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Letter to Editor
April 1, 1774
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Queries to the printer questioning if threats from the rich to distress the poor for not voting as directed reveal an enslaving disposition, doubting the faithfulness of such representatives to liberties, and urging tradesmen and laborers to vote freely according to their own minds.
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TO the PRINTER, Pray publish the following QUERIES?
Do not the Threats of the Rich to Distress the Poor in any Shape, if the last should not in the approaching Election give their Votes for such Men as the Former direct, discover an enslaving Disposition ?
Can we expect Representatives chosen in this Manner, will be faithful to preserve our Liberties.?
Have not the Tradesmen & Labourers a glorious Opportunity, now offered them, of asserting their Freedom, by Voting one & all, according to their own Minds & Consciences,without paying the least Regard to the lordly Dictates of their Employers ?
Do not the Threats of the Rich to Distress the Poor in any Shape, if the last should not in the approaching Election give their Votes for such Men as the Former direct, discover an enslaving Disposition ?
Can we expect Representatives chosen in this Manner, will be faithful to preserve our Liberties.?
Have not the Tradesmen & Labourers a glorious Opportunity, now offered them, of asserting their Freedom, by Voting one & all, according to their own Minds & Consciences,without paying the least Regard to the lordly Dictates of their Employers ?
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Political
Provocative
What themes does it cover?
Politics
Constitutional Rights
What keywords are associated?
Election Threats
Voting Freedom
Rich Poor
Liberties
Representatives
What entities or persons were involved?
To The Printer
Letter to Editor Details
Recipient
To The Printer
Main Argument
threats from the rich to control the poor's votes in elections show an enslaving intent; tradesmen and laborers should vote freely to assert their freedom and ensure faithful representatives preserve liberties.
Notable Details
Rhetorical Questions In Query Format
Emphasis On Election Voting And Class Divide