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Editorial
March 25, 1811
Portland Gazette, And Maine Advertiser
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
What is this article about?
The editorial criticizes the Argus newspaper for highlighting British impressments of American seamen while ignoring the chaining and imprisonment of American captains and sailors in French dungeons, accusing it of concealing truths about French abuses.
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The last Argus contains two or three cases of pretended impressments of American Seamen! and the workers of that paper are crying because the British have claimed some of their own seamen with forged American protections.—But examine every column of this impartial Argus: and see if you can find any account of our Captains and sailors, chained two and two and driven to French Dungeons, where they now are groaning: while their vessels and cargoes are seized, condemned and sold by the great Robber who so "loves the Americans." The Argus dares not speak the Truth.—It basely conceals from the people a thousand of their wrongs.
What sub-type of article is it?
Foreign Affairs
Press Freedom
What keywords are associated?
Impressments
American Seamen
British Claims
French Dungeons
Press Bias
Argus Concealment
What entities or persons were involved?
Argus
British
American Seamen
French
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Bias In Press Coverage Of Impressments And French Abuses Against Americans
Stance / Tone
Accusatory Towards Argus And France
Key Figures
Argus
British
American Seamen
French
Key Arguments
Argus Reports British Impressments But Ignores French Imprisonments Of Americans
American Captains And Sailors Are Chained And Driven To French Dungeons
French Seize, Condemn, And Sell American Vessels And Cargoes
Argus Conceals Truths And Wrongs From The People