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Letter to Editor
July 21, 1775
The Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia
What is this article about?
A formal letter to Mr. Richard Bland critiques abusive and invective language in public addresses, asserting that such tactics provoke indignation rather than deference and respect for truth-seeking inquiries.
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To Mr. RICHARD BLAND.
SIR,
PUBLICK addresses considered as essential to fair and candid inquiries, and expressed in terms of decency, become less disagreeable in proportion as they are more necessary, and generally are received with a suitable degree of deference and respect; but when, instead of establishing truth, they are intended to fix upon the persons to whom they are addressed the most opprobrious appellations: when, instead of modest and rational language, they abound with invective and illiberal abuse; they are not only unpleasing, but excite that just indignation which every man of sensibility, when injured, must feel.
SIR,
PUBLICK addresses considered as essential to fair and candid inquiries, and expressed in terms of decency, become less disagreeable in proportion as they are more necessary, and generally are received with a suitable degree of deference and respect; but when, instead of establishing truth, they are intended to fix upon the persons to whom they are addressed the most opprobrious appellations: when, instead of modest and rational language, they abound with invective and illiberal abuse; they are not only unpleasing, but excite that just indignation which every man of sensibility, when injured, must feel.
What sub-type of article is it?
Ethical Moral
Persuasive
What themes does it cover?
Morality
What keywords are associated?
Public Addresses
Decency
Invective
Abuse
Indignation
Sensibility
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Richard Bland
Letter to Editor Details
Recipient
Mr. Richard Bland
Main Argument
public addresses intended to establish truth with decency are received with respect, but those using opprobrious appellations, invective, and illiberal abuse excite just indignation in sensible persons who feel injured.
Notable Details
Opprobrious Appellations
Invective And Illiberal Abuse
Just Indignation Which Every Man Of Sensibility, When Injured, Must Feel