Raleigh Whig tirade on spoils and Raleigh tactics
A Raleigh Register 1844 dispatch criticizes Whig leaders and campaign strategy as the party seeks Raleigh seats. It denounces office seeking, warns against splits, and mocks spoils claims while detailing expected appointments and the race for state officers. It accents factional tension among Whigs and Locos.
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Coons
Coon Hill
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Register
Manly
Miller
Freeman
Coon and Politics Theme in Tense Ledger Excerpt
The passage critiques political maneuvering and office seeking, noting coercive tactics to force payment and the use of rhetoric to influence Democratic unity. It suggests fear of internal feuds and possible spoils to be won through such scheming.
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Loring
Register
Election Returns Show Democratic Gain Across State
The analysis reports a near doubling of the Democratic lead in the popular vote, a reduction of the Harrison majority from 12,000 to about 3,200, and a Democratic gain of roughly 1,500. It notes Democrats will help Polk and Dallas win statewide, while Republicans carry the Legislature by 24 in joint vote. It warns Whig debt from past legislatures and calls for correcting State credit risk.
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Harrison
Polk
Dallas
From the Democratic Signal A table of best items
A compact table compiled from the Democratic Signal presents a curated list of top items sourced from the community. The page highlights selected names and topics, signaling local interest and civic focus with a period-appropriate tone.
Partial county returns shape Graham lead in state tally
Gossip of incomplete results shows Graham with 35,608 in Hyde and Graham counties and 32,694 in Hoke, leaving a state majority of 3,021 if the pattern matches 1842. The note claims Hyde and Graham counties would mirror prior year totals, implying Graham's overall lead remains intact.
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Gales
Hyde
Graham
Hoke
Nominations for Democratic Electors by Districts
The article lists electors for each district Henry J Toole A W Venable David Reid Joseph Allison D W Coutts W J Alexander George Bower with a note that the ticket is incomplete and urges promptly holding conventions in vacant districts to complete the slate.
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A. W. Venable
David Reid
Joseph Allison
D. W. Coutts
W. J. Alexander
George Bower
Orators rally in Nash County for Toole Elector speech
A Nashville letter recounts Henry I Toole’s vibrant speech at the Court House praising Republican ideals. It contrasts Toole with B F Moore and notes Toole’s strong impact on old Nash and the county’s pledged support for Polk Dallas and victory in November.
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B. F. Moore
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Good Old Commonwealth
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Dallas
Foke for Governor Vote Totals and Plank on Union
From the Raleigh Standard the governor race results show Graham 38439, Hoke 35461, with Cherokee giving Graham a 142 majority and Hyde 220, totaling a 3340 lead outside Gates. The paper denounces disunion charges against North Carolina Democrats, condemns Henry Clay’s tariff policy, and supports Union and Polk while noting possible Clay victory.
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Graham
Hoke
Hyde
Gates
Tax Talk Reigns Yet History’s Echo Haunts Policy
A fragmentary quotation reflects debate over future taxation and governance. The speaker questions whether increased levies will suffice to meet the era’s burdens, invoking a biblical admonition about daily troubles to frame anxieties about political action.
Editorial Correspondence from Hot Springs Virginia 1844
Editorial correspondence from Hot Springs Virginia dated August 15 1844 describes fashionable visitors at the White Sulphur Springs and nearby Hot Springs with observations on scenery waters and baths. Buck Taylor signs a mountaintop travelogue praising the mineral springs and noting the 106 degree hot water and temperate resort life. The item ends with a brief abolitionist incident involving Jonathan Walker and six enslaved people returned to Pensacola.
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Whotis
Old Edgecombe
Buck Taylor
Jonathan Walker
Florida
Eliza Catharine
Massachusetts
Pensacola
Death notice for Mrs Margaret Elliott in local obit
In this place yesterday Mrs. Margaret Elliott wife of Mr Elijah Elliott died.
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Margaret Elliott
Elijah Elliott
Reward Notice for Runaway Negro Boy Crange
IRWIN TAYLOR offers ten dollars for the return of his enslaved 32 or 33 year old male named Crange about five feet ten inches, with long forehead hair and a neck scar near the left hairline from a knife. He was last thought to lurk near Bethel and Flat Swamp meeting houses in Pitt county, near Mr. Joh Whitehurst's, Edgecombe county. Warning to harbor or assist is issued under penalty of law. August 13, 1844.
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Flat Swamp
Pitt County
Joh Whitehurst
Edgecombe County
Irwin Taylor
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