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August 14, 1787
The New York Packet
New York, New York County, New York
What is this article about?
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in a southern state to a friend in the city, expressing interest in the Constitutional Convention's outcomes, concerns about Rhode Island's influence, a historical analogy to Holland, and willingness to lend slaves with tools.
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Extract of a letter from a gentleman in one of the southern States to his friend in this city.
" The eyes of the whole continent are now cast on that respectable body, the Convention. The heart of every American, good or bad, must be interested in the result of their deliberations. It will either form a glorious epoch in the history of America, or, by doing nothing, leave the disease to the violent remedy of curing itself. I hope Rhode-Island is no bar to their proceedings: Whenever I think of that petty State, it brings to my recollection a saying of the Grand Signior respecting the small States of Holland, That if they gave him as much trouble as they did the King of Spain, he would send his men with shovels and pickaxes, and throw them all into the sea. Do you think by such a measure the union would suffer?
" I would lend what negroes I have with all my heart, and furnish them with tools at my own expense."
" The eyes of the whole continent are now cast on that respectable body, the Convention. The heart of every American, good or bad, must be interested in the result of their deliberations. It will either form a glorious epoch in the history of America, or, by doing nothing, leave the disease to the violent remedy of curing itself. I hope Rhode-Island is no bar to their proceedings: Whenever I think of that petty State, it brings to my recollection a saying of the Grand Signior respecting the small States of Holland, That if they gave him as much trouble as they did the King of Spain, he would send his men with shovels and pickaxes, and throw them all into the sea. Do you think by such a measure the union would suffer?
" I would lend what negroes I have with all my heart, and furnish them with tools at my own expense."
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Slave Related
What keywords are associated?
Constitutional Convention
Rhode Island
American Union
Southern States
Negroes Labor
Where did it happen?
Southern States
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Southern States
Event Details
Letter extract discusses public interest in the Convention's deliberations, potential historical impact, hopes that Rhode-Island does not hinder proceedings, analogy to Dutch states and the Grand Signior's remark, question on union's suffering, and offer to lend negroes with tools.