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Editorial
October 18, 1771
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Editorial praises the role of vigilant public critics like Junius for exposing government miscarriages, contrasts with slanderers deserving punishment. Includes a satirical observation on French and English idolization of flawed leaders, and quotes a letter from 'Anthropophagos' threatening to expose Junius to the Duke of Grafton.
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What Rewards, what Honours, can be large enough for the Man who watches continually over the public Safety, who points out all the Miscarriages of Governments, who dissects the Characters and detects the infamous Schemes of corrupt Men, possessed of the most important Places of Trust, and who, for the public Good, spares not even his own Sovereign; On the other Hand, what punishment will that Man deserve who misrepresents all public and private Transactions who traduces all Characters, who aggravates Infirmity into Vice, and converts Error and Transgress into Felony and Treason; Junius must be the first or last of these Men.
A Correspondent from Paris observes it is singular that the King of France idolizes a Woman who has committed almost every Sort of Debauchery, who abuses the Confidence he has acquired, and who insults the People: In England, on the contrary, the People idolize a Man who has committed every Species of Vice and Debauchery, who abuses the Confidence they place in him, and who daily insults his King. It would appear, from hence, that the Genius of the two Nations must be extremely different.
A Writer in one of the Papers, in a letter under the Signature of Anthropophagos, addressed to the Duke of Grafton, says, "Junius, if a treacherous worthless Mongrel, more than Half exotic. I have watched his Motions, and investigated all his Manoeuvres & Operations, and I am now quite sure of my Mark. If, therefore, he does throw up his Arms and surrender on his Knees, or decamp under Favour of a Night as black as his Deeds, I will not throw away Time in coyntermining and wasting Powder upon him; but I will surprise him in his own Fortress, and oblige him to strike his false Colours, by publishing his Name at large, and bringing him into open Day light, to receive the exemplary Punishment due to a Rebel and an Assassin."
A Correspondent from Paris observes it is singular that the King of France idolizes a Woman who has committed almost every Sort of Debauchery, who abuses the Confidence he has acquired, and who insults the People: In England, on the contrary, the People idolize a Man who has committed every Species of Vice and Debauchery, who abuses the Confidence they place in him, and who daily insults his King. It would appear, from hence, that the Genius of the two Nations must be extremely different.
A Writer in one of the Papers, in a letter under the Signature of Anthropophagos, addressed to the Duke of Grafton, says, "Junius, if a treacherous worthless Mongrel, more than Half exotic. I have watched his Motions, and investigated all his Manoeuvres & Operations, and I am now quite sure of my Mark. If, therefore, he does throw up his Arms and surrender on his Knees, or decamp under Favour of a Night as black as his Deeds, I will not throw away Time in coyntermining and wasting Powder upon him; but I will surprise him in his own Fortress, and oblige him to strike his false Colours, by publishing his Name at large, and bringing him into open Day light, to receive the exemplary Punishment due to a Rebel and an Assassin."
What sub-type of article is it?
Press Freedom
Partisan Politics
Satire
What keywords are associated?
Junius
Public Safety
Government Miscarriages
Political Satire
Duke Of Grafton
Anthropophagos
Press Criticism
What entities or persons were involved?
Junius
King Of France
Duke Of Grafton
Anthropophagos
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Defense Of Junius As Public Critic
Stance / Tone
Supportive Of Critical Journalism And Satirical Critique
Key Figures
Junius
King Of France
Duke Of Grafton
Anthropophagos
Key Arguments
Vigilant Public Watchers Deserve Great Rewards For Exposing Government Miscarriages
Slanderers Who Misrepresent And Traduce Deserve Severe Punishment
Satirical Contrast Between French King's Idolization Of Debauched Woman And English People's Idolization Of Vicious Man
Threat To Expose Junius's Identity And Punish Him As Rebel And Assassin