Moral struggle of debtor under law and nature
The text explores a penniless debtor driven by hunger and morality between legal claims and natural compassion. It describes concealment of earnings to provide for a wife and children, the gradual slide into habitual fraud, and the harsh tension between creditor law and humane instinct, set against urban poverty and public sentiment. The narrative leads into a convention’s affirmation and the committee’s report on addressing these tensions.
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Uust
Ohio Whig Convention of 1842 Nominates Corwin for Governor
Proceedings from Columbus February 22 1842 show the Whig State Convention electing Thomas Corwin as their gubernatorial candidate after a formal address and debate. The body names 19 vice presidents and 19 district secretaries, adopts a committee on resolutions, and issues ten platform resolutions urging protectionist tariffs, national currency regulation, and restraint on legislative power while defending contracts and state rights.
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Ohio
Cohmbus
James Wilson
Jefferson County
Josefim Vanek
Champaign County
John Reeves
Fas
AL Bell
L. Pap Cabe
G. AM. Young
Rufus Hodges
Hamilton County
Thos Sinnard
Wm. F.comley
Samuel Galloway
Jno
F. Richards
William Nash
Anthony Walke
Francis Steward
H. H. Hunter
Moses B. Corwin
James M. Bell
J. S. Copeland
H. B. Curtis
Oran Follett
N.M. Standard
S. F. Taylor
Val Brown
Charles K. Skinner
Thomas Bingham
Messrs. White
Newark
Schenck
Dayton
Thomas Corwin
Warren County
Corwin
Whig Party of
Columbus
Union
United States
Uast
George Washington
ELOS
England
Empire State of
The
West
Congress
Europe
Harrison
Joseph Ridgway, Jr
Samuel Z. Selzer
John A. Cazell
Sohn Greenwood
Lewis Heyl
A. F
Joseph Vance
Joan Reeves
Levin T. McCaep
Juseru H. Crane
A. H. Duntevy
Jaco L. Tear
Bunsasuy &. Mints
Barvest
Burns Florence
Joan Lest
Samuel, Newen
Ohio Legislature faces charter repeal clash and bank debates
In the Ohio Senate and House, discussions focus on the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb amendment reducing trustees, a Columbus and Sandusky Turnpike charter repeal contested by critics, and bank reform moves toward a State Bank. Debates cover postponements, amendments, and votes amid monetary and canal land issues. Notable interjections include a joke exchange on music tempo and a report of Tigertail’s recapture in Tampa.
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Senate
Walton
Asylum For the Deaf and Dumb
HOUSE
Columbus and Sandusky Turnpike Company
Cooke
Messrs Sharp, Woat and Steedman
Bowen
McNulty
Committee On
McNalty
Soa
Probasco
Bank of Wooster
Franklin Bank of Columbus
Bank of Chillicothe
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Stalfpast Thea Aelock
P. A
Wiig
Leospun
Britain
Washington
Judicial Department
Philip
Ohio Legislature
Raflimsperger
Root
Huron County
Battle
Richland County
Clark
Hatch
Obiows
Foster
Mares
Yeas
Tampa
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