Ohio Democrats Demand Bank Reform and State Charter Repeal
A Dec 1844 Holme County and Columbiana County gatherings urge opposition to moneyed corporations and demand banking reform. Resolutions condemn chartered banks, call for repeal of charters, specie payments, and durable fiat-free currency, backing a democratic platform against privileged banking. Strong emphasis on republican rights and equality, with officials urged to act.
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Ohio
United States
Columbus
Holmes County
Court House
Millersburgh
Congress
Columbiana County
New Lisbon
Friends of Democracy
Obie
Gregees
Leganeters
Slander on Senator Allen over banking plan denied
The Chillicothe Ady reports a Whig falsehood about Senator Allen endorsing Gov Corwin's banking plan. The paper condemns the claim as a base slander, asserting Allen opposes federal banking schemes and individual liability fears. It calls the Herald and its Baltimore-like sources liars and demands public scorn for libelous charges.
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United States
At- Lex
Rmen
Herald
Feds
Allen
Corwin
The
Judge T S Wilson’s Worth in Iowa Noted by Du Buque Press
The Du Buque Express compares Judge T. B. Wilson’s estimate of a fellow citizen’s value in Iowa, mentions Ohio’s Steubenville sending youths west, and highlights Judge Wilcox’s sentence of Washington Hyde for Patrick Murray’s murder on the third of the month. The account recalls the crowded courthouse and the solemnity of law.
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Iowa
Cntizen
T. 8S. Wilson
Ohio
Steubenville
Tuowas S. Wilcox
Washington Hyde
Patrick Murray
Ascheme
B Alu
L Law
Fourth Street
Washington
Valuable table on bank bought editors and prices
Passage from the Old Dominion praises compiling a national table of bank bought editors and their costs. It cites James Watson Webb of the New York Courier and Enquirer at 52000 dollars and James Wilson of the Steubenville Gazette at 580 dollars.
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Old Dominion
James Watson Webb
N. Y
Governor's Message and State Loan Views
The piece notes the Governor’s emphasis on education in his message while signaling a future review of officers’ reports. It critiques his stance on bank specie payments and internal improvements, suggesting the public may not favor the idea that banks should resume specie payments and questioning the portrayal of internal improvements as revenue sources. The article postpones full opinion to a later analysis.
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Columbus Freeman
Canal Lands Sale Ad By Dory of Wisconsin
Advertisement notes a sale of Canal Lands by Dory of Wisconsin to be held on the eighteenth of February next. The notice lists the auction action and date in a concise public sale item.
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Dory
Wisconsin
Capital Punishment Kissed to Death by a Beautiful Girl
Chronicle laments a dramatic death scene as a beautiful girl allegedly causes a fatal kiss. The terse note reflects sensational tone and regional readership interest in morbid intrigue.
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Chronicle
For the Union Evee Trade No 2 in Impost Debate
The piece argues that revenue and protection justify impost duties while free trade advocates push direct taxation. It contends indirect taxation under protection is unequal, burdens the working class, and that the public feels taxes less yet government funding remains essential in a republic.
The Protective System Examined in Detail
The text argues protection rests on the premise that cheaper article production abroad undermines domestic pricing. It critiques total exclusion and warns monopolies raise prices for consumers while limiting home producers. It emphasizes that capital and labor cannot be conjured by tariffs and that competition cannot reliably lower prices without cheaper inputs.
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Friends of Free Trade
Betes
Renee Ube
Public Debt Rules Debate In Senate Report On Ohio Tax Burden
From Columbus Messrs Morris and Frazer: Senate rules discussion centered on forming a committee on Public Debt and reporting the state indebtedness and payment plan. Petitions on abolition and trial by jury for liberty cases prompted a warm session, while a 6000 copy print of the Auditor’s Report divided Whigs and Democrats over distribution and access. The auditor’s report, expected to reveal plunder laws and tax reasons, was postponed for now.
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Senate
Ford
Messrs. Walton
Thomas
Taylor
Leonard
Bartley
Spangler
Ohio
Auditor of State
Clark
Messrs
Olds
Schenk
McNulty
Hawkins
Fuller
Byington
Brown
Probasco
Hatch
House
Twenty Seventh Congress Session Rules Recounted
A fragmentary record notes proceedings in the Twenty Seventh Congress Second Session regarding rules adopted earlier by the forty sixth page. It mentions Mr Johnson of Maryland and references earlier sessions and adjustments to rules as read by a committee.
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Moxway
Johnson
Maryland
Government paper and bank paper under constitutional attack
A historical critique questions Congress power to emit treasury currency and to regulate exchanges. The author argues a hard money view, opposing government bills of credit and federal dealings in exchange as unconstitutional and novel, challenging Biddle styled finance and Hamilton’s inclinations. A local anecdote about a Meshanic potato harvest is noted with a brief query on potato abundance.
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Congress
Biddle
Nations Bank
Hamilton Wee
United States Treasury
Fathers of the Church
Macon
John Randolph
Hamilton
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