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New York Police, and for innocently complimenting a certain 

 Judge, whose temper sometimes gets the better of his understand- 

 ing, and whose decisions have more than once been set aside by a 

 higher court. 



"Plain and unsophisticated in our manners, we do not seek 

 to become a member of ' good society '■ — the great RepubHcan Fam- 

 ily, the friends and supporters of General Jackson, are the men 

 with whom we wish to associate, and in whose patriotism we can 

 confide. The General has done so much for his country, and 

 such a man the people delight to honor. We feel bound in grati- 

 tude to lend our feeble aid in his behalf, and to use every honorable 

 effort to promote his election." 



On January i, 1831, the Republican contained this announce- 

 ment : " The patrons of the Republican are respectfully informed 

 that I have transferred the establishment to Mr. William Haga- 

 dorn, editor of the New York Democratic-Republican, whom I 

 take the liberty to recommend to my friends as a democrat of the 

 old school, and I think nothing will be wanting on his part to make 

 the paper highly interesting to its patrons. In surrendering this 

 journal, I beg leave to return my sincere thanks to my late patrons 

 for past favors, with an assurance of my good wishes and lasting 

 esteem. — Charles N. Baldwin." 



William Hagadorn assumed charge of the Republican and set- 

 tled on Staten Island. Peter Hagadorn, the first of the family 

 in this country, came from Frankfort in 1716 and settled at Rhine- 

 beck, where he, his son John, his grandson Francis, and great- 

 grandson William, are buried side by side. WilHam, the junior, 

 saw many stirring events in the Revolution, and although a mere 

 lad, often took part in the hardships and services of the minute- 

 men. He was a lieutenant in a Brooklyn regiment during the 

 War of 1812, doing duty in that city, on Staten Island, and at 

 Sandy Hook. ' After that war he settled in Newark, New Jersey, 

 and published the Intelligencer and also became a universalist 

 minister. 



Before Editor Baldwin sold the Republican, however, he had 



