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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1852
Page
1
The Athens Messenger offers weekly publication with annual and advance payment options. Rates include one share of thirteen lines for three insertions at 1.00, extra insertions 25 cents, annual discounts, and a policy requiring advertisers to prepay. cancellations force arrearage settlement, and notices for candidate names cost 1.00. Ads due by Wednesday morning to appear next issue.
A plain spoken lines piece by an English laborer about his child slain by a beam fall. The grief deepens as the cottage door stands open and the mother sits by the fireside listening for a call. Her work continues as quiet tears fall, the hindering thing gone.
Bayard Taylor describes his first sight of Jerusalem from a ridge two thousand feet above the Mediterranean. He recalls the city’s walls, domes, and cypress amid barren hills, and notes the contrast between expectation and reality as he visits the Jaffa Gate, observes an Italian artist, and encounters Dr. Robinson and Dr. Ely Smith in a progressing Jerusalem with three hotels.
The piece argues that ignorance fuels crime, citing penitentiary and city statistics from Pennsylvania France and London. It notes low literacy among prisoners, the scarce number with higher education, and claims education saves money and prisons by keeping communities out of crime. It ends with a note on Jenny Lind’s donation to fund free primary schools in underserved areas.
The letter printed in the State Journal warns Americans of British gold backing free trade in the Pierce vs Scott race. It cites Manchester money and New York brokers, notes the London Times praise for Pierce as a free trade ally, and urges Pennsylvania workers to resist a British aligned tariff system that keeps American labor tethered to Britain.
A Standish Maine eight acre farm yielded 1750 bushels of apples last fall, worth about 2000 dollars. The piece argues that integrating mining, metalworking, and agriculture boosts land value and rural wealth, contrasting with tenants on richer yet exploited land. It notes global cholera tolls and a stray garbled line about propulsion by heated air in New City.
A Columbus Journal critique portrays the recent Ohio Legislature as disorderly and wasteful. It cites double labor from conflicting House and Senate bills, improper tax and Notary Public provisions, and vague constitutional adherence. The piece also notes internal harmony claims by Democrats masking deeper factional strains.
At a large Whig ratification gathering in Uniontown Pennsylvania on the 25th ultime Hon Andrew Stewart praised General Scott as the noblest Roman of them all and said thousands of Democrats will vote for him. He argued Pierce lacks nerve while Scott’s honesty, bravery, and loyalty would lead to victory at the polls.
The Haverhill Massachusetts paper rejects Gen Scott due to the Hunker Platform yet says he would bring discipline, integrity, and impartial governance if elected. It highlights his military background, leadership as a disciplinarian, and the influence of subordinate officials under his administration.
An 1843 Hartford Courant sourced item via the New Hampshire Patriot claims Franklin Pierce aided federal lawyers to oppose Andrew Jackson. It alleges Pierce’s family and early career aligned with Federalists against Jackson and urges readers to scrutinize his democracy lineage and biography.
The Hartford Times reports De Witt Clinton swore an oath not to duel when elected governor around 1820, yet Gen. Scott challenged him. The Free Press quotes a card from April 6 accusing Clinton of dishonorable conduct and perverting the truth, tied to a prior 1817 resignation context. A Tiffin toast laments an old maid metaphor from a local Ladder Company event.
The account portrays Major General Scott leading under heavy fire with two horses killed, receiving a shoulder wound yet holding the field. It notes a side wound after the action, no record of fainting, and his promotion to Major General. Congress awarded him a gold medal on November 3, 1814, for later victories at Niagara and Chippawa. President Madison offered him the Secretary of War post, which he declined for honorable reasons.
The Cincinnati Gazette reprints a National Intelligencer card where Toombs Morton & Co refuse to support Winfield Scott. They condemn his stance on the Right of Petition and emancipation as threats to slavery, urging Ohio to defend freedom and oppose Scott’s views. The Washington Union backs the denunciation as pro slavery.
The piece surveys Whig support for General Scott and compares it to 1840 1848. It notes broad enthusiasm for the National Convention action and minimal dissent. It recounts Col Crockett of Tennessee praising Whig cause at Tammany Hall and lists varied Democratic candidate endorsements for Franklin Pierce across several papers. It also cites British interest backing Pierce and hints at financial maneuvering around state funds and banks.
A patriotic appeal extols Winfield Scott as the brave, true choice to guide the government. Supporters chant hurrahs for Scott, asserting he will battle for the nation and lead with strength. The text echoes a populist call to rally around Scott and the republic.
A St Louis Republican correspondent extols Wisconsin prospects with a three thousand majority for Scott and derides Locofoco leaders. The piece muses on home life and warmth, then shifts to Hanover and smaller German states joining protectionist moves, contrasting with Britain. It notes US steam tonnage surpassing Britain, Liberia emigration, and various short items including railroads and a Free Soil convention in Pittsburgh.
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