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August 10, 1848
Martinsburg Gazette
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Editorial defending Gen. Taylor against Democratic criticism for refusing to pay postage on numerous letters, portraying it as evidence of his economic virtue contrasted with opponents' hypocrisy in receiving extra pay.
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WHAT A POSTAGE
This phrase, originating we believe with the editor of the Rockingham Register, has formed the heading of numerous ungenerous flings at Gen. Taylor by the Locofoco presses. That Gen. Taylor should have refused to tax himself with the postage of hundreds of letters addressed to him from all quarters of the Union, is in the eyes of our Democratic cotemporaries, conclusive evidence of his unfitness to perform the duties appertaining to the Presidency. Economy, as the people of this Union have learned to their cost, is not reckoned a virtue by Locofoco office-holders. Had Gen. Taylor, like his competitor received some fifty thousand dollars as 'ex-tra pay' from the public crib, he could have better afforded to pay extra postage.
This phrase, originating we believe with the editor of the Rockingham Register, has formed the heading of numerous ungenerous flings at Gen. Taylor by the Locofoco presses. That Gen. Taylor should have refused to tax himself with the postage of hundreds of letters addressed to him from all quarters of the Union, is in the eyes of our Democratic cotemporaries, conclusive evidence of his unfitness to perform the duties appertaining to the Presidency. Economy, as the people of this Union have learned to their cost, is not reckoned a virtue by Locofoco office-holders. Had Gen. Taylor, like his competitor received some fifty thousand dollars as 'ex-tra pay' from the public crib, he could have better afforded to pay extra postage.
What sub-type of article is it?
Political Commentary
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Postage
Gen Taylor
Locofoco Presses
Economy
Extra Pay
Political Fling
What entities or persons were involved?
Gen. Taylor
Editor Of The Rockingham Register
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Key Persons
Gen. Taylor
Editor Of The Rockingham Register
Story Details
Phrase 'What a Postage' used by Locofoco presses to criticize Gen. Taylor for not paying postage on letters from across the Union, seen as unfitness for presidency; defended as economy, unlike Democratic office-holders who received extra pay.