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Newspaper
Peru Observer
Location
Peru, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1844
Page
4
The document outlines Whig aims for a sound national currency and adequate revenue, fair protection for industry, veto restraint, proper administration of public domains, equitable proceeds among states, economical government, protection of free thought and suffrage with election safeguards, and a constitutional amendment for a single presidential term.
The People's Press denounces Locofoco leaders for bragging about polling success for Polk and Dallas. It claims Congress members spread a nationwide misstatement to buoy party spirits and mislead voters, noting some privately doubted the forecast while predicting Mr. Clay would win a majority of electoral votes and states.
The piece argues Southern Locofocos support Texas annexation and Polk for president, labeling them un loyal to the Union while praising Northern members for backing Polk. It asserts party alignment with disunion sentiment and efforts to hold them to accountability, noting one Whig's independent stance.
The Locofocos claim any policy that benefits the party can be framed as a Whig measure and responsibility laid on the Whig banner. They cite Johnson and Archer examples, asserting dissolution of the Union and foreign naturalization delays as party bills. They argue Southern-backed leaders drive the push, promising to trap the Whigs if allowed to escape.
A lengthy expose denounces Locofoco converts citing Polk’s tariff hostility and annexation stance. It blasts England for injuring American industry and links Polk to British interests, arguing patriotic support for the Union and American prosperity over Locofoco and tariff policy.
The Rochester Democrat of the 26th reports a list of 380 people renouncing Locofocoism with reasons for their change. Despite widespread desertions, Locofocos vociferously claim they will still succeed, even amid expected defeat.
An editor of the St Louis Reveille reports on the Nauvoo temple with labor every tenth day for those not buying exemption. The edifice sits high and imposing with distinctive architecture, carved column capitals, and moon crescent motifs. The piece notes the stone quality and calls the style Mormonic, suggesting moonshine ideas about the church’s foundations.
At a grand Whig gathering near Utica New York four hundred waggons arrived on a single road. Among them was a vast concern drawn by eight oxen carrying a notable participant.
Maj. Noah publishes in the New York Times and Messenger an address to old Democratic friends at Tammany Hall lamenting Texas annexation. The piece recalls Bucktail days with Jefferson Madison and Monroe, argues against a third rate candidate, praises Clay and Van Buren, and notes disaffection in New York and the party across the North and West amid the Texas issue. It warns that war could fall on New York and laments the Democratic split and impending November votes.
In Madison county, twenty four locos in 1840 sent twenty three to the liberty ticket last year, but this year all favor Clay. Similar party realignments appear throughout New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio according to the Cin Chronicle.
The Bangor Courier reports Blue Hill Maine Whigs celebrated Independence Day in fine style. In the parade young men eighteen to twenty one carried a banner reading Courage Whigs we are at hand. Younger boys bore a banner we await our time and a crowd of little fellows marched under Hold on Whigs until we grow up.
A fragment recalls Louis ATV claiming that each office he gave caused ninety nine discontented people and one ungrateful wretch, illustrating a harsh view of public office and gratitude.
A fragment from a summer song describing soft vibrations and the pleasant days when bees hum and grasshoppers roam. It mentions sunlit days, mosquitoes, pumpkint vines, fallow ground, and pumpkin pies as imagery of hot dry weather and seasonal joys.
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