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Letter to Editor
September 25, 1800
Gazette Of The United States, & Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
A letter to Mr. Wayne criticizing Albert Gallatin's fiscal policies and actions, accusing him of inciting insurrections, causing financial losses during the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion and 1796 French crisis, and spreading lies about the public debt via pamphlets and influences on Bache and Duane.
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MR. Wayne,
I HAVE seen your request that the author of "Notes on Gallatin" would proceed to a further investigation or sifting of the "Genevan Sophist," and alt ho' nothing can be more irksome than to follow this mere pretended Fiscal character, through his crazy labyrinth, calculated with such studied confusion, as to render one of the plainest reports that ever was made by a committee of Congress dark and intricate, yet I will nevertheless follow him again, after you have republished the report of the Committee, which I know to be just and true, as it is plain and conclusive. And who are they that can yet rely on the pretended declarations of Gallatin in favor of frugality, while it is so evident that every step he has taken has had a direct tendency to excite more insurrections? Not contented with having put the United States to the expense of a civil war in 1794, he was the principal cause of the continuance of restraining laws which prevented our arming the moment we were seriously insulted by the French in 1796, by which, according to the apostate Bache we lost at least 20 millions. Add to this, Duane acknowledges that Gallatin furnished him with most of the lies he published respecting the Public Debt, &c. Time will not permit me to say more at present, than that the two pamphlets of Gallatin are the most barefaced and the most wicked attempt to deceive that ever were offered to an insulted public.
AMERICANUS
MR. Wayne,
I HAVE seen your request that the author of "Notes on Gallatin" would proceed to a further investigation or sifting of the "Genevan Sophist," and alt ho' nothing can be more irksome than to follow this mere pretended Fiscal character, through his crazy labyrinth, calculated with such studied confusion, as to render one of the plainest reports that ever was made by a committee of Congress dark and intricate, yet I will nevertheless follow him again, after you have republished the report of the Committee, which I know to be just and true, as it is plain and conclusive. And who are they that can yet rely on the pretended declarations of Gallatin in favor of frugality, while it is so evident that every step he has taken has had a direct tendency to excite more insurrections? Not contented with having put the United States to the expense of a civil war in 1794, he was the principal cause of the continuance of restraining laws which prevented our arming the moment we were seriously insulted by the French in 1796, by which, according to the apostate Bache we lost at least 20 millions. Add to this, Duane acknowledges that Gallatin furnished him with most of the lies he published respecting the Public Debt, &c. Time will not permit me to say more at present, than that the two pamphlets of Gallatin are the most barefaced and the most wicked attempt to deceive that ever were offered to an insulted public.
AMERICANUS
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Political
Investigative
What themes does it cover?
Politics
Economic Policy
What keywords are associated?
Gallatin Criticism
Fiscal Deception
Public Debt Lies
Whiskey Rebellion
French Crisis 1796
Committee Report
What entities or persons were involved?
Americanus
Mr. Wayne
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Americanus
Recipient
Mr. Wayne
Main Argument
albert gallatin's actions have incited insurrections, caused massive financial losses through the 1794 civil war and 1796 french crisis delays, and involved spreading lies about the public debt via pamphlets and influences on bache and duane, undermining his claims of frugality.
Notable Details
Request To Republish Committee Report On Gallatin
Accusation Of Causing 1794 Civil War Expense
Role In Restraining Laws Delaying Arming Against French In 1796, Losing 20 Millions Per Bache
Providing Lies To Duane On Public Debt
Critique Of Gallatin's Two Pamphlets As Deceptive