphasized by q
John Paul Jones in the American nag
few with the rattlesnake device and
expietiye. Dent tread on me-
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