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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A Philadelphia correspondent speculates that British influence led the Emperor of Morocco to capture American vessels, violating international law, and urges Congress to demand clarification to assert U.S. importance.
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There must certainly have been some political villains, says a correspondent, to disseminate ideas in the Emperor of Morocco's dominions, derogatory to the importance of the United States of America, otherwise the Moors would not have dared to transgress the laws of nations, in capturing our vessels. As the black monarch and our old friends, the British, are on good terms, perhaps we owe this kind office to some emissaries of the latter; or perhaps the Moors think us too insignificant a people to demand satisfaction for this insult: and it is more probable, that a neglect of this affair would confirm them in the opinion: it seems therefore incumbent on Congress to send a deputation to demand an eclaircissement of these violent proceedings.
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Philadelphia
Event Date
March 3
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capture of american vessels; urged congress to send deputation for clarification.
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A correspondent claims political villains spread derogatory ideas about the U.S. in Morocco, leading the Moors to capture American vessels in violation of international law, possibly influenced by British emissaries, and suggests Congress demand an explanation to counter perceptions of U.S. insignificance.