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Editorial January 24, 1809

The New Hampshire Gazette

Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

What is this article about?

Editorial warns New England inhabitants against Tories as internal enemies collaborating with foreign foes France and England to divide the United States, urging support for government and independence to avoid civil war.

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Inhabitants of New England!

Beware of Domestic Incendiaries ! Enemies to your Lives, Liberty and Property ! The Fomenters of Internal Discord, Division, and Civil War ! ! !

" A country possessed of Freedom, has always two sorts of enemies to fear : foreign foes who attack its existence from without, and internal miscreants who betray its liberties within."

Citizen of the World.

The politician who wrote this sentence, little expected that there ever would be a country in a situation so peculiarly unfortunate, as to present to the world a COMBINATION of " internal miscreants" & " foreign foes," for the ignominious purpose of " betraying its liberties." Yet, such is the present situation of the U. States.- France and England having abundantly proved themselves the foes of this country, they are assisted in their attempts to enslave it, by those internal miscreants, the TORIES! They, instead of uniting to defend this country from its foreign enemies, are exerting all their powers to assist them in their destructive projects. For this purpose, they are now striving to accomplish A SEPARATION OF THE STATES, intending to resign the Northern Division to England, and the Southern to France. These men had rather hold commissions as Governors of Colonies under King George and Bonaparte, than to remain in the present minority. Their motto is- Rule we will:-and if we cannot rule in the U. States while it is an Independent Power, we will endeavor to betray it to Foreign Tyrants, and rule under them. We will not submit to this system of equal rights. We will never suffer the " vile rabblement" to come "between the wind and our Nobility!"

AMERICANS! Are you ready for a Division ? Are you tired of Independence ? Is the name of American Liberty become hateful to you ? Will you support the Government in its assertion of your rights, or, at the instigation of Britain, rise in arms, risk your lives and property, and involve your country in all the horrors of anarchy and Civil War ? !-- Will you suffer these " infernal miscreants" in conjunction with your " foreign foes," to" betray your liberties ?" If so, then raise your voices, and rend the welkin with exclamations for a Separation !

[Bofton Chronicle.

What sub-type of article is it?

Partisan Politics Foreign Affairs War Or Peace

What keywords are associated?

Tories Internal Miscreants Foreign Foes Separation Of States American Independence Civil War

What entities or persons were involved?

Tories France England King George Bonaparte

Editorial Details

Primary Topic

Warning Against Tories Seeking To Divide The United States With Foreign Aid

Stance / Tone

Strongly Anti Tory And Pro Unity

Key Figures

Tories France England King George Bonaparte

Key Arguments

Tories Are Internal Miscreants Betraying Liberties By Aiding Foreign Foes France And England Tories Aim To Separate Northern States To England And Southern To France Tories Prefer Ruling As Colonial Governors Under Foreign Tyrants Over Minority Status In Independent Us Tories Reject System Of Equal Rights And Seek To Rule Under Foreign Powers Americans Should Support Government To Avoid Division, Loss Of Independence, And Civil War

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