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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1844
Page
1
The Tarborough Press informs readers of weekly publication at ten dollars per year paid in advance or ten dollars and fifty cents at the exhibit of subscription. Subscribers may discontinue on paying arrears. Advertisements under a square cost one dollar for the first insertion and twenty five cents per continuation. longer ads priced per square. Ads must note insertions or continue until directed. Letters to the Editor must be postpaid.
An important notice calls Democratic clubs across the United States to report themselves to the Executive Committee in Washington, naming members and describing aims. It warns of Whig misinformation, urges vigilance, and predicts Polk and Dallas victory while promoting organization and truthful election reporting.
A call to organize nationwide opposition to Whig documents allegedly misrepresenting Polk votes. The Democratic association asks sections to denounce the slanders, suspend public opinion, and send facts from Congressional archives to the Washington executive committee. Postage paid communications urged.
Fragments from a poem praising a distant beloved, with lines on beauty and ethereal light. The speaker laments never meeting the mysterious muse, yet imagines divine grace and pure thoughts. References include a minstrel, cycled dates, and a Ralph name in a rustic setting.
A prisoner on trial for murder contemplates death as a dark road and wonders if a divine pilot is needed. He watches his lawyer and the jury with anxious intensity, seeking any sign of acquittal while facing his fate.
A detailed, grim narration of a prisoner facing execution. The condemned man’s fear and fading hope unfold as he awaits sentencing, is led to the court, and ultimately undergoes the gallows. Family, clergy, and officials observe a ritual finality before the death blow ends his fate.
A fragment reflecting a student facing judgment after life ends, contemplating sins before a higher avenging God. The lines reveal fear of divine accounting and moral reckoning. MBEDICUS STUDENS.
The text critiques opponents led by James Watson Webb for adopting the Whig label while opposing its principles. It asserts the Clay party is the Federal party, arguing their aims push toward a consolidated government and an unchecked legislative oligarchy, labeling their leaders as Federalists in spirit and practice. It defends preserving revolutionary forefathers' name and condemns political misrepresentation.
Reprint from the New York Tribune shows the North Carolina eastern counties with five Loco Foco voters per Whig and lists white literacy figures. A Raleigh Standard reprints criticism of federalists as educated and Democrats as ignorant, then shifts to Odd Fellowship at the Maine conference and a controversial burial affiliation dispute involving Odd Fellows in Philadelphia.
The piece cites Mecklenburg with 1182 Democrats to 764 Federalists and 180 illiterates among 18 000, New Hanover 1101 Democrats to 283 Federalists and 597 illiterates among 13 000. It defends democracy while accusing Federalists of keeping people ignorant and notes state school fund debt tied to corporate debts.
A report from the N. S. Journal of Commerce recounts how President Tyler, once burdened by debts, received generous aid from William and Mary students who gave him a new suit for the Harrisburg Convention. He later paid off his debts honorably, buying a plantation to spend his remaining days in ease.
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