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Letter to Editor May 5, 1796

Gazette Of The United States

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

What is this article about?

A correspondent laments over five years of abuse against supporters of the U.S. constitution and government, including heroes like Washington, Adams, and Hamilton, who are slandered in self-proclaimed patriotic gazettes, contrasting this with criticism of a public town-meeting fact as factional gall.

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All the world knows (says a correspondent) that the friends of our country, the supporters of the constitution and government of the United States, have been the objects of abuse for more than five years past. The men who were the instruments of our salvation in war, and who have preserved to us the blessings of peace and independence, have been stigmatized by every opprobrious epithet in Gazettes which have impudently assumed the title of patriotic. Anonymous slanderers have attempted to affix a stigma on the characters of Washington, Adams, Jay, Hamilton, Knox, Wolcott, Pickering, and many other worthies, whose memories will be dear as long as liberty is considered a blessing; and yet "O shame, where is thy blush," a fact, stated in a public town-meeting, is said to be the overflowing of the gall, of a hilarious faction!!!

What sub-type of article is it?

Political Persuasive Provocative

What themes does it cover?

Politics Press Freedom Constitutional Rights

What keywords are associated?

Political Abuse Constitutional Supporters Slanderous Gazettes American Heroes Federalist Defense Anonymous Slander Public Town Meeting

Letter to Editor Details

Main Argument

supporters of the u.s. constitution and government, including key figures like washington and adams, have endured over five years of slanderous abuse in so-called patriotic newspapers, yet facts from public meetings are dismissed as factional bile.

Notable Details

Names Washington, Adams, Jay, Hamilton, Knox, Wolcott, Pickering References To Salvation In War And Preservation Of Peace And Independence Quote 'O Shame, Where Is Thy Blush' From Hamlet Criticism Of Anonymous Slanderers In Gazettes

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