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Letter to Editor
January 5, 1795
Gazette Of The United States And Daily Evening Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
A letter to Mr. Fenno critiques a piece by 'Ruel' in Mr. Brown's paper that boasts Pennsylvania's financial advancement over the United States generally. The writer defends the federal revenue system as essential to national prosperity and warns against politicians who might undermine it by focusing on state interests.
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Mr. FENNO,
In a piece signed Ruel, published in Mr. Brown's paper of the first Inst. it is shrewdly insinuated that Pennsylvania has much more reason to boast of her advancement, during the last year than the United States in general. -Her finances forsooth "have been placed on a footing the most wise and economical" her bank will pay her for her patronage, her farmers are enriched by prices heretofore unknown &c. &c. &c.-But, in the financial code of the United States, an amelioration truly is necessary ; greater progress must be made in sinking the public debt, and the system of our revenues improved.-That system, to which Pennsylvania individually, and all the states collectively, are principally, if not entirely indebted for their prosperity-without which their credit would not be worth a song-that system, which has resuscitated the credit of our country, must be ameliorated.
Vanity thou art intoxicated. May our public debt be seasonably extinguished : but heaven preserve us from politicians, who out of one evil would deluge our Country with millions.+ To such politicians as Ruel, may be applied the following epitaph—" I was well, would be sick, took physic, and died."
Mr. FENNO,
In a piece signed Ruel, published in Mr. Brown's paper of the first Inst. it is shrewdly insinuated that Pennsylvania has much more reason to boast of her advancement, during the last year than the United States in general. -Her finances forsooth "have been placed on a footing the most wise and economical" her bank will pay her for her patronage, her farmers are enriched by prices heretofore unknown &c. &c. &c.-But, in the financial code of the United States, an amelioration truly is necessary ; greater progress must be made in sinking the public debt, and the system of our revenues improved.-That system, to which Pennsylvania individually, and all the states collectively, are principally, if not entirely indebted for their prosperity-without which their credit would not be worth a song-that system, which has resuscitated the credit of our country, must be ameliorated.
Vanity thou art intoxicated. May our public debt be seasonably extinguished : but heaven preserve us from politicians, who out of one evil would deluge our Country with millions.+ To such politicians as Ruel, may be applied the following epitaph—" I was well, would be sick, took physic, and died."
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
Persuasive
What themes does it cover?
Economic Policy
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Federal Finances
Public Debt
Pennsylvania Advancement
Revenue System
National Credit
Ruel Critique
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Fenno
Letter to Editor Details
Recipient
Mr. Fenno
Main Argument
the federal financial and revenue system is crucial to the prosperity of pennsylvania and all states, and it must be improved rather than undermined by state-centric politicians like ruel who boast local advancements while ignoring national credit.
Notable Details
Critiques 'Ruel's' Insinuation In Mr. Brown's Paper
References To Pennsylvania's Finances, Bank, And Farmers
Epitaph Applied To Politicians: 'I Was Well, Would Be Sick, Took Physic, And Died.'