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Editorial
June 10, 1794
Gazette Of The United States & Evening Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
A Philadelphia correspondent criticizes American 'disorganizers' who support the French Revolution's excesses, including the execution of Danton, and highlights inconsistencies in the General Advertiser's reporting on the event.
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PHILADELPHIA,
JUNE 10.
From a Correspondent.
The disorganizers of this country who pretend to be the staunch friends of liberty, have long since forfeited all right to that distinguished character.
The real friends of the equal rights of man, while they sincerely rejoice at the triumphs of freedom and justice in every quarter of the globe, regret excesses which not only tarnish the lustre of the best of causes, but put to hazard the eventual establishment of a free government.
The partizans of discord on the other hand, have uniformly shouted hallelujahs to the triumphing faction in France, let it consist of whom it will, and have justified the measures of men who have destroyed each other—Can this be right?—
In the General Advertiser of Friday last, there is however a paragraph which deviated for a moment from this hitherto uniform line of conduct. The fate of the celebrated Danton who has fallen under the axe of the guillotine, through the prevalence of a competitor—is there attributed "to the manoeuvres of the aristocrats"—nor is this all, the existence of rival factions is not only recognized, but it is also confessed that, instigated by the aristocrats these factions destroy each other. This was going too far—it was a concession in favor of truth and common sense, that lays the axe to the root of the whole system of anarchy—the next day we accordingly find in the General Advertiser another tune is introduced—the man who it is suggested, has fallen a victim to aristocracy, is denounced as a Traitor, an ambitious, avaricious wretch. It is now said, "his love of money directed his steps in the high road to the guillotine," that he was "repeatedly bribed, and in Belgium purloined a large sum of money;" that he had "risen from poverty to the possession of immense fortune, which he must have accumulated by mal practices;" if bringing such a man to the guillotine is aristocratic, (and this is asserted in the General Advertiser,) what must the people of France think of Aristocracy?
JUNE 10.
From a Correspondent.
The disorganizers of this country who pretend to be the staunch friends of liberty, have long since forfeited all right to that distinguished character.
The real friends of the equal rights of man, while they sincerely rejoice at the triumphs of freedom and justice in every quarter of the globe, regret excesses which not only tarnish the lustre of the best of causes, but put to hazard the eventual establishment of a free government.
The partizans of discord on the other hand, have uniformly shouted hallelujahs to the triumphing faction in France, let it consist of whom it will, and have justified the measures of men who have destroyed each other—Can this be right?—
In the General Advertiser of Friday last, there is however a paragraph which deviated for a moment from this hitherto uniform line of conduct. The fate of the celebrated Danton who has fallen under the axe of the guillotine, through the prevalence of a competitor—is there attributed "to the manoeuvres of the aristocrats"—nor is this all, the existence of rival factions is not only recognized, but it is also confessed that, instigated by the aristocrats these factions destroy each other. This was going too far—it was a concession in favor of truth and common sense, that lays the axe to the root of the whole system of anarchy—the next day we accordingly find in the General Advertiser another tune is introduced—the man who it is suggested, has fallen a victim to aristocracy, is denounced as a Traitor, an ambitious, avaricious wretch. It is now said, "his love of money directed his steps in the high road to the guillotine," that he was "repeatedly bribed, and in Belgium purloined a large sum of money;" that he had "risen from poverty to the possession of immense fortune, which he must have accumulated by mal practices;" if bringing such a man to the guillotine is aristocratic, (and this is asserted in the General Advertiser,) what must the people of France think of Aristocracy?
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Foreign Affairs
What keywords are associated?
French Revolution
Danton
Guillotine
General Advertiser
Disorganizers
Liberty
Anarchy
Aristocrats
What entities or persons were involved?
Danton
General Advertiser
Disorganizers
Partizans Of Discord
Aristocrats
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Criticism Of American Supporters Of French Revolutionary Excesses
Stance / Tone
Strongly Critical Of Disorganizers And Inconsistent Pro Revolution Press
Key Figures
Danton
General Advertiser
Disorganizers
Partizans Of Discord
Aristocrats
Key Arguments
Disorganizers Forfeit Claim To Liberty By Supporting Excesses
True Friends Of Rights Regret Actions Tarnishing Freedom
Partisans Justify Mutual Destruction In France
General Advertiser Initially Blames Aristocrats For Danton's Death
Advertiser Later Denounces Danton As Traitor And Corrupt
Such Reporting Exposes Anarchy In Revolutionary Factions