ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

264
CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838
Abstracts 1617 - 1622
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS - Ohio (Cont'd)
1617 - H&G Oct. 5; ed: 2/1 - "As True as Truth has Ever Been, of Late!
A correspondent of the COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCER, who signs himself
'Pug,' charges one of the candidates with having asserted a falsehood
in his speech at Brecksville. Now it so happens that the candidate referred
to has not spoken at Brecksville this year at all, nor visited
that town. Pug's nose is on a false scent; been druv up too far may be."
1618 - H&G Oct. 5; ed:2/1 • On Your Guard! Tickets, split every way,
entitled Whig Ticket, but with the name of John Barr, William R. Coon
and other Van Buren candidates are distributed about the county. •
Beware, Whigs of the county, of these Van Buren tricks. (verbatim) (1)
1619 • H&G Oct. 5; ed: 2/1, 2 • The Whigs had a real turnout last evening
at their second Rally. They are wide awake, and exhibit the true Whig
spirit. The large hall was filled to overflowing.
"They came flushed with victory from the Court House, where the
champion of Locofocoism and patent democracy had been signally defeated,
and where the Visages of the whole party had been lengthened out to an
unusual length, to excite in others the same feeling and spirit which
they felt themselves." (2)
1620 • H&G Oct. 5; ed: 2/2 • In the COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCER of yesterday,
B. Andrews and John Barr say: We never ran for any office in the gift
of the people since we have been in the county, save one, and that was
obtained. We are not indebted to the junto who control the GAZETTE
establishment for any support on that occasion.
That office was obtained by B. Andrews after bargaining with Van Buren
men. But Whig voter he never was, and is never likely to be elected to
any office under our ticket.
"We did not support B. Andrews then; and we do not support Mr. Barr
now. We did not and shall not support them or any other men who are run
by the Van Buren party." (4)
1621 - H&G Oct. 5; ed: 2/2 • "We are glad to learn by a gentleman from
Painesville, a good account of the doings of the Whigs in Geauga county.
We hope this famous Whig county will give farmer Vance 2000 majority -
and elect two good Whigs for Representatives. We say to them, be unitedfirm
• undismayed. Let nothing divide you. Everything for principles,
nothing for men." (1)
1622 • H&G Oct. 5:2/4,5 • The second rally of the Cleveland Whigs was
held in Musical hall last evening, with Milo H. Hickox as chairman and
Wm. S. Craig as secretary. Several animated speeches were given by
Messrs. Whi te, Hoyt, Briggs, Fairchild, and Foot.
The following persons were nominated as members of the Whig's vigilance
committee: First Ward, P. M. Weddell, A Haydn, S. Cooke, S. J. Andrews,
A. Merchant, P. Dow, W. Lemen, D. Proudfoot, S. Handerson, V. Card, T. P.
May, J. Erwin, D. Howard, J. M. Brown, N. Dockstader, J. J. Davies,
(1)