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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1844
Page
1
The item notes that the periodical is printed and published weekly by A M Gest. It documents the publishing schedule and the stake of the printer without additional context.
The Uniontown Democrat reports a July 6 public discussion in the court house where Andrew Stewart outlined presidential candidates’ tariff stances. He contrasted Henry Clay’s support for the 1842 Whig tariff with James K. Polk’s declared preference for repealing the 1842 act and restoring the 1833 tariff compromise, arguing Polk supports a 20 percent ad valorem tariff with revenue focus.
The letter from James K. Polk is cited to illustrate his opposition to protective tariffs. The piece argues Polk favored revenue tariffs and criticizes his vote on the 1832 tariff and the subsequent bills. It contrasts Polk with Calhoun and McDuffie, claiming Polk’s stance shifts with his public statements and proposing that both parties advocate differing revenue and protection levels. The article urges local mechanics and manufacturers to weigh Clay and Polk on tariff policy.
The piece argues Polk supports a British 20 percent tariff and Texas annexation, while Clay backs the American system and the 1842 tariff. It cites letters from Clay and Polk and predicts Pennsylvanians will favor Clay over Polk in key national issues. McCandless Black and Magrew spoke in Pittsburgh but failed to move the crowd.
The text contrasts Thomas Jefferson and his supporters with the Locofocos on issues like land policy, manufacturing protection, presidential re election, veto power, executive power, accountability, banking, territorial expansion, and slavery. It ends with a lottery style wager proposal by the Winjehoner Republican listing states and stakes for Henry Clay and Whig candidates.
Sam Medary reports a revealed Whig State Central Committee circular detailing county and township election organizing steps. The disclosure accuses Locofocos of sabotaging reform and urges mobilizing committees, pledges, tickets, and voting-day actions to gain votes for Henry Clay.
The text discusses dissemination of Whig principles and preventing illegal voting. It notes the State Central Committee's suggestions, attributed to the federal managers of Columbus, and urges Warren Whig friends to consider and implement them as approved.
A Methodist minister in Richland County testifies to Henry Clay's moral character. He recalls Clay advocating a public humiliation day during cholera and notes Clay funded Henry B Bascom's education after freeing him from slavery. Bascom is praised as a leading pulpit orator.
The piece cites Ohio's 1838 protest against Texas annexation under Van Buren, contrasting Locofoco views with Southern sentiments. It notes a Lawrence County Alabama meeting asserting Texas priority over the North East, and The New York Courier's commentary on Loco Focoism and Polk amid the Texas issue.
An old notice describes a morning eye cleansing method for saving sight by dunking the face and eyes and holding breath, plus cooling the crown of the head in cold water. It claims a Maryland Callender regained near perfect vision after years of spectacles. The text adds a political anecdote about a Whig race and a large turnout mistaken for a mace meeting.
A writer in the Maine Farmer reports he converted straw corn stalks and potato tops into good manure in fourteen days by heaping them together and mixing unstacked lime. He used six casks of lime and obtained fifty loads of good manure.
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