Indiana Preemption and canal land bills feature in Miami meeting
The Miami county Whigs plan to appoint delegates for the Danville Convention to select two candidates for Congress. The session notes discuss the fate of the Preemption Bill, Sub-treasury debates, and political banter about General Harrison and Van Buren. A private forecast warns of national credit risk and calls for canal land confirmation for the state.
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C. Jas. Raridi
Bartholomew Whigs Name Witurast Heron for Congress
Bartholomew county delegates meet in Danville on March 26 to nominate a Whig candidate. The resolution urges support for Witurast Heron Esquire, praising his Whig record and arguing his defeat was aided by rival politicians posing as Whigs to clear a path for their own rise.
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Danville
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Witurast Heron
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Globe attacks Harri son and calls out corruption in administration
The Madisonian letters critique The Globe for claiming General Harrison implied long power corrupts. The piece notes repeated corruption charges against the current administration, citing taxes on office-holder salaries, waste on favorites, and Sub-treasurers’ plunder, urging reform beyond insinuation.
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Washingtons youth contrasts with Aix la Chapelle era power
The passage compares George Washington’s humble Virginia beginnings with the grand diplomacy of the Aix la Chapelle congress. It notes Washington at sixteen, his meager schooling, self-reliant days as a surveyor, and his later role in shaping the rights and destinies of millions, chosen by fate beyond European monarchs.
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England
France
Aix la Chapelle
Europe
Virginia
Potomac
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Richard
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Aix la ‘Chapelle
Kaunitz
Newcastle
House of Mapsburg
Hanover
War news and frontier notes touch on Texas and Mexico
In Texas related dispatches from Galveston to New Orleans the war with Mexico wanes as no Mexican approach is seen and a mediation treaty offers a temporary truce. French minister Saligny proposes French settlers along a military road to block Indian incursions while British letters aid Mexico via Campeachy. A Michigan mineral survey foresees becoming an exporter of copper and brass after canal links improve access. An Ohio petition seeks repeal of counterfeiting laws, prompting local mockery of Licking county politics.
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Telegraph
Great Britain
Valley of the Mississippi
Congress
Texas
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Galveston
New Orleans
Mexico
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Texas Congress
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Campeachy
Hamilton
London
Nat. Intel
Mingrat Ricues
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
John Lunatic
Licking County
Ohio
Lunatic
Columbus
Resignation and Senate Elections Prompt Cabinet Entry
Mr. Webster has resigned his seat in the United States Senate to take a place in General Harrison's Cabinet. Blair and Rives were elected Printers to the Senate on the 20th ultimo, receiving all votes cast as Whigs abstained. Hon. Richard H. Menifee of Kentucky died at Lexington on the 21st ult.
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