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Editorial
May 5, 1790
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
An editorial from Boston critiques members of Congress opposing the assumption of state debts due to failed expeditions like the Penobscot and South-Carolina Frigate, arguing against local biases influencing national policy. It faults both Northern and Southern members for not postponing slavery discussions to focus on public credit.
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BOSTON, April 28.
The principal articles on which some members of a certain Hon. Body, ground their opposition to the Assumption of the State Debts, are, "The Penobscot Expedition, and the South-Carolina Frigate"--and this too because the one failed, and the other was captured. If such paltry, local ideas are permitted to influence the "Rulers of the free," the eulogiums on "Deliberative Assemblies" so often pronounced, will not appear quite so well founded as Utopians have so fondly imagined them to be. While on the one hand, blame may be laid at the doors of the Southern Members, for some part of their conduct, it will be confessed, on the other, that the proceedings of some of the Northern Members, hath not been blameless. Why did they not join in the postponement of the slave business, until the far more important business of establishing public credit, was finished? Let them answer this.
The principal articles on which some members of a certain Hon. Body, ground their opposition to the Assumption of the State Debts, are, "The Penobscot Expedition, and the South-Carolina Frigate"--and this too because the one failed, and the other was captured. If such paltry, local ideas are permitted to influence the "Rulers of the free," the eulogiums on "Deliberative Assemblies" so often pronounced, will not appear quite so well founded as Utopians have so fondly imagined them to be. While on the one hand, blame may be laid at the doors of the Southern Members, for some part of their conduct, it will be confessed, on the other, that the proceedings of some of the Northern Members, hath not been blameless. Why did they not join in the postponement of the slave business, until the far more important business of establishing public credit, was finished? Let them answer this.
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic Policy
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Assumption Of State Debts
Public Credit
Penobscot Expedition
South Carolina Frigate
Northern Members
Southern Members
Slave Business
What entities or persons were involved?
Southern Members
Northern Members
Hon. Body
Penobscot Expedition
South Carolina Frigate
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Opposition To Assumption Of State Debts
Stance / Tone
Critical Of Local Influences And Bipartisan Faults
Key Figures
Southern Members
Northern Members
Hon. Body
Penobscot Expedition
South Carolina Frigate
Key Arguments
Opposition To State Debt Assumption Based On Failed Local Expeditions Is Paltry And Influenced By Local Ideas
Such Biases Undermine Deliberative Assemblies
Southern Members Deserve Some Blame For Their Conduct
Northern Members Are Not Blameless And Should Have Postponed Slavery Discussions
Prioritizing Public Credit Over Slavery Business Is Essential