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Editorial
August 20, 1799
Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
A correspondent in the Baltimore Federal Gazette defends firm government as essential for protecting honest citizens and property from roguish Jacobins, who seek chaos and plunder. Urges property owners to support government to avoid terror and confusion.
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Full Text
From the Baltimore Federal Gazette.
From a Correspondent.
When government is firm, then honest men have influence in society. The roguish and unprincipled part of mankind can only thrive where the law of the land is no terror to evil doers. Could the domineering democrat place himself above the sanctions of the law, where would be the safety to a peaceful unoffending citizen, known to have money in his chest? The spirit of Jacobinism, under various names, has existed from the beginning of the world to the present day: the jacobin is a bankrupt who spends all his own, and would willingly spend that of others could he obtain it. Nay, to obtain it he would throw his country into confusion, and shed the best blood it possesses. Look round you, fellow-citizens, and see how many there are hungering for what you possess: they rail at government and all its measures, why? because it opposes an insuperable barrier to their wicked designs. Men who have families and property to protect, ought to venerate the government, for without it, all is plunder, terror and confusion.
From a Correspondent.
When government is firm, then honest men have influence in society. The roguish and unprincipled part of mankind can only thrive where the law of the land is no terror to evil doers. Could the domineering democrat place himself above the sanctions of the law, where would be the safety to a peaceful unoffending citizen, known to have money in his chest? The spirit of Jacobinism, under various names, has existed from the beginning of the world to the present day: the jacobin is a bankrupt who spends all his own, and would willingly spend that of others could he obtain it. Nay, to obtain it he would throw his country into confusion, and shed the best blood it possesses. Look round you, fellow-citizens, and see how many there are hungering for what you possess: they rail at government and all its measures, why? because it opposes an insuperable barrier to their wicked designs. Men who have families and property to protect, ought to venerate the government, for without it, all is plunder, terror and confusion.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Moral Or Religious
What keywords are associated?
Firm Government
Jacobinism
Honest Men
Property Protection
Anti Radicalism
Law Enforcement
What entities or persons were involved?
Jacobins
Democrat
Government
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Defense Of Firm Government Against Jacobinism
Stance / Tone
Pro Government, Anti Jacobin
Key Figures
Jacobins
Democrat
Government
Key Arguments
Firm Government Empowers Honest Men And Deters Rogues.
Rogues Thrive Where Law Lacks Terror To Evil Doers.
Jacobins Are Bankrupts Seeking To Plunder Others Through Chaos.
Critics Rail At Government Because It Blocks Their Wicked Designs.
Property Owners Should Venerate Government To Prevent Plunder And Terror.