As historian David M. Pletcher noted, "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" seemed to be directed at the southern aristocracy in the U.S. as much as at the United Kingdom.
Wie der Historiker David M. Pletcher anmerkte, schien „Fifty-Four Forty or Fight“ eher an die Südstaatler-Aristokratie adressiert als an das Vereinigte Königreich.