ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

244
CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. I TO DEC. 31, 1838
Abstracts 1527 - 1533
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS - Ohio (Cont'd)
1527 - H&G Aug. 16; ed: 2/2 - The State Central Commi ttee has decided that
tbe Convention of the Whig Young Men shall be held September 10 at the
Village of Mt. Vernon in Knox County. "Yes 'the right spirit is abroad,'
The Whig Young Men of Ohio are eager for the rally. The Northern
Counties will be fully represented at the Convention, and what is better,
at the polls. tt (2)
1528 - H&G Aug. 16:2/4 - We are authorized to announce that Jobn A. Foote
Esq., declines being a candidate for re-election to the Legislature. (1)
1529 - H&G Aug. 16: 2/4, 5 - The following letter appears over the signature
of "Civis." Common Schools. No. 1. To the people of Cuyahoga
County, Fellow Citizens: We are in the midst of a crisis which regularly
precedes every important election - not a crisis on which hinges
the ascension or fall of a cherished pol itical party, merely, but one in
which light and darkness are struggling for supremacy. The great question
is now before us for determination. Will we have the rising and
future generations of Ohio and of the United States come on to the stage
of action an educated. a virtuous, and a free people, or a people that
shall exhibit in odious proximity the princely wealth and sordid poverty,
the refined education and barbarous ignorance, the law despising aristocracy
and soul degraded servitude of the old world.
This question we are to decide for good or ill, according as we sustain
or stand aloof from the exertions made by the State and by individuals
in behalf of Common Schools.
"But what are the means by which this universal education is to be
effected? We may answer, mainly by the action of the people.... The
people, then, must be its champions. Their's to a considerable extent,
must be the contributions, and theirs must be the guardianship that will
secure its ultimate success." (16)
1530 - H&G Aug. 16:2/5 - Messrs. Editors - You will insert the name of
Nemiah Allen of Willoughby, in your paper, as a candidate for Representative
subject to the decision of the County Convention. (1)
1531 - H&G Aug. 18:2/3 - The Wbigs of Lorain are rising In their strength
and will render a good account of tbemselves in October. Their Convention
August 16th was one of the Jargest and most respectable political
gatherings ever held in the county. (3)
1532 - H&G Aug. 22; ed: 2/3, 4 - The public dinners tn Mr. Bond at Portsmouth
and Chillicothe were splendid affairs. Bond's constituents are of
the right stuff, and he is just the man to retain their affections and
support.
"He will be re-elected by a triumphant majority." (1)
1533 - H&G Aug. 23:2/4 - John W. Willey, Esq., of this city, presided
at the "Loco-Foco" Young Men's State Convention held at Newark on the
17th inst. (1)