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Editorial July 17, 1797

Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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A letter to Gazette publisher Fenno requests reprinting a critical Aurora paragraph on the President's speech, accusing the administration of British ties, followed by remarks defending the administration, praising Washington and Adams, and attacking the Republican faction for spreading lies to France to incite invasion.

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The Gazette.

PHILADELPHIA.

MONDAY EVENING, July 17.

An interview is requested with the author
of the piece signed A Native American.

MR. FENNO,

I request you would publish from the Aurora a paragraph which appeared on Saturday with the remarks following it.

From the Aurora.

In the war Speech of the President, he says, that it must not be permitted to be doubted that the people and the government are one and the same. How contemptibly must that man think of the American people who entertains such a sentiment? The administration are either the patrons, or the tools of a British faction.

REMARKS.

The best principles of patriotism dictated the sentiment which has excited this cavilling. The nefarious faction have labored for years to persuade the people and rulers of France that the enlightened citizens of the United States were disaffected to the administration of their own government.— They told them so in the first term of the Presidency of the illustrious Washington.

At the end of that term, the people UNANIMOUSLY re-elected him, and though this faction know, that had Washington permitted, the people would have AGAIN UNANIMOUSLY re-elected him, yet they continue their abuse, their falsehoods and their lies. The people have elected as the Successor of Washington, a man, who, following the dictates of his own superior judgment, and the almost universally expressed wish of the people, has declared that he shall pursue the system of his predecessor.

"How contemptibly must that man think of the American people" who "doubts that the government and the people are the same!"

This faction does not doubt it—they know it is a fact, they know that the people feel and realize the important truth. The faction despair of stirring up the people to destroy the work of their own hands, their constitution, and with that, themselves.— They are therefore employing every artifice to influence foreign powers to invade this country. They write and publish and send their lies to France, that the people hate what the faction hate, the constitution and the administration, and are tired of and disgusted with, the freedom, peace, and prosperity they have so long enjoyed! The faction has no hope but from a foreign power.

Bache says "the administration are either the patrons or the tools of a British faction" what jargon! either the head or the tail. He has repeatedly called the administration the FACTION ITSELF. But who are the men that compose the administration? They are men who bore active and conspicuous parts in that revolution which terminated in the separation of this country From Great Britain. This calumniator, then a child, was imbibing those principles in France, which are now exhibited in traducing the best men in America.

What sub-type of article is it?

Partisan Politics Foreign Affairs

What keywords are associated?

Presidential Defense British Faction Washington Reelection French Misinformation Partisan Abuse Administration Support

What entities or persons were involved?

President Washington Mr. Fenno Bache A Native American British Faction Aurora

Editorial Details

Primary Topic

Defense Of Presidential Administration Against Accusations Of British Factionalism

Stance / Tone

Strongly Pro Administration And Anti Faction

Key Figures

President Washington Mr. Fenno Bache A Native American British Faction Aurora

Key Arguments

The President's Sentiment That People And Government Are One Reflects Patriotism Faction Has Spread Lies To France About American Disaffection Since Washington's First Term People Unanimously Re Elected Washington And Support His Successor's Policies Faction Despairs Of Rallying People Against Their Own Constitution And Seeks Foreign Invasion Administration Consists Of Revolutionary Leaders Who Separated From Britain Bache's Accusations Are Inconsistent Jargon

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