National characteristics, American; Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)
"In one caricature he was called 'Josiah the First,' and had upon his
breast, as the decoration of an order, crossed codfishes, in allusion
to his persistent defence of the New England fisheries. He was also
called 'King' because of his political domination in New England. In
the caricature his coat was scarlet, his waistcoat brown, his breeches
light green, and his stockings white. In a space near the head, in
the original, were the words, 'I, Josiah the First, do, by this royal
proclamation, announce myself King of New England, Nova Scotia, and
Passamaquoddy, Grand Master of the noble order of the Two Codfishes'"
(VII, 358).
[9] _Military Monitor_ (New York), July 12, 1813, I, 363.
[10] _Aurora_ (Philadelphia), October 25, 1813, p. 2-3. The following
toast was given at Passyunk in 1813: "Governor Strong and Orator
Fum--two peas of a pod. 3 Groans!" (_Aurora_, July 12, 1813, p. 2-5).
[11] _Independent Chronicle_ (Boston), September 30, 1813, p. 2-3.
In connection with Quincy, it is perhaps worth while to quote the
following, for the sake of what is apparently an unrecorded use of
the term hand organ: "THE _Virginia Argus_--one of Mr. MADISON'S hand
organs--calls upon the Federalists of the North to abandon QUINCY"
(_Columbian Centinel_, August 29, 1812, p. 1-5).
[12] _Columbian Centinel_, November 4, 1812, p. 2-4.
[13] _Columbian Centinel_, October 28, 1812, p. 1-4.
[14] The two anonymous Addresses or Letters, as they are sometimes
called, written in March, 1783, will be found in A Collection of
Papers, relative to Half-Pay and Commutation of Half-Pay, Granted by
Congress to the Officers of the Army, Fish-Kill, 1783, pp. 16-21.
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