ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

Abstracts 1479 - 1485
CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS - Cleveland & Cuyahoga (Cont'd)
1479 - H&G Oct. 15; ed: 2/3 - "Proud Spot. - Look at the delegation from
the Reserve. Will our Whig friends at the South still 'kick and cuff, '
or allow the Reserve her proper weight and political influence?" (1)
1480 - H&G Nov. 17:2/4 - H. A. Hulbert, Esq., of Ohio City, was yesterday
elected Justice of the Peace for Brooklyn township. He was elected
some weeks since and the election set aside. The one held yesterday
was warmly contested. (1)
Municipal
1481 - H&G Mar. 31; ed:2/4 - The Whigs of Detroit made a rally at the
polls for Inspectors of Elections on the 28th. They routed the "Locofocos"
and elected an entire Whig Ticket.
"On Monday next (Apr. 2) the charter election comes on, when the
locofocos must expect to get 'rowed up salt river' a liUe farther."
1482 - H&G Apr. 5; ed: 2/3 - "Such a victory as the Whigs of Detroit
have gained over the spoilsmen is cheering to every genuine Whig in the
land. Is there any reason why the Whigs of this city should not imitate
their example and organize for their local elections, instead of listening
to the deceptive pretences of 'no party,' and permitting their
opponents to foist in their own men?" (1)
1483 - H&G Apr. 21; ed: 2/5 - The result of the New York election electrified
the Whigs of this city and dumb-founded the "loco-focos."
"The burst of feeling was not one of noise and sound - it was that
deep, uncontrollable expression of joy which the nearly stranded mariner
feels when his storm-beat craft weathers the hurricane, and the smiling
sun again beams upon the troubled waters .. All felt that the monster
loco focoism had been met and strangled in its den, and the friends of
Wholesome laws and good order breathed freer as the tidings spread that
the commercial heart of the Union had not been yielded up a prey to the
lawless rule of agrarian mobocracy. The noble Whigs of New York deserve
the thanks of the whole Union. It . (5)
1484 • H&G Apr. 21; ed:2/5 - The GLOBE of Saturday night (Apr. 14) contains
most gratifying intell igence from New York. It says: "We have
carried a majority in both branches of the Counci 1. "
(H&G) "The loco focos started their Express to the White House a few
hours too soon, unless their object was to get the liquor." (1)
1485 - H&G May 5; ed:2/3 - The Baltimore AMERICAN says, "We were absolutely
without sufficient funds to pay the necessary expenses incidental
to an election."
(H&G) "So ho! Martin closed his 'strong box' against his friends in
Baltimore. The 'poor but honest' loco focos had not 'sufficient funds'
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