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Letter to Editor
July 24, 1804
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A letter rebukes a Concord Courier writer for dishonestly portraying the history of New Hampshire's first democratic legislature, accusing it of partisan rancor and lies that will undermine the federalist cause.
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A writer in the Concord Courier has attempted to give a history of the transactions of the "first democratic legislature of New-Hampshire." When a writer undertakes a task of this nature, it certainly behoves him, if he cannot be candid, at least to confine himself within the limits of decency and truth. It is foolish to disguise facts and to tell lies, when there are so many respectable characters dispersed in every town in the state, who were eye-witnesses and can contradict them. The performance in question carries with it an antidote to the poison it was intended to convey—its bare-faced party rancour and manifest intention to misrepresent and deceive, will prevent any person of the least understanding from being misled; and back upon the head of the writer and publisher will the fatal stroke rebound, as a tame mode of federalism.
P. Obser.
P. Obser.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Political
Provocative
What themes does it cover?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
New Hampshire Legislature
Party Rancor
Federalism
Misrepresentation
Concord Courier
What entities or persons were involved?
P. Obser.
Letter to Editor Details
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P. Obser.
Main Argument
criticizes a concord courier article for misrepresenting the history of new hampshire's first democratic legislature with lies and partisan rancor, arguing that its obvious deceit will backfire on the writer and publisher.
Notable Details
First Democratic Legislature Of New Hampshire
Party Rancour
Federalism