ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838
Abstracts 1504 - 1507
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS - Ohio (Cont'd)
A governor, 19 members of Congress, 18 State Senators, and an entire
House of Representatives are to be chosen October next. The next Legislature
wi 11 also elect a Senator in place of Thomas Morris, who has so
long misrepresented Ohio in the National Councils.
"Let our war cry be Conservative Whig principles, in opposition to
destructive Loco Focoism - an independent, fearless and honest Whig
Legislature, in preference to a cringing serville and dishonest Van
Buren one - a high-minded, talented and uncollared Congressional delegation,
without a single fawning, dodging, or bullying sub-servative -
the upright 'old ox-driver' for Governor, instead of the untried 'Leatherwood
Lawyer' - and last but not least, the return of Thomas Ewing to
the U. S. Senate, in place of Thomas Morris. Shall these desirable results
be accomplished? Ohio 'can, if she will,' and for the Reserve we
confidently say 'she will! '" (5)
1504 - H&G June 5; ed:2/4 - "With proud satisfaction we publish the
proceedings of the Whig State Convention. They are imbued with the
spirit of true Whigs, and show that union, concession, and devotion to
the cause, instead of paltry man-worship, were the moving impulse of that
vast assemblage of freemen." (2)
H&G June 6; ed:2/4 - See Courts
1505 - H&G June 16; ed: 2/3 - "The Whigs of Ohio must not rest on their
arms during the coming campaign. The powers at Washington are making a
desperate struggle to recover the State, and money will be lavished like
water in the establ ishment of Loco Foco presses to fight their battles ••••
"The Whigs of Ohio must now meet the Loco Focos on their own ground,
and do battle with their own weapons, if they would continue the State
administration in the hands of honest men - men who consult the public
rather than the party weal. Whig' temporary papers' must be established
to counteract the influence, and countraQict the falsehoods of the pensioned
presses - the antidote must be circulated simultaneously with the
poison. " (5)
1506 - H&G June 20; ed:2/4 - The friends of Joseph Ritner, the old
farmer of Pennsylvania, are wide awake. The Young Men's State Convention,
held at Reading on the 4th inst., was only equalled by the gathering
of the people at Columbus on the 31st ult.
"The Young Whigs of Ohio should emulate the example of the young
Freemen of Pennsylvania. Remember, young men for war." (1)
1507 - H&G June 22; ed:2/3 - The New York EXPRESS states that the
Michigan State loan of $5,000,000 has not been taken up by the United
States Bank. The stock was offered to the Dank by Gov. Mason, but was
dec1 ined, and the Morris Canal Company have been entrusted with tbe
disposal of the stock in Europe.
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