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HT 25B, Low 12B
The quotation, "A plain system" etc., is a sharp satire on the professed Jeffersonian Democracy of Jackson. In his speeches and public documents he was constantly upholding the doctrines of the third President, who was "the very embodiment of democracy," and to whom all titles of honor, even that of Mr., were distasteful, who dressed in the plainest style, and whose Inauguration was pre-eminently "void of pomp;" but the brilliant war record of Jackson was ever on the lips of his party followers. Somewhat egotistic in his way of expressing himself, due rather to his sense of the dignity and powers of his high office than to any great personal vanity, the satirists delighted to portray him in a dress suit awkwardly brandishing his weapon, or in full uniform as a General, with epaulets and sword, and all the "pomp" of war, with "My glory," or some similar phrase added, as on No. 9 above, and others.

(Rulau 9th Edition)