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Editorial
September 5, 1848
The New Hampshire Gazette And Republican Union
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Editorial sarcastically critiques a Journal article defending Van Buren as not a Whig, arguing Whigs support candidates without regard for party principles, citing examples of Tyler, Hale, and a southern candidate; claims Van Buren movement is essentially Whig outside New York.
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JUSTICE.
Our neighbor of the Journal, in his anxious efforts to make the Van Buren movement appear not "essentially a whig movement," says, in reference to Van's past acts, his free soil views, &c.—
"This may make him a very good independent democrat, but we do not see how it makes him a whig."
As though any evidence of whig principles (?) were required in a candidate to receive the support of whigs. Did they not go for Tyler "without a why or wherefore?" Did they not vote John P. Hale into the Senate, of whom they had sung there was not water enough in the ocean to wash him clean enough to be a whig? And is not one of their candidates—their southern candidate—for the presidency, a man who, though he avows himself to be a whig, says he is not an "ultra whig," and will not if elected be bound by the principles or usages of the whig party? Fudge, about whig principles being at all essential to whig support! All experience proves that the whig party would just as readily swallow the whale as Jonah. The Journal editor knows the Van Buren movement, beyond the borders of New York, is to all intents a whig movement. It sees the hand writing on the wall—that it is death to Taylor beyond hope, and trembles at the dubious prospect.
Our neighbor of the Journal, in his anxious efforts to make the Van Buren movement appear not "essentially a whig movement," says, in reference to Van's past acts, his free soil views, &c.—
"This may make him a very good independent democrat, but we do not see how it makes him a whig."
As though any evidence of whig principles (?) were required in a candidate to receive the support of whigs. Did they not go for Tyler "without a why or wherefore?" Did they not vote John P. Hale into the Senate, of whom they had sung there was not water enough in the ocean to wash him clean enough to be a whig? And is not one of their candidates—their southern candidate—for the presidency, a man who, though he avows himself to be a whig, says he is not an "ultra whig," and will not if elected be bound by the principles or usages of the whig party? Fudge, about whig principles being at all essential to whig support! All experience proves that the whig party would just as readily swallow the whale as Jonah. The Journal editor knows the Van Buren movement, beyond the borders of New York, is to all intents a whig movement. It sees the hand writing on the wall—that it is death to Taylor beyond hope, and trembles at the dubious prospect.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Satire
What keywords are associated?
Whig Party
Van Buren Movement
Party Principles
Elections
Tyler Support
John P Hale
Taylor Candidacy
What entities or persons were involved?
Van Buren
Journal Editor
Tyler
John P. Hale
Taylor
Southern Whig Candidate
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Critique Of Whig Party's Support For Non Whig Candidates Like Van Buren
Stance / Tone
Sarcastic And Critical Of Whig Hypocrisy
Key Figures
Van Buren
Journal Editor
Tyler
John P. Hale
Taylor
Southern Whig Candidate
Key Arguments
Whigs Support Candidates Without Requiring Whig Principles
Whigs Backed Tyler Unconditionally
Whigs Elected John P. Hale To Senate Despite His Non Whig Status
Southern Whig Candidate Rejects Binding To Party Principles
Van Buren Movement Is Essentially Whig Outside New York
Whig Support For Taylor Is Doomed