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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1846
Page
1
Advertisement notice from a weekly publication listing subscription terms 1.75 dollars per year in advance 2 dollars if paid within the year and 2.50 dollars if not paid within the year expires. It notes advertisements are inserted at usual rates.
Mr Stewart argues protection is not party policy but national duty. He claims tariffs lower prices of domestically produced goods by expanding supply, while import duties on foreign goods raise prices. He challenges free traders to prove any case where protective duties raise prices, insisting high duties boost American industry, labor wages, and agricultural demand.
A critique from the O. S. Journal arguing that the 1842 tariff was too protective. It warns that reduced duties would cut revenue, flood the market with foreign goods, ruin domestic manufacturers, harm farmers, and push the nation toward dependence on England and the world.
A Stark county Democrats gathering denounces David and likens him to Arnold of old for betraying the country for office. Judge Dean criticizes hard money demagogues and foresees defeat, urging youth to distrust the Loafer corps of editors as Jeffersonian true Democrats.
Sections define the Treasury of the United States, establish mints at Philadelphia and New Orleans, prepare rooms in several cities, appoint assistant treasurers, and set strict rules on money handling. It prescribes bonds, weekly settlements, transfer powers, audits, clerks, and penalties, with phased payments starting 1847 and funding for repairs.
The Preble county report shows under the old tax system farmers paid double the tax of merchants. Under the new law horses cattle and personal property values rose, with farmers taxed on 208 000 and merchants on 306 600, reducing farmers by 34 000 and increasing capitalist burden by 211 000, supporting equality per Sciolo Gazette.
Public notice offers five dollar reward for any person who gets David Tod to sign in writing YEA or NAY on repealing the Ohio law barring black or mulatto witnesses in cases where one party is white. The reward runs through September 25, 1846. Ohio press notes Indiana Legislature party split Whigs and Locos.
The New York Tribune argues against Texas annexation and its block on slavery expansion, condemning war costs, Polk vetoes, and aims to prevent new slave states. It cites Stephen F. Austin maps and asserts Texas borders along the Nueces, promising continued protest and no further slave territories.
Sixty Ohio volunteers repatriated to Cincinnati after being discharged by General Taylor due to sickness. They describe miserable climate and hardships as they encamp two miles from the river, carrying water in camp kettles under harsh weather with salt provisions and poor rations. Mosquitoes swarm, many are sick, and some fear discharge yet.
The Leb Star notes Mr Bebb gains favor with a fervent but quiet appeal while avoiding public statements. He remains hidden in Youngstown and hopes silence will sway voters who might not back him if he spoke openly.
In Franklin County the Assessors report 85 pianos valued at 12630. Tax at 0.15 per dollar would yield 94.72, nearly covering printing costs for reams of blank paper. The piece questions who bears piano taxes, highlighting poverty and pride, and ends noting damp matches can be lit by rubbing on cork.
The piece cites Congress rejecting a Treasury draft provision, contending the Sub Treasury would become a government bank and replace gold with paper. It reports widespread claims of confusion in the Treasury and asserts Benton and Allen denounced the bill as a humbug while urging Ohio to push hard money and withdraw currency.
A boiler explosion on the steamer Dispatch near McKeesport leaves the vessel a wreck. Captain Nelson and several crew and passengers are injured, with six men badly hurt and two likely to die. The engineer Fleming is blamed and said to have fled.
A fragment from 1844 discusses Mr. Polk's tariff stance as opposed to dangers of deception. It cites Polk’s letter to Kane urging protection for northern and southern interests, highlighting duties to defend agriculture and industry in Madison Tennessee and Pennsylvania.
The text advocates a statewide network of well guarded local banks with fixed capital, judicious distribution, and capitalization adequate to meet the country’s business needs as the best banking system for the state, quoting Governor Shannon’s 1843 legislative message.
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