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Editorial
September 25, 1810
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Editorial criticizes merchants for opposing the protective embargo, leading to its ineffective repeal, and now petitioning Congress for laws against Danish seizures of their property despite prior warnings and global tensions.
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Danish Captures.—When Congress, to secure the future mercantile interest, laid an embargo, the federal leaders told the merchants there was no necessity for it, and that it was done with the intention, not of benefitting, but of "destroying commerce." The merchants, who ought on this occasion to have shewn a superiority of judgment, believed it; and by violations, clamorous opposition, and premature repeal, the measure was deprived of its efficacy.
The merchants have lately assembled to petition Congress to pass some laws in relation to their property sequestrated by the Danes.—They had fair warning of the situation of the world, before they sent their property to sea; and they might with equal propriety petition Congress to save their vessels from the tornadoes and tempests of the ocean, as from the rapacity of the belligerents, by any measure short of an embargo. Besides, if the merchants would not observe the laws passed expressly for their advantage at a former period, what security is there that they will regard those that may hereafter be made?
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The merchants have lately assembled to petition Congress to pass some laws in relation to their property sequestrated by the Danes.—They had fair warning of the situation of the world, before they sent their property to sea; and they might with equal propriety petition Congress to save their vessels from the tornadoes and tempests of the ocean, as from the rapacity of the belligerents, by any measure short of an embargo. Besides, if the merchants would not observe the laws passed expressly for their advantage at a former period, what security is there that they will regard those that may hereafter be made?
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What sub-type of article is it?
Economic Policy
Trade Or Commerce
What keywords are associated?
Embargo
Merchants
Danish Captures
Commerce
Congress
Belligerents
What entities or persons were involved?
Congress
Federal Leaders
Merchants
Danes
Belligerents
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Critique Of Merchants' Opposition To Embargo And Petition Against Danish Captures
Stance / Tone
Critical Of Merchants, Defensive Of Embargo Policy
Key Figures
Congress
Federal Leaders
Merchants
Danes
Belligerents
Key Arguments
Embargo Was Intended To Secure Future Mercantile Interests, Not Destroy Commerce
Merchants Wrongly Believed Federal Leaders' Warnings And Opposed It, Leading To Violations And Premature Repeal
Merchants Had Warnings Of World Situation Before Sending Property To Sea
Petitioning For Protection From Danish Sequestrations Is Like Asking To Save Vessels From Ocean Storms Without Embargo
Merchants' Past Disregard For Protective Laws Questions Their Future Compliance