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Letter to Editor
August 28, 1793
Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
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In August 1793, P.A. Cherui, agent of the French Republic in Alexandria, urges American citizens to reject calumnies against French Minister Citizen Genet published by ill-intentioned foreigners, warning of aristocratic plots to sever the US-French republican union and spread discord.
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FROM THE COLUMBIAN MIRROR.
Citizens SMITH & Price,
By publishing in your paper the following piece of advice, you will oblige your most humble servant,
P. A. CHERUI.
Alexandria, August 20, 1793.
ADVICE to the AMERICAN CITIZENS.
Citizens and Brothers,
It is useless to put you in mind of the plots that the Aristocrats have formed for many years past against the Republicans and the Friends to Liberty. You are not ignorant of the blood these cruel assassins have spilt, in every part of France, in sacrificing and putting to the sword those brave citizens that gold could not corrupt.
Open your eyes and know that this infamous coalition of seditious men exists in this continent, and that their design is to establish a new theatre of cruelty and calamity. I was told yesterday, by people worthy of faith, and known by their patriotism, that ill-intentioned people, strangers to this country, have published infamous calumnies against Citizen Genet, Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic in the United States of America, which are sufficient to break for ever the union that now exists between the two Republics, and to operate the ruin of our wise and virtuous Minister.
It is my duty to make all necessary inquiries to discover the authors of such an odious accusation, and it is with satisfaction I hear that this publication has not been made by American citizens.
It is in the name of liberty, that every virtuous man ought to revere—I beg the American citizens, our brothers, to shut their hearts against all the seditious and calumnious discourses which they may hear against the honor and dignity of the respectable Citizen Genet, and to look upon the authors of such seditious reports, as men bribed by our common enemies, who seek nothing else but to dishonor and abolish the French Republic, and to spread division and discord between the two powers.
P. A. CHERUI,
Agent of the French Republic.
Citizens SMITH & Price,
By publishing in your paper the following piece of advice, you will oblige your most humble servant,
P. A. CHERUI.
Alexandria, August 20, 1793.
ADVICE to the AMERICAN CITIZENS.
Citizens and Brothers,
It is useless to put you in mind of the plots that the Aristocrats have formed for many years past against the Republicans and the Friends to Liberty. You are not ignorant of the blood these cruel assassins have spilt, in every part of France, in sacrificing and putting to the sword those brave citizens that gold could not corrupt.
Open your eyes and know that this infamous coalition of seditious men exists in this continent, and that their design is to establish a new theatre of cruelty and calamity. I was told yesterday, by people worthy of faith, and known by their patriotism, that ill-intentioned people, strangers to this country, have published infamous calumnies against Citizen Genet, Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic in the United States of America, which are sufficient to break for ever the union that now exists between the two Republics, and to operate the ruin of our wise and virtuous Minister.
It is my duty to make all necessary inquiries to discover the authors of such an odious accusation, and it is with satisfaction I hear that this publication has not been made by American citizens.
It is in the name of liberty, that every virtuous man ought to revere—I beg the American citizens, our brothers, to shut their hearts against all the seditious and calumnious discourses which they may hear against the honor and dignity of the respectable Citizen Genet, and to look upon the authors of such seditious reports, as men bribed by our common enemies, who seek nothing else but to dishonor and abolish the French Republic, and to spread division and discord between the two powers.
P. A. CHERUI,
Agent of the French Republic.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Political
What themes does it cover?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Citizen Genet
French Republic
American Citizens
Aristocrats
Calumnies
Liberty
Republican Union
Seditious Reports
What entities or persons were involved?
P. A. Cherui, Agent Of The French Republic
Citizens Smith & Price
Letter to Editor Details
Author
P. A. Cherui, Agent Of The French Republic
Recipient
Citizens Smith & Price
Main Argument
american citizens should reject seditious calumnies against citizen genet by ill-intentioned strangers to preserve the union between the us and french republics and thwart aristocratic plots.
Notable Details
References Aristocratic Plots Against Republicans In France And Blood Spilt There
Mentions Coalition Of Seditious Men On This Continent Aiming For Cruelty
States Calumnies Published By Strangers, Not American Citizens
Urges Inquiry Into Authors Of Accusations