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Editorial
March 3, 1849
The North Carolinian
Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
An editorial using Hamlet allusions to criticize Whig editors for hypocritically portraying Gen. Jackson as a tyrant during his life and now deeming President Polk an even greater threat to the Constitution, accusing them of political malice.
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"There's not a villain in all Denmark, but he's an errant knave."
Guildenstern told Hamlet that it would require no ghost to tell him that; nor does it require a ghost to discover the knavery which having covered Gen. Jackson with the slime of every political corruption which the adders of party spirit could find tongues to lay on; which denounced him as the greatest tyrant and usurper that ever reigned with despotism; but now that Gen. Jackson is in his grave, and whiggery no longer fears him, comes forward with undying venom to pronounce Mr. Polk even a greater than he, in his "assaults upon the Constitution." Could the mind of man imagine a blacker tyrant than Gen. Jackson has been painted? Yet behold his great emulator and exceller, James K. Polk!
To what depths will not malice sink a man! Do these whig editors think the public "a pipe that they can play upon?" They awfully mistake its "stops" and "notes."
"Oh, shame, where is thy blush."
Guildenstern told Hamlet that it would require no ghost to tell him that; nor does it require a ghost to discover the knavery which having covered Gen. Jackson with the slime of every political corruption which the adders of party spirit could find tongues to lay on; which denounced him as the greatest tyrant and usurper that ever reigned with despotism; but now that Gen. Jackson is in his grave, and whiggery no longer fears him, comes forward with undying venom to pronounce Mr. Polk even a greater than he, in his "assaults upon the Constitution." Could the mind of man imagine a blacker tyrant than Gen. Jackson has been painted? Yet behold his great emulator and exceller, James K. Polk!
To what depths will not malice sink a man! Do these whig editors think the public "a pipe that they can play upon?" They awfully mistake its "stops" and "notes."
"Oh, shame, where is thy blush."
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Constitutional
What keywords are associated?
Whig Hypocrisy
Jackson Defense
Polk Criticism
Partisan Knavery
Constitutional Assaults
What entities or persons were involved?
Gen. Jackson
Mr. Polk
Whig Editors
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Whig Hypocrisy In Attacking Jackson And Polk
Stance / Tone
Anti Whig, Pro Jackson And Polk
Key Figures
Gen. Jackson
Mr. Polk
Whig Editors
Key Arguments
Whigs Slandered Jackson As A Tyrant While Alive
Now Whigs Call Polk An Even Greater Constitutional Threat
This Reveals Political Malice And Knavery
Public Will Not Be Fooled By Such Tactics