Downingville Letters Critique Party Rule And Democracy
An 1837 era column reproduces Major Downing’s address criticizing party management and urging constitutional government. It contrasts government democracy with the people’s democracy and warns against factional power, urging legal reform and unity. The item includes notices on commerce and a comic anecdote about a train baggage theft and a giant Louisville hackman.
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Spain
Hull
Beth
Generaal
Fragmented note on threatened lynching and name alteration
A garbled 19th century fragment mentions Bevton in danger of lynching after a harbor incident. It discusses possible action to obscure a name with black lines and ominous sky writing, with a referenced congress act. Jer own er is cited as claiming danger.
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Utica
Little Falls
Schenectady
Alb
Jour
T. Ti. Bevton
Jer
Congress
Dinner Procession Attendance Questioned in Lancaster
Local estimates dispute a claim of eight thousand at Allen's elation dinner, with witnesses placing processions at 1500 spectators including 25 soldiers and 15 40 citizens. Whig supporters counted around half the town as onlookers, challenging inflated figures in Ohio and Ohio Stateway reports.
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Pircis
Ohio Fagle
Ohio Stateway
Allen
Shaffer
Shin plaster party and the banks question controversy
The letter argues that Van Buren majorities in several states allowed banks to suspend specie payments while Whig states did not. It claims the Shin plaster label misstates the issue and points to charters forfeited and bank suspensions as proof, citing Connecticut New York Virginia Illinois Alabama and Mississippi. The piece contrasts Allen speeches and toasts with the shown record.
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van Buren
Connecticut
N. York
Virginia
Ilinois
Alabama
Misssissippi
Allen
Loco Foco Definition Across Utica Observer Portrait
A Utica Observer piece defines a Loco Foco as a restless reformer seeking equal rights and aggressive constitutional change. It mocks goals like equal laws with personal enrichment and endorses a future with gold and silver standards only. The note references the Sandusky to Scipio Lake Erie railroad project and hints at spring farming motives.
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Voco Foco
Loco Foco
Utica
Alex
Gaz
Loco Paco
Rhode Island Election Signal Sparks Whig surge nationwide
The Providence Journal reports a sweeping Whig victory in Rhode Island signaling a broad political realignment. It highlights gains in Maine North Carolina Indiana Tennessee Kentucky and predicts further reform of federal institutions to curb executive overreach.
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Rhode Island
Cranston
Tillinghast
Congress
Republic
Pennsylvania
Charles J. Ingersole
Maine
North Carolina
New Hampshire
Virginia
Indiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Oxwanon
Cuay
Torxven
Roun
United States
Jackson
American Congress
Senate
Ruggles
Niles and Smith
Connecticut
Lyon and Norvell
Michigan
Morris and Allen
Ohio
House of Representatives
Wines
Torres
Providence Journal
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Benking
J. Downing
Downingville
Ohio Register
Cincinnati
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Louisville
Porter
Augusta Ga
Gen. Jackson
Jie
Thomas St. Benton
Lake, Erie
Shin Plaster Party
Uil Riser
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Scipio
Seneca County
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