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Editorial
February 7, 1788
The New York Journal, And Daily Patriotic Register
New York, New York County, New York
What is this article about?
A poetic, personified lament from America, agonizing over harsh 'medicines' (policies) administered by her 'sons' that threaten to destroy her emaciated constitution, pleading with Massachusetts for salvation as Liberty flees to the woods.
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New-York, February 7.
From a Correspondent.
AMERICA, alas, sitting upon a throne
of thorns, in a musing posture, starts from
her seat, in agony, and thus exclaims:--Oh!
that the inability of my frame could have been re-
medied by less painful, or expensive medicines!
methinks a gentle bitter would have sufficiently
braced my nerves for all the purposes of national
grandeur and respectability-but, alas! my sons
ye have made an apothecary's shop of my bowels ;
ye have administered to me such quantities of crude
antimony, and mercurial doses, as I fear, greatly
fear, ere their operations cease, my already ema-
ciated and mangled CONSTITUTION will sink.-
My bones! my sinews! oh, MASSACHUSETTS
save me this cruel dose :--my hand maid, LIBER-
TY, flits me too! stop, I conjure thee; nor leave
me thus, till my last expiring groan--then, GEN-
TLE GODDESS, FLY TO THE WOODS !
From a Correspondent.
AMERICA, alas, sitting upon a throne
of thorns, in a musing posture, starts from
her seat, in agony, and thus exclaims:--Oh!
that the inability of my frame could have been re-
medied by less painful, or expensive medicines!
methinks a gentle bitter would have sufficiently
braced my nerves for all the purposes of national
grandeur and respectability-but, alas! my sons
ye have made an apothecary's shop of my bowels ;
ye have administered to me such quantities of crude
antimony, and mercurial doses, as I fear, greatly
fear, ere their operations cease, my already ema-
ciated and mangled CONSTITUTION will sink.-
My bones! my sinews! oh, MASSACHUSETTS
save me this cruel dose :--my hand maid, LIBER-
TY, flits me too! stop, I conjure thee; nor leave
me thus, till my last expiring groan--then, GEN-
TLE GODDESS, FLY TO THE WOODS !
What sub-type of article is it?
Constitutional
Moral Or Religious
What keywords are associated?
American Constitution
Political Agony
Liberty Fleeing
Massachusetts Plea
National Grandeur
What entities or persons were involved?
America
Massachusetts
Liberty
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Lament Over Threatened American Constitution And Fleeing Liberty
Stance / Tone
Agonized Metaphorical Plea Against Destructive Policies
Key Figures
America
Massachusetts
Liberty
Key Arguments
Harsh Policies Act As Painful, Excessive Medicines Harming America's Frame
These 'Doses' Threaten To Destroy The Emaciated Constitution
Plea To Massachusetts To Save From This Cruel Treatment
Liberty, As Handmaid, Is Fleeing To The Woods