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Editorial
June 22, 1801
Jenks's Portland Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
What is this article about?
An editorial critiques the removal of clerk Isaac Young from the War Department on March 20, 1801, by Secretary Gen. Dearborn, without any complaint against him, highlighting his diligent service and questioning the partisan motivations under the new Republican administration.
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REPUBLICANISM.
"What is all in a Whale is pith in a Sprat."
Mr. Newman, the Chief Clerk in the War Department, on the 20th March, 1801, was directed by the Secretary of War, (Gen. Dearborn) thus to inform Mr. Isaac Young, that being desirous to introduce a certain gentleman as Clerk in his office, your services will be dispensed with &c." Mr. Young, immediately demanded whether he had been guilty of any misdemeanor; and was informed by Mr. Newman that the Secretary at War authorized him to say that his removal was not owing to any cause of complaint" "For my part" adds Mr. Newman, "I beg you to believe that I entertain a due sense of the application which you have testified whilst in this office, and particularly of the industry and cheerfulness with which you have, when occasion required, aided me in the discharge of my duties."
Reader! doth this require comment?
"What is all in a Whale is pith in a Sprat."
Mr. Newman, the Chief Clerk in the War Department, on the 20th March, 1801, was directed by the Secretary of War, (Gen. Dearborn) thus to inform Mr. Isaac Young, that being desirous to introduce a certain gentleman as Clerk in his office, your services will be dispensed with &c." Mr. Young, immediately demanded whether he had been guilty of any misdemeanor; and was informed by Mr. Newman that the Secretary at War authorized him to say that his removal was not owing to any cause of complaint" "For my part" adds Mr. Newman, "I beg you to believe that I entertain a due sense of the application which you have testified whilst in this office, and particularly of the industry and cheerfulness with which you have, when occasion required, aided me in the discharge of my duties."
Reader! doth this require comment?
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Republicanism
Clerk Removal
War Department
Political Patronage
Federal Office
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Newman
Gen. Dearborn
Mr. Isaac Young
War Department
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Removal Of Federal Clerk Under Republican Administration
Stance / Tone
Critical Of Unjust Dismissal
Key Figures
Mr. Newman
Gen. Dearborn
Mr. Isaac Young
War Department
Key Arguments
Removal Of Young To Make Way For Another Without Any Complaint
Young's Service Was Diligent And Cheerful
No Misdemeanor Or Cause For Dismissal