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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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A March 12, 1777, letter from Paris reports widespread European support for the American cause of liberty, predicting an influx of immigrants and wealth upon successful establishment of independence, viewing it as mankind's fight against tyranny.
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All Europe is for you. The separate constitutions of the several States are also translating and publishing here, which afford abundance of instruction to the politicians of Europe, and it is a general opinion, that if you succeed in establishing your liberties, you will, as soon as peace is restored, receive an immense addition of numbers and wealth from Europe, by the families who will give over to participate your privileges, and carry their estates with them. Tyranny is so generally detested in the rest of the world, that the prospect of an asylum for those who love liberty, gives generally joy, and your cause is deemed the cause of mankind. Slaves naturally become base as well as wretched: You are fighting for the dignity and happiness of human nature. Glorious is it for the Americans to be called by Providence to this post of honour; cursed and detested will every one be that deserts or betrays it.
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Paris
Event Date
March 12, 1777
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predicted immense addition of numbers and wealth from europe through immigration of liberty-loving families upon successful establishment of liberties and peace.
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All Europe supports the American cause; state constitutions are being translated and published in Paris, instructing European politicians. General opinion holds that success in liberties will attract European families with estates to participate in American privileges. Tyranny is detested worldwide, making America an asylum for liberty lovers, deemed the cause of mankind. Americans fight for human dignity and happiness, gloriously called by Providence; deserters or betrayers will be cursed.