Tuesday, April 29, 2003

By: Winston
4:29 PM - Link this post

THREE WEEKS AFTER YORKTOWN
STILL NO CONSTITUTION READY

The Weekly Standard has unearthed the November 11, 1781 copy of Ye Newe York Times and it reveals a remarkably consistent editorial philosophy. Interesting tidbits include:
Subsidies for Tobacco, Peanut Farming Announced: To Be Temporary

Harvard Tutor: Sanctions 'Gainst George III Would Have Worked
And current Times news "analyst" R.W. Apple's ancestor writes the following:
Triumph Over
British Empire
Was Easy Part
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Mayheme, Discontent
Betray Hollow Victory
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Desire to Return
To British Sovereignty
Becoming Widespread

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