27 Jul 1844
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1844
Page
1
A weekly Boston printed item notes prize awarded by the Boston Clay Club for the Whig song The Dashland Tree by Midge Bacon of Berkshire. It praises Ezekiel Bacon as the Ashland Sage and celebrates wartime patriotism, honor, and enduring oak-like steadfastness amid faction and turmoil.
A heated Ohio State Journal feature reprints a Jackson letter criticizing age and health claims, attacking Van Buren and Polk while urging immediate annexation. It argues England–Texas themes, cites Waddy Thompson on Texas military value, and portrays Jackson as influencing Louisiana and Long Island elections.
Andrew Jackson argues Texas annexation is essential for national security and regional balance. He condemns Van Buren’s Texas letter, praises Polk and Dallas, and urges Ohio and Louisiana to rally behind the annexation banner as the path to victory in 1844.
The excerpt catalogs renunciations from Ohio and nearby areas as voters switch from Democratic to Whig, praising Henry Clay and Frelinghuysen, denouncing Polk and Dallas, and noting public meetings and letters endorsing Clay. It highlights Guthrie County, Darke and Columbiana regions, and immigrant Germans rallying behind tariff protections amid the 1844 political shift.
A Washington letter recounts Jackson denying a Bravery certificate to Polk after Wise insulted Polk in the House lobby. Bailie Peyton later publicized the tale at Nashville and Shelbyville drawing thousands who testified Polk read the Jackson letter. The crowd denounced Polk as he faced accusations of fabricating the document.
The piece rails at Locofoco and Whig factions highlighting Polk Dallas and Jackson positions on protection public lands routes and annexation. It mocks Duelling lectures from rival editors and accuses Cunningham Brush Parks Wooderman of Whig mutterings and Locofoco ties.
The Locofocos set a steel trap on a cross tree during a pole raising in Louisville. A man climbed to place a coon skin but was trapped himself for about fifteen minutes. The joke likens Polk and Dallas to twin pole segments and mocks the Nashville Union for praising Polk as friend of the poor.
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