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Letter to Editor
October 6, 1840
Daily Cincinnati Republican
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
What is this article about?
James Hainer writes to the Cincinnati Republican editor on October 5, 1840, denying a false report in the Advertiser and Journal by 'A Spy in the Camp' about a conversation with the Central Tippecanoe Club president regarding Cincinnati carpenters voting in Ohio.
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To the Editor of the Cincinnati Republican—
Sir:—In the Advertiser and Journal of the 30th of September, a correspondent over the signature of 'A Spy in the Camp,' professes to give a conversation which he says he heard between the undersigned and the President of the Central Tippecanoe Club. The statement as given by the correspondent aforesaid I hereby pronounce unequivocally false.
I did state to Mr. Wiseman what a gentleman of Louisville informed me, that there were several journeymen carpenters engaged in their vocation at Louisville who were citizens of Cincinnati, and legally qualified voters of the State of Ohio, who would doubtless return and give their votes if it should be deemed necessary.
This I suppose is the conversation referred to, by 'the Spy in the Camp,' who has evidently drawn upon his fancy, regardless of the truth, to concoct a communication which he hoped would possibly, to some extent, mitigate the frauds contemplated by his own party upon the sacred rights of suffrage in the approaching election.
Oct. 5th, 1840.
JAMES HAINER.
Sir:—In the Advertiser and Journal of the 30th of September, a correspondent over the signature of 'A Spy in the Camp,' professes to give a conversation which he says he heard between the undersigned and the President of the Central Tippecanoe Club. The statement as given by the correspondent aforesaid I hereby pronounce unequivocally false.
I did state to Mr. Wiseman what a gentleman of Louisville informed me, that there were several journeymen carpenters engaged in their vocation at Louisville who were citizens of Cincinnati, and legally qualified voters of the State of Ohio, who would doubtless return and give their votes if it should be deemed necessary.
This I suppose is the conversation referred to, by 'the Spy in the Camp,' who has evidently drawn upon his fancy, regardless of the truth, to concoct a communication which he hoped would possibly, to some extent, mitigate the frauds contemplated by his own party upon the sacred rights of suffrage in the approaching election.
Oct. 5th, 1840.
JAMES HAINER.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Political
What themes does it cover?
Politics
Constitutional Rights
What keywords are associated?
Election Fraud
Suffrage Rights
Tippecanoe Club
Ohio Voters
Cincinnati Carpenters
What entities or persons were involved?
James Hainer
To The Editor Of The Cincinnati Republican
Letter to Editor Details
Author
James Hainer
Recipient
To The Editor Of The Cincinnati Republican
Main Argument
the reported conversation by 'a spy in the camp' is false; hainer only mentioned that some cincinnati carpenters working in louisville might return to vote if necessary, accusing the correspondent of fabricating to counter election frauds.
Notable Details
References Advertiser And Journal Of September 30
Conversation With Mr. Wiseman, President Of Central Tippecanoe Club
Accusation Of Party Frauds On Suffrage Rights