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July 15, 1799
Jenks's Portland Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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In August, Judge Rush charged the Pennsylvania Grand Jury, congratulating them on the July 17 dissolution of political ties with France, hailing it as independence from French morals, religion, and politics, more vital than the Fourth of July.
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17th JULY.
Judge Rush, in a charge to the Grand Jury of Pennsylvania, in Aug. last, congratulated them on the dissolution of the political ties with France. "Thank Heaven" says he "the gordian knot is at last cut, and we are separated, I trust, forever."— "The seventeenth day of July draws a line, & tears up the foundation of our national connection. Hail auspicious day! Henceforth the ridiculous claim of national gratitude, will be no longer rung in our ears by ungenerous benefactors. Let the seventeenth day of July be had in everlasting remembrance.— Upon the anniversary of that day, let the voice of joy and gratitude be heard through our land. It is a declaration, I trust, of our Independence on France, and perpetual exemption from the baneful effect of her morals, her religion, and her politics. From calamities, infinitely more to be dreaded, than those commemorated upon the fourth of July, it is calculated to secure us. The one shielded us only from political dependence and subjection -but the other we flatter ourselves, will be the means of saving us, from religious, moral and political destruction."
Judge Rush, in a charge to the Grand Jury of Pennsylvania, in Aug. last, congratulated them on the dissolution of the political ties with France. "Thank Heaven" says he "the gordian knot is at last cut, and we are separated, I trust, forever."— "The seventeenth day of July draws a line, & tears up the foundation of our national connection. Hail auspicious day! Henceforth the ridiculous claim of national gratitude, will be no longer rung in our ears by ungenerous benefactors. Let the seventeenth day of July be had in everlasting remembrance.— Upon the anniversary of that day, let the voice of joy and gratitude be heard through our land. It is a declaration, I trust, of our Independence on France, and perpetual exemption from the baneful effect of her morals, her religion, and her politics. From calamities, infinitely more to be dreaded, than those commemorated upon the fourth of July, it is calculated to secure us. The one shielded us only from political dependence and subjection -but the other we flatter ourselves, will be the means of saving us, from religious, moral and political destruction."
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Political Ties Dissolution
France Independence
Judge Rush Charge
Grand Jury
Pennsylvania
What entities or persons were involved?
Judge Rush
Where did it happen?
Pennsylvania
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Pennsylvania
Event Date
17th July; Aug. Last
Key Persons
Judge Rush
Event Details
Judge Rush congratulated the Grand Jury on the dissolution of political ties with France on the seventeenth day of July, describing it as cutting the gordian knot and a declaration of independence from French influence, to be remembered annually with joy.