ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. I TO DEC. 31, 1838
Abstracts 1783 - 1785
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT - Ohio (Cont'd)
that to the victors belong the spoils. If to such a convention it
seems expedient that the support of their constituents should be given
to General Harrison, so let it be determined; if to Henry Clay or
Daniel Webster, we trust that a like cheerful and ready assent will be
yielded by the friends of the former.
"When the Whigs recollect for what purpose they are in arms, and
against whom their efforts and their strength are directed, they cannot
fail to act in concert." (9)
1783 - H&G Mar. 7; ed: 2/3 - From the favorable response to the call of
the Whig Central committee for a State Convention, we are convinced
that a convention will be held the present spring or early in the summer.
Conventions, appointing delegates instructed to support the claims
of Gen. Harrison to the Presidency, have been held in a number of
counties.
"Is it not time for the Whigs of Cuyahoga, and of the Reserve generally,
to take measures to have their influence felt, and wishes respected
in the proposed Convention? We wish to see an expression of
the views of our Whig brethern of the press in Northern Ohio on the
subject, as well as of the people. If a State Convention is to be held
soon, our opinion is that the Whig citadel of the North should come out
in its strength. We ask, however, the counsel of 'older and wiser soldiers.
", (12)
1784 - H&G Mar. 13; ed:2/4 - We copy today several extracts from our
Whig contemporaries in Northern Ohio, to show the state of feeling in
this quarter of the state on the subject of the proposed State Convention,
and the pertinacity with which the claims of General Harrison
are advocated by some of our Southern friends.
"We shall make further extracts from time to time, until we quote
from every Whig paper in the Lake country, providing our brethren of
the quill see fit to express their opinions and preferences.... We
intend no one-sided exhibition of public sentiment, and therefore ask
a free expression from our political co-laborers. The voice of Ohio is
thunder toned, and we wish it correctly echoed abroad." (3)
1785 - H&G Mar.21; ed:2/3 - On some of the last days of the session,
the members of the House took occasion to "square accounts" with several
editors and their correspondents, who had spoken freely of the conduct
of sundry members of the legislature •
. "The hired libeller of the Whig members from this county, who has
figured as a Columbus correspondent of the locofoco organ in this city,
very properly escaped notice. The bare announcement of his name, Le
Grand Byington of Elyria, renders his slanders harmless in this quarter,
or at Columbus." (3)
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