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Editorial
September 6, 1803
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
In a House of Commons debate on Mr. Pitt and the late English administration, Mr. Nicholls criticizes war-induced poverty from extended paper money, rising prices, tradesmen's ruin, and thousands perishing in poor houses over two years, offering proof. The piece sarcastically mocks British prosperity under the Constitution.
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POVERTY the Consequence of WAR.
In a debate in the house of commons, on the conduct of Mr. Pitt and the late administration of England; Mr. Nicholls thus expressed himself—
"By an injurious extension of paper money; by an exorbitant rise in the price of all the necessaries of life; by reducing the tradesmen to poverty and wretchedness, and by filling the poor houses with thousands of miserable inhabitants who for the last 2 years, were doomed to perish, to the amount, he would not say, of hundreds but of the thousands." (Strong and general murmurs in the house.) Mr. Nicholls continued, "I repeat it, that thousands have perished in the poor houses within the last two years.
I speak from good information and from my own knowledge. If any Gentlemen doubts the accuracy of this statement, let him move for a committee of enquiry, and I pledge myself to produce such damning proofs, as shall make his hair stand on end." Such is the prosperity, such the happiness of the people of Great Britain! Such are the fruits, of that most stupendous fabric of human wisdom, the British Constitution.
In a debate in the house of commons, on the conduct of Mr. Pitt and the late administration of England; Mr. Nicholls thus expressed himself—
"By an injurious extension of paper money; by an exorbitant rise in the price of all the necessaries of life; by reducing the tradesmen to poverty and wretchedness, and by filling the poor houses with thousands of miserable inhabitants who for the last 2 years, were doomed to perish, to the amount, he would not say, of hundreds but of the thousands." (Strong and general murmurs in the house.) Mr. Nicholls continued, "I repeat it, that thousands have perished in the poor houses within the last two years.
I speak from good information and from my own knowledge. If any Gentlemen doubts the accuracy of this statement, let him move for a committee of enquiry, and I pledge myself to produce such damning proofs, as shall make his hair stand on end." Such is the prosperity, such the happiness of the people of Great Britain! Such are the fruits, of that most stupendous fabric of human wisdom, the British Constitution.
What sub-type of article is it?
War Or Peace
Economic Policy
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Poverty
War Consequences
Paper Money
Poor Houses
Mr Pitt
House Of Commons
British Constitution
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Pitt
Mr. Nicholls
House Of Commons
Late Administration Of England
British Constitution
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Poverty As Consequence Of War Under Pitt's Administration
Stance / Tone
Critical Of Government Policies And Sarcastic About British Prosperity
Key Figures
Mr. Pitt
Mr. Nicholls
House Of Commons
Late Administration Of England
British Constitution
Key Arguments
Injurious Extension Of Paper Money
Exorbitant Rise In Price Of Necessaries Of Life
Tradesmen Reduced To Poverty And Wretchedness
Poor Houses Filled With Thousands Of Miserable Inhabitants Doomed To Perish
Thousands Have Perished In Poor Houses In Last Two Years
Offers Committee Enquiry With Damning Proofs