Acts Attack Americans' Appanage!
The people are being oppressed!
These acts are unconstitutional
The Alien and Sedition Acts are imposing on the rights of the people! They are allowing the government to convict aliens who seem "disloyal" without even a fair trial. Is this fair? No! You know what else isn't fair? The fact that the Sedition Act takes away our right to speak out against the government in the press! The American people will not stand for this!
Sedition Act is attacking our rights.
This cartoon illustrates that our freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and our honest opinions (represented by the children) are being attacked by the Sedition Act (represented by the snake).
You've let us down buddy.
See this man? He looks like a nice guy, right? Trustworthy, honest, dependable- NOOOOOOPE. *Buzzer noises* WRONG. This is the man who put together the acts we're now protesting! My only question is why did we elect him in the first place?
Alien Act gives immigrants a hard time.
This little illustration shows that the US is a fortress and that the Alien Act has restricted the access to, making it a lot more difficult for those who want to move to America.