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June 26, 1809
Portland Gazette, And Maine Advertiser
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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Commentary claims libel prosecutions in Connecticut were instigated by Thomas Jefferson via his district attorney, following his second inaugural speech recommendation against libellers.
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CONNECTICUT PROSECUTIONS.
It is wonderful that it should be made a question by whom the prosecutions for libels in Connecticut were instituted. Mr. Jefferson, in his second Inaugural Speech, recommended to those who had leisure for the purpose, to subject to the salutary coercion of the law, the libellers of himself and other great and good men. Mr. Jefferson's District Attorney in Connecticut, not being very much pestered with clients, had ample leisure, very naturally took the hint, and went about the good work. Thus it is DEMONSTRATED, that those prosecutions were instigated, if not instituted, by that illustrious enemy of common law (no very good friend either of common sense) the late President of the United States.—Ibid.
It is wonderful that it should be made a question by whom the prosecutions for libels in Connecticut were instituted. Mr. Jefferson, in his second Inaugural Speech, recommended to those who had leisure for the purpose, to subject to the salutary coercion of the law, the libellers of himself and other great and good men. Mr. Jefferson's District Attorney in Connecticut, not being very much pestered with clients, had ample leisure, very naturally took the hint, and went about the good work. Thus it is DEMONSTRATED, that those prosecutions were instigated, if not instituted, by that illustrious enemy of common law (no very good friend either of common sense) the late President of the United States.—Ibid.
What sub-type of article is it?
Legal Or Court
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Connecticut Prosecutions
Libel Cases
Thomas Jefferson
District Attorney
Inaugural Speech
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Jefferson
Mr. Jefferson's District Attorney In Connecticut
The Late President Of The United States
Where did it happen?
Connecticut
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Connecticut
Key Persons
Mr. Jefferson
Mr. Jefferson's District Attorney In Connecticut
The Late President Of The United States
Event Details
Prosecutions for libels in Connecticut were instigated by Thomas Jefferson's district attorney, following Jefferson's recommendation in his second inaugural speech to prosecute libellers.