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Br az i l ian Navy, but Hr. Duggan \18. 9 not 8 man vh o would accept any inducement t o
do a dfsh oncrab'Ie act, a s he \las bound t o t he American Navy for throe years, and
all the j ewels 1n the Cr own of Brazil, and e ven the Crown itS'llf, ""ould not induce
him to accep t service under anot her flag .
The next
day , Mr. Wilson, an Englishma n , vho ve e editor a nd propriet or of a
paper published in the city of Rio J an eiro, caae out \11th t hree or f our ccjuana,
giving a full and detailed a ccount of the event, vhich wa s copied 1n the American
papers J
a nd the brave and adventurous Newf oundland seaman from the West End of st.
J ohn ' s becam e the hero of t he hour, and Ju stly 80, because, pe r ha ps never before
was such a n ho no r do ne t o a sai lor , more e specially in those days when the Kings
and Queens were not i mbued wi t h t hat spirit of democr-ac y as that by vhich they are
actuated t oday. To be selected from amongst fifty or sixt y t housand people, uneo.L,
icited, vould be sufficient to dr i ve t he enpfr-ent-a f or
mind, even in t he se days, when deaocracy i s t he order
tin-pot tibles out of their
of t he da y , and plays such
a prlY.1inent part i n t he ruling, of t he vorld, and vilLcan tinue t.~ do so untileoeet.tdng
else turns up .
Now i s the t ime f or t.hoee who er-e appoi nted t o 'Write up and t ranslll1t to
post e r i t y the de ed s of denn,", the heroiaa and
adventure- of NO\lfpundlande-r lt who
have taken such a prominent part in the Great "Ja r . It \lill be not.hfng shor t of a
cri me i f we neglect to do so , and to 8ccom:?llsh this t ask successful ly we must do
full justice t o our brave and f earle s s countr ymen .vhc asnned our Mercantil e Mar i ne
during this e ventful pe r iod , e nd vho vere the mea ns
of enabling our merchants and
bu sines s men
t o cond uct the trade of our country suc ce ssfu l l y , vhen it va s impossible
f or t hem t o procu r e outside assistance 1n t onn age t o c onvey our pr oducts t o
mar ke t i n t he great centres i n t he Hediterra nes n , Brazil and e j eevhere , in
de fiance of all t he Germa n subeer -fnee , r a i ders and pira tes vhf ch i nf e s te d tbe