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Editorial
March 9, 1798
Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
Editorial in Philadelphia's Gazette criticizes a Tory writer in the Aurora for suggesting submission to France amid British threats to US independence. A letter to Fenno asserts that faithless republics like France are inherently despotic and doomed to collapse.
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The Gazette.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 9.
At a moment when a foreign enemy is planting a dagger in the vitals of our independence and striking at the existence of every farmer, mechanic and merchant of the United States, a wretched scribbler of the tory race is attempting, in the Aurora, to lullaby the people, by saying, that because John Bull hath kicked us we ought to offer our throats to the guillotines of France.
MR. FENNO,
A faithless republic must perish, it carries the seeds of death in its own bosom. Thunder without lightning, kills no man: a nation may make a loud noise about freedom and the rights of men, but a faithless government is forever a despotism: It is mockery to call it free—and an absurdity too gross for all men but Jacobins who can swallow crows as big as whales. If the French Republic could endure, it would give all history the lie—but it cannot endure—it is now struggling like a man in a high fever and violent delirium—whose strength is soon exhausted—and death follows. So it will be with the present tyrants who govern France.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 9.
At a moment when a foreign enemy is planting a dagger in the vitals of our independence and striking at the existence of every farmer, mechanic and merchant of the United States, a wretched scribbler of the tory race is attempting, in the Aurora, to lullaby the people, by saying, that because John Bull hath kicked us we ought to offer our throats to the guillotines of France.
MR. FENNO,
A faithless republic must perish, it carries the seeds of death in its own bosom. Thunder without lightning, kills no man: a nation may make a loud noise about freedom and the rights of men, but a faithless government is forever a despotism: It is mockery to call it free—and an absurdity too gross for all men but Jacobins who can swallow crows as big as whales. If the French Republic could endure, it would give all history the lie—but it cannot endure—it is now struggling like a man in a high fever and violent delirium—whose strength is soon exhausted—and death follows. So it will be with the present tyrants who govern France.
What sub-type of article is it?
Foreign Affairs
Partisan Politics
War Or Peace
What keywords are associated?
French Republic
American Independence
Tory Scribbler
Jacobins
Partisan Press
Faithless Government
What entities or persons were involved?
John Bull
French Republic
Aurora
Mr. Fenno
Jacobins
Tory Race
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Criticism Of Pro French Sentiments And The Failing French Republic
Stance / Tone
Strongly Anti French And Anti Jacobin, Defensive Of American Independence
Key Figures
John Bull
French Republic
Aurora
Mr. Fenno
Jacobins
Tory Race
Key Arguments
A Foreign Enemy Threatens Us Independence
Tory Scribbler In Aurora Lulls People To Accept French Guillotines After British Kicks
Faithless Republics Carry Seeds Of Death And Are Despotic
French Republic Cannot Endure And Is In Fatal Delirium
Jacobins Accept Absurdities About French Freedom