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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 14, 1776
Page
2
An editorials's critique denounces US independence as folly and rebellion. It ridicules Congress members as petty and compares early declarations to weak vanity. The writer questions the aim of constitutional freedom versus rebellion and attacks European sympathy for American politics.
A draft discourse on licensing alehouses urging magistrates to guard public welfare over revenue. It weighs the dangers of new licenses, the need for impartial inquiry, and the impact on parish life, workers, and family bread. It cites the commission of the peace and argues against corrupt or expedient licensing.
Fragment from a 18th century view contrasts liberty and tyranny arguing rulers must restrain people to prevent enslavement. It notes Egyptian customs where after death the deceased faced a public trial, with memory branded or burial denied. kings were spared in life but judged after death to protect public virtue.
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