Gold Spoon Candidate Van Buren Placed Under Fire
The correspondence from the Boston Atlas portrays President Van Buren as luxury driven, detailing reports of gold plate at the White House, a French centerpiece, foreign furnishings, and expensive items. Critics, including Gov Lincoln aides and Rep. Charles Ogle, condemn extravagance and argue such spending betrays republican simplicity.
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Boston Atlas
Washington
van Buren
United States
White House
Boston Morning Post
Lincoln
Massachusetts
Committee of Public Buildings
Congress
Wiite
Plateau
France
Charles Ogle
Pennsylvania
Jackson
Whig Party
John Quincy Adams
Ward Buren
Franklin
Columbus
Ogle
White
Adams
U.S
Orle
Mr. van Buren
Great Britain
Tere
Loco-foco
New Preemption Act Supplement Extends Settler Rights
The act supplements the 1838 pre-emption law, granting settlers on public lands the right to select among quarter sections or legal subdivisions not exceeding one quarter in total. It preserves rights for improvements leased or rented, allows entry at minimum price for residents on surveyed lands, and extends pre-emption rights until June 22, 1842.
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Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Political denouncement of Martin Van Buren by Xenia citizens
The Xenia Ohio Gazette reprints an excerpt from Holland's Life of Martin Van Buren criticizing Van Buren's suffrage views and policies. Signed by local residents Daniel Martin Jr, Galloway, Edward Watts, R. C. Poland, Daniel Lewis, and W. C. Robinson, the piece argues for candid citizen consideration amid a heated political climate.
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Martin van Buren
New York
Baltimore
United States
van Buren
Holland
Courts of Common Pleas
John Dood
Xenia
Daniel Martin
Jrs. Galloway
Edward Watts
R. C.poland
Daniel Lewis
W. C. Robinson
Industry and Perseverance for Young Men in Baltimore Sun
A Bar nap lecture excerpt urges young men to pursue intelligence and judgment, then stresses industry and perseverance as the universal path to fortune. It argues labor as the grand force behind wealth and success, warns against mislabeling effort as luck, and criticizes the deception in common phrases about fortunate men.
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Barnap
Baltimore Sun
General Harrison Under Fire in Political Shift
The piece questions why Gen. Harrison faced impeachment only long after the war, cites past praise, and accuses Van Buren allies of defaming him to protect a sub treasury presidency. It argues the people will reject royalist claims about republics and votes in the next election.
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Gen. Harrison
Col. Johnson
Congress
van Buren
Martin van Luren
Harrison
Sub-Treasury
Gen
United States
Tuscara
Harrison and Van Buren in a Presidential Rivalry
A heated editorial contrasts General William Henry Harrison with Martin Van Buren praising Harrison for victories at Tippecanoe Fort Meigs and the Thames and criticizing Van Buren for Florida war spending and private wealth accumulation.
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Harrison
Battle of the Thames
van Buren
Adams
Gen. Harrison
Tippecanoe
Fort Meigs
Thames
Mgr. van Buren
Florida
Gen. Jackson
N. Sun
One Fire More Excerpt At Harrisburg Convention
Mr. Cowin of Ohio recalls a battlefield tale from Wayne era when a young Lieutenant named William Henry Harrison urged troops with Onward one fire more and the day is ours. The speaker links that call to contemporary opposition to usurping power and to defend republican ideals.
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Cowin
Ohio
Harrisburg
Rapids
Wayne
Anthony
William Henry Harrison
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