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<strong>CLEVELAND</strong> NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838<br />

Abstracts 1605 - 1608<br />

POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS - Ohio (Cont ·d)<br />

1605 - H&G Oct. 1:2/3 - In a letter to the editor S. M. Prentiss says:<br />

Having been absent from the county sinoe the Convention, I found on<br />

my return several numbers of the COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCER had been<br />

sent me a paper which I never subscribed for, and from which I learned<br />

the proceedings of Mr. Barr and his friends. I likewise found that it was<br />

reported that I was going to support Mr. Barr at all events.<br />

I have been and still am a friend to Mr. Barr but will not force him<br />

upon the publ ic when the people choose another man. "I shall support<br />

the regular Whig ticket, and shall endeavor to get others to do the<br />

same." (3)<br />

1606 - H&G Oct. 2: 2/2 - In pursuance to a previous notice by the Whig<br />

Central Committee the electors of Newburgh assembled at their Town<br />

House on the 29th day of September. Philo Taylor, Esq., was appointed<br />

Chairman, and H. W. Graves, Secretary.<br />

The meeting was addressed by Mr. Wm. B. Lloyd and J. A. Briggs with<br />

great effect and with great applause.<br />

The committee appointed to draft resolutions reported the following:<br />

Resolved, That we approve the nominations made by the county convention.<br />

Resolved, That the one leg nomination made by the L6co-Foco Convention<br />

we condemn as calculating to divide the true and just Whig majority<br />

of this county.<br />

Resolved, That we deplore the removal of thousands of our fellow<br />

citizens from office, for the purpose of bestowing favor upon the subservients<br />

of the executive.<br />

Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the<br />

HERALD and GAZETTE. (6)<br />

1607 - H&G Oct. 2:2/2 - The Whigs of Ohio City and Brooklyn met at the<br />

Pearl House on Monday evening tQe 1st inst. On motion, William Benton,<br />

Esq., was chosen chairman and B. F. Tyler, Secretary. The meeting was<br />

addressed by Messrs. Lloyd, Briggs, and Foote.<br />

The following resolutions were offered and adopted:<br />

Resolved, That we look upon union and concert as indispensible to the<br />

Whig cause during the approaching contest, and that we frown upon every<br />

attempt to incite discord within our ranks;<br />

Resolved, that we support the regularly nominated Whig ticket;<br />

Resolved, that the proceedings of this meeting be published in the<br />

HERALD & GAZETTE and in the OHIO TRANSCRIPT.<br />

On motion the meeting adjourned to meet at the same place on Thursday<br />

evening, Oct. 4th. Wm. Benton, Ch'm. (4)<br />

1608 - H&G Oct. 2:2/2,3 - In a letter to the editor, "A Whig" says: The<br />

INTELLIGENCER charges V. J. Card, Esq., with making a proposition to<br />

the Whigs of Euclid to withdraw Mr. Lloyd from the canvass. "The charge<br />

is wholly false. Mr. Card never made such a proposition in Euclid or in<br />

any other place." (3)<br />

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