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July 9, 1813
Freeman's Chronicle
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
What is this article about?
The Massachusetts Senate adopted a resolution introduced by Josiah Quincy condemning approval of military or naval exploits in the current war unless directly defending the state's coast and soil, described critically as hypocritical and unprincipled.
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The following resolution, than which a more infamous and unprincipled tissue of duplicity, hypocrisy, and toryism never issued from the pen of the most deadly enemy to liberty, was introduced into the Senate of Massachusetts by the famous Josiah Quincy, and adopted!
Resolved, as the sense of the Senate of Massachusetts, that in a war like the present, waged without justifiable cause, & prosecuted in a manner which indicates that conquest and ambition are its real motives, it is not becoming a MORAL AND RELIGIOUS PEOPLE TO EXPRESS ANY APPROBATION OF MILITARY OR NAVAL EXPLOITS, which are not immediately connected with the defence of our sea coast and soil.
The following resolution, than which a more infamous and unprincipled tissue of duplicity, hypocrisy, and toryism never issued from the pen of the most deadly enemy to liberty, was introduced into the Senate of Massachusetts by the famous Josiah Quincy, and adopted!
Resolved, as the sense of the Senate of Massachusetts, that in a war like the present, waged without justifiable cause, & prosecuted in a manner which indicates that conquest and ambition are its real motives, it is not becoming a MORAL AND RELIGIOUS PEOPLE TO EXPRESS ANY APPROBATION OF MILITARY OR NAVAL EXPLOITS, which are not immediately connected with the defence of our sea coast and soil.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Massachusetts Senate
Josiah Quincy
War Resolution
Federalism
Toryism
What entities or persons were involved?
Josiah Quincy
Where did it happen?
Massachusetts
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Massachusetts
Key Persons
Josiah Quincy
Outcome
resolution adopted by the senate
Event Details
A resolution was introduced by Josiah Quincy into the Massachusetts Senate and adopted, stating that in the current unjust war motivated by conquest, it is unbecoming for a moral and religious people to approve military or naval exploits not directly defending the sea coast and soil.