Lowest names you can think of. Which they did. He was a very honorable man, and he hated that his name was being used in a way that wasnt being honorable to he or his family. The United States government and all governments frown upon this because, okay, youre disturbing their ability to fight a war, youre also disturbing their commerce. And semmes countered with that. He said he was doing nothing that hadnt been done before, especially by the United States. During the war of 1812 and especially during the american revolution. We didnt have a fleet during the american revolution. And there were people, since the government could not bay pay these people, they made them, the if you will, privateer, private individuals who would go out and stop commerce or disrupt the british fleet. And thats exactly what they did. This weekend learn about the rich history and literary life of mobile, alabama. Saturday at noon eastern on cspan2 and sunday at two on cspan3. Coming up today at 12 15 easter
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