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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1841
Page
3
The McLeod case captivates the nation and Col Benton delivers a thorough, instructive speech. The publication promises substantial space to the address and urges all readers to study it carefully for informed understanding.
The article notes Whigs growing tired of Clay's dicta torial approach as discussions between Webster Choate and Clay heat up. It mentions Rives supporting a resolution against Whig leaders and hints Clay may again face rebuke. It also references a June 10 1841 letter correcting an overstatement to the Senate and a Maine governor candidate renomination.
A young woman named Margaret Kinsey employed in a respectable family died after taking arsenic. She passed about six hours after ingestion despite medical care. An inquest the next morning returned a verdict of death by own action, citing mental distress and unhappiness in her worldly situation.
The Herald reports unsettled conditions in Pennsylvania as revenue emissions total 3,100,900 dollars. Of 51 banks, 35 have accepted the law and issued 1,046,247 dollars. Delinquent banks face the old resumption law. many have evaded payment, risking larger political and commercial ruin unless federal credit steadies the situation.
The piece condemns the push to issue vast debts to aid banks, argues such measures threaten state rights and the republic, and attacks London financiers and U S Bank influence. It warns President Tyler may veto the debt while urging reforms to place power in the hands of the people away from aristocrats.
A citizen speaker denounces a wealthy elite seeking social political and religious inequality in the United States. He argues government forms Aristocratic Monarchial and Republican differ in principles and motives, kept in power by a powerful caste shaping society and policy. He warns of deception and the danger to republican durability.
In the 1844 Senate and House sessions, petitions urged a general bankrupt law and a national bank. Discussion centered on Mr Buenanan’s resolution and the Fiscal Bank of the United States, with Calhoun, Clay, and Choate debating bank provisions, amendments, and the impact on constitutional authority and states. The record notes urged remarks by McRoberts, Wise, and Archer, amid extensive procedural exchanges.
The speaker notes a twelve million deficit to be raised beyond ordinary imposts and criticizes Congress for proposing to distribute revenue to states rather than relieve the treasury. Mr Pickens continues his remarks as debate unfolds and the House adjourns.
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