ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

288
CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838
Abstracts 1760 - 1765
POLITICAL PARTIES
1760 - H&G Apr. 23; ed:2/2 - "The 'disorganizer' calls the Whig party
of this city and county, 'a faction.' So do the Locofocos." (1)
1761 - H&G Apr. 26; ed: 2/3 - "The Locofocos in Portage county are in
difficulty. Mr. Harmon of the COURIER is too honest for the party, so
the office holders and some 'young sprigs of the Van Buren aristocracy'
are trying to put him under the ban, and build up LeGrand Byington,
whilom editor of the Elyria REPUBLICAN, who has issued proposals for
publishing the BUCKEYE DEMOCRAT at Ravenna." (1)
1762 - H&G Aug. 18:2/4 - In a letter to the editor, "A voter" says: -
"A friend is desirous to ascertain whether Royal Millard, Esq., is a
sound Whig; a reply is solicited through the paper." (1)
1763 - H&G Aug. 29:2/2 - In a letter to the editor, Royal Millard says:
"On my return, this morning, from a week's tour up the Lake, I noticed
a communication in the columns of the HERALD AND GAZETTE, over the ,signature
of 'A Voter,' calling upon me to announce to the public
whether I am a 'sound Whig.'
"In answer to the Voter's request, I will say, that I am a Whig to
the core." (1)
1764 - H&G Sept. 5; ed: 2/1 - Below .e publish a list of Delegates to
the Young Men's State Convention, and we trust the remaining Townships
will furnish their quota for publication next week. "Let every Township
in Old Cuyahoga send up her Whig sons to the grand Muster. "Tis Rome
demands their help. It,
J. H. Crittenden, D. Furniss, W. Bertram, I. Taylor, M. Kelley, J.
A. Briggs, J. Wills, J. A. Vincent, D. Hersh, T. Ingraham, J. Sloan, C.
Bradburn, R. A. Gale, H. Van Eps, R. Sheldon, A. Lewis C. Mendenhall,
M. C. Younglove, J. L. Weatherly, G. Worthington, R. Worthington, J.
Rickey, D. R. Whipple, R. Hawley, M. Spangler, G. Benedict, P. Weddell,
H. Sehman, W. C. Oatman, W. Stedman, A. Hutchinson, M. Kelley, S. Mather,
J. Jones, H. Ranney, B. White, W. Lloyd, J. Foot, J. Lyon, J. M'Curdy,
N. Winslow, H. Clark, S. Cook, T. Kelley, S. Hastings, H. Canfield, J.
Monson, A. Haydn, S. Pease, A. Spencer, J. Harris, A. Collins, W. Craig,
W. Case, E. Thompson, A. Lloyd, G. Davies, J. Finney. (5)
See also Political Campaigns & Elections; Politics & Government
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Cleveland & Cuyahoga
1765 - H&G Mar. 22:2/3 - The Anti-Sub-Treasury meeting held at the Court­
House last evening was highly respectable in point of numbers and character.
Several spirited addresses were made at the meeting. The resolutions
adopted, as it strikes us, are just, forcible, and to the point,
They are full, strong, and decided, wi thout one word of surplusage. (3)