05 Mar 1847
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1847
Page
1
Printed weekly by A. M. Gest and L. D. Morris. Subscription costs one dollar seventy five cents in advance two dollars if paid within the year and two dollars fifty cents if not paid until year ends. Advertisements charged at the usual rates.
The article argues mental education greatly enhances farmer’s physical development. It contrasts industrious agriculturists with indolent rulers and wild tribes, urging industrial training from cradle to grave. The brain as the mind’s organ is key, and physical schooling through agriculture is the best path to a sound mind and body.
The author argues vigorous muscular exercise prevents health decline among scholars and clergy. He warns excessive study harms the body and mind, urging a balanced program that strengthens physical and intellectual faculties, elevates the race, and links labor to virtue, industry, and public welfare.
The author argues for practical study linking botany geology and agriculture to national progress. He criticizes classical scholarship lacking hands on training and urges students to combine fieldwork with theory to build strong bodies, useful knowledge, and readiness for work on roads, rails, and ships.
The piece blasts Locofocoism for turning thanks to Gen Taylor into censure of conduct, cites Virginia resolutions that praise the war but are tainted by Locofoco rhetoric, and questions Virginians' integrity. It ends with a vivid extract praising Ireland while warning of famine and divine decree.
Cincinnati Chronicle quotes a fierce backing of Gen Taylor amid partisan assaults. It argues Old Rough and Ready earned fame at Palo Alto Resaca de la Palma and Monterey and that administration rivals plotted to undermine him through Scott’s rise and floor fights in Congress.
The Ways and Means Committee reported an additional revenue bill. It raises duties on tea and coffee by twenty percent and adds duties on sugar and iron products. Cotton goods face five percent duties if dyed or printed, with value thresholds. Lands may be entered at rates based on years of market entry, effective May 1 1847, during the war and six months after. The piece notes doubtful prospects and also recounts precocious child prodigy John Luis de Candiac born 1719.
The editorial analyzes the alleged misimpression about last session’s printing appropriation. It explains the House form could cover all printing, including Senate orders, discusses the Me dary claim, and asserts any payment would follow standard auditing and court review if challenged. It argues against special exemptions and notes outcomes depend on audit, rejection reasons, or legal action if contested.
A lengthy communication in the New York Express claims Gen Franklin Taylor’s letter was routed through Gen Gaines and Dr. Bacon with Gaines acknowledging publication. Gaines presented the matter to the President and War Secretary, denying harm or political influence, while Bacon asserts publication served Taylor’s military interests.
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