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Editorial August 3, 1853

Washington Telegraph

Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas

What is this article about?

The New York Evening Post sarcastically responds to the Washington Union's expulsion of certain newspapers from the Democratic party, suggesting the Union expel numerous journals, legislators, and constituents in New York, which would effectively destroy the party by removing all Free-Soil elements.

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The New York Evening Post and the Buffalo Republic have both replied with spirit to the article of the Washington Union, reading them out of the Democratic party. The Evening Post calls upon the Union to go on with the work it has begun. It says:

Those who scribble for that print must gird up their loins, and go to work in earnest. There is a great deal for them to do Here (in New York) are forty or fifty journals to be turned out of the Democratic party: a large number of the Democratic members of the New York Legislature, and all the immense constituency of these members. There is work enough of this sort to keep the Union busy till the next session of Congress, and it is heavy work for hot weather. Perhaps the Argus will lighten the labor by furnishing a list of the heretical journals alluded to, and in preparing articles of denunciation and excision against the petty offenders, leaving the Union to pronounce sentence upon the more hardened and audacious enemies. By this friendly division of labor the task may, according to our computation, be finished about the end of dog days.

The Post certainly seems to think, that, when the Washington Union shall have read all the Freesoilers out of the Democratic party at the North, the Democratic party will have very little flesh, blood, bones, or gristle left.

What sub-type of article is it?

Partisan Politics Satire

What keywords are associated?

Democratic Party Washington Union Freesoilers Partisan Expulsion New York Journals Political Satire

What entities or persons were involved?

New York Evening Post Buffalo Republic Washington Union Argus Democratic Party Freesoilers

Editorial Details

Primary Topic

Mockery Of Washington Union's Expulsion Of Democrats

Stance / Tone

Satirical Mockery

Key Figures

New York Evening Post Buffalo Republic Washington Union Argus Democratic Party Freesoilers

Key Arguments

Union Must Expel 40 50 Journals In New York From Democratic Party Expel Democratic Members Of New York Legislature And Their Constituents Task Would Keep Union Busy Until Next Congress Session Expelling All Northern Freesoilers Would Leave Democratic Party With Little Substance

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