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Editorial
February 24, 1797
Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
Federalist editorial criticizes Democrats for decrying public admiration of a leader as idolatry while professing to adore the people, accusing them of degrading American character via their newspapers to appease the French.
OCR Quality
98%
Excellent
Full Text
The democrats call the attachment of the citizens to their "beloved fellow citizen" idolatry. This is strange talk for men who "adore the people." Is their voice stupid idolatry? Yes or no, is equally a plea of guilty for the democrats. Either they quarrel with the people for their approving voice, or say no to the fact and quarrel with the truth. A stranger to America, and to both parties, would think the nation the stupidest and basest upon the earth, if he read and judged only from the jacobin gazettes. Yet this is the glorious conclusion our "patriots" "the adorers of the people" take such unwearied pains to establish. To lower the national character, and the national spirit too, to make Americans think themselves slaves, and to persuade the French to believe that we are cowards and traitors, 'are the "patriotic" tasks assigned by their severe task masters to the democrats (or American mongrels) and their gazettes.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Democrat Hypocrisy
Political Idolatry
National Character
Jacobin Gazettes
American Patriotism
What entities or persons were involved?
Democrats
Jacobin Gazettes
French
Americans
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Criticism Of Democrats' Hypocrisy On Idolatry And Patriotism
Stance / Tone
Strongly Anti Democrat, Pro National Character
Key Figures
Democrats
Jacobin Gazettes
French
Americans
Key Arguments
Democrats Call Citizens' Attachment To Their Leader Idolatry While Adoring The People Themselves
This Accusation Implies Democrats Quarrel With The People's Approving Voice Or Deny The Truth
Democrats' Gazettes Portray Americans As Stupid And Base To Lower National Character
Democrats Aim To Make Americans Feel Like Slaves And Convince French That Americans Are Cowards And Traitors