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Letter to Editor
June 28, 1799
Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
A letter criticizes printer Noah Duane's audacious publication of inflammatory content without repercussions in Philadelphia, contrasting it with stricter enforcement in Boston, and laments the city's forbearance toward such insults to liberty.
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MR. FENNO,
I believe I may defy the annals of the United States to shew an instance of hardened audacity, equal to that of Duane, in Publishing the following account of himself.
"Duane prints, every day, paragraphs an hundred times more obnoxious than those for which Abijah Adams was dressed in a tone jacket. But then the pulse of liberty beats a degree harder in Philadelphia than in Boston, and as a skillful astronomer can calculate eclipses, so a skillful state quack must learn to calculate political pulses"
How long are we to be insulted by wretches who can thus boast of their obnoxious qualities and thus insult us for our forbearance and tame submission to Crimes which are punished every where but in Pennsylvania?
I believe I may defy the annals of the United States to shew an instance of hardened audacity, equal to that of Duane, in Publishing the following account of himself.
"Duane prints, every day, paragraphs an hundred times more obnoxious than those for which Abijah Adams was dressed in a tone jacket. But then the pulse of liberty beats a degree harder in Philadelphia than in Boston, and as a skillful astronomer can calculate eclipses, so a skillful state quack must learn to calculate political pulses"
How long are we to be insulted by wretches who can thus boast of their obnoxious qualities and thus insult us for our forbearance and tame submission to Crimes which are punished every where but in Pennsylvania?
What sub-type of article is it?
Provocative
Political
Persuasive
What themes does it cover?
Politics
Press Freedom
What keywords are associated?
Duane Audacity
Obnoxious Publications
Philadelphia Liberty
Boston Punishment
Political Insults
Press Forbearance
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Fenno
Letter to Editor Details
Recipient
Mr. Fenno
Main Argument
criticizes duane's hardened audacity in publishing highly obnoxious paragraphs without punishment, boasting of philadelphia's greater tolerance for such crimes compared to boston and elsewhere.
Notable Details
Quotes Duane's Self Account Comparing His Publications To Abijah Adams' Punishment
Analogy To Astronomer Calculating Eclipses And Political Pulses
References 'Tone Jacket' Likely Meaning Tar And Feathers