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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Extract from a speech by Mr. Duquery in the Irish Senate criticizing the European war against France, arguing it is desperate and unwinnable, with France now victorious over its former foes.
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From a speech of Mr. Duquery, of the Irish Senate, on the subject of the present European war.
"IT was not only unnecessary in its commencement, and unjust in its principle, but it is now desperate in its nature. The object of the war is lost and gone forever—We never can put down the Republic of France, and compel her to reassume her monarchy." Put down the Republic of France,—a lofty sound! a mighty denunciation! Twelve hundred thousand men in arms, tell us "we shall not" twenty five millions of people backing those armies, tell us "we shall not." Flanders lost, Holland vanquished, Spain beaten, and Germany humbled, tell us it is impossible! For wonderful to say, France, when in 1792, lay prostrate at the feet of the British Minister, imploring his mediation, entreating at least our neutrality; France which was then humbled before us, look at her now! Behold her in her cap of victory soaring on high, and flying over the regions which assailed her, waving her banner of freedom in the eyes of astonished Europe, and sounding the blast of war from the Rhine, to the Atlantic."
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France
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September 3
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france victorious; flanders lost, holland vanquished, spain beaten, germany humbled; impossible to defeat the french republic
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Mr. Duquery's speech in the Irish Senate denounces the European war as unnecessary, unjust, and now desperate, stating the goal of restoring the French monarchy is lost. He highlights France's strength with 1,200,000 armed men and 25 million people, contrasting her 1792 weakness when seeking British mediation to her current triumphant position dominating Europe from the Rhine to the Atlantic.