Address to Congress on War, Trade and Frontier Issues
President delivers annual address touching on the Philadelphia health crisis, the push for peace with France and Britain, and the need to defend commerce. He cites treaties, commissions, and debts, notes British claims and Spanish delays, and warns against foreign influence among Western tribes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
St. Cclix
Pattamaquady Bay
Stun
Aucuf
Providence
Rhode Island
Philadelphia
London
Spain
France
French Republic
Nation in Debt and Defence Debates in Congress
The text discusses public debt funding versus immediate taxation, urging restraint on loans while maintaining defence. It notes Europe’s pressures and the need for unity and prudent measures. The House debates the President's speech, appoints a committee, and schedules an address to the President.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Europe
Onitéin
House
Harper
United States
Dent
Messrs
Otis. Dawon
Rutledge
Bayard
Baldwin
Attempted Revolution in Mexico Described by Rumors
A historic report recounts supposed plots to seize Mexico and plant liberty in Montezuma led by two French men. Spanish agents cited conspirators among haberdashers and cooks, brutal interrogations followed, and Marquis de Branciforte earned titles for thwarting the scheme.
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Marquis de Branciforse
Madrid
New Spain
Freochineo
Peter Joacim Valinfaul
Joachim Carmagnoy
The Punishment of Ostracism in Ancient Times
The essay compares ostracism and transportation in Athens and Syracuse, noting ostracism's rarity in Athens due to strict rules and broad use in Syracuse. It contrasts these practices with modern French revolutionary exile, criticizes tyrants who weaponize ostracism, and quotes Machiavelli on tyrants and the people.
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Athens
Psopte
Syracuse
Commonwealth
Las
France
Robespierre
Marchiavel
Inquisition atrocities recounted by European exiles
The account describes prisoners tortured and executed by executioners in dungeons. Marsien of Lyons, Morel of Marseilles, and others are named as victims. Dungeons in Mexico hold O Huilier and Malvert before their transfer to Vera Cruz and Cadiz as state prisoners. Thomas Muir fought beside them, aiding in gun actions before he was wounded.
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Marsien
Lyons
Morel
Marseilles
Vincent d’Huilier
Chateaudun
Eure
Loire
Pinisterty
Louvain
Department of Arts
Formes
Respublic
National Convention
Mexico
O’huilier
Malvert
Vera-Crux
Havannah
Antichristian Ceremony Among the Japanese
A late traveller records a yearly Japanese rite after New Year in Nagasaki where people trample copper images of the cross and the Virgin Mary and child to express abhorrence for Christianity and its Portuguese promoters. The ritual lasts four days, includes all ages, and is supervised by officials, with adults trampling and even babies placed on the images.
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Japan
Nagasaki
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American Congress
Thomas Pinckney
St. Carolina
W. Smith
Portugal
Clairborne
Tennessee
Congress
Waether
Holland
Paris
Systens
Comercial
Joan Adams
Green
Williams D. Priesley
Attick Dri Blaice
Br'Green
Branciforte
Iravas
Montezuma
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