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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1844
Page
1
The Tarborough Press offers advance payment subscription for one year with option to discontinue by paying arrears. Advertisements up to one square run first insertion with 25 cents for subsequent insertions. longer ads priced per square. Court orders and judicial notices cost 24 percent higher. Ads must be prepaid or will be continued and charged. Weekly publication at a set yearly rate.
The prospectus outlines a Wilmington Democratic paper to be edited by Davin Protos and Price, priced at 250 dollars for in advance, 300 after three months, 350 at year end, continuing if arrears are paid. It pledges strict constitutional democracy, opposition to Whig measures, and support for farmers, merchants, and tradespeople, aiming to inform on agriculture and markets while praising state rights and local enterprise.
A lengthy critical piece questions the credibility of Rev H B Bascom's certificate praising Henry Clay's morality. It scrutinizes Bascom's twenty year alleged public and private intercourse, contrasts ten months of service as congress chaplain, and mocks Bascom's certainty about Clay's conduct while highlighting distance and timing contradictions.
A strongly worded critique questions the Reverend doctor’s defense of Henry Clay as a paragon of virtue at Transylvania University. It alleges a twenty year intimate acquaintance masking alleged gambling exploits linked to a July 4 1845 barbecue, with attacks aimed at Ashland’s morality and a long list of insinuations about gambling at races and private bets.
A controversial letter accuses a Reverend of endorsing Mr Clay as morally flawless while detailing alleged faults. The writer questions the ministerial endorsement asserting Clay’s Sabbath breaking, profane swearing, and gambling linked to the dueling code. The dialogue challenges truth, justice, and society's expectations.
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