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September 15, 1812
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
An 1808 article from the U.S. Gazette urges clergymen to be patriots, praying for peace but also war success if needed. It includes a satirical anecdote of Parson Mason in New York mocked with tar-and-feathers threats after a seditious sermon.
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Federal advice to Clergymen
From the U. S. Gazette of June 20th, 1808.
"Clergymen are the messengers of peace, it is their duty to pray for the peace and prosperity of the country. Clergymen of all men ought to be patriots: at the present moment no class of men have more at stake—they ought therefore to add to their prayers for a continuation of peace the most earnest petitions for success in War. They ought to implore the favor of Heaven on the Arms of their Country when peace and freedom can no longer be supported together. They ought to pray that Union may bind all hearts in the common cause and that a firm resolution to conquer may nerve every arm for victory. He is but a lukewarm friend who wavers in the cause of his country; he is a timid Shepherd who will desert the Sheep when the wolves appear and therefore ought never be trusted. "He that is not for us is against us."
Parson Mason some days ago preached a seditious sermon in New-York. The next morning in Market, as he was cheapening a fish, one scoundrel of a democrat said to another, as the reverend father held up the fish in his pious fingers: "Jack, doesn't that fish smell of tar?" "Why no," answered the other scoundrel of a democrat, "I think it smells of feathers." Down drops the fish from the orthodox clutch, and away posts my Parson to the Mayor, with a frightful complaint that he was to be tarred and feathered. Conscience! thou guilty thing
D. Pres.
From the U. S. Gazette of June 20th, 1808.
"Clergymen are the messengers of peace, it is their duty to pray for the peace and prosperity of the country. Clergymen of all men ought to be patriots: at the present moment no class of men have more at stake—they ought therefore to add to their prayers for a continuation of peace the most earnest petitions for success in War. They ought to implore the favor of Heaven on the Arms of their Country when peace and freedom can no longer be supported together. They ought to pray that Union may bind all hearts in the common cause and that a firm resolution to conquer may nerve every arm for victory. He is but a lukewarm friend who wavers in the cause of his country; he is a timid Shepherd who will desert the Sheep when the wolves appear and therefore ought never be trusted. "He that is not for us is against us."
Parson Mason some days ago preached a seditious sermon in New-York. The next morning in Market, as he was cheapening a fish, one scoundrel of a democrat said to another, as the reverend father held up the fish in his pious fingers: "Jack, doesn't that fish smell of tar?" "Why no," answered the other scoundrel of a democrat, "I think it smells of feathers." Down drops the fish from the orthodox clutch, and away posts my Parson to the Mayor, with a frightful complaint that he was to be tarred and feathered. Conscience! thou guilty thing
D. Pres.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Clergymen Patriotism
Seditious Sermon
Tar And Feathers
Democrat Mockery
New York Market
What entities or persons were involved?
Parson Mason
Where did it happen?
New York
Story Details
Key Persons
Parson Mason
Location
New York
Event Date
Some Days Ago From June 20, 1808
Story Details
Article exhorts clergymen to patriotic prayers for peace and war; anecdote of Parson Mason fleeing market after democrats mock him with tar-and-feathers reference following his seditious sermon.