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Newspaper

Peru Gazette

Location

Peru, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1840

Page

4

Hear the Old Methodist Minister on Harrison in 1840

An excerpted appeal from the Augusta Reformer praising General Harrison and his Methodist supporters. It includes a veteran minister's letter urging Harrison, recounts a frontier preacher anecdote, and calls Methodist influence to elect him while contrasting with Van Buren.

Augusta Georgia Harrison Methodist Church Methodism Vincennes Jesus Christ United States Verfmont Herald van Buren Logansport Peeres Loox Rins, Mechanics Baltimore Bob Jackson Philadelphia Standard Trenton N. J Call Florida Gen Catl Fiorina Friends of Reform Monmouth Harrison Hill New Jerey Florina Gen. Jackson Martin van Buren

Harrison and Jefferson Quoted on Union and Government

The Gazette presents a collection of quotes about public duty and governance from General Harrison, Thomas Jefferson, and others. The excerpts discuss risk in defense of the country, accountability for wealth, constitutional limits on federal power, and the assessable concert of action in politics during the 1840 era.

Missouri Gen Harrison Gen. Harrison Reisenery J. R. Une Derwood Thos. Allen Jefferson W. H. Hagnison Jno Forsyth

Gallant Sailor’s Bold War Cry Recalled by Officers

The tale recalls a sailor who, after surviving a battle, declared that an army of men like him could not be conquered. He would meet army officers and repeat the brave soldier’s exclamation with zest, asking the general if they saw that they had shot him again.

Cincinnat Gazette Tipton Dawson and Hall Times John Speed Smith Kentucky Smith Harrison the Thames Proctor Lieut. Smith Chiles Poe

Irredeemable Currency Critique Across States

The piece denounces Loco-Foroism and its anti currency stance, accusing Experienters of hypocrisy citing their Treasury Post Notes. It notes South Carolina Georgia Tennessee and Latattoce legislatures adjourned without forcing banks to resume specie payments.

Norvell Rhett House of Representatives South Carolina Dayton Journal Treasury Loco-Foco Georgia Tennessee

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