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Newspaper
Logansport Telegraph
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1840
Page
2
A New York Mirror meditation on steam travel turning life into a race. The writer contrasts fast itineraries from New York to Albany and Europe with earlier slower trips to Newburgh and Albany. He laments the strain on family life, money pressure, and sleepless nights as modern commerce repurposes time.
Three men control much of Germanys bookselling scene. Baron Cotta runs the Allgemeine Zeitung and six high standing periodicals and holds copyright to Goethe Schiller Herden and Uhland works. Reimer of Berlin owns Jean Paul Tick Kleist Johannes von Muller Novallis and Schlegal copyrights. Brockhause of Leipzig publishes Conversations Lexicon and a colossal encyclopedia and has started a daily paper and a major new periodical project.
A true gentleman rejects resentment toward women and condemns vindictive actions against the weaker sex. The proper response to wrong is truth, regret, and generous forbearance within self defense, while sarcasm and revenge are contrary to noble character.
Advice cautions mechanics on choosing creditors wisely and avoiding scattered small debts. Emphasizes paying promptly, limiting credits to reliable customers, and living temperately. Urges diligence, integrity, and marriage to a good partner to resist legal and financial troubles.
The writer laments General Jackson’s era, noting the country’s decline and the repudiation of his policies. They claim his party shifted from Federalists and Abolitionists to a broad majority and urge Jackson to show restraint and respect for Generals Harrison, now honored by the democracy of numbers.
A New Orleans Native American report says a young man recently swimming in the Mississippi river drowned while observing approaching augurs of danger. The event is described as caused by extreme delicacy after a sudden encounter with nearby attackers.
In the November 38 1840 issue of The Telegraph, readers receive coverage of the presidential election. Reports summarize candidates, voting trends, and regional results for the election in Logansport and surrounding areas.
The nation celebrates General William Henry Harrison's election as President of the United States by a wide margin. The piece predicts political opposition but urges unity and public rejoicing across the Union.
A jubilant political passage declares the defeat of Van Buren and lauds Gen. Harrison as the savior who will restore prosperity. It denounces the current administration, promises currency reform, protection for agriculture, manufacturing and commerce, and vows to end corruption and political proscription while pledging steady progress toward freedom and national happiness.
The Republic celebrates Gen Harrison's triumphant election proving republics are not forever ungrateful and that official favoritism, partisan discipline, spoils politics, or federal power cannot destroy enduring American patriotism for civil liberty. Monarchists may predict doom, but the love of liberty remains imperishable.
Aggregate vote figures for Harrison and Van Buren listed with May August and November totals. Values include Harrison 65 276 and Van Buren 51 695 with November 116 971 and August 116 761, noting an increase of 210 ballots.
After the election many opponents of Gen. Harrison declare they will give his administration an impartial trial. This is described as the right spirit and a sign of national unity.
An excerpt from a November Logansport page poem praising the Wabash River. The speaker asks the stream to flow on and weave a midnight dream with visions, charms, and mystic thought, invoking fairy fare and aurora imagery.
Mr Webster speaks to the ladies of Richmond at the Log Cabin thanking them for hospitality and urging moral and educational influence. He stresses government duty to elevate public virtue, the role of mothers in shaping citizens, and the link between education and enduring liberty. He cautions against false politics and calls for reverence for national morals.
In New Orleans Recorder's Court on Sunday morning Frank Smith and Thomas Reddin were arrested for disorderly conduct. The men argued during questioning about politics, mentioning Van Buren and party lines, reflecting heated factional tensions of the time.
A court scene recounts Reform era tensions as Redden and Smith clash over political rhetoric. The Recorder binds Redden over to restrain harmful chants and singing while both men pledge better forbearance and leave the matter discharged.
Report from the Philadelphia navy yard on the steam frigate under construction. The vessel uses Georgia live oak with copper fastenings, double decked hull, and a central engine compartment. It will be launched in about two months if engines are ready, requiring 200 men and armed with forty two pounders and two ten inch shells, with a 1700 ton burthen and 800 tons of anthracite coal in hold.
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