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Editorial
July 3, 1827
The National Republican And Ohio Political Register
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
What is this article about?
The New-York Morning Courier reprints 1815 excerpts from the Baltimore Patriot praising General Jackson's military achievements and writing, contrasting them with the paper's current anti-Jackson stance under Mr. Adams' influence, suggesting political motivations like 'treasury pap' caused the shift.
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From the New-York Morning Courier.
We have taken the following extracts from the Baltimore Republican, without the editorial remarks upon them, which are local in their application, and would not be properly appreciated by our readers.
From the Baltimore Patriot of Feb. 6, 1815.
"Covered with glory, as he is hailed from every honest quarter of this extensive country with the loudest acclamations of grateful applause, it is not our intention as it would not be in our power to attempt to twine a new laurel round the brows of the HERO of the SOUTH West, the hardy and Providence-protected JACKSON. ETERNAL FAME and his COUNTRY'S GRATITUDE are the certain and fit rewards of deeds so illustrious and so BENEFICIAL as he has had the rare fortune to achieve."
From the same, Feb. 20, 1815.
"Of JACKSON, it is enough to say, he writes as well as he fights. When such a combination of pleasing incidents occur, when we are enabled to embrace in our paper, the parting orders of a GENERAL who won laurels which EVEN the EXALTED WASHINGTON, (if capable of envy MIGHT HAVE ENVIED, and a treaty of peace—our readers will readily excuse necessary omissions."
The Baltimore Patriot is now one of Mr. Adams' papers, and is compelled to abuse Gen. Jackson at the expense of consistency and truth. In February, 1815, it seems that the General could "write." Now he is represented as an ignorant, uneducated and illiterate man—a mere soldier of fortune—a bloody tyrant, whose name should be execrated by the people of the United States, on account of his tyranny and savage barbarity, by the same men who then lauded him to the skies, who exalted him even above Washington.
Alas! "treasury pap" has such a wonderful influence in changing the opinions of certain editors that we would not be surprised if, in less than two years, the above extracts are re-published in the Baltimore Patriot.
We have taken the following extracts from the Baltimore Republican, without the editorial remarks upon them, which are local in their application, and would not be properly appreciated by our readers.
From the Baltimore Patriot of Feb. 6, 1815.
"Covered with glory, as he is hailed from every honest quarter of this extensive country with the loudest acclamations of grateful applause, it is not our intention as it would not be in our power to attempt to twine a new laurel round the brows of the HERO of the SOUTH West, the hardy and Providence-protected JACKSON. ETERNAL FAME and his COUNTRY'S GRATITUDE are the certain and fit rewards of deeds so illustrious and so BENEFICIAL as he has had the rare fortune to achieve."
From the same, Feb. 20, 1815.
"Of JACKSON, it is enough to say, he writes as well as he fights. When such a combination of pleasing incidents occur, when we are enabled to embrace in our paper, the parting orders of a GENERAL who won laurels which EVEN the EXALTED WASHINGTON, (if capable of envy MIGHT HAVE ENVIED, and a treaty of peace—our readers will readily excuse necessary omissions."
The Baltimore Patriot is now one of Mr. Adams' papers, and is compelled to abuse Gen. Jackson at the expense of consistency and truth. In February, 1815, it seems that the General could "write." Now he is represented as an ignorant, uneducated and illiterate man—a mere soldier of fortune—a bloody tyrant, whose name should be execrated by the people of the United States, on account of his tyranny and savage barbarity, by the same men who then lauded him to the skies, who exalted him even above Washington.
Alas! "treasury pap" has such a wonderful influence in changing the opinions of certain editors that we would not be surprised if, in less than two years, the above extracts are re-published in the Baltimore Patriot.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Military Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Jackson Praise
Political Inconsistency
Baltimore Patriot
Military Hero
Editorial Shift
What entities or persons were involved?
General Jackson
Baltimore Patriot
Mr. Adams
Washington
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Inconsistency In Political Praise Of General Jackson
Stance / Tone
Critical Of Editorial Flip Flopping Due To Political Influence
Key Figures
General Jackson
Baltimore Patriot
Mr. Adams
Washington
Key Arguments
Past Praises Of Jackson's Glory And Achievements In 1815 Baltimore Patriot
Current Abuse Portraying Jackson As Illiterate Tyrant
Shift Due To Political Compulsion Under Mr. Adams
Influence Of 'Treasury Pap' On Editors' Opinions