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Domestic News
April 6, 1832
Wilmington Expositor
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
What is this article about?
Washington correspondent of the N.Y. Evening Journal reports that President Andrew Jackson called the Senate majority who rejected Van Buren's nomination 'a set of drunkards,' refuting denials by Jackson-supporting presses and challenging official contradiction.
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The "Drunken Senate."
Extract from a letter of the Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Evening Journal.
"The Jackson presses at the north and east, with their usual impudence, are stoutly denying the charge against the President, and in his behalf declare that Andrew Jackson is incapable of using the gross assertion, " that the majority of the Senate who voted for the rejection of Van Buren's nomination are a set of drunkards !" He, nevertheless, did thus outrage a co-ordinate branch of the government, and " the Globe" dares not deny the fact. I again pledge myself to convict the President of the offence whenever his authorized agents shall officially contradict my allegation."
Extract from a letter of the Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Evening Journal.
"The Jackson presses at the north and east, with their usual impudence, are stoutly denying the charge against the President, and in his behalf declare that Andrew Jackson is incapable of using the gross assertion, " that the majority of the Senate who voted for the rejection of Van Buren's nomination are a set of drunkards !" He, nevertheless, did thus outrage a co-ordinate branch of the government, and " the Globe" dares not deny the fact. I again pledge myself to convict the President of the offence whenever his authorized agents shall officially contradict my allegation."
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Jackson
Senate
Van Buren
Drunkards
Nomination Rejection
What entities or persons were involved?
Andrew Jackson
Van Buren
Where did it happen?
Washington
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Washington
Key Persons
Andrew Jackson
Van Buren
Event Details
A Washington correspondent reports that President Jackson referred to the Senate majority who rejected Van Buren's nomination as 'a set of drunkards,' outraging the government branch. Jackson presses deny it, but the correspondent pledges to prove it if officially contradicted.