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Letter to Editor
April 21, 1790
Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
What is this article about?
S.B. submits an extract from Dr. Price's Revolution Sermon to the Gazette, celebrating the American and French revolutions as triumphs of liberty over tyranny, encouraging friends of freedom, and warning oppressors to reform.
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FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
MR. FENNO,
Please to publish the enclosed beautiful Extract of Dr. Price's Revolution Sermon, and oblige yours, S. B.
WHAT an eventful period is this? I am thankful that I have lived to it; and I could almost say "Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation." I have lived to see a diffusion of knowledge which has undermined superstition and error—I have lived to see the rights of man better understood than ever; and nations panting for liberty, which seemed to have lost the idea of it. I have lived to see thirty-millions of people, indignant, and resolute, spurning at slavery, and demanding liberty with an irresistible voice; their King led in triumph, and an arbitrary monarch surrendering himself to his subjects: after sharing in the benefits of one revolution, I have been spared to be a witness to two other revolutions, both glorious. And now methinks I see the ardor for liberty, catching and spreading: a general amendment, beginning in human affairs; the dominion of Kings, changed for the dominion of Laws, and the dominion of Priests giving way to the dominion of reason and conscience.—
"Be encouraged all ye friends of freedom, and writers in its defence! The times are auspicious. Your labours have not been in vain. Behold Kingdoms admonished by you, starting from sleep, breaking their fetters, and claiming justice from their oppressors? Behold the light you have struck out after setting America free, reflected to France, and then kindled into a blaze that lays despotism in ashes and warms and illuminates all Europe.—"Tremble all ye oppressors of the world! Take warning, all ye supporters of slavish government, and slavish hierarchies! Call no more (absurdly and wickedly) reformation, innovation. You cannot now hold the world in darkness. Struggle no longer against increasing light and liberality. Restore to mankind their rights; and consent to the correction of abuses, before they and you are destroyed together."
MR. FENNO,
Please to publish the enclosed beautiful Extract of Dr. Price's Revolution Sermon, and oblige yours, S. B.
WHAT an eventful period is this? I am thankful that I have lived to it; and I could almost say "Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation." I have lived to see a diffusion of knowledge which has undermined superstition and error—I have lived to see the rights of man better understood than ever; and nations panting for liberty, which seemed to have lost the idea of it. I have lived to see thirty-millions of people, indignant, and resolute, spurning at slavery, and demanding liberty with an irresistible voice; their King led in triumph, and an arbitrary monarch surrendering himself to his subjects: after sharing in the benefits of one revolution, I have been spared to be a witness to two other revolutions, both glorious. And now methinks I see the ardor for liberty, catching and spreading: a general amendment, beginning in human affairs; the dominion of Kings, changed for the dominion of Laws, and the dominion of Priests giving way to the dominion of reason and conscience.—
"Be encouraged all ye friends of freedom, and writers in its defence! The times are auspicious. Your labours have not been in vain. Behold Kingdoms admonished by you, starting from sleep, breaking their fetters, and claiming justice from their oppressors? Behold the light you have struck out after setting America free, reflected to France, and then kindled into a blaze that lays despotism in ashes and warms and illuminates all Europe.—"Tremble all ye oppressors of the world! Take warning, all ye supporters of slavish government, and slavish hierarchies! Call no more (absurdly and wickedly) reformation, innovation. You cannot now hold the world in darkness. Struggle no longer against increasing light and liberality. Restore to mankind their rights; and consent to the correction of abuses, before they and you are destroyed together."
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Emotional
Persuasive
Reflective
What themes does it cover?
Constitutional Rights
Politics
Religion
What keywords are associated?
Revolutions
Liberty
Dr Price
French Revolution
American Revolution
Oppressors
Rights Of Man
What entities or persons were involved?
S. B.
Mr. Fenno
Letter to Editor Details
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S. B.
Recipient
Mr. Fenno
Main Argument
the extract from dr. price's sermon expresses gratitude for witnessing revolutions promoting liberty, encourages defenders of freedom, and warns oppressors to restore rights before destruction.
Notable Details
Biblical Quote: 'Lord Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant Depart In Peace'
References To American And French Revolutions
Contrast Between Dominion Of Kings/Priests And Laws/Reason/Conscience