The American Union Publication and Price Policy
The American Union is published every Tuesday afternoon on Market street near the F. and M. Bank. It costs two dollars per year payable half yearly in advance, or three dollars at year end. Discontinuation requires paid arrears. Advertisements at regular rates. Letters to editors must be posted to receive attention.
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ST Tac Ancaicus Union
Market Street
South Side
F. & M. Bank
Caer Ae
Cley
Democratic Party
Mr. Clay
School of
Jefferson
White House
Clay
John Q. Adams
Great Britain
Boston Aulas
New England
Daniel Webster
Bay- State
van Buren
Harrison
House of Representatives
Tsachina
Peter
Paul
Willow Street
Third
Philadelphia
Star
Liberty
Missouri
Wheeling
Tyrone
Steuben County
N. Y
Lazarus W. Ellis
John Randolph
Pennsylvania
Destruction at Prescott and British Victory Report
War era dispatches recount the Prescott atrocity with graphic accusations against British troops. Accounts from Ogdensburg and Watertown claim a brutal engagement, with around 2000 British forces, cannon, and steamboats pummeling Patriot positions near a windmill, followed by fires and a purported massacre. The narrative praises Patriot leaders while condemning English conduct and casualty figures approach six hundred.
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Prescott
Watertown
N. Y
Jeffersonian
Ogdensburg
New York Herald
Herald
Kingston
England
Mespectfuilly
J. M. Doty
Evira
Watertown Jeffers
Rien
Joseph Woodrw
Voice from Salt River critiques Hoco Pocos in new home
A writer using the signature Veto in the Herald denounces the Hoco Pocos relocation near Salt River. He accuses them of political opportunism, aligning with Loco Focos and old foes for power, while abandoning former allies. The piece mocks Whig shifts and party-switch tactics amid local factional tension.
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Hoco
Salt River
Hoco Pocos
Loco Focos
Ile
John Eldams
Vermont Federalists Rejected as Fourth Of July Enthusiasm Rises
The Montpelier Patrint notes Vermont politics shifting from Federalist days to a liberated 4th of July mood. It proclaims the state now largely in Democratic strength, with calls to rally and claim districts from opposition as pride swells across the region.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Giese
The American System and Clay in the Jackson era
An opinion piece argues the American System caused later distress, rails against federalism and the Clay Webster alliance, and praises Andrew Jackson for winding down the Bank. It discusses tariffs, taxes, and the distribution of national wealth, warning of monetary power and political manipulation by bankers and printers.
From the Statesman Ides of October and the wigs
The letter mocks the federalists once called wigs, tracing their rise and fall from King George III to John Adams and Jefferson. It denounces Essex New Jersey politics, calls out aristocracy and sedition laws, and warns of ensnaring liberty. The writer claims long familiarity with the current generation.
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Ohio Statesman
Trenton, Butter Co. O
Medary
Statesman
Godlen
George the 3Rd
Evry
New York
Nova Scotia
Essex
New Jersey
John Adams
Jefferson
Adam
Essex County
Brooks Leaves Whig Fold for State Democrat in Albany
The Detroit Free Press notes James G. Brooks deserts the Whig cause to edit the new Albany daily State Democrat. He objects to anti Catholic campaigning and refuses to slander Catholics, joining a disciplined Democratic leadership. The paper hails Brooks as a valuable Democratic asset for New York and the nation.
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James G. Brooks
United States
State Democrat
Albany
Albany Daily Advertiser
Emerald Isle
Brooks
Democratic Party of the Nation and Empire State
Detroit Free Press
Debased New York Urges Repentance Before Democracy
Fragmentary 19th century exhortation condemns New York as a polluted sister of the political circle. The text calls for sackcloth and ashes and penitent conduct before the country’s democracy, urging contrition and moral renewal in the faced city.
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Ting
New York
Magic Circle
Manhattan
Democracy and Federalism in the Nation's History
The discourse argues that Democracy opposes a centralized power and favors a Republican basis with possible aristocratic tendencies. It notes ongoing conflict between Democratic and Federalist principles, citing hostility to expanded suffrage and distrust of popular control, urging vigilance to preserve liberty and republican institutions. Forewarned and forearmed, vigilance is required to maintain freedom.
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Democratic Primc
Jefferson
Laughable reveal shows whig and federal harmony at Canandaigua
In Geneva Gazette the Canandaigua incident exposes a copied whig style attack on democracy. The Messenger shows the forged letter mirrors a 1812 Hartford Convention address, proving the whig and federal causes are one and the same. The piece questions credulity toward the era’s political outrage.
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Geneva Gazette
Canandaigua
The
Repository
Federal Party
James Madison
The Homes and the Heart of Ambition and Work
A reflective essay contrasts cheerful fireside scenes with the restless drive of business. It muses on domestic longing, the warmth of family affection, and how traders’ pursuits contrast with the quiet joy found at home beside a loved one.
Murderer Convicted and Old News from New Orleans
The Tallahassee Floridian reports broad news items including a murder conviction in New York where Coleman killed his wife in Broadway, a plea of insanity rejected, and various notes on commerce, railroads, and local happenings from Natchez to Philadelphia. Also covered are shipping lists, a New Orleans vessel tally, and a plan for a steam revenue cutter.
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Wwhite
Tallahassee
Col. White
New Orleans
Coleman
Broadway
New York
Enos Gunn
United States Circuit Court
South Western Rail Road Bank
Charleston
Natchez
Virginia Commercial Convention
Norfolk
Journal Des Debats
Kemper College
St. Louis
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Col. van Shaltz
Sackett’s Harbor
William Johnson
U.S. Marshall
Garrow
Birge
Paul Pry
Oneida
Kingston Chronicle
Coburg
Fort Henry
Dalmage
Grenville
Parker
Chandler
Waite
Beamer
Luchne
Quebec
Fratelin
Klioviicl
Chippewa
St. Lawrence
Vieysand Islands
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Butlaio
Chroniele
Prescot
Brown
American Union
Roe Braves
Congress
Andrew Jackson
Hydra
Cincinnatus
Boston
Franklin Institute Exhibition of American Manufactures
Cincinnati
Episcopal
New York State
Hobart
Hughes
Delancey
Canton
Picayune and
Sun
Paris
New York Star
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Lake Erie
Brooklyn Navy Yard
E East River
Republican
Goodleat
St. Marks
Jibbaw
Benin
Cape
Swain
North Eighth Street
James Turnbull
Market St
Sarah Brenhiser
Amos Breohiser
Second Street
Germantown Road
WM. Evans
Brenhiser
John Steif
Baker
W. Evans
North 8Th Street
Steubenville
N. Dillon
E. N. Dillun
Mechanics’ Saving Fund Society of
James Dolgherty Johns
Patterso
Robt
H. Halsted
John S. Dike
Thomas Means
Dupuicare
George Mahon
Jabez Hawkin
Washington Hall
Stenvbenville
France
John
Third Street
Uj S.dik
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