Note 23 — UNCLE SAM. BY ALBERT MATTHEWS.
Reading edition
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.