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Newspaper

Wisconsin Argus

Location

Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1844

Page

3

Jefferson County Democratic Convention Nominates County Officers

Delegates from Jefferson County towns meet at the Jefferson Town Hall August 31 1844 to nominate Sheriff Register of Deeds Treasurer Judge of Probate Clerk of the Board of Supervisors District Surveyor and Coroner. The convention appoints a central committee and town committees to handle correspondence and duties.

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Wisconsin Argus delegates and tariff talk prompt county plan

The meeting names Atwood Chambers White and others for county representation and approves publishing proceedings in the Wisconsin Argus. A long letter argues for protective tariffs to build domestic industry, fund factories, and keep money at home, urging support of a Congress tariff plan.

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Gov Dorr Imprisonment Compared with Other Regimes

The piece denounces Gov. Dorr’s solitary confinement in Rhode Island as barbarous, contrasting it with harsher penalties for treason in England and Volterra Italy. It notes a prisoner named Ball facing perpetual imprisonment, and ends by condemning the state’s treatment as unhumane and unworthy of the republic.

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Import Surplus and Currency Strains Move Markets

The piece analyzes excess imports over export proceeds and the role of a weakened paper currency. It notes silver as a traded commodity, foreign exchange pressures, and gold remittances. It cites New York bank lending growth since August 1943 and a fall in specie, with loans rising by 9.4 million while specie drops by 3.8 million.

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