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Editorial
July 12, 1787
The New York Journal, And Weekly Register
New York, New York County, New York
What is this article about?
Correspondent describes political feuds across the US, focusing on western communities' frenzy over the Spain treaty limiting Mississippi navigation, demanding equal rights or war; urges stronger federal government and public debate on grievances to counter alarming letters.
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New-York, July 12
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
WHEN we cast our eyes around, my countrymen, what feuds, what discords do we behold from the several quarters of the United States! while those in the east only appear to be dying away, new, and accumulated evils seem to be gathering in the west. The treaty with Spain, relative to the navigation of the Mississippi, has set the people, on the falls of the Ohio, &c. into a political phrenzy; the general voice of the western community (who, it is said, can raise 50,000 militia) is, EQUAL LIBERTY with the thirteen states, or a breach of peace, and a new alliance! There is a shoal of letters now in circulation, from different parts of this extensive territory, which purport this, and more: some of them must be branded with the epithets of insolence, &c. however just their complaints may be. Why are not remonstrances made, through a proper channel, for the rescinding of the resolve of Congress (if such a one there be) respecting this species of cession of the Mississippi—but, where is this proper channel!—These circumstances greatly corroborate the necessity of an immediate Efficient Federal Government! consequently, to blow the trumpet, and sound the alarm, is incumbent on every public printer, who, with the honorable chancellor, in his late oration, acknowledges, that the joys of the American independence are mingled with anxiety.—If any grievances exist, what they are, and their tendencies, ought doubtless, coolly, and impartially to be discussed, by some adequate pen, in the public papers; but, to suffer pieces, which are studiously calculated to alarm the community (and which perhaps originate with our internal enemies) to circulate unanswered and undetected, is a criminal negligence, and the height of impolicy.—The following is the
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
WHEN we cast our eyes around, my countrymen, what feuds, what discords do we behold from the several quarters of the United States! while those in the east only appear to be dying away, new, and accumulated evils seem to be gathering in the west. The treaty with Spain, relative to the navigation of the Mississippi, has set the people, on the falls of the Ohio, &c. into a political phrenzy; the general voice of the western community (who, it is said, can raise 50,000 militia) is, EQUAL LIBERTY with the thirteen states, or a breach of peace, and a new alliance! There is a shoal of letters now in circulation, from different parts of this extensive territory, which purport this, and more: some of them must be branded with the epithets of insolence, &c. however just their complaints may be. Why are not remonstrances made, through a proper channel, for the rescinding of the resolve of Congress (if such a one there be) respecting this species of cession of the Mississippi—but, where is this proper channel!—These circumstances greatly corroborate the necessity of an immediate Efficient Federal Government! consequently, to blow the trumpet, and sound the alarm, is incumbent on every public printer, who, with the honorable chancellor, in his late oration, acknowledges, that the joys of the American independence are mingled with anxiety.—If any grievances exist, what they are, and their tendencies, ought doubtless, coolly, and impartially to be discussed, by some adequate pen, in the public papers; but, to suffer pieces, which are studiously calculated to alarm the community (and which perhaps originate with our internal enemies) to circulate unanswered and undetected, is a criminal negligence, and the height of impolicy.—The following is the
What sub-type of article is it?
Constitutional
Foreign Affairs
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Mississippi Navigation
Federal Government
Western Discontent
Spain Treaty
Political Phrenzy
American Independence
What entities or persons were involved?
Congress
Western Community
Spain
Honorable Chancellor
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Western Unrest Over Mississippi Navigation Treaty And Need For Efficient Federal Government
Stance / Tone
Alarmed Advocacy For Federal Unity And Public Discourse
Key Figures
Congress
Western Community
Spain
Honorable Chancellor
Key Arguments
Political Feuds And Discords Plague The United States From East To West
Treaty With Spain On Mississippi Navigation Incites Western Political Frenzy
Westerners Demand Equal Liberty With Eastern States Or Risk Breach Of Peace And New Alliances
Circulating Letters Express Complaints But Some Are Insolent
Remonstrances Needed Through Proper Channels To Rescind Congress's Resolve On Mississippi Cession
Immediate Efficient Federal Government Is Necessary
Public Printers Must Raise Alarm And Discuss Grievances Impartially
Allowing Alarming Pieces From Internal Enemies To Circulate Unanswered Is Criminal Negligence