Ohio Whigs prepare for October election stakes
The Clinton Brown and Clermont Whigs urge vigor for October voting on currency reform and fair legislative districting. They warn against Locofoco gerrymandering, demand salary cuts and elimination of sinecures, and cite Tennessee and New York examples to rally support.
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Political clash over Whig and Locofoco splits in 1840s notes
The piece cites Ritchie’s stark view of party disarray and looming 1844 fights, urging Republicans not to overestimate recent wins and stressing the need for organization. It references the Richmond Enquirer and Wheeling Gazette and flags shifts of members toward the Whig banner under Harry of the West.
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Fugleman
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All Party
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West
Richmond Enquirer
Wheeling Gaz
Reduction and Assault Portend Economic and Rail Dangers
The item warns of large money movements from Great Britain to the United States and a looming threat to American markets. It also reports a brutal railway assault near Attica, with J Mathews and Lewis Jones injured, and a pursued assailant. A caucus mood favors tariff protection in a local Whig convention with stout defense of the current policy and opposition to Tylerism and Locofocoism.
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Attica
J.1. Mathews
Painesville
Saratoga
Buffalo
Lewis Jones
Chantanque County
Jin
White and Wilcox
Mathews
Omagh
Chineton
Locofoco Creed exposes harsh attacks on Whigs and Bank policy
The Florence Ohio convention lines out Locofoco resolutions attacking Whig tactics and Harrison era pensions. It condemns gag rules and a Bank Veto stance while defending Van Buren and anti Bank sentiments amid New York Locofoco splits and a satire on financial reform claims.
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Erie County
McGregor
Martin van Buren
Johnson
Petticoat
Ohio
Locofocoium
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Jare Rison
Wis
Jan Lisan
Harrison
Fiege
Ohio River
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Price
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Decatur
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Page
Joeufoco
Free States
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Tyler
Locofeco
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Tyter
Cronger
Granger
Amos Kentall
Basf
U.S. Bank
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Wilson Shannon
Allen and Tappan
Locofocos oppose candidate over hard money doctrine in Ohio
Sixty two Locofocos of McConnelaville publicly renounce backing a Legislature candidate who supports current hard money doctrines of the Ohio Locofoco party. They advocate creating new banks on a safe and practicable plan.
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Ohio Locofoco Party
Benurs
Florence
Ohio Biatceman
The Bankrupt Law and Vermont Election Notes
The article rebukes Locofocos over the dead Bankrupt law and retrospective bankruptcy provisions. It highlights Thorace Mann’s education address and reports Vermont election returns with Whig gains, plus commentary on Governor Dorr’s stance against Tylerism and Rhode Island factions.
An Old Fashioned Democrat Questions Constitutional Tampering
A reader in 1843 challenges the Democrat Party and its leaders over tariff policy bank destruction and constitutional violations. He cites Jackson era actions, expunged records, state banks, and missionaries in Georgia, urging strict constitutional adherence and accountability. The letter protests perceived party abuses and questions law and oath commitments.
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Calhoun
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