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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1844
Page
1
Lot of color cards and large stock offered by STERLING & JENKINS. OAR crushed and brown sugar tea coffee and chocolate just received and for sale by W. ROBERTSON at corner 4th and Adams streets.
The notice lists election timing for the American Union with Ohio State election on Tuesday October and Presidential election on Friday November 1. It briefly identifies two upcoming voting events and their weekdays.
A brief 19th century statement outlining strict constitutional limits on federal power. It rejects assuming state debts, disfavours land sale proceeds as debt relief, opposes broad internal improvements, bans a national bank, opposes bank monopolies, and rejects church state fusion. Emphasizes union and progress.
The Bay State Democrat denounces Algerine federalism as 1844 political realignments unfold in Rhode Island. Citizens renounce the Whigs, praise Jeffersonian democracy, and back Polk and Dallas. The piece critiques Henry Clay and federal press support for Dorr suppression, urging sustained equal rights and readiness.
The Washington Globe reprints Louisiana returns with a fierce denunciation of federal editors as bought by banks, calling them knaves and predicting a people’s backlash. It cites Louisville Journal and Cleveland Herald accounts of Whig victories, praising Louisiana Whigs as overwhelming and forecasting nationwide rejoicing. The piece mocks local “changes” from democracy as false.
In 1844 a Philadelphia Native American piece argues Archers letter exposes anti immigrant bias of the Whigs. It notes naturalized citizens shifting to Democrats and warns that Native American parties will rise post election. The missive urges reform to preserve electoral freedom and decries proscriptive policies.
The Baptist Advocate notes that James K. Polk, the Democratic presidential candidate, is a member in good standing of a Presbyterian Church. It argues that rulers who fear God and eschew evil bring national prosperity, while wicked leaders bring national mourning and fear.
The Democratic Press argues Whigs push Tariff to cloud Bank issue. It credits Mr. Clay with candor on a National Bank and cites Raleigh and Macon speeches asserting a national currency and bank. The piece criticizes following Britain’s model and questions foreign influence cited by the Pittsburgh Post.
The text argues Henry Clay embodies Whig principles and supports a national bank citing British precedent. It charges him with backing a bankrupt law aligned with English statutes, endorsing a high protective tariff like Britain’s, and opposing suffrage expansion for the poor while endorsing a British king’s charter, noting Dorr's imprisonment.
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