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Editorial October 4, 1797

Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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An editorial vehemently criticizes pro-French American elements, particularly the press like Bache and Greenleaf, for welcoming a French ambassador hostile to U.S. interests. It praises patriotic Eastern brethren and warns Jacobins of consequences in crisis.

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What monster to the honor and interests of his country wrote the above? Had the tale of the cordial reception by the people of Boston and Portsmouth been True, would it not have been better to conceal than to proclaim their anti-patriotic infamy? To give a cordial reception to a man who has insulted our government, freely established by ourselves to support our honor and maintain our interests! To look with a friendly eye on the man who, in my opinion, wishes to separate the people from their government with a view (in conjunction with our mutual beloved allies) of swallowing up both government and people! To receive with open arms the representative of a nation, who, only three years ago, when it did not insult, plunder nor threaten us with devastation, our "exclusive patriots," thro' their PATRIOTIC organs, Bache, Greenleaf and Co. shewed a furious, tiger-like wish to destroy with the out-stretched arm of democratic vengeance! O Greenleaf! how much longer will you continue to brave public indignation by daily insulting the most sacred patriotic feelings of your fellow creatures? I will not say, fellow-citizens—you have no country except France—you have atrociously calumniated the characters of our patriotic eastern brethren in saying that the ambassador of a nation who with pleasure watches our national ruin, was well received among them. That he was received, I will not deny—but by whom, I need not inform those who have been witnesses of the WORTHIES who, with bended knee, welcomed the arrival of Genet, Monroe, &c. and other "patriots." We all know, and in time of necessity the foes of United States will feel, that our enlightened, virtuous, and patriotic eastern brethren will form an impenetrable phalanx—an impenetrable bulwark to the enemies of the honor and independence of our country. In the awful crisis which awaits us, let all Jacobins, Anarchists, Gallic Americans among us stand clear—Remember, you have justified the use of the guillotine towards the internal enemies of a foreign country—but I hope we will be content to send off the least incorrigible of you to your foreign allies when our country is invaded by them—the Public Safety will tell us (as circumstances may arise) what to do with the more hardened and furious.

[N. Y. Gaz.

What sub-type of article is it?

Partisan Politics Foreign Affairs Press Freedom

What keywords are associated?

French Ambassador Pro French Press Patriotism Jacobins Genet Monroe Eastern Brethren

What entities or persons were involved?

Bache Greenleaf Genet Monroe Jacobins Eastern Brethren France

Editorial Details

Primary Topic

Criticism Of Pro French Reception And Press

Stance / Tone

Strongly Anti French, Patriotic Exhortation

Key Figures

Bache Greenleaf Genet Monroe Jacobins Eastern Brethren France

Key Arguments

Cordial Reception To French Ambassador Reveals Anti Patriotic Infamy Pro French Press Like Bache And Greenleaf Insult Patriotic Feelings Eastern Brethren Are True Patriots Forming A Bulwark Against Enemies Jacobins And Gallic Americans Warned To Stand Clear In Crisis Hypocrisy Of Pro French Elements Who Once Wished To Destroy France

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