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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1836
Page
2
The piece honors fallen Kentucky volunteers from the Raisin campaign and cites letters from Col. Richard M. Johnson and others. It contrasts national leadership, treas ury concerns, and calls for accountability while recalling the 1813 battle and its legacy.
The Alb Daily Adv denounces treasury mismanagement and declares that the public deposits will yield over three million dollars this year to political supporters. It warns of a rising aristocracy of wealth profiting from public plunder and urges citizens to oppose a corrupt administration and vast untaxed loans to favored interests.
Joan Homes in a Maine Legislature speech argued that both the Legislature and he acted as agents of the people. He mocked the doctrine of instructions, recalling John Holmes’ letter to the Maine Legislature as evidence of a dangerous pupil and the absurdity of such enforced directives.
A 19th century notice describes a gander pulling on horseback during the Lewisville Ohio Spring Races. A goose hangs by the head from a post and riders rush past to wring off its head for a $25 purse. The practice, noted as popular in the southwest, is depicted as entertaining for some yet cruel to the bird.
The Louisville Advertiser lauds Mr Webster comparing him to Mr Van Buren in eloquence. The Louisville Journal retorts that such praise equals comparing Etna's thunder to a goose call, calling the comparison foolish.
The Fredonia Censor reports a seventeen gun salute at Van Buren upon news that the New York and Erie Railroad construction bill passed. The tribute honored the seventeen Senators who voted for the measure and reflects celebratory civic reaction.
The bill by Mr Clay to divide surplus Treasury funds among states has passed the Senate by five votes and may advance in the House. Our Ohio senator Morris voted against it, which critics say tests who truly represents Ohio on the issue of distributing seventy one and a half million dollars this year and a half million annually for five years.
The piece notes scarce money in New York and high living costs, arguing a large treasury balance in banks is draining currency. It cites Senator Webster urging swift action on surplus revenue and Senator Ewing warning of Western effects from bank favoritism in public funds custody.
The fragment notes General Jackson's eight year administration allegedly cost more than the preceding period, totaling five million one hundred sixteen thousand four hundred forty four dollars and seventeen cents. It mentions something about governors or leaders in a cryptic form.
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