The Anti-Jacobin was a periodical that was produced from November 1797 to 1798. It was created to combat the spread of Jacobinism, a new radical view of equality, human rights, and violent overthrow of the government that had been imported from mainland Europe, especially France. The original vision for the Anti-Jacobin was a periodical with a collection of straight collar essays opposing Jacobinism, but by the time the first number had been published a radical change in vision had occurred. Rather then focusing on only serious matter, the group decided to tailor their efforts to the most popular and most effective aspect of their work; the satire. For the rest of the periodical's existence, it would be most focused on satirizing the Jacobin movement as a way to criticize and oppose it while providing factual information on the realities of that movement. Within seven months of the periodical's inception, its creators perceived that it had achieved its goal as fully as it ever would, thanks largely to the political and civil turmoil the revolution in France was causing, and they voluntarily ceased its publication. The periodical's backbone was Canning, Frere, and Ellis, and the list of contributors stretched to great length, including many notable figures such as Lord Wellesley (then known as Lord Mornington) and Lord Carlisle.
The bulk of this information has been drawn from J. C.'s "The Literary Partnership of Canning and Frere," an article which appeared in the December 1874 edition of Fraser's Magazine.
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