ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC •. 31, 1838
Abstracts 1666 - 1671
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS - State (Cont'd)
1666 - H&G June 6; ed:2/3 - Mr. Yel of Arkansas declines standing another
poll for the House.
"Rats quit a sinldng ship." (1)
1667 - H&G June 15; ed: 2/2 - The "Loco-Focos" have held a State Convention
in Maryland and nominated William Grayson of Queen Ann county
as their cand:date for Governor.
"The October issue is now fairly made up." (1)
1668 - H&G June 15; ed:2/2 - The Whigs of Maryland met in Gubernatorial
State Convention on the 7th inst. in Baltimore and nominated John N.
Steele as the Whig candidate for Governor on October next.
"A number of spirited resolutions on the subject of the mal-administration
of national affairs by the present party in power, and evincing
proof that in the coming struggle the Whigs of Maryland will do their
duty were likewise adopted. Maryland 'will! '" (4)
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1669 - H&G July 21; ed:2/2 - "We have New Orleans dates of the 10th.
The 'Democratic reaction' has been complete. The Whig candidate for
Governor, A. B. Roman, is elected by about 1,000 majority. The entire
delegation to Congress is Whig!... The Whigs have a majority in both
branches of the Legislature, and about 20 on joint ballot.... So triumph
the 'Democracy of numbers. '
"We trust our neighbors up street will be able to get the news, sometime
the coming week." (2)
1670 - H&G July 23; ed: 2/2 - The triumph in louisiana has been complete,
as well as unexpected, to those who knew the determination of the Loco­
Focos "to die in the last ditch."
"The Whigs fought openly and boldly under the banner of 'a National
Bank and sound currency,' which motto headed their tickets, and was
placarded in the streets. 'An Independent Treasury - no National Bank,'
was the motto of the loco focos, and after a three day's fight, the
people struck their banner to the dust.". (4)
1671 - H&G July 23; ed:2/2 - The recent election in Louisiana is the
first of the summer and fall elections in 1838, and the result is an
auspicious omen of the coming contests elsewhere. Illinois and Missouri
are next to follow.
"That Illinois will throw off the shackles of Loco Focoism, we have
no doubt, and of Missouri we are not without hope. The contest in that
state turns mainly on the adoption or rejection of the Sub-Treasury
scheme, and the re-election of Thomas H. Benton to the U.S. Senate. -
The Whigs are not resting on their arms, but are carrying the war into
Africa most vigorously. We should not be surprised if the Humbugger
should, in August, be crushed by the 'ball set in motion' by the people."
(6)