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Editorial
September 21, 1802
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
The National Intelligencer expresses astonishment at a fabricated speech attributed to Red Jacket, chief of Seneca, Onondaga, and Cayuga Indians, viewing it as party rancor from certain prints meant to deceive readers, predicting it will backfire on its creators.
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Accustomed, as we have been (says the National Intelligencer) to the gross and numerous distortions with which certain prints teem, we cannot repress our astonishment at the enormity of the late fabrication, said to be a speech of Red Jacket. To those who know the quarter from which it proceeds, it will appear in no other light but as the impotent effusion of party, perhaps personal rancour. But it will be remarked that it is sent forth into the world as a real bona-fide speech of Red Jacket, the organ of the principal chiefs of the Seneca, Onondaga and Cayuga Indians. It was intended, no doubt, to seize the unsuspecting moments of the reader, and make him the victim of its falsehoods. But, like all other untruths, it will recoil upon its fabricators, by furnishing a monument of the unblushing audacity of vice.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Indian Affairs
Press Freedom
What keywords are associated?
Red Jacket Speech
Fabrication
Party Rancor
Seneca Indians
Indian Chiefs
Press Distortions
What entities or persons were involved?
Red Jacket
Seneca
Onondaga
Cayuga Indians
National Intelligencer
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Critique Of Fabricated Speech Attributed To Red Jacket
Stance / Tone
Astonishment And Condemnation Of Fabrication As Party Rancor
Key Figures
Red Jacket
Seneca
Onondaga
Cayuga Indians
National Intelligencer
Key Arguments
Gross And Numerous Distortions In Certain Prints
Late Fabrication Said To Be A Speech Of Red Jacket
Impotent Effusion Of Party Or Personal Rancour
Intended To Deceive Unsuspecting Readers
Will Recoil Upon Its Fabricators As Monument Of Vice