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The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser
Martinsburg, Shepherdstown, Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia
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In France, at a meeting of the Duke of Orleans's creditors, a tradesman invoked the Rights of Man to challenge deference to the Prince, urging others to sit and cover their heads due to equality and the Duke's debts.
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At one of the late meetings of the Duke of Orleans's creditors, when the Prince entered the apartment in which they were assembled, he found them all standing up and uncovered. One of the tradesmen, however, a greater democrat than the others, and knowing himself to be superior in some respects to him who had called the meeting, thus constitutionally addressed his fellow sufferers: "Good folks, by the first Rights of Man, all mortals are born equal, why then should we stand with our hats off in presence of one who is not more than ourselves. For my part I cannot think what we owe him, but am perfectly sensible of what he owes us, so let us sit down and be covered."
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France
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Late Meetings
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tradesman urges creditors to sit and cover heads, asserting equality
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At a meeting of the Duke of Orleans's creditors, the Prince entered to find them standing uncovered. A democratic tradesman addressed them, citing the Rights of Man, declaring all mortals equal, and refusing deference, emphasizing what the Duke owes them over what they owe him, suggesting they sit down and be covered.