[22] Portsmouth Oracle, August 27, 1814, p. 2-2. In the Columbian Centinel of January 26, 1814, appeared these lines (p. 4-1):
"Then, soon will the Country submit to the thing
Which we wanted—to make Madison King!"
[23] A poetical skit entitled "All Tories Together," which appeared in the Aurora of October 7, 1813, began thus (p. 2-5):
"Oh! come in true jacobin trim,
With birds of the same color'd feather,
Bring your plots and intrigues, uncle Tim,
And let's all be tories together."
In the Northern Centinel (Burlington, Vermont) of December 3, 1813, appeared the following: "But, the bold benevolents of Vermont have lately smuggled from the enemy a Governor of the true British stamp, and have placed him upon the throne of State. This must eclipse the boasted feats of Bulwark Strong, Uncle Tim, and Fi-fo-fum, these three champions, will need something more than their own sagacity, to place them again in the front rank of toryism, nothing short of their smuggling out the duke of York and Mrs. Clark can raise these eastern heroes to a level with his Majesty's brave subjects in Vermont" (p. 3-3). The allusion is to the recent election by the Legislature, there having been no election by the people, of Martin Chittenden as Governor of Vermont. By "benevolents" are meant members of the Washington Benevolent Societies, then common.
[24] "The proclamation, dated "Camp near Buffalo," is printed in the Columbian Centinel of November 25, 1812, p. 2-4. A parody on the proclamation, ending as follows, was printed in the Albany Gazette of December 3, 1812 (p. 3-4):
"And thus I close my message with
The NAME of ALEXANDER SMYTH!
A Gen'ral, Brigadier, Inspector,
Commander, Conq'ror, and Protector—
Whose 'Brock's black reg'ment' ne'er did fear yet,
In camp at Buffalo, or near it."
Sir Isaac Brock, to whom Hull had capitulated, was killed at Queenston on October 13, 1812.
The boasting proclamations issued by the American generals were a constant source of ridicule in the peace papers. In his proclamation of July 12, 1812, General Hull said: "Had I any doubt of eventual success, I might ask your assistance, but I do not. I come prepared for any contingency—I have a force that will look down all opposition, and that force is but a vanguard of a much greater" (Columbian Centinel, August 5, 1812, p. 1-4). The Portsmouth Oracle of September 8, 1812, spoke of Hull's proclamation "to look down opposition" in Canada (p. 3-4). The Connecticut Courant of December 22, 1812, said that Hull "issued a look down proclamation to the affrighted Canadians" (p. 1-4). The Manlius Times, quoted in the New England Palladium of October 22, 1813, stated that "The Proclamation campaign has again commenced upon the Niagara frontiers" (p. 2-1). In the Salem Gazette of December 3, 1813, appeared the following: "The same Collectors will be employed next winter to execute the same duties in the Moon, which, it is expected, will be 'looked down' during the next campaign!" (p. 3-2).
On August 16, 1812, Hull ignominiously gave up himself, his army, and Detroit, and incidentally enriched the language with a new verb. The surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga, of Lincoln at Charleston, and of Cornwall's at Yorktown, had given rise to the words "Burgoynade," "to Burgoyne," "Lincolnade," and "Cornwallisade." The Connecticut Courant of September 22, 1812, said: "Should Gen. Dearborn enter the territory, he ought, if he means not to be Hull'd, or defeated, to have 25 or 30,000 men" (p. 3-4). The Military Monitor of October 5, 1812, quoted the following from the Aurora: "These facts show the absurdity of the idea of a force of 4,000 men marching to be Hull-ed, in a country where 19,000 of their countrymen were once before Burgoyned" (I, 59). The New Hampshire Gazette of April 20, 1813, remarked: "From every section of the union, we hear of the march of troops and active preparations to open the campaign on the northern frontier with vigor and unless our gallant army is again Hulled, the British flag will soon disappear from Canada" (p. 3-2). The New York Herald of March 30, 1814, quoted the following from a Herkimer (New York) paper: "The prevailing opinion now is, that the campaign will be opened at Niagara; some suppose Detroit. If at the latter place, with the paltry force now marching in that direction, we shall most certainly get Hull'd" (p. 3-5).