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Newspaper
Peru Observer
Location
Peru, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1844
Page
2
The notice lists Alfred Keiser as a candidate for Treasurer and Collector John Low for County Commissioner and Joseph L Reyburn for Treasurer and Collector. It also directs readers to an abstract of Hon Mr Haseins speech from Illinois, highlighting Polk and shifting perceptions.
Stearns Fisher and John A. Pettit, candidates for Representative in Miami and Wabash counties, will address citizens at Twin Springs on Friday July 7 at 1 pm and Litzenberger's on Saturday July 6 at 1 pm. Horace P. Birre, Whig candidate for Collector in the 9th District, will speak at Fort Wayne July 18 at 1 pm, Lagro July 29 at 1 pm, Wabashtown July 29 at 1 pm, Liberty Mills July 29 at 1 pm, Gilead July 29 at 1 pm, Peru July 27 at 2 pm, and Logansport August 3 at 1 pm. The Locofocos show dislike for Polk, with some county leaders hinting support for Clay. Polk may receive at most two thirds of the Locofoco vote locally.
Hon Richard D Davis of New York predicts Polk cannot win beyond South Carolina and will lose New York by forty thousand. He is signaling internal party strife as Locofocos vow renewed opposition to all internal improvement projects like the Cumberland Road, led by Clay and allies, with Western members largely opposing the effort.
The passage cites a speech by James K. Polk in Jackson Tennessee on April 3 1841 arguing against distribution and a protective tariff. It notes Indiana farmers benefited from tariff changes and warns voters to favor Polk in November. It also mentions New York papers reporting about eight thousand German immigrants arriving in June.
Citizens meet at the Presbyterian Church to approve a July 4 celebration in tribute to Independence. A five member committee set officers including Marshall Alex Wilson and Orator M. W. Seely. Procession starts at the courthouse square with arrangements to follow as announced.
A Baltimore Convention resolution denounces internal improvements under the General Government. It asserts the Constitution does not grant federal power to begin or carry a system of internal improvements. The piece urges readers to consider the road’s fate if Locofocoism prevails.
The article reviews James K Polk's forecast that a Whig tariff would reduce revenue. It contrasts 1841 New York port receipts of four million with 1844 receipts near ten million and total annual revenue projected above forty million, arguing Polk was wrong and praising his foresight.
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