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Newspaper
Georgetown Gazette
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1801
Page
2
An old verse reflects on French actions to chain their gun boats and bind rebels. It contrasts monarchs granting license with harsh punishment. The poem mentions the guillotine as relief, and notes the fate of Gallia's sons in a world of prisons and chains.
A whimsical Jam a ca duel unfolds between a brash sailor and a vain captain over a trivial dispute. The captain arrives with a carriage and a small boat anchor, urges a powder and ball showdown, but the adversary and second depart, leaving the scene devoid of combat.
A well dressed London woman with about 12 thousand pounds in fortune grasped and fled after taking a young shopkeeper’s Flanders face as a joke. The shopkeeper pursued and offered two options: face a magistrate for theft or marry him in a clergyman’s presence. After a brief pause she chose marriage.
The piece criticizes Republicans for ingratitude toward their wives and faithful leaders. It argues many patriots faced calumny and misery, punished by those they served, and cites biblical illustration to support the claim of universal recognition failure.
The piece extols Moses as the embodiment of patriotism, rescued from Pharoah’s court, choosing servitude over privilege to free the Israelites. It notes his leadership, patience, and self sacrifice, contrasts with Korah’s rebellion, and frames Moses as a virtuous deliverer opposed by demagogues who labeled him an Usurper.
A fragmentary historicas posterish note describes the deluded crowd in rage and the potential violence against a revered patriot, imagining bloodshed avoided only by restraint as public passions flare.
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