Steam vessels to be engaged in the transportation of the mails on our principal water courses, lakes, and ports of our coast could also be so constructed as to be efficient as war vessels when needed, and would of themselves constitute a formidable force in order to repel attacks from abroad..
Tyler proposes that steam vessels used for mail transport could also serve as effective war vessels, enhancing national defense.
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