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Newspaper
Logansport Telegraph
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1840
Page
2
The public sale of Canal Lands for the State of Indiana opened at Peru last Monday and will likely close today. Lands were sold above legal rates with broad approval of Commissioner J L Williams for his settlement adjustments. An abstract of land quantities sold at Peru will be published next week.
A 1840s style call urges Indiana voters to oppose the current administration and support Gen. Harrison. It urges vigilance and to expose critics by presenting testimonies from Washington, Wayne, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Shelby, Scott, Gaines, Miller, Croghan, O’Fallon, Johnson, Cass, Chambers, Todd and others, plus Kentucky and Indiana legislatures and U.S. Congress. The message frames supporters as guardians of liberty and cites soldier testimonies as weapons of truth.
Col G W Ewing, formerly Van Buren Electric for Indiana, denounces the Sub-Treasury Law in a Telegraph communication. He argues the law harms public interests by destroying energy and confidence, and claims it is not a democratic measure but its opposite.
A Pennsylvania man John W. Hollingsworth swore an affidavit alleging the Provisional Army was reviewed and disbanded by Jefferson, a claim contradicted by history. The Peru Gazette reports a Harrison supporters meeting in Miami County to coordinate attendance at a Logansport convention on the 19th.
A Indiana Democrat, Geo. W. Ewing, responds to a scurrilous attack over opposing the Sub Treasury. He attaches his Sept. 30 letter to the Central Democratic Committee of Indiana declining a visit with Vice President Johnson and explains his anti Sub Treasury stance. He urges party members to publish the letter and notes his name should be removed from the electoral ticket.
Post-April state elections listed by electoral votes for Harrison and Van Buren across Connecticut Illinois Rhode Island Alabama Louisiana Missouri Indiana North Carolina Kentucky Vermont Maine Virginia totaling 96 votes. Congress elections reported in three states. A Newport Herald quip shows a Whig and a Locofoco exchange about a future General Prosperity.
An eighty year old woman at Martha's Vineyard made twenty pin cushions for the Bunker Hill Fair. The wife of John Davis serves as president of the association. At a recent meeting several gentlemen delivered spirited, piquant and eloquent addresses.
In a heated scene from the White House enactment, Van Buren reels at Maine news amid a chorus of political jabs. Figures including Forsyth Benton Calhoun and Buchanan weigh Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island and other states as support wanes and calls rise for shifting ministers and strategy.
Major H. Eaton of Tennessee, friend of General Jackson, addressed a crowded Harrison Tyler meeting in Uniontown Court House. He defended Harrison as a sound, patriotic statesman, criticized Van Buren’s policy including the subtreasury and standing army, and urged Harrison’s election based on rugged republican qualifications.
Congress unanimously resolves to thank Major General William Henry Harrison and Isaac Shelby for their gallantry at the Thames on October 5, 1813. It calls for two gold medals to be struck and presented to Harrison and Shelby, with an approved resolution by President James Monroe dated April 4, 1818. The item notes a public question about why Col. R. M. Johnson was not included.
Western wit reports vivid political banners in Dayton Ohio displays during a boom of meeting crowds. One banner mocks Amos Kendall with extra globe tumbling. another shows a purse of shin plasters and the motto All but the gold. A live wolf appears in a toy cabin with a patent democrat motto.
The document cites James K. Polk as governor failing to govern and campaigning statewide. It urges citizens to vote in November to effect a political change and prevent civil strife. James Seaton signs as foreman of the grand jury.
The Greencastle Visiter reports on census in progress with figures showing U S population growth from 1800 to 1880 and a projection near ninety six million by century's end. It notes the Evening Star analysis and calls Amos Kendall a liar.
Married Tuesday in the county, Stephen Dean to Miss Allen Blackburn, both of the county, by Geo. Weirick Esq. The ceremony unites two local residents in marriage.
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