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Interesting newspaper from 19 November 1777 published by ''The Edinburgh Evening Courant'', a Scottish newspaper. Front page news includes an excerpt from the ''Pennsylvania Packet'' titled ''Political Character of the Americans'', describing five classes of men with respect to their views of the American Revolution. These classes include ''Rank Tories'' who favor ''unconditional submission to Great Britain'', ''Moderate Men'' who have ''an attachment to the pomp and hierarchy of the Church of England'' and a ''fondness for those luxuries'', and ''Timid Whigs'' who ''speak of the power of Britain, as if the Supreme Being had delegated his omnipotence to that island'' and who ''entertain a false idea of the power and resources of America.'' The class of ''Furious Whigs'', interestingly, seemed to be a violent sort but who ''are all cowards, and skulk under the cover of an office, or a fickly family, when they are called to oppose our enemy in the field.'' The last class of men are deemed the ''Staunch Whigs'', ''friends to liberty from principle''. These men ''prefer the annihilation of the Continent to reconciliation, and they had rather renounce their existence than their beloved independence. They have an unshaken faith in the divine justice, and they esteem it a mark of equal folly and impiety to believe that Great Britain can ever subdue America. They are friends to order and good government...Let America look to this class of men alone for her salvation in the cabinet and the field!''. Newspaper is matted to a size of 26'' x 21''. Very good condition.
Revolutionary War Newspaper from November 1777 Describing the ''Political Character of the Americans''
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