21 Aug 1846
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1846
Page
1
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Hon. B S Cowen argues in favor of the 1846 Ohio tax law, detailing its aims to tax all property, justify sworn listings, and address past inequities. He cites state debt history, bank taxation, and the shift toward valuing capital, urging support to alleviate oppression and protect laborers. He presents a table of finances and insists the law reduces burdens while raising capital for state needs.
State elections were held Monday in Alabama Kentucky Indiana Illinois and Missouri and yesterday in North Carolina and Tennessee. Remaining contests list Vermont Maine Georgia Arkansas Maryland South Carolina Pennsylvania Ohio Mississippi Michigan New York New Jersey Massachusetts Delaware November dates. A Nahant snark was caught with boots horse shoes and a Fourth of July oration in its stomach. the informant calls the remark equivocal.
The Sixth District locofocos nominate Ropotraus Dickinson to succeed St. John. Critics label Dickinson a state defaulter by a 2269 dollar deficit found in the Board of Public Works report and question his fitness and honesty in light of alleged mismanagement. The piece notes political implications and questions Auditor of State’s stance toward the nomination.
A Ohio Statesman correspondent details a bill by the committee on Post Offices and Post Roads to carry U S mail to Oregon via two routes. One by water to Chargree across the Isthmus of Panama then to the Columbia mouth. a New York firm aims for thirty five days. The overland Oregon route uses mounted rifle detachments and dura tions around ninety days. Both routes may be authorized to serve Pacific mail and internal Oregon correspondence.
Luzerne Democrats met on Thursday evening July 23 to denounce McKay's anti tariff bill. Luther Kidder H B Wright and others spoke as in Polk and Dallas campaigns. They resolved that Vice President Dallas embodies Pennsylvania state pride and recalls the Tariff Act of 1842 motto The Tariff of 42.
A critique of anti Mormon unrest in Illinois criticizes Demagogues and Governor Ford for failing to quell violence harming peace and property. The note mentions Judge Roserv Grigr of Pennsylvania named to the U S Supreme Court, amid speculation on Buchanan and the presidency, with Ohio News as the source.
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