The Cruise of the AlabamaHoughton, 1886 - 150 pages |
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Page 141 - This is an achievement of which you may well be proud; and a grateful country will not be unmindful of it. The name of your ship has become a household word wherever civilization extends. Shall that name be tarnished by defeat ? The thing is impossible! Remember that you are in the English Channel, the theatre of so much of the naval glory of our race, and that the eyes of all Europe are at this moment, upon you. The flag that floats over you is that of a young Republic, who bids defiance to her...
Page 140 - OFFICERS AND SEAMEN OF THE ALABAMA! — You have at length, another opportunity of meeting the enemy — the first that has been presented to you, since you sank the Hatteras! In the meantime you have been all over the world, and it is not too much to say, that you have destroyed, and driven for protection under neutral flags, one half of the enemy's commerce, which, at the beginning of the war, covered every sea.
Page 18 - I soon learned that spies were lurking about, and tampering with the workmen at Messrs. Laird's, and that a private detective named Maguire was taking a deep and abiding interest in my personal movements ; but my solicitor assured me that there was nothing illegal in what I was doing, and there was nothing therefore to be done but to maintain a quiet reserve, to hasten the completion of the ship, and to get her away as soon as possible. On the loth of May ' 290 ' was launched, and as a matter of...
Page 140 - ... of the enemy's commerce, which, at the beginning of the war, covered every sea. This is an achievement of which you may well be proud ; and a grateful country will not be unmindful of it. The name of your ship has become a household word wherever civilization extends. Shall that name be tarnished by defeat? The thing is impossible!
Page 123 - I have to instruct you to restore the Tuscaloosa to the lieutenant of the Confederate States who lately commanded her, or, if he should have left the Cape, then to retain her until she can be handed over to some person who may have authority from Captain Semrnes, of the Alabama, or from the government of the Confederate States, to receive her.
Page 50 - Alabama is fairly at sea, you will mix freely with the forward and petty officers, show interest in their comfort and welfare, and endeavor to excite their interest in the approaching cruise of the ship ; talk to them of the Southern States, and how they are fighting against great odds for only what every Englishman enjoys, "liberty;" tell them that at their port of destination a distinguished officer of the Confederate States navy will take command of the ship, and he will ask them to ship for a...