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Our affairs had now reached a crisis which seemed to leave the American
government no alternative but to fit out a naval force , as speedily as possible ,
unless indeed , it had been prepared to abandon the navigation of the
Mediterranean ...
Our affairs had now reached a crisis which seemed to leave the American
government no alternative but to fit out a naval force , as speedily as possible ,
unless indeed , it had been prepared to abandon the navigation of the
Mediterranean ...
Página 362
To an active external commerce , ( says the President ) the protection of a naval
force is indispensable . This is manifest of wars to which a state itself is a party .
But besides this , it is in our own experience that the most sincere neutrality , is
not ...
To an active external commerce , ( says the President ) the protection of a naval
force is indispensable . This is manifest of wars to which a state itself is a party .
But besides this , it is in our own experience that the most sincere neutrality , is
not ...
Página 363
So great was the activity displayed in providing this force , that towards the close
of the year 1798 , there were actually at sea , no less than four squadrons , under
the separate commands of Commodores Barry , Truxton , Tingey , and Stephen ...
So great was the activity displayed in providing this force , that towards the close
of the year 1798 , there were actually at sea , no less than four squadrons , under
the separate commands of Commodores Barry , Truxton , Tingey , and Stephen ...
Página 375
... indeed , requiring the concentration of strength , are incomparably the
cheapest and most efficient force , while fast sailing frigates and sloops of war are
to be preferred , for the purpose of crippling the commerce and resources of an
enemy .
... indeed , requiring the concentration of strength , are incomparably the
cheapest and most efficient force , while fast sailing frigates and sloops of war are
to be preferred , for the purpose of crippling the commerce and resources of an
enemy .
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It therefore clearly proves the relative force , in point of metal , to be one to three ,
or thereabouts . When this circumstance is considered jointly with the following , it
must appear to others , as it does to me , that as you increase the class of the ...
It therefore clearly proves the relative force , in point of metal , to be one to three ,
or thereabouts . When this circumstance is considered jointly with the following , it
must appear to others , as it does to me , that as you increase the class of the ...
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