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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1844
Page
3
A May 15 dispatch outlines Locofoco disarray as Van Buren faces isolation within the faction and the Whigs unite behind a single candidate. It notes strong Whig confidence in victory, contrasts with Locofoco splits, and discusses Senate divisions over ratifying the Texas Treaty with Benton opposing the treaty and others undecided.
Fragment notes a plan to win presidential nomination by courting Gen Jackson and his friends. The aim is to shift support from Martin Van Buren, reflecting intra party maneuvering reported in the Journal.
An 1830s style political commentary defends Gen Harrison against charges linked to debt labor while exposing Locofoco tactics against Henry Clay. It traces misattributions about Clay and another speech, arguing the accusations come long after and lack basis in Congress. It questions the wool market drive and urges farmers to back Clay for better cash prices and expanded markets.
A harsh critique targets Brenton, Bair & Co for backing presidential plots and denouncing state Republicans. Virginia is urged to resist Van Buren via a Globe-linked letter from the Ohio delegation. The piece denounces certain Democratic figures from Benton to Duncan as unworthy, calling two tracts blasphemous and ungentle.
An elderly resident of Florence Erie County recounts his era spanning the Revolutionary War, noting service under Montgomery and Washington, battles at Ticonderoga Crown Point and Trenton, and later support for several presidents. He traveled 42 miles to Cleveland for a convention and reflects on party loyalty and national events. Also included are notes on the 1843 patent office statistics and agriculture, with figures for wheat corn oats and population.
In Wayne County Stark, Thomas Tewitt dies after swamp illness ending in erysipelas with delirium and injuries from care. The Ohio Star notes erythema anatomnica from dissecting knife wounds. The Charlestown Mercury quips that Van Buren's political influence is fading while Calhoun faces Globe antagonism.
The Richmond Enquirer notes Washington hearings on a treaty to annex Texas to the United States, with Vice President candidate talk stirring editors. It reports a party split vote in Foreign Relations and recalls Col. Johnson’s remarks during Presidential nomination chatter, plus a local gun marksmanship boast from Cohoes with a fifty percent score in 84 hours.
The Whigs of Peru are urged to meet at the Red School-House at the center on Saturday June 5 at four o clock for the purpose of forming a Clay Club in Peru township.
In Hied township on Thursday, the death cited scarlet fever in the household of Arastas and Aurelia Biowh. The departed child was their daughter Mia Louis, age 2 years 4 months 20 days, listed among the swift fatalities of the illness.
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