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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1842
Page
1
A fragmentary poem laments Rhode Island politics and “charterists” amid Civil War era agitation. It contrasts “free suffragers” with “craven-hearted” Charterists, praising Rhode Island and urging men to rise in support while recounting a chaotic campaign with blood, fear, and failed revolutions.
A solemn poem laments a sailor lost at sea and the ensuing grief of wife and children. The verse depicts the peril of the voyage, the mother’s fading strength, and the orphaned children left to face a future without their parents. Strong maritime imagery conveys the depth of sorrow and the ocean as a grave.
A country schoolmaster tests a pupil on rulers of kingdoms with comic misstatements. The boy answers Russia's emperor as Victoria and speaks of the day of Algiers as Thunder and Mars. A Quaker dialogue reveals modern-era romance fears and earnest vows.
The Globe reports English noblemen testify that British slavery harms workers differently from American slavery. Bishops and peers debate coal mine women chained to dray coal, long hours, and moral degradation, comparing with American slave conditions. The discourse links factory and agricultural labor to child welfare and national health, urging Parliament to act.
A London Morning Herald summary of the Children's Employment Commission findings exposes brutal coal mine practices. It details how children as young as four to seven work in narrow pits, face harsh discipline, squalid conditions, and coercive apprenticeship schemes, with widespread neglect by owners, overseers, and unions.
The Globe urges public attention to two articles from the Constitutional Democrat and New York Herald exposing alleged scheming by legislators and bankers in Michigan and nationwide. It details a five million bond transfer to the Morris Canal dealer, paid not in specie but in questionable banknotes, and a scheme to fund a canal with inflated value linked to speculative interests. The piece argues the government is used as an instrument of fraud against the people.
The Detroit Democrat argues Governor Barrys proclamation on Michigan State Bonds follows a flawed 1838 five million loan contract with Morris Canal Bank and United States Bank of Pennsylvania. It claims two banks hypothecated most bonds at fifty cents and that the state will receive no further payments. The piece outlines actions by the Michigan legislature to compile funds received and damages from the loan, and to seek bond surrender under a potential new bond issue.
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