The Whigs and Their Principles Speech Excerpt 1844
William H. Lewaxe portrays the Whig party as foundational, condemning executive power and praising equal representation. He cites historical roots from Hampden to Puritans, asserts Whig fidelity to liberty, and contrasts with loyalists while urging candor and steadfast adherence to Whig ideals across eras.
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Whig Principles and the American System in Early Policy
The excerpt argues that Whig doctrine supports a national currency and tariff, public works, and strong federal union. It credits Washington and Henry Clay, notes errors but defends Whig lawfulness, and foresees Whig triumph in 1844 as a beacon for liberty and civilization. It questions party labels and urges unity to advance national enterprise.
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Oregon War Debate Seen as Political Move
The Boston Courier correspondent argues the Oregon question in the Senate is a political maneuver to aid Van Buren and Benton. He warns that the loudest proponents of war with Great Britain fail to count costs and hail from bankrupt states.
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Tennessee editor urges rod use to make boys smart
A Tennessee editor quips that liberal use of the rod is the only way to make boys smart, signaling a provocative stance on discipline and education.
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Defiant Tariff Debate Sparks Working-Class Alarm
A Cincinnati Chronicle letter attacks the New Tariff Bill as anti labor and pro special interests. It argues duties cut on textiles hurt journeymen and merchants, warning that Van Buren allies threaten manufacturing jobs and urging workers to demand protection. The piece also includes Gov. Vance's Ohio Whig letter praising log cabin voters and predicting a stronger Cray victory.
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Macon Sabbath Rule Impresses Southern Journal
A Lebanon Star correspondent from Macon Georgia on February 12 1844 praises the city for observing the Sabbath. No mail travels and no trains run on Sunday with engines extinguished and hiss of steam silenced, showing reverence to the sixth commandment amid Southern commerce.
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The Mormons and Oregon Vision of Promise
A polemical piece argues Mormons face persecution in Illinois and imagines them moving to Oregon. It satirically describes an idealized, mythic Oregon with abundant resources, peace symbols, and grand claims about empires, preemption rights, and conflict with neighbors and natives.
Oregon Sacred to Mormons Proposal in Louisville Journal
The Louisville Journal argues Oregon should be set aside for Mormons not Negroes urging Joseph Smith occupy or navigate the land. It envisions Nauvoo sterile regions abandoned to allow Mormon settlement and cultivation of Oregon’s valleys.
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Agriculture as the foundation of national prosperity and trade
In this Workingmen's Advocate excerpt the author argues that agriculture is the stable foundation of social life and opulence, not merely a supplier for commerce. It claims thriving agriculture stimulates navigation, commerce, and manufacturing arts, with New England and Louisiana illustrating exchange of farm products for textiles and sugar, urging yeoman leadership through educated, skilled farming.
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Dr Brisbane’s Philtanthropy Returns Slaves to Mercy
Dr Brissane of Cincinnati formerly a South Carolina slaveholder a few years back. He freed most of his slaves and moved to Ohio. Recently he went South repurchased twenty seven slaves and settled them in Mercer county describing his acts as rare philanthropy.
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Life is but an hour says Upshur in deathbed tale
A Republic quotation notes that Upshur spoke Life is but an hour as a consolation to a friend and within the same hour his own life ended. The piece reflects on the brevity of life and the swift passage from comfort to death.
Calais Journal recounts odd Whig vote incident
In Calais Maine a local election produced a lone Whig vote that astonished the presiding officer who callously mocked the voter by asking who threw it and then discarded the ballot.
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Egg remedy for throat bones relief
The article explains that swallowing egg white provides immediate relief from lodged fish bones in the throat. The egg white clings to the bone fragments and helps carry them down, similar to pins and needles across the passage in the stomach.
Horrible Condition of London Reported in Public Prints
Public prints reveal 60,000 London adults never enter a place of worship except for marriages or funerals. Twelve thousand adults cannot read, 14,000 families have only a solitary fragment of the word of God, and 25,000 go to no school at all.
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