Talk:Era of Good Feelings

Good Feelings make-over

In response to the request that the article bear upon the "actual phrase" (see "cleanup" above), I've rewritten the article to that effect. This is not a bio of Monroe's life, nor a review of his two terms in office. Only that history bearing most upon the "good feelings" motif was retained or developed. The key fact that the era was an interlude between the First and Second Party system is emphasized, and the necessity of resurrecting a North/South alliance along the Old Republicans basis. See sources.

Conservapediots are encouraged to update the Conservapedia page on this topic using these sources, or simply copy and paste this revised Wiki article for best results. 36hourblock (talk) 19:30, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Infobox Image

The Wikipedia Manual of Style section on Choosing images states "Images must be relevant to the article that they appear in and be significantly and directly related to the article's topic." The Bingham painting (incorrectly called The Jolly Flatboatmen, which was the title of Bingham's 1846 work; this 1857 image is titled Jolly Flatboatmen in Port) was painted over 20 years after the end of the Era of Good Feelings, it does not portray any event or person related to the Era of Good Feelings, therefore it is not relevant to the article. It does not matter that an author chose to use it for the cover of his book on the Era of Good Feelings, authors/publishers have wide latitude to choose unrelated public domain paintings to put on the covers of books for aesthetic and/or marketing reasons, Wikipedia editors have no such latitude and are bound by the Manual of Style. I have deleted the image. Mmyers1976 (talk) 21:56, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Update, added "We Owe Allegiance To No Crown" from 1814, a much more appropriate image. It is from the era or directly preceding it, it is referential in its subject to the War of 1812 which the lead section acknowledge's US victory in began the Era of good Feelings, and it depicts the American nationalism and pride that characterized the era. Mmyers1976 (talk) 22:25, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Second update - added an even better picture from 1819 that shows Americans celebrating their national pride together. Mmyers1976 (talk) 23:09, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

"prolong" their inevitable decline?

Quote:

Monroe stated that if he appointed a Federalist he would prolong their inevitable decline and fall.

The above statement is illogical. You can delay or postpone the inevitable but "prolong" makes no sense here. If Monroe did use that word, then we should either quote it or replace with a more logical word. 85.193.252.19 (talk) 14:35, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Adding comments to this talk page

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