The augmentation of the Navy has not kept pace with the duties properly and profitably assigned to it in time of peace, and it is inadequate for the large field of its operations, not merely in the present, but still more in the progressively increasing exigencies of the commerce of the United States.
Pierce emphasizes the inadequacy of the Navy to meet the growing demands of U.S. commerce.
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