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Editorial
August 2, 1802
Jenks's Portland Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
What is this article about?
Editorial criticizes Democrats for opposing secret service appropriations while praising Benjamin Franklin, who spent $30,000 on such services in France and refused detailed accounting.
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SECRET SERVICE MONEY.
The democrats affect a particular abhorrence of any appropriations for secret services : and yet they have insulted the memory of Dr. Franklin with their praise, although they perhaps were acquainted with the circumstance mentioned in the following extract. If they were not, still it will doubtless be found that hereafter they will be as little sparing of their dinted eulogies with respect to him as ever :
" During the doctor's residence in France he expended in secret services the immense sum of thirty thousand dollars. When called upon by the proper authority to give an account of the manner in which the sum was expended, the doctor in his usual laconic style, replied, " gentlemen you must not muzzle the ox that treads out the corn."--U. S. Gazette.
The democrats affect a particular abhorrence of any appropriations for secret services : and yet they have insulted the memory of Dr. Franklin with their praise, although they perhaps were acquainted with the circumstance mentioned in the following extract. If they were not, still it will doubtless be found that hereafter they will be as little sparing of their dinted eulogies with respect to him as ever :
" During the doctor's residence in France he expended in secret services the immense sum of thirty thousand dollars. When called upon by the proper authority to give an account of the manner in which the sum was expended, the doctor in his usual laconic style, replied, " gentlemen you must not muzzle the ox that treads out the corn."--U. S. Gazette.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Economic Policy
Foreign Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Secret Service Money
Democrats
Benjamin Franklin
France Expenditures
Appropriations
Political Hypocrisy
What entities or persons were involved?
Democrats
Dr. Franklin
U. S. Gazette
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Democratic Opposition To Secret Service Funding Critiqued Via Franklin's Example
Stance / Tone
Critical Of Democrats, Ironic Defense Of Secret Expenditures
Key Figures
Democrats
Dr. Franklin
U. S. Gazette
Key Arguments
Democrats Hypocritically Oppose Secret Service Appropriations While Praising Franklin
Franklin Spent $30,000 On Secret Services In France
Franklin Refused To Detail Expenditures, Citing 'Do Not Muzzle The Ox That Treads Out The Corn'