The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians biographers and specialists; a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history . avail but little,as all military men agree that when vessels might was thought would be sufficient to put every har-bour into a respectable state of defence. Con-gress, neither fulfilling the wishes of the President,nor altogether resisting them, gave the Presidentthe means of partially trying his favourite sch
The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians biographers and specialists; a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history . avail but little,as all military men agree that when vessels might was thought would be sufficient to put every har-bour into a respectable state of defence. Con-gress, neither fulfilling the wishes of the President,nor altogether resisting them, gave the Presidentthe means of partially trying his favourite scheme,by the appropriation of 60,000 dollars. . Thescheme was vehemently assailed by his adversariesin every form of argument and ridicule, and wastriumphantly adduced as a further proof that hewas not a practical statesman. The officers of thenavy were believed to be, with scarcely any excep-tion, opposed to the system of gunboats, espe-cially those who were assigned to this service. .. .It was like compelling a proud man to give up afine richly caparisoned charger for a pair of pan-niers and a donkey. To stem the current of pub-lic opinion, which so far as it was manifested, setso strong against these gunboats, and to turn itin their favour, Mr. Jefferson prevailed on Paine,. ;iLLIAM MERIWETHER LEWIS pass a fort without tacking, though it may annoy,it cannot prevent them. Two modes of effectingthe same object might be adopted in aid of eachother. I. Heavy cannon on travelling carriages,with militia trained to the management of Floating batteries or gunboats. There were, heestimated, fifteen harbours in the United Statesneeding and deserving defence. They would re-quire 250 gunboats. The cost of these had beenestimated at 2,000 dollars each, but he puts itdown at 4,000, amounting in all to 1,000,000 dol-lars. Such of them as were kept under a shelter,ready to be launched, when wanted, would costnothing more than an inclosure, or sentinel; thosethat were afloat, wi
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