![]() The change which took place in the system of government, emancipated twenty-four millions of the human species.- Prima facie, therefore, the most cautious reasoning must allow it to be an event of infinite advantage to the world.īut though it was effected with the consent and support of nine parts out of ten, yet the tenth part viewed it in a different light. But if we survey the effects with the eye of cool deliberation, we shall find that though they certainly emanated from the revolution, yet that our reprobation ought to be turned into another channel. In adverting to the present disastrous situation of France, many, perhaps may be inclined to reprobate that revolution which has produced effects so horrible. He attacked the Federalists mercilessly and was arrested under the Sedition Act, an act of Congress passed by Federalists to prosecute government critics for seditious speech or writings. He defended the actions of the revolutionaries on the grounds that they were merely responding to the provocations of nobles and other “traitors.” Newspapers in the 1790s quickly became party organs and contributors to the fierce polemics of this factious era. In these two pieces he sympathetically summarized the situation in France during the period when Louis XVI was put on trial and executed. Benjamin Franklin Bache, grandson of Benjamin Franklin, was a journalist, the founder of the Philadelphia General Advertiser, and supporter of Jefferson’s Republican party. Reactions to the growing violence and social upheaval split along emerging party lines-Federalists expressed horror while Democratic Republicans were more sympathetic. “Much Blood May be Shed Ere Liberty be Firmly Established”: Benjamin Franklin Bache Defends the French Revolution, 1792–93Īmericans keenly followed the events of the French Revolution. ![]()
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