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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1836
Page
3
The author accuses Gen. Jackson of turning offices into rewards for loyalty, proscribing opponents, and manipulating voters, printing, and mail to enforce partisan control. It argues a wide, corrupt reach through the frontier and cites officials bribed by their own benefactors, undermining independence and suffrage.
The Reflector criticizes the Van Buren era as an administration of experiments with spoils and graft. It attacks party patronage replacing capable officials, accuses Georgia of seizing Creek lands, and denounces the President’s veto as anti republican and monarchical.
The piece argues the presidential veto undermines the people’s will, comparing executive overreach to English kings. It cites Tyler as a warning and recalls Jacksons vetoes from 1830 to 1834, linking them to political backlash in Kentucky Pennsylvania Indiana and the rise of Republicanism and opposition to Van Buren. It ends noting Southern and Western election tallies showing a Whig balance.
The piece argues Pennsylvania holds the arch key against Van Buren and corruption. It lauds Kentucky and North Carolina for independence while Indiana and Alabama spark southern and western cheers. It urges voters to back William Henry Harrison, claiming a large Pennsylvania majority and denouncing King Andrew.
The Mount Vernon Gazette a Whig paper seen as declining. its successor Day Book an Administration journal sold out and now edit by W Byers raises the people's candidate. Opponents may cheer, while we would welcome all Whig papers ending under similar terms.
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