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Foreign News
June 4, 1810
Portland Gazette, And Maine Advertiser
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
What is this article about?
Official publication of a list detailing 134 American vessels seized, sequestered, or sold in ports of France, Spain, Holland, Italy, Naples, and other Bonaparte-controlled areas, met with no indignation from pro-French American patriots despite their claims to defend neutral trade rights.
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BONAPARTE'S ROD.
A long, very long, and melancholy list of American vessels, comprising ONE HUNDRED and THIRTY FOUR sail, which have been seized, sequestered, or sold in the ports of France, Spain, Holland, Italy, Naples, and other places under the iron scourge of BONAPARTE, has been published, on official authority ; but has not excited one emotion of indignation, or even blame in those thin-skinned would-be thought Patriots, who have pretended such an ardent regard for the sanctity of the American neutral flag ;—such a high-minded determination to vindicate the rights of their country to a free trade.—Such a sympathy for the discomfitures of American seamen, and the safety of American property ! ! No, not one aspiration of disgust or complaining has escaped their patriotic lips on this occasion—because they see the hand of NAPOLEON ordering the seizure, and signing the sequestration; and because it is their creed, that France can do no wrong.
A long, very long, and melancholy list of American vessels, comprising ONE HUNDRED and THIRTY FOUR sail, which have been seized, sequestered, or sold in the ports of France, Spain, Holland, Italy, Naples, and other places under the iron scourge of BONAPARTE, has been published, on official authority ; but has not excited one emotion of indignation, or even blame in those thin-skinned would-be thought Patriots, who have pretended such an ardent regard for the sanctity of the American neutral flag ;—such a high-minded determination to vindicate the rights of their country to a free trade.—Such a sympathy for the discomfitures of American seamen, and the safety of American property ! ! No, not one aspiration of disgust or complaining has escaped their patriotic lips on this occasion—because they see the hand of NAPOLEON ordering the seizure, and signing the sequestration; and because it is their creed, that France can do no wrong.
What sub-type of article is it?
Trade Or Commerce
Naval Affairs
Diplomatic
What keywords are associated?
American Vessels Seized
Bonaparte Scourge
European Ports
Neutral Flag
Napoleon Sequestration
What entities or persons were involved?
Bonaparte
Napoleon
Where did it happen?
France, Spain, Holland, Italy, Naples
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
France, Spain, Holland, Italy, Naples
Key Persons
Bonaparte
Napoleon
Outcome
one hundred and thirty four american vessels seized, sequestered, or sold
Event Details
A long, very long, and melancholy list of American vessels... has been published, on official authority ; but has not excited one emotion of indignation... because it is their creed, that France can do no wrong.