When was it published?

August 12, 1799 in Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

Foreign News August 12, 1799

Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

Q: What keywords are associated?

Batavian Convention, Confiscation, Stadtholder Supporters, Emigration 1795, Dutch Jacobins, Political Revenge

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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What is this article about?

The Batavian Convention decrees confiscation of goods from Stadtholder supporters and emigrants since January 1, 1795, viewed as revenge by Dutch Jacobins amid potential reinstatement of constitutional loyalists.

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Our last accounts from the Hague state. the Batavian Convention has decreed that all the goods and chattels of those who were attached to the government of the Stadtholder or who have emigrated since 1st of January, 1795, shall be confiscated for the good of the Republic. This measure is evidently the last violence of an impotent revenge. Upon the point of seeing the reinstatement of those who have been faithful to the Constitution of their country, the Dutch Jacobins give way not more to their avarice than to their despair; and by a kind of farewell crime take leave of the power they have usurped and abused.

What sub-type of article is it?

Political

What keywords are associated?

Batavian Convention Confiscation Stadtholder Supporters Emigration 1795 Dutch Jacobins Political Revenge

What entities or persons were involved?

Stadtholder Dutch Jacobins

Where did it happen?

The Hague

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

The Hague

Key Persons

Stadtholder Dutch Jacobins

Outcome

all the goods and chattels ... shall be confiscated for the good of the republic

Event Details

the Batavian Convention has decreed that all the goods and chattels of those who were attached to the government of the Stadtholder or who have emigrated since 1st of January, 1795, shall be confiscated for the good of the Republic. This measure is evidently the last violence of an impotent revenge. Upon the point of seeing the reinstatement of those who have been faithful to the Constitution of their country, the Dutch Jacobins give way not more to their avarice than to their despair; and by a kind of farewell crime take leave of the power they have usurped and abused.