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Lucia, remonstrating upon the half-manned condition of his own and other ships, from which men had been landed to attack the English troops: But the only means to have it is to attack vigorously the squadron, which, with our superiority, cannot resist, notwithstanding its land batteries, whose effects will be neutralized if we run them aboard, or anchor upon their buoys.
"Admiral Hotham has had much to contend with, a fleet half-manned, and in every respect inferior to the enemy; Italy calling him to her defence, our newly acquired kingdom calling might and main, our reinforcements and convoy hourly expected; and all to be done without a force by any means adequate to it."
No clearer special Providence could have happened. The country-people of the traitor sort were aroused. Baltimore and its mob were but two hours away. The Constitution had been hauled out of reach of a rush by the Massachusetts men, first on the ground, but was half-manned and not fully secure.
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