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Editorial February 9, 1793

National Gazette

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

What is this article about?

A correspondent rejoices in the growing fraternity across the United States, from north to south and east to west, celebrating victories of liberty with republican allies. It dispels regional misconceptions of monarchism or selfishness, urges citizens to unite in affection and preserve the Union against divisive, corrupt aristocratic factions through shared republican values.

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[From a correspondent.]

The lovers of our Union must behold with the highest satisfaction and joy, the fraternity of sentiments (the best cement of the Union, as being a union of hearts) which is evincing and opening itself from north to south and from east to west, in celebration of the glorious victories and triumphs of liberty under the banners of the brave republican allies of the United States. No longer can it be believed in the south that their eastern brethren are hankering after monarchy and aristocracy, or the titles and trinkets that belong to, and may be the forerunners thereof. No longer let it be pretended in the east that their brethren of the south are selfish in their politics and views, or enemies to freedom, in their hearts. Truth is great, and is already prevailing over all the calumnious arts by which an interested peculating faction have divided, deceived, and would impoverish and enslave the great body of freemen who inhabit the extended territory and varied climes of this vast country. Ye citizens of the north and citizens of the south—Ye citizens of the east and ye citizens of the west, be brethren in affection as ye have been brethren in affliction; and as ye are bound together by a compact of government, so be ye united in the bonds of mutual confidence, harmony, and brotherly kindness. For be assured that ye have a common interest at stake in the preservation of the Union, and that the truest way to secure the same is to cherish those noble sentiments of Liberty, Equality, and true Republicanism, which the present occasion has called forth into a symphony of voices, sounding from every State in the Union, and gladdening every heart that beats with love to the sacred rights of man; whilst it grates in the ears and thrills in the heart of aristocracy, and is a doleful warning to the sons of avarice, to the band of money-changers and paper jobbers, who have long, too long, profaned the sacred temple of Liberty!

What sub-type of article is it?

Constitutional Partisan Politics

What keywords are associated?

National Unity Republican Liberty Sectional Harmony Anti Aristocracy Union Preservation Liberty Victories

What entities or persons were involved?

Republican Allies Of The United States Peculating Faction Aristocracy Money Changers And Paper Jobbers

Editorial Details

Primary Topic

Promotion Of National Unity Against Sectional Divisions

Stance / Tone

Exhortative Pro Union And Anti Aristocratic

Key Figures

Republican Allies Of The United States Peculating Faction Aristocracy Money Changers And Paper Jobbers

Key Arguments

Fraternity Of Sentiments Across Regions Cements The Union Southerners Should Not Believe Easterners Desire Monarchy Easterners Should Not View Southerners As Selfish Or Anti Freedom Truth Prevails Over Calumnious Arts Of Divisive Factions Citizens Should Unite In Affection As In Affliction Common Interest In Preserving The Union Via Liberty, Equality, And Republicanism Such Sentiments Warn Against Aristocracy And Avarice

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