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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Alexander Hamilton denies accusations in Greenleaf's New Daily Advertiser of funding efforts to suppress the Aurora newspaper in Philadelphia. He condemns the claims as calumny by anti-government factions and requests the Attorney General prosecute the publishers for defamation.
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"Greenleaf's New Daily Advertiser" of this morning contains a publication entitled, "Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, dated September 20th," which charges me with being at the "bottom" of an "Effort recently made to suppress the Aurora" (a newspaper of that city) by pecuniary means.
It is well known, that I have long been the object of the most malignant calumnies of the faction opposed to our government, through the medium of the paper devoted to their views—Hitherto I have forborne to resort to the laws for the punishment of the authors or abettors; and were I to consult personal considerations alone, I should continue in this course, repaying hatred with contempt. But public motives now compel me to a different conduct. The designs of that faction to overturn our government, and with it the great Pillars of social security and happiness, in this country, become every day more manifest, and have of late acquired a degree of system, which render them formidable. One principal Engine for effecting the scheme, is by audacious falsehoods to destroy the confidence of the people in all those, who are in any degree conspicuous among the supporters of the government ;—An Engine which has been employed in time past with too much success, and which, unless counteracted, in future, is likely to be attended with very fatal consequences—To counteract it is therefore a duty to the community.
Among the specimens of this contrivance, that which is the subject of the present letter, demands peculiar attention. A bolder calumny, one more absolutely destitute of foundation, was never propagated. And its dangerous tendency needs no comment; being calculated to inspire the belief, that the independence and liberty of the Press are endangered by the intrigues of ambitious citizens, aided by foreign gold.
In so flagrant a case, the force of the laws must be tried. I therefore request that you will take immediate measures towards the prosecution of the persons who conduct the enclosed paper. With great consideration, I am, sir, your obedient servant.
A. HAMILTON.
JOSIAH O. HOFFMAN, Esq. Atty. Gen.
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Letter to Editor Details
Author
A. Hamilton
Recipient
Josiah O. Hoffman, Esq. Atty. Gen.
Main Argument
hamilton denies being involved in efforts to suppress the aurora newspaper through pecuniary means, as falsely accused in an extract from philadelphia published in greenleaf's new daily advertiser, and requests prosecution of the paper's conductors for propagating calumny aimed at undermining government supporters.
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