16 Jul 1844
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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1844
Page
1
The item lists payment plans for periodical ads with advance and delayed rates and bans paper discontinuation until arrears are paid. It notes three insertions for one gin per square and continued pricing for spaces, plus a general line about accepting most country produce as payment.
The piece exposes anti union plots led by Calhoun McDuffie Rhett and others urging immediate Texas annexation. It cites resolutions from South Carolina meetings calling a slave state convention and possible dissolution options, and condemns Polk�s nomination as driven by annexationists.
The speaker praises a Whig rival as a frank, honorable foe who never fights under false colors and whom they respect whether or not their candidate wins, noting he is "the backbone" of the opposition and a foe worth defeating with honor.
A Virginia resolution urging the US to renew negotiations to end the African slave trade is cited with Polk voting against it. The piece portrays Polk as opposed to abolition measures, noting his long Congressional record against protecting manufacturers and supporting the expansion of slavery, including in Texas. The author attacks James K. Polk and Benja min F. Butler, contrasting their stances with abolitionist aims.
Pilcher faced a witty refusal when greeting a quiet old gentleman in a crowd. He joked that they had met somewhere before. The man replied he had been in some bad company in his youth, adding a moment of humor to the encounter.
A critical 19th century broadside attacks James K. Polk for voting against bills to provide pensions to surviving Revolutionary War officers. It cites entries from Cong. Deb. showing repeated negatives on pension measures in 1828 1830 1831 1832 and condemns Polk as cold unfeeling and ingrates toward veterans and the nation’s founders.
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