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William Tell Claude editorials, 1846 December 06-1849 June 23 [series]: |
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Maryland's disastrous involvement in public improvements prior to 1846 |
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Democrats falsely blame Whigs for Maryland's debt; Whigs rescue Maryland |
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Effectiveness of Whig state government vs. ineffectiveness of Democratic national government |
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Annual message of Governor Thomas George Pratt (1804-1869), particularly regarding a. the Mexican War |
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b. destructive competition between canal and railroad |
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c. completion of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; d. Governor's salary; |
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e. Court of Chancery |
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Governor's message and Mexican War; President James K. Polk's (1795-1849) views on annexation of Texas |
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Mexican opposition to American designs in Texas |
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United States should negotiate settlements to Texas and Oregon disputes |
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Abolition of capital punishment |
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Benefits of abolition of capital punishment |
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Capital punishment; response to Annapolis Democratic Herald editorial on import duties |
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Attacks Annapolis Democratic Herald plan for moderate duty on tea and coffee; Locofocos (Democrats) |
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Protectionism; Democrats feign interest in "the poor man" |
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Attacks the lies of Democratic Herald editor |
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Support for resolutions of Maryland legislature honoring volunteers |
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Warns local Whigs against political apathy |
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Whigs must work hard on small projects as well as great |
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All men must work for good of the community rather than personal gain |
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Raising sufficient revenue to meet state expenses in coming year |
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Long-term effects of state revenue policy |
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Need for thorough examination by state legislature of all public works projects |
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State revenue-raising projects |
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State revenue-raising projects |
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Debate over Governor's salary |
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Governor's salary |
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Democrats caused the cut-back in Governor's salary out of political spite for Governor Pratt |
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Eliminating the state debt |
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Plan for paying state debt |
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Plan for paying state debt |
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Condemns Democratic Herald attack on Gen. Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) |
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Defends letter of Taylor which elicited Democratic attack |
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Democratic Herald plan for controlling war expenses; Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) |
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Condemns transfer of historic material from State Library to Maryland Historical Society |
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Condemns transfer of material from State Library |
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Condemns transfer of material from State Library |
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Whig-sponsored resolutions in state legislature regarding the Mexican War and Taylor |
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Defense of Taylor |
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Attack on Democratic conduct of the war |
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Attack on Polk's position on Texas annexation |
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Sarcastic reply to Democrats' cries of treason in Maryland legislature |
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Salary of the Chancellor of Maryland |
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Warning against cutting government expenses too far |
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Resolutions in Maryland legislature opposing acquisition of territory in Mexican War |
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Value of territory gained from Mexico (quote fromDemocratic Herald ) |
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Spain's experience in Mexico |
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History of dispute between Mexico and United States over Texas |
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American might oppresses Mexico |
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United States action against Mexico violates international and moral law; freedom of speech |
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Democratic attempts to compare Mexican War and War of 1812 |
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Historic right and duty to disagree with government when it is wrong |
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Biennial sessions conflict with triennial gubernatorial election |
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Biennial state legislative sessions--difficulties of the proposal |
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Flaw in legislative plan for biennial sessions |
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Biennial sessions and gubernatorial elections |
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Imprisonment for debt |
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Hardship for poor caused by imprisonment for debt |
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"Fraudulent" debtors deserve imprisonment |
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Argument against debtor imprisonment |
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Efforts of Democrats to effectively remove Taylor from command in Mexico; Gen. Winfield Scott (1786-1866) |
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Winfield Scott |
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Attacks political intrigue behind efforts to undermine Taylor |
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End of session of the Maryland legislature |
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Importance of selecting next Governor |
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Whig record should convince voters to elect a Whig Governor in next election |
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Recalls Democratic Herald attacks on Taylor and mentions Taylor as presidential candidate |
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Disparages Democratic criticism of Taylor |
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Selecting a new Governor |
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Whig political record in Maryland |
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Economic reasons for Democrats' enthusiasm for war with Mexico |
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American success and heroism in the Mexican War |
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Compares American invasion of Mexico to Napoleon's invasion of Russia |
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Urges equitable peace settlement with Mexico; proof of Taylor's Whig loyalties lies in the vituperation against Taylor by Democrats |
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Defense of Taylor |
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Mob of unruly pleasure-cruisers interrupt peaceful celebration in Annapolis of Fourth of July |
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Account of Fourth of July disturbance which erupted in gunfire |
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Fourth of July disturbance |
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Fourth of July disturbance; names of five wounded Annapolis men |
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Defense of Taylor and of Whig interest in him as a presidential candidate |
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Defense of Taylor and Whigs |
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Defense of Taylor and Whigs |
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Political record of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phillip Francis Thomas (1810-1890) |
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Democratic national convention of 1844 |
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Polk's nomination in 1844 reveals the poor principles of Democrats |
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Importance of the coming state election |
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Worthiness of Whig candidates |
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Support or opposition to Taylor an issue in state election |
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Praise for Whig gubernatorial candidate William Goldsborough |
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Political record of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Thomas |
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Attacks Thomas's "representation graduated by taxation" plan |
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Exhortation to all Whigs to vote in the state election |
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Comments on state election |
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Whig/Democrat divisions |
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Local Whig/Democrat divisions |
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Immorality of the "War of Conquest" with Mexico |
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Immorality of the Mexican War; Polk's annual message and the Mexican War |
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Controversy over Polk's claim in his message that Mexico began the war |
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Cause of the Mexican war |
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Anecdote of the drunken debtor; blame for Mexican War rests with Polk |
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New session of the state General Assembly |
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Recounting of Whig accomplishments in previous Assembly session |
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Whig accomplishments in State Assembly |
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Importance of coming presidential election with regard to resolving Mexican War |
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Democratic policy in prosecuting the Mexican War |
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Inaugural Address of Governor Thomas |
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Democrats block early selection of Senator for 1849 |
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"Constitutional outrages" perpetrated by the Democrats |
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Democratic actions help to bring decline in the Republic |
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Proceedings of the Maryland House and Senate regarding aborted selection of Senator |
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Proceedings of Maryland House and Senate regarding aborted selection of Senator |
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Proceedings regarding selection of Senator |
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Reply of Democratic Senator John S. Sellman to previous editorial |
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Previous obstruction of justice by Sen. Sellman |
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Previous obstructions of justice by Sellman |
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Previous obstructions of justice by Sellman |
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Sellman's own defense; paraphrase of Lincoln's "House Divided" speech |
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Whigs must united to remove the Polk administration in coming election |
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Support for Henry Clay (1777-1852) over the years |
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Taylor should be Whig candidate in such contentious times; Taylor compared to George Washington |
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Efforts by the Polk administration to prolong war with Mexico |
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Belligerent and bellicose attitude of Polk |
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Eulogy of John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) |
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Eulogy of Adams |
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Hopes for less political strife when state legislature reconvenes in two years |
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Hopes for less political strife in legislature |
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Praise for Clay following rumors he would withdraw his name from consideration for the Whig nomination as President |
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Praise for Clay's withdrawal |
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Differences of opinion among Whigs |
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Praise for Taylor and his modesty; quote from Washington's Inaugural Address |
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Praise for Taylor's modesty |
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Whig nominating caucus for local election |
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Second nominating caucus consisting of disaffected Whigs and Democrats |
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Influence of the United States' example in the decline of European monarchy |
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Taylor declares that he is a Whig |
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Constitutional encroachments |
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Democratic objections to the Whig nomination of Taylor |
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Democratic objections to Taylor's nomination |
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Democratic objections to Taylor's nomination |
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Whigs must unite behind nominee of national convention |
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Democratic nominations for President and Vice President: Lewis Cass (1782-1866) and William O. Butler (1791-1880) |
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Democratic attempts to ruin Gen. Winfield Scott |
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Democratic attempts to ruin Scott |
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Democratic attempts to ruin Scott; Whig nominations for President and Vice President: Taylor and Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) |
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Whig nominations for President and Vice President |
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Whig nominations for President and Vice President |
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Democratic attempts to block a vote of thanks for Taylor in U.S. Congress (1847) |
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Attempts to block vote of thanks for Taylor |
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Ingratitude and political attack unleashed by Polk administration on Taylor |
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Ingratitude received by Taylor |
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Letter from Polk to John K. Kane (1795-1858), 1844 June 19, regarding tariffs |
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Letter from Polk to Kane |
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Polk's record on the Tariff |
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Democrats can no longer stem popular will for protective tariff; measures of the Polk administration |
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Measures of the Polk administration |
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Measures of the Polk administration |
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Measures of the Polk administration; Whig nomination for Senate of Maryland: Charles R. Stewart |
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Charles R. Stewart |
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Whig republican doctrine; praise for Taylor |
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Praise for Taylor--presidential veto power |
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Subversion of republican doctrines by Polk and the Democrats |
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Subversion of republican doctrines by Democrats |
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Quote from Henry A. Wise (1806-1876) regarding the corruption practiced by Lewis Cass while Secretary of War |
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Graft of Secretary of War Cass |
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Graft of Secretary of War Cass |
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Whig majority in Maryland must carry state for Whigs |
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Character and history of Taylor |
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Character and history of Taylor; character and history of Cass |
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Character and history of Cass; pre-election exhortation to Whigs |
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Pre-election exhortation to Whigs |
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Pre-election exhortation to Whigs; upcoming presidential election |
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Political character of Cass |
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Political character of Cass regarding treatment of volunteer soldiers |
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Cass' treatment of soldiers compared to that of Taylor |
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Cites Senator Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) regarding Taylor's treatment of American volunteers in Mexico |
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Final pre-election exhortation to support Taylor and the Whigs |
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Final pre-election exhortation |
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Taylor and his treatment by Congress |
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Character of Taylor |
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Celebration of Whig victory in Election of 1848 |
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Celebration of Whig victory |
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Castigation of the Democratic Party |
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Explanation of Whig victory |
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Taylor and his increasing fame and support |
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The future under a Whig administration |
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Annapolis's celebration of a day of thanksgiving declared by the Governor of Maryland |
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Closeness of the election within North and South--not a sectional vote |
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Slavery and free soil issues belong in Congressional, not Presidential, elections; plan for a public library suggested by John G. Chapman (1798-1856) |
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Plan for a public library |
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Apathy among Annapolis's citizenry |
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Tax to liquidate school debt |
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Tax to liquidate school debt |
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Apathy among citizenry and officials regarding government of Annapolis |
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Need for a tax to liquidate city debt |
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Plan to let state of Maryland assume city debt of Annapolis |
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Plan regarding Annapolis's debt |
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Plan regarding Annapolis's debt |
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Need for Whigs and Democrats to put aside political differences for good of nation |
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Taylor must remove many Democrats from government in order to begin his work; account of Taylor's Inauguration |
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Account of Taylor's Inauguration; Taylor's non-partisan stand subverted by Democrats in Anne Arundel County |
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Local Democrats subvert Taylor's non-partisan stand |
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Local Democrats subvert Taylor's non-partisan stand |
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Plea for unity among local Whigs in city election |
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Plea for Whig unity; city election hinged on removal of hogs from city limits |
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Apathy of Annapolis voters; death of Jeremiah Little Hughes, former editor of the Maryland Republican |
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Death of Hughes |
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Necessity of removing Democrats from government posts |
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Taylor is without doubt a Whig and therefore justified in removing Democrats |
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Macready-Forrest Riot in New York, 1849 |
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Macready-Forrest Riot |
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Macready-Forrest Riot; support for rubbish removal in hopes of avoiding cholera onslaught |
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Maryland's public debt and resources to overcome the debt |
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Maryland's public debt and resources to overcome the debt |
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