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Foreign News
December 2, 1768
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A political gentleman at a London coffee house warns that Britain nears a crisis like ancient Rome's fall, citing massive national debt over 140 million, declining revenue sources, colonial issues, and societal vices like luxury and debauchery.
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A certain political gentleman, who is acknowledged no incompetent judge of the present posture of affairs, was heard yesterday at a coffee house, not far from St. James's, to declare,--
"This nation (says he) draws near the crisis of its fate: the accumulated national debt already exceeding one hundred and forty even millions: The sources from whence the bare interest of this enormous sum must derive visibly declining, nay some channels nearly exhausted: dragooning the colonies to recoin (as it is emphatically explained by superficial observers) add to this, the extreme luxury, debauchery, perjury, adultery, and decline of the real public spirit among it's the heads of the divided kingdom; all conspire to complete its destruction. Great Britain now bears a near resemblance to what ancient Rome was before the final declension of that mighty empire, when neither power, word, nor fire, could subdue, luxury, with the cardinal vices already mentioned, soon completed."
"This nation (says he) draws near the crisis of its fate: the accumulated national debt already exceeding one hundred and forty even millions: The sources from whence the bare interest of this enormous sum must derive visibly declining, nay some channels nearly exhausted: dragooning the colonies to recoin (as it is emphatically explained by superficial observers) add to this, the extreme luxury, debauchery, perjury, adultery, and decline of the real public spirit among it's the heads of the divided kingdom; all conspire to complete its destruction. Great Britain now bears a near resemblance to what ancient Rome was before the final declension of that mighty empire, when neither power, word, nor fire, could subdue, luxury, with the cardinal vices already mentioned, soon completed."
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
Economic
What keywords are associated?
National Debt
Britain Crisis
Colonial Dragooning
Societal Vices
Rome Comparison
What entities or persons were involved?
A Certain Political Gentleman
Where did it happen?
Great Britain
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Great Britain
Event Date
Yesterday
Key Persons
A Certain Political Gentleman
Event Details
A political gentleman declares at a coffee house near St. James's that Britain approaches a crisis of fate due to national debt exceeding 140 million, declining revenue, colonial dragooning, luxury, debauchery, perjury, adultery, and declining public spirit, resembling ancient Rome before its fall.