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Editorial
May 25, 1812
Portland Gazette, And Maine Advertiser
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
What is this article about?
An editorial criticizes the reluctance of government's professed friends to subscribe to an 11,000,000 loan, exposing their hollow patriotism through boasting rather than financial support, and warns rulers not to expect loans for injurious measures.
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11,000,000 LOAN-The reluctance with which the reputed friends of the government have entered their subscriptions for this loan, plainly shews what dependence can be put by that government on the empty, hollow-hearted professions of the men who boast of all the patriotism in the country; that if they have talents, some ten or some a hundred fold, they are willing only to loan those rare and efficient ones of boasting of their own and deriding and belittling their neighbours' patriotism in supporting government-and that if they have wealth, they love it better than their country.-It should also convince the rulers of a free people that they cannot, they ought not to expect men readily to lend them their property in aid of projects and measures which tend directly to their own injury.
11,000,000 LOAN-The reluctance with which the reputed friends of the government have entered their subscriptions for this loan, plainly shews what dependence can be put by that government on the empty, hollow-hearted professions of the men who boast of all the patriotism in the country; that if they have talents, some ten or some a hundred fold, they are willing only to loan those rare and efficient ones of boasting of their own and deriding and belittling their neighbours' patriotism in supporting government-and that if they have wealth, they love it better than their country.-It should also convince the rulers of a free people that they cannot, they ought not to expect men readily to lend them their property in aid of projects and measures which tend directly to their own injury.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Economic Policy
What keywords are associated?
Government Loan
Hollow Patriotism
Political Boasting
Fiscal Support
Rulers Advice
What entities or persons were involved?
Government
Reputed Friends Of The Government
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Criticism Of Hollow Patriotism In Government Loan Subscriptions
Stance / Tone
Critical Of False Patriots And Advisory To Rulers
Key Figures
Government
Reputed Friends Of The Government
Key Arguments
Reluctance To Subscribe Shows Hollow Professions Of Patriotism
Boasters Deride Others' Support But Withhold Their Own Wealth
Rulers Cannot Expect Loans For Measures Injurious To The People