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February 25, 1805
Jenks' Portland Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
What is this article about?
In Trenton on Jan. 21, a report defends Federal newspaper editors against Democratic accusations of insufficiently praising U.S. Navy exploits against Tripoli, highlighting the Navy's Federal origins under Washington and Adams.
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TRENTON, JAN. 21.
We observe a false and scandalous charge against Federal Editors, beginning to circulate in the democratic prints. It is, that these Editors have manifested no feeling of admiration in detailing the exploits of our gallant Tars in their operations against Tripoli. This article first appeared in the O'Dricol paper of Worcester, and in a week or two after, when it was supposed the eulogiums pronounced by the federal papers of Philadelphia were partly forgotten, echoed from the Aurora, and now has made its appearance in the paltry Newark Centinel. The federal papers have spoken in the highest terms of our Navy—the officers and crews of which have so often merited the praise of all. The Navy is a Federal Navy—it was built by federal hands; its officers and men were trained in the school of Washington and Adams, and as heretofore, we trust it ever will hereafter, prove itself worthy of such founders. It has no affinity to your dry-dock projectors; it owes nothing to your O'Dricol aegis, your Calcutta pole-men, and such 'creeping things' as a Newark Centinel!
We observe a false and scandalous charge against Federal Editors, beginning to circulate in the democratic prints. It is, that these Editors have manifested no feeling of admiration in detailing the exploits of our gallant Tars in their operations against Tripoli. This article first appeared in the O'Dricol paper of Worcester, and in a week or two after, when it was supposed the eulogiums pronounced by the federal papers of Philadelphia were partly forgotten, echoed from the Aurora, and now has made its appearance in the paltry Newark Centinel. The federal papers have spoken in the highest terms of our Navy—the officers and crews of which have so often merited the praise of all. The Navy is a Federal Navy—it was built by federal hands; its officers and men were trained in the school of Washington and Adams, and as heretofore, we trust it ever will hereafter, prove itself worthy of such founders. It has no affinity to your dry-dock projectors; it owes nothing to your O'Dricol aegis, your Calcutta pole-men, and such 'creeping things' as a Newark Centinel!
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Military
What keywords are associated?
Federal Editors
Democratic Prints
Us Navy
Tripoli Operations
Political Charge
Newspapers
What entities or persons were involved?
Washington
Adams
Where did it happen?
Trenton
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Trenton
Event Date
Jan. 21.
Key Persons
Washington
Adams
Event Details
A false charge circulates in Democratic prints accusing Federal editors of not admiring U.S. Navy exploits against Tripoli; the charge originated in the O'Dricol paper of Worcester, echoed in the Aurora and Newark Centinel; Federal papers praised the Navy, built and trained under Federal administrations of Washington and Adams.