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Foreign News July 8, 1785

Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

What is this article about?

Opinion piece criticizing British arrogance and delusional views on America and France, quoting a periodical suggesting the U.S. would soon seek reinstatement under British protection if isolated.

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Though the British affairs are in a distracted state, and though the nations of Europe seem to neglect and contemn them, yet it is surprising to see the haughty airs they assume, particularly with respect to America. We sufficiently know their endeavours to destroy the trade. Their political publications are replete with the most ridiculous assertions respecting France and America. In a late periodical work of considerable repute, they say, "If Great Britain would but keep aloof, and leave the United States to their own weight among the powers of the earth, without intermeddling or courting their alliance, they would soon see and feel what they have lost in the friendship and protection of Great-Britain: and most earnestly implore that they might be reinstated in her favour, and again entitled to her protection." Is this the language of insolence, or idiotism? These Britons may be compared to a bedlamite, who though confined to his cell, and sitting on his straw bed, yet conceits he is a mighty monarch, swaying a sceptre, and giving law to surrounding tributary nations.

What sub-type of article is it?

Political

What keywords are associated?

British Arrogance America Relations French Affairs Political Publications Trade Destruction

Where did it happen?

Great Britain

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Great Britain

Event Details

Criticism of British haughty attitudes towards America despite their distracted state, noting efforts to destroy trade and ridiculous assertions in political publications about France and America, including a quote from a periodical suggesting the U.S. would beg for British protection if left alone, likened to a madman's delusions.

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