Contemporary American Opinion of the French Revolution
Contemporary American Opinion of the French Revolution
Charles Downer Hazen
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By Mr. George Blake. " The editor of the Colum- bian Centinel announced that he should publish this and two or three other " performances of the day, " that his absent readers might taste " in a small degree, of the senti- mental banquet we enjoyed. " 3 Apparently some of these anniversary utterances were marked by the same violence and dogmatism characteristic of those heard every day in the newspapers and the streets, for the college authorities endeavored to restrict the freedom of speech on... these occa- 1 Ibid. , III. , 411. See also I. , 55, 120; III. , 250, 274-275, 397-398, 411, 488-489, 607-609; IV. , 320-321. 2 Life of Ashbel Green, p. 234. 3 Columbian Centinel, July 21, 1792. Opinions of Americans at Home. 253 sions, which the young men, however, found adequate means of evading. 1 They, too, must have their turn. THE GROWING OPPOSITION AND ITS REASONS. It was the introduction into America of just these follies that have been described in the foregoing pages, of this spirit of noisy criticism of everything American and indis- criminate approval of everything French, that, coupled with the famous Genet incident and the President's firm stand on neutrality, caused many men to pause and consider what this Revolution really was, to examine its course and nature with greater care.
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