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Foreign News
June 20, 1789
Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
What is this article about?
The French are increasingly embracing liberty via a free press and are planning equal representation in the Estates General, seen as the first step toward natural rights.
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In proportion as knowledge diffuses itself, liberty spreads its genial rays. The French now make themselves happy in the idea of a free press: Those generous spirits who are burning with the flame of liberty, are now engaged in forming a scheme for the more equal representation of the people in the Etats Generaux; which they justly consider as the first gleam of liberty. An enlightened people collected into an assembly by equal representation, will soon acquire through their means every right that belongs naturally to man.
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
What keywords are associated?
French Liberty
Free Press
Etats Generaux
Equal Representation
Where did it happen?
France
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
France
Event Details
The French are making themselves happy with the idea of a free press. Generous spirits burning with liberty are forming a scheme for more equal representation of the people in the Etats Generaux, considered the first gleam of liberty. An enlightened people in an assembly by equal representation will acquire every natural right through their means.