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Norfolk Gazette And Publick Ledger
Norfolk, Virginia
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Democratic representatives from Massachusetts receive a letter from John Quincy Adams warning that the embargo must be abandoned or democracy will perish in the east. Mr. Story and Mr. Bacon, alarmed, prepare to question the measure's coercive power on foreign nations, amid signs of rebellion against the anti-commercial system.
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The democratic representatives from Massachusetts have received a letter from Mr. John Quincy Adams, announcing to them that the embargo must be given up, or democracy dies forever in the east. Mr. Story and Mr. Bacon have taken the alarm, and are preparing to discover that this wise and powerful measure, "however honourable to the Sages with whom it originated," as the former gentleman has said, is not so coercive upon foreign powers as those Sages had led them to believe. There are many strong indications of an approaching rebellion against "the anti-commercial system of Confucius the Younger," in a quarter where nothing but the most abject submission was expected,
Freeman's Journal.
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Massachusetts
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alarm among representatives; preparations to reconsider the embargo's effectiveness; indications of approaching rebellion against the system.
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Democratic representatives from Massachusetts receive a letter from Mr. John Quincy Adams announcing that the embargo must be given up or democracy dies forever in the east. Mr. Story and Mr. Bacon take alarm and prepare to discover the measure is not as coercive on foreign powers as believed. Strong indications of rebellion against the anti-commercial system of Confucius the Younger in an unexpected quarter.