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Foreign News
February 16, 1808
Virginia Argus
Richmond, Virginia
What is this article about?
Algiers, sympathetic to Britain like US Federalists to John Bull, has declared war on the United States amid global tensions, pitting civilized powers against pirates and barbarians.
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"Par nobile fratrum!"
Britain & Algiers--Algiers & BRITAIN.
England, we all thought, had by her multiplied wrongs and outrages alienated all the powers on earth; all the civilized powers are, it is true, either arrayed directly against her, or, waiting with anxious suspense the turns and issues of the present aggressions--and the fate of war; but Algiers, feeling, like our Federalists, irresistible sympathies with her Brother, John Bull, has declared war against the United States!
Thus the world is likely to be again embroiled, civilized against the uncivilized: the pirates and barbarians against the advocates of "the freedom of the seas." It would be the height of weakness to admit the possibility of success on the part of the two grand piratical brothers.--Whig.
Britain & Algiers--Algiers & BRITAIN.
England, we all thought, had by her multiplied wrongs and outrages alienated all the powers on earth; all the civilized powers are, it is true, either arrayed directly against her, or, waiting with anxious suspense the turns and issues of the present aggressions--and the fate of war; but Algiers, feeling, like our Federalists, irresistible sympathies with her Brother, John Bull, has declared war against the United States!
Thus the world is likely to be again embroiled, civilized against the uncivilized: the pirates and barbarians against the advocates of "the freedom of the seas." It would be the height of weakness to admit the possibility of success on the part of the two grand piratical brothers.--Whig.
What sub-type of article is it?
Diplomatic
War Report
Piracy Or Privateering
What keywords are associated?
Algiers Declaration Of War
Britain Sympathies
Barbary Pirates
John Bull
Freedom Of The Seas
Where did it happen?
Algiers
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Algiers
Event Details
Algiers has declared war against the United States due to sympathies with Britain, amid broader conflicts where civilized powers oppose her aggressions, portraying Britain and Algiers as piratical brothers challenging freedom of the seas.