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Newspaper
Logansport Telegraph
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1840
Page
2
A newspaper snippet promotes General William Henry Harrison of Ohio as the presidential candidate for the People's Ticket. The brief note emphasizes his Ohio origin and the ticket's backing.
The corner-stone of the new Logansport courthouse will be laid on Wednesday next. The building is expected to cost about fifteen thousand dollars.
The Defiance Ohio Barometer reports an unexpended canal balance of 428737 and 106000 owed to contractors. It warns that a 300000 annual appropriation may be needed and suggests state scrip as a possible remedy if bond sales are unfavorable.
The writer denounces the Herald for alleging Gen. Harrison opposed public land price cuts in 1811-12. They argue Harrison supported frontier farmers and fought on the frontiers, challenging the newspaper to admit its error and preserve truth. The piece frames the dispute as part of the wider Vanburenist quarrel.
The South Bend Free Press quotes Rev. Mr. Stover at a Van Buren convention in St. Joseph County claiming a Whig paper at Logansport lied and a Democrat paper lied bigger. The piece urges the reverend to prove any lie or admit bias and criticizes clergy aligned with Van Burenism for breaking the command to testify truthfully.
The St. Louis Bulletin speaks confidently of Gen. Harrison gaining popularity in Missouri. Many veteran Jackson men in the state are backing Harrison and Reform efforts.
A city notice lists candidate names for mayor and officers. The mayoral ticket includes John S. Patterson Conneil John Litle E. B. Strong S. B. Linton Isaac Hines and John Green with Treasurer R B Stevenson and Recorder William Hubbell. A second slate proposes mayor James W. Dunn Treasurer R K Stevenson Recorder Wm Hubble and other officers including John S. Patterson and E B Strong.
The essay compares Lucius Cataline and Aaron Burr, arguing both share a depraved heart and boundless ambition. It traces their noble descent, early public life, and military roles, noting similar defects and the corrupting influence of brutal campaigns. Concluded next week.
A verse narrative by Enion Kendall describes a February wedding celebration in rolling prairie style. The poem depicts merry processions with bells guns and cheers as two young women await marriage amid festive, rhythmic stanzas.
Incoming from Liverpool February 20, the Great Western leads a dozen packet ships into the harbor amid fresh dispatches. Reports note Queen Victoria and Prince Albert wed on February 10, Parliament anxieties over Wellington, a London chapel burned, Palmerston rebuffs Russia, and rising tensions in Europe. In Tois France a clash over corn prices costs forty lives, while Chinese casualties rise after British naval action. News has reached London and been approved.
The writer praises Texas as a land of wealth with rich soil and favorable climate. He claims if New Yorkers sent explorers to report honestly, New York could depopulate of the working class. He scorns the silk stocking elite and calls for the producing classes to show Texas as the richest country on earth.
The Cincinnati Gazette reports a heated House session over New Jersey seats. The Committee on Elections found Dickerson and associates won a majority of lawful New Jersey votes, prompting clashes as Speaker and members debated recommitment and qualification amid uproar and adjournment.
Greensburgh Indiana Advertiser reports Montgomery county forms a regiment of 500 delegates to attend the TIP PECANOE Convention. They will wear blue hunting shirts carry knapsacks and march on foot with a band. A living eagle carried in Columbus on the 22nd aloft on a pole elicited repeated shouts as it flapped its wings. The bird was sent as a gift to the log cabin at North Bend.
A Louisville Journal clipping reports strong sentiment for General Harrison in 1840 politics. A Kentucky Congress member letters claim Whigs see his election as certain and describe Van Buren supporters risking debt with election bets and cautious forecasts from Washington.
Indiana journalist notes rapid progress of the Harrison movement across states. New York is predicted to deliver a large majority for Harrison with optimism that 42 New York votes will help elevate the “Honest Farmer of North Bend” to the presidency as Indiana pledges strong support.
In Stuben county Whigs gained two towns versus last year and Jackson supporters claim a 2000 majority. Delaware shows Harrison supporters winning ten of eighteen towns while Van Buren led in 1836. The Indiana Journal notes Whigs gaining in several counties with no observed losses.
The Democratic Whigs of Decatur county vow to deliver the largest Harrison majority in the state relative to their votes and challenge neighboring counties to rise to the occasion in political contests. They lamment Marion's inability to respond and urge Wayne Vigo St Joseph Allen Henry Randolph Jennings Hendricks and Warren to mobilize.
The Indiana Journal declares Indiana will give Harrison and Tyler the largest majority of any state, challenging other states Massachusetts Vermont New York Pennsylvania Kentucky Ohio to take up the gauntlet. The prize is to be named THE WHIG STATE until the 1844 presidential election.
In this humorous opinion piece Sam Slick asserts that understanding horses gives insight into women, claiming both share temperaments and need similar treatment. He advises kindness to timid women and gentleness to sulky ones, likening their behavior to horses.
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