Independent Treasury Proposed To Safeguard Public Money
Treasury Secretary Levi Woodbury urges Congress to replace bank depositories with an Independent Treasury. He details collateral security gains, reduced losses, and stricter penalties for fraud, arguing the plan would protect public funds, curb private use, and restore constitutional purse strings amid past bank failures.
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Congress
Treasury
Department
United States
House of Representatives
New York
Diaiwieh
Customs
Treasury Department
Tome
The Pennsylvania Plot alleged in Washington Globe
A Washington Globe report outlines a broad scheme to control Pennsylvania government. It details fraudulent district returns, clandestine acts by minority judges, and a planned legislative committee to seat Ritner over Porter, with Democratic resistance preventing a successful usurpation.
Pennsylvania Democracy Faces Usurpation Threat
A fragment urges unwavering vigilance and resolve by Pennsylvanians to defend the Constitution and majority rights from a severe and unprecedented usurpation, stressing patriotic firmness and sustained effort to uphold democratic principles.
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Keystone
Pennsylvania
Editorial correction on Harrisburg dispute in 1838
A Philadelphia letter rebuts a Nat Intelligencer editorial claiming the Northern Liberties vote nullification elected Ingersoll. It cites full Philadelphia returns showing Democrat Brown 10,036 to Whig Hanna 9,485, and warns of state-backed repression, urging public resistance to tyranny.
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Nat. Intelligencer
Washington
Philadelphia Vote Row Prompts Whig Seat Claims
The piece notes that Brown gains are unaffected by excluding the Northern Liberties, while his overall majority rises from 571 to 1550 over Hanna. It centers on six of seventeen Philadelphia return judges rejecting votes from ten districts to back Whig seats, with Buchanan urging readers to see the core fact behind the controversy. The rejection list includes Kensington, Southwark, Passyunk, Kingsessing, Roxborough, Lower Dublin, Byberry, Moreland, Northern Liberties, North Penn Township, South Penn Township, and west Philadelphia.
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Union
Flaco
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Porter
Philadelphia
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Northern Liberties
Senate
House of Representatives
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Express
Harrieburg
Harrisburg
Thomas H. Burrowes
Burrowes
Friends
Joseph Ritner
Riterites
House
Ihe
Philadelphia County
United
Thaddeus Stevens
Ritherte
Ingersoll
Congress
Charles J. Ingersol
Loco Foco
Tucket
C. Brown
J. Hanna
Kensington
Southwark
Passyunk
Kingsessing
Roxborough
Lower Dublin
Byberry
Moreland
North Penn Township
South Penn Township
West Philadelphia
James Buchanan
Messrs Gales and Seaton
Harrisburg Night News Reports Army Entreaties and Unrest
A letter from Harrisburg describes a quiet day followed by mounting excitement as 800 to 1,000 troops from Philadelphia arrive under General Patterson. Gov. Ritner and Stevens request troops amid a House and Senate dispute. Citizens and Democrats pledge rights and anticipate possible clashes. Rumors hint at more volunteer companies marching toward Harrisburg.
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United States
Mint
France
Naples
Smithsonian
Congress
House of Representatives
Treasury Department
House
Senate
Philadelphia
Patterson
Ritner and Stevens
P. S
Attempt to overawe the people siege of government by armed force
Dec 1 meeting in North township condemns Governor and Maj General Patterson for marching troops to influence Ohio elections. Democratic citizens draft a preamble and five resolutions calling bank reform, limiting charters, and a general banking law while urging public meetings and representation in the state legislature.
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Harrisburg
Patterson
Philadelphia
United States
North Township
John Sharp
Jacob Vorkes
George W. H. Turner
James English
William Jones
John Giles
David Wortman
Robert P. Simpson
Henry L. Turner
Geo. Foster
Ohio
Cadiz Sentinel
Jeffersonian
American Union
Farmers Friend
Jacob Vorhes
Pres
Geo
W. H. Tunnen
Pres Javues Ewotren
Prea‘ts Waines
Joba Tiles
Steamboat Washington Snagged Enroute to New Orleans
A steamboat from Louisville bound for New Orleans struck a snag between Crand Golf and Port Adams and sank with a few crew casualties and valuable cargo. The incident halted traffic and necessitated rescue efforts by nearby vessels.
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Louisville
New Orleans
Crand Golf
Port Adams
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