Phocion V: A Defense Of The American Constitutions

The United States of America a country built on an enduring foundation of certain ideals and principles; freedom of speech, being one of these ideals, was the idea that an individual had the freedom to speak of one’s beliefs and opinions. News outlets have been exercising their freedom of speech since the founding of this country and to the current date. The Election of 1796 was the first American election that was a politicly divide battle between two opposing factions; the first true election being a unanimous vote for George Washington. The News outlets of the time, mainly being printed newspapers, reported on the election. But just as news outlets today, the various newspapers of 1796 would exercise their freedom of speech sometimes with …show more content…
was printed in the Philadelphia federalist new paper the Gazette of the United States. Phocion-V is opinion discussion piece directed towards Thomas Jefferson’s sense of patriotism and Republicanism. Phocion states in the article “Patriotism is [proves] itself by DEEDS, not by words.”; the article questions Jefferson’s patriotism as mere words and not a reflection of his deeds. The author being pro Federalist defends the works of Adams and his Federalist ideals. Phocion proclaims “…’A Defense of the American Constitutions.’ a book expressly written for the purpose of vindicating those constitution from the strictures of monsieur Turgot, a French theorist who condemned the separation of the American legislature into two branches…. And that vesting the legislative power into a single body, had, and at all times, in all Republican governments, ended in the slavery of the people. To prove this he refers to all the ancient and modern republics; and necessarily introduces the various checks and balances which had been devised into each, or for the want of which the people had lost their liberties.” The author leans heavily to Federalist ideas against a decentralized Republican