06 Mar 1846
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1846
Page
1
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The Cambria reached Boston on the evening of the 18th with Liverpool and London dates. The Queen’s message is pacific and Peel’s new tariff plan favors free trade, ending the Corn Laws in three years. British policy aims to unite commerce with the United States amid growing reform and mutual prosperity.
The article surveys Sir Robert Peel's four hour Commons speech outlining a fiscal reform package. It highlights tariff reductions including corn law abolition in 1849, a sliding scale, and government aid to agriculture while preserving national debt. It also notes opposition from protectionists and the free traders who push for immediate repeal. It closes with Peel asserting a strong chance of passing the tariff in present Parliament and touches on Anglo American relations and Oregon disputes.
The period’s discussion centres on sending a proposal to the home government and Rome about arbitration. Britain plans naval and army increases with 14 000 more men. The Queen pledges efforts to end the North Western Coast dispute. French troops suffer a deadly snow disaster in Algeria with over 100 killed after two days without food.
Mr Gattoway reports a grim view of Ohio education. The Secretary notes meagre statistics, weak law compliance, and calls for full county returns. Data show 5385 common schools, 524? teachers, 18,? scholars, and millions in funding, but estimates imply far higher numbers.
Ohioans urged education as a civil right linking religion morality and knowledge to good government. The piece cites 1787 to 1802 texts, deplores illiteracy among 40 000 adults and 150 000 youths, and argues for universal schooling to prevent tyranny and preserve liberty. It invokes Jefferson and public benevolence toward the blind and deaf.
The author urges universal education as essential to a republic’s durability. Citing travelers and monuments, they warn declines follow ignorance and debasement, noting Greece and Rome fell without reform and urging today’s republic to learn from past errors to avoid ruin.
A Louisville Journal reader reports a young man named John George shooting a reluctant seduction victim after attempting to conceal his crime. Additional items describe a Damascus market man offering his daughter for sale, a drunken fight with stabbing, Valentine Day expenditures, Alabama political disability cases, and rare divorces due to cold feet.
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