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August 13, 1795
Gazette Of The United States
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
Political commentary critiques inconsistent partisan claims: previously, Congress accused of neglecting American navigation; now, blamed for treaty allowing Britain to countervail encouraging duties under Mr. Jay.
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When it suited the wicked views of a party to say that Congress had done nothing to encourage American navigation, neither the matchless impudence nor the glaring falsity of the assertion, prevented their making it.
Now it appears to be one of the sins of Mr. Jay, &c, that the treaty allows the British to countervail our encouraging duties. The reader of the anti-gazettes has seen our navigation formerly represented as sick and hastening to dissolution for want of any aid from Congress, and now as ready to tumble from the pinnacle of prosperity by our allowing Britain to countervail our encouraging duties.
Both stories cannot be true.
When it suited the wicked views of a party to say that Congress had done nothing to encourage American navigation, neither the matchless impudence nor the glaring falsity of the assertion, prevented their making it.
Now it appears to be one of the sins of Mr. Jay, &c, that the treaty allows the British to countervail our encouraging duties. The reader of the anti-gazettes has seen our navigation formerly represented as sick and hastening to dissolution for want of any aid from Congress, and now as ready to tumble from the pinnacle of prosperity by our allowing Britain to countervail our encouraging duties.
Both stories cannot be true.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Jay Treaty
American Navigation
Congress Duties
British Countervail
Political Debate
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Jay
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Key Persons
Mr. Jay
Event Details
Commentary on partisan assertions that Congress failed to encourage American navigation, contrasted with criticisms of the Jay Treaty allowing British countervailing duties, highlighting inconsistency in claims about navigation's health.