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Editorial
May 17, 1808
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
The Essex Register editorial lauds the U.S. Embargo as a wise, independent policy admired by British presses, severely impacting Britain by sparking public demands for peace, protests against Orders in Council, and distress in the West Indies, while criticizing domestic opponents as fools or knaves.
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Essex Register.
The most respectable of the British prints confess that they look upon the Embargo with admiration. They pronounce it a wise and an independent measure which must soon bring their haughty government to terms. Its effects they already feel with great severity—the people are clamorous for peace—nearly two hundred thousand subjects have protested against their orders of Council aimed at our Commerce! Their West India Islands are in distress, and it is expected will soon throw off the yoke of slavery! While these facts stare us in the face, we have thousands among us either fools or knaves enough to declare the Embargo a futile measure, injurious only to ourselves!
—Essex Register.
The most respectable of the British prints confess that they look upon the Embargo with admiration. They pronounce it a wise and an independent measure which must soon bring their haughty government to terms. Its effects they already feel with great severity—the people are clamorous for peace—nearly two hundred thousand subjects have protested against their orders of Council aimed at our Commerce! Their West India Islands are in distress, and it is expected will soon throw off the yoke of slavery! While these facts stare us in the face, we have thousands among us either fools or knaves enough to declare the Embargo a futile measure, injurious only to ourselves!
—Essex Register.
What sub-type of article is it?
Foreign Affairs
Trade Or Commerce
Economic Policy
What keywords are associated?
Embargo
British Commerce
Orders In Council
West India Islands
Peace Protests
Domestic Opposition
What entities or persons were involved?
British Prints
British Government
West India Islands
Essex Register
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Support For The Embargo Against Britain
Stance / Tone
Strongly Pro Embargo, Critical Of Domestic Opposition
Key Figures
British Prints
British Government
West India Islands
Essex Register
Key Arguments
British Prints Admire The Embargo As Wise And Independent
Embargo Pressures Britain To Terms
Severe Effects Felt In Britain With Public Clamor For Peace
Nearly 200,000 Protested Orders In Council Targeting U.S. Commerce
West India Islands In Distress And Likely To Revolt
Domestic Critics Wrongly Call Embargo Futile And Self Injurious