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More than once, the next week or two, he came near to repenting; for Cap'n Dick was very loud about his promotion, especially at the Three Pilchards; and when the Unity came round and was fitting very slow, too, by reason of delay with her letters of marque he ordered Cap'n Jacka back and forth like a stevedore's dog.
Jean Lafitte now offered Governor Claiborne his services in the war with the British. He was no pirate, he said. That was a base libel. His ships were legitimate privateers, bearing letters of marque from Venezuela in the war of that country with Spain. He was ready and anxious to transfer his allegiance to the United States. His sudden change of tone had its sufficient reason.
To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water; Eleventh. To raise and support armies; Twelfth. To provide and maintain a navy; Thirteenth. To make rules for the government of the land and naval forces; Fourteenth. To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions;
And here I may state that it seemed more than probable this would be the ultimate fate of the survivors of the brigantine's crew, for although they claimed that the vessel was a letter of marque, no papers could be found to substantiate that claim, although I allowed the chief officer every facility to find and produce them if he could.
Widow Thrale looked more Pomona-like than ever in the bright sunshine that was just getting the better of the hoar-frost. She held in her hand a letter, to which she seemed to cling as a credential a sort of letter of marque, so to speak. "'Tis a bidding from her young ladyship," said the interpreter collaterally.
The impolicy of privateers, and of letters of marque and reprisals, is next animadverted on, by the story of two neighbours, who are at variance, and whose dependants are occupied in laying hold of what they can of each other's flocks and herds, and doing as much mischief as possible, by which both parties, of necessity, suffer.
Federal office-holders refused to surrender their deadly power, and their strangling methods were to continue. Coal, which should cost ten dollars a ton if dug from Alaskan mines, would continue to cost forty dollars; cold storage from Nome would continue to be fifty-two dollars a ton, when it should be twenty. Commercial brigandage was still given letters of marque.
They were also to protest strongly against the action of English privateers, who, having been given letters of marque to prey upon French commerce, had been stopping and searching Dutch merchantmen on the ground that they might be carrying French goods.
"Very true," replied Jack; "and as for a passage home in a man-of-war that will be more difficult still." "Den I tink, sar, suppose you buy one fine vessel plenty of guns take out letter of marque plenty of men, and bring Missy Agnes home like a lady. You captain of your own ship."
Barbarous letters of marque with erroneous and capricious profiles which had served the Febrers in their early commercial campaigns. The whole array of them would barely bring in enough to eat for two days; and yet, the family had fought for centuries to make itself worthy this trust. How much dead glory!
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