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Editorial May 18, 1801

Jenks's Portland Gazette

Portland, Cumberland County, Maine

What is this article about?

Editorial defends New England Federalists against a Democratic paper's criticism likening them to French royalists in La Vendée. Notes the violent fate of La Vendée inhabitants and includes a correspondent's satirical card game metaphor rebutting claims about Federalists and anti-Federalists.

Merged-components note: These sequential components form a single coherent editorial discussing political opinions on New-England, with the second responding directly to the quoted material in the first.

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Something for New-England Men.

"The (Baltimore) American," a democratic paper, in noticing Gov. Strong's election, has the following remarks upon the people of New-England:

Proud, over-bearing and dogmatical in their opinions, devoted entirely to self interest, they must first feel the effects of a change in the administration before they become its panegyrists. Until then, we must view the New-England states as a La Vendee of America. and be prepared to encounter their bitter hostility to the general administration."
It is hardly necessary to remark, that the inhabitants of La Vendee in France, during the revolution, were murdered for their loyalty and their religion.

A correspondent, observing a late remark of some Jacobin writer on the comparative situation of federalists and anti-federalists, that the former were high, jack and the game, and the latter low, thinks that the writer is in part right. He is willing to allow that they hold the knave; and for some time past is pretty certain that they have played the deuce, but persons, who have seen both hands, think the game is not yet decided.

What sub-type of article is it?

Partisan Politics Satire

What keywords are associated?

New England Politics Federalists Democrats La Vendee Partisan Rivalry Satirical Metaphor

What entities or persons were involved?

Gov. Strong The (Baltimore) American New England States La Vendee Jacobin Writer Federalists Anti Federalists

Editorial Details

Primary Topic

Defense Of New England Federalists Against Democratic Criticism

Stance / Tone

Pro Federalist, Anti Democratic, Satirical Rebuttal

Key Figures

Gov. Strong The (Baltimore) American New England States La Vendee Jacobin Writer Federalists Anti Federalists

Key Arguments

New Englanders Are Proud And Self Interested But Will Support The Administration After Feeling Its Effects La Vendée Inhabitants Were Murdered For Loyalty And Religion, Refuting The Hostile Comparison Anti Federalists Hold The Knave And Have Played The Deuce, But The Game Is Not Decided

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