Essay - The War of Tripoli the Tripolitan War also Known as...

The war of Tripoli

The Tripolitan War also known as the First Barbary War, w***** fought by the United States of America and a co*****lition of North African states including the Sultanate ***** Morocco, and the three Regencies of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli, all belonging to the Ottoman Empire. Although disregarded by many *****n historians, the ***** of Tripoli represented the first war America ***** on foreign soil. Moreover, it produced battle heroes that are still famous today, ***** is considered to have created the U.S. Navy and the Marine Corps. In addition, contemporary h**********rians have argued ***** the Tripolitan War was, in fact, America's first battle against terrorism.

***** press *****fered insight and valuable information regarding the war to large audiences interested in the development of the war. However, it is interesting to note here that in the absence of today's news correspondents, America's early years reporters were actu*****y its sailors ***** naval leaders. Their accounts of the battle were sent ***** to newspapers in the form ***** letters or dispatches. There was, nonetheless, an important disadvantage, i.e. communication ***** slow, and documents *****ok even months to be delivered, and then published by edi*****rs. After reaching newspapers, their accounts were often published in their entirety; many of these accounts were thrill*****g stories about the war which generated the first national war heroes. Because there were no photographs or any kind ***** visual footage of the *****, Americans ***** romanticized war *****ts which were amplified and sometimes, even expressed in ***** shape of popular culture. One of the most striking examples is ***** story of the U.S. Marines assault on Tripoli which was set to music by composer Benjamin Carr in h***** "The Siege of Tripoli: A Historical Naval S*****ata for the Piano Forte."

As with ***** other war, some believed the Tripolitan War was a just c*****use, while other criticized Jefferson's decision to get involved. This paper looks at two opposing articles published in the press of ***** time, namely James J. Wilson's article, A New Year's Report, published in the True *****merican, and Alexander Young and Thomas Minns' piece, "N*****ional Allergies," ***** in ***** Mercury and New Engl***** Palladium.

***** first article is a very good ex*****mple ***** pro-Jefferson attitude in the press of ***** *****. ***** ***** was published on January 7, 1805 in the True American, a newspaper from Tren*****n, New Jersey. Each year, around January 1, many newspaper editors of ***** time ***** short overviews of the *****ts which had marked the previous *****, and indulged in mak*****g predictions regarding the year to come. Reepublican edi*****r James J. Wilson declared his support for the Tripolitan *****, and applauded Jefferson's decision to get ***** in it. His article praised America's progress in the war, and argued that the ***** was justified because America had been threatened. Moreover, the language he employs is mobilizing, and calls to patriot*****m, and a sense of national duty. ***** uses ***** term "defensive navy" which has the power ***** leg*****imize the