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Domestic News
March 11, 1786
Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A Charleston correspondent criticizes New England's patriots for hasty decrees prohibiting English access to their coasts, arguing these measures have not alleviated financial woes, which stem instead from internal luxury.
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CHARLESTON, January 5.
Hasty measures, says a correspondent, are the bane of good government; they either entail absurdity, or misfortune, or both. The violent patriots of New-England, who thought nothing competent to contend with their decrees, now begin to see and FEEL the folly of their proceedings in prohibiting the English from their coasts. They wanted money, it is true, but they want it still; they thought the English took it all away; it goes as fast as ever, and they are still discontented; therefore the evil must be among themselves, nor is it difficult to point it out and see that it is LUXURY.
Hasty measures, says a correspondent, are the bane of good government; they either entail absurdity, or misfortune, or both. The violent patriots of New-England, who thought nothing competent to contend with their decrees, now begin to see and FEEL the folly of their proceedings in prohibiting the English from their coasts. They wanted money, it is true, but they want it still; they thought the English took it all away; it goes as fast as ever, and they are still discontented; therefore the evil must be among themselves, nor is it difficult to point it out and see that it is LUXURY.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
New England
Patriots
Hasty Measures
English Prohibition
Luxury
Financial Discontent
Where did it happen?
New England
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
New England
Event Date
January 5.
Event Details
A correspondent argues that hasty measures by New England's violent patriots, including prohibiting the English from their coasts, have led to ongoing financial discontent, which is actually caused by internal luxury rather than external factors.