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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1844
Page
2
A scathing tirade targets Andrew Jackson era slander and dueling claims, condemning the Expounder for libel and defending Jackson as a moral leader. The piece mocks Abner Pratt, condemns party hypocrisy, and ridicules current Democratic leaders while highlighting Branch county dissent over road funding and political pledges.
The Democracy of Branch eyes a political move as tariff opponents and Free Traders collide in the South. Savannah Republican champions protective measures, citing Huntington's Senate speech against Duffie’s tariff reforms to show Britain’s one sided Free Trade. The piece critiques Free Traders and notes import statistics, calling for a renewed focus on protective policy.
The Expounder shifts from reserve to free trade lines criticizing the 20 percent ad valorem tariff and Van Buren free trade stance. It warns of ruinous foreign competition, notes exports of cotton and tobacco, and cites a large Whig gathering in Connecticut urging Henry Clay for President. It also covers legislative adjournment, corruption fund control shifts, and a Connecticut state election outlook.
The Whigs of Marshall township announce a meeting at the Pap House on Saturday the 23d inst at 3 PM to nominate a Justice of the Peace, supervisor, clerk, and other officers under the revised statute. A general rally is urged to support Hen Ojay as directed by the township committee.
The notice invites Democratic Whig electors of Eckford township to meet at the School House near O Wilder's on Wednesday 27th at 2 o clock for nominating township candidates. Also a Washington Artillery meeting Thursday at 7 pm in the east room of the Court House to elect officers. Includes dates and names, a spring term start for a Marshall institution, a lecture series by Mr Patch on Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, marriage notices for James L Johnston to Mary H Pringle and Lonex Maynago to Hanmer Perr, and obituaries for Manton Acousta and Melvina Porter.
The Whigs of Homer and vicinity invite members to meet at the School House in Homer on Friday evening the 22d at 6 o'clock to organize a Clay Club. A long list of local names is given as prospective attendees, with the date noted as March 4, 1844.
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