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Domestic News
September 19, 1792
National Gazette
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
Extract of a letter from Boston dated Sept. 5 criticizes the federal government's administration for not pleasing the people, suppressing free inquiry via its influence on the press, and calls for an unshackled press to examine government measures and preserve the constitution.
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Extract of a letter from Boston, dated Sept. 5.
"The administration of the federal government has not been so universally pleasing to the great body of the people, as its interested partisans have continually represented it to be. Its influence has invariably acted as an opiate on all free enquiry into the latent springs of its motions, and the press has been silenced on that head, while the most fulsome panegyrics have issued from the polluted font of adulation, in its praise; in a word, the language has been exhausted in terms of the basest servility to decorate this political bride. It has long been the opinion of many that a free examination of the measures of government will have a tendency to preserve the constitution of our country from change, and ensure an administration of it upon the same principles that gave it existence; but this only can be accomplished through the medium of a press unshackled by its influence, and conducted to that end."
"The administration of the federal government has not been so universally pleasing to the great body of the people, as its interested partisans have continually represented it to be. Its influence has invariably acted as an opiate on all free enquiry into the latent springs of its motions, and the press has been silenced on that head, while the most fulsome panegyrics have issued from the polluted font of adulation, in its praise; in a word, the language has been exhausted in terms of the basest servility to decorate this political bride. It has long been the opinion of many that a free examination of the measures of government will have a tendency to preserve the constitution of our country from change, and ensure an administration of it upon the same principles that gave it existence; but this only can be accomplished through the medium of a press unshackled by its influence, and conducted to that end."
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Federal Government
Press Freedom
Political Criticism
Constitution Preservation
Where did it happen?
Boston
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Boston
Event Date
Sept. 5
Event Details
The letter argues that the federal government's administration is not universally pleasing, its influence suppresses free inquiry and silences the press, leading to servile praise; it advocates for free examination of government measures via an independent press to preserve the constitution.