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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1844
Page
1
The Tarborough Press outlines weekly publication details by Grerce Howard JR. with annual and advancing payment options, liberty to discontinue on notice and arrears, advertising rates per square for short and long ads, court orders at higher charges, and instructions to mark insertions. Letters to the editor must be postpaid.
A historical verse laments promises of wage and food relief for laborers. It recalls slogans of "two dollars a day and roast beef" as political banners faded, medals and badges bore grief, and voters faced broken pledges. The piece questions workers about the cost to their digestion from "cash or roast beef."
Report of the Democratic National Convention shows one Maryland vote for Com Stewart on the first ballot. The document lists totals for Van Buren, Cass, Polk, Buchanan, Calhoun, and Butler, plus adopted resolutions affirming limited federal power, internal improvements limits, state sovereignty in slavery, and opposition to a national bank.
The document proclaims Jeffersonian liberal principles and opposition to restrictive laws. It approves re annexation of Texas and Oregon claims, endorses Polk for president and Dallas for vice president, honors Martin Van Buren, and orders an address and publication of proceedings. The convention urges unity, constitutional fidelity, and dissemination of its resolutions.
Ex President Martin Van Buren, in a June letter read at a Democratic mass meeting in Lindewold, says he cannot preside due to proprieties after leaving the presidency. He praises Polk and Duallas, expresses support for their nominations, and thanks New York Democrats for their lifelong loyalty and friendship.
The Philadelphia Spirit of the Times recounts the amusing acceptance of the Democratic nomination for Vice President by George M. Dallas. Seventy delegates and Senator Walker arrive at Dallas's home at dawn, surprising him as they enter his parlor in two by two, like soldiers, with Mrs Dallas alarmed by the unexpected visit.
In a back parlor scene Governor Fairfield of Maine announces unity for the ticket as Mr Dulles yields to party wishes. Delegates cheer for Polk Dallas Muhlenberg and Texas, the crowd flooding the street with admiration and excitement.
In Columbia Tenn on April 23 1844 Colonel Polk declares his support for the immediate re annexation of Texas to the United States. He argues Texas was part of U S territory and warns against Britain gaining a foothold there or in the Oregon Territory, stressing a unified, uninterrupted national boundary.
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