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Editorial
June 5, 1834
Martinsburg Gazette
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Editorial criticizes the Globe newspaper, Jackson's organ, for heartlessly mocking merchants distressed by his economic policies, including Bank opposition and French Treaty delays. Defends merchants against accusations of self-sabotage.
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We can conceive of nothing more heartless and abominable than the language held by the Globe in regard to the distress which has been inflicted on the merchants of the country by General Jackson's experiment. To insult those whom it oppresses has always been the practice of despotism: and the Globe, as the tool of our imperial Tiberius, does well to revile that class of men who have been most injured by its master. The following passages will serve as specimens of the malignity and falsehood with which General Jackson's official organ is daily filled:
"The merchants were generally for the Bank, and they have joined in the scheme and the clamor. They hold in all the cities, meeting after meeting—speeches without end are made, and resolutions upon resolutions adopted, to convince every body that they are all about to break.—Nay they make public festivals and give the most extravagant entertainments to bring the people together, to have an opportunity of convincing them, that they are all ruined or about to be ruined."
"Can the merchants be surprised to find, that after five months incessant exertion, they have succeeded in destroying their own credit? How is the Government to restore confidence in the ability of men who will insist upon it that they are ruined, and take so much pains and spend so much money, to destroy their own credit?"
"The unfortunate and virulent course pursued by the mass of our merchants towards the present administration, has undoubtedly been one chief cause in preventing a fulfilment of the French Treaty of Indemnity."
We can conceive of nothing more heartless and abominable than the language held by the Globe in regard to the distress which has been inflicted on the merchants of the country by General Jackson's experiment. To insult those whom it oppresses has always been the practice of despotism: and the Globe, as the tool of our imperial Tiberius, does well to revile that class of men who have been most injured by its master. The following passages will serve as specimens of the malignity and falsehood with which General Jackson's official organ is daily filled:
"The merchants were generally for the Bank, and they have joined in the scheme and the clamor. They hold in all the cities, meeting after meeting—speeches without end are made, and resolutions upon resolutions adopted, to convince every body that they are all about to break.—Nay they make public festivals and give the most extravagant entertainments to bring the people together, to have an opportunity of convincing them, that they are all ruined or about to be ruined."
"Can the merchants be surprised to find, that after five months incessant exertion, they have succeeded in destroying their own credit? How is the Government to restore confidence in the ability of men who will insist upon it that they are ruined, and take so much pains and spend so much money, to destroy their own credit?"
"The unfortunate and virulent course pursued by the mass of our merchants towards the present administration, has undoubtedly been one chief cause in preventing a fulfilment of the French Treaty of Indemnity."
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic Policy
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Jackson Policies
Merchants Distress
Globe Newspaper
Bank Opposition
French Treaty
Economic Credit
What entities or persons were involved?
Globe
General Jackson
Merchants
French Treaty Of Indemnity
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Criticism Of Globe's Mockery Of Merchants Distressed By Jackson's Policies
Stance / Tone
Strongly Critical Of Jackson And Globe, Defensive Of Merchants
Key Figures
Globe
General Jackson
Merchants
French Treaty Of Indemnity
Key Arguments
Globe's Language Is Heartless And Abominable Towards Distressed Merchants
Insulting The Oppressed Is Despotic Practice
Globe As Tool Of Jackson Reviles Injured Class
Quotes Globe Mocking Merchants' Meetings And Festivals As Self Ruinous
Merchants' Opposition Blamed For French Treaty Failure