Washingtonian Temperance House Ad in Steubenville
John Boyer operates the Washingtonian Temperance House on South Fourth Street in Steubenville Ohio. The proprietor pledges full effort to satisfy all visitors with a convenient stopping place announced on April 25 1844.
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Washingtonian Temperance House
John Boyer
South Fourth Street
Steubenville
Ohio
Robert Orr
J. C. Spencer
Market and
Fourth Streets
Thursday Advert Juana Brand Listings in Steubenville
Fragmentary OCR shows an advertisement for LTGHED EVERY THURSDAY DY JOAN BRAND on Fourth Street near Market in Steubenville. It mentions union dues, annual per year rates, and rental terms, with unclear figures and line items.
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Joan Brand
Fourth Street
Market, Steubenville
Democratic party unity and 1844 rise of the Union
The excerpt features Martin Van Buren and Andrew Jackson reaffirming democratic unity and the presidency as a national duty. It hints at a revived Democratic Party ready to defend labor rights and uphold a firm democratic basis, anticipating a strong 1844 resurgence. The prose celebrates enduring party strength and a renewed political vigor.
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Providence
Andrew Jackson
Movements at Washington stir party tensions in 1844
Monday commentary decries plotters around John C. Calhoun and others who defy Baltimore Convention delegates to nominate Van Buren. It warns that such political gamblers threaten democracy and the nation’s honor, urging condemnation of their audacious interference.
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Washington
Baltimore
van Buren
John C. Calhoun
John Tyler
John Jones
Jackson
Saunders card on Van Buren and a new candidate
General Romulus M Saunders of North Carolina publishes in the Globe a critique of Van Buren’s electability and argues a fresh man could win. He says the reason Van Buren cannot be elected is simply this because he can. The piece mocks political intrigants driven by office greed and ridicules the demagogues who oppose God and man for spoils.
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Romulus M. Saunders
North Carolina
Globe
van Buren
Saunders
Mr. van Buren
Van
Speculations on Love and Youth’s Tender Passions
A writer suggests youths begin to feel romantic passions in their teens and that most people experience at least one “eternal” romance before nineteen. The piece notes such sentiments are peculiar to the teen years and compares them to the mumps, implying they occur only once in a lifetime.
One Day Excretion and a National Election Bill
Democratic factions nationwide call for Dr. Duncan's bill to fix the Presidential vote on a single day. The piece urges passage as a salutary reform and attacks opposition as insincere.
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Union
Dr. Duncan
Arrival of the Hibernia From the Old World
News from Europe via the Hibernia at Boston arrives with 16 day passage from Liverpool. O Connell remains unresolved as he seeks a new trial. Cotton prices fall dramatically, Texas Annexation stirs English circles, and Ireland remains highly agitated. Cork banquet to O Connell, Repeal Association activities, clergy-led donations, and press prosecutions in France are noted along with Algerian campaigns and Christina's Madrid influence.
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Ireland
New York Herald
Europe
Boston
Liverpool
O’connell
Texas
England
Great Britain
Cork
Smith O’brien
M. P
Limerick
O'Connell
Repeal Association
Dublin
M’hale
Tuam
O Connell
Virginia
New York
France
Gazette de France
Nation
Algeria
Paris
Abdel Kader
d’Aumale
Montpensier
Christina
Madrid
Espartero
Two Dollars a Day and Roast Beef Strikes the Day
The piece rails at federalism and wage cuts, urging workers to awaken and unite against low wages. It cites Cincinnati painters strikes and criticizes Harrison era policy as harming labor while praising strong-arm action for rights. Also notes praise for Bernadotte and a savage punishment for counterfeiters in Santa Fe.
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Cincinnati
Federal Party
Shelly
Editor Declares Opposition to Clay In Mercer Luminary
The Mercer Luminary editor announces no support for Clay, citing a conscience that will not back a slaveholder, a duellist, a mason, or a gambler, and warns federal buyers must purchase the paper to use it.
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Mercer
Mercer County
Clay
Feds
Democratic Areas Show Growth in Party Strength
The Democratic press reports increasing strength for the Democrats in many Union sections. Hundreds of men who were misled in 1840 are returning to the fold, while others join Van Buren and Democracy. Western states particularly show this sober second thought, promising progress and unity under the party banner.
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Remancs
Democratic Party
Union
Democracy
Mount Carmel Democrat Paper Emerges in Illinois
The Indiana State Sentinel notes a new Democratic paper at Mount Carmel Illinois started by R Beck and W Miller. Beck, formerly a Whig, now backs the Democratic Party opposing Clay’s policies and a Mammoth Bank high tariff land distribution scheme. first issue includes a policy shift statement and abolition of past Whig ties.
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Indiana State Sentinel
Mount Carmel
Ilinois
R. Beck
W. Miller
Beck
Clay
Democratic Party
Jeffersonian shift in 1844 politics sparks party switch
In a public confession Richard Beck renounces Whig principles, denouncing high tariffs and bank monopolies as anti farmer and laborer. The piece cites Jeffersonian ideology and promises to publish true Jeffersonian doctrines while denouncing Whig policies. It notes prominent local defections to democracy and reports on Kentucky and Evansville political shifts.
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Mt. Carmel
Henry Clay
U.S
Toto
Jefferson
Richard Beck
Mr. Carmer
Dunns son joins Democracy amid Whig defections
In Lawrenceburgh Indiana the son of Judge Isaac Dunn and 61 others formerly aligned with Whiggery have defected to the Democratic banner. Reports indicate young Dunn is delivering speeches denouncing Whig corruption. New Albany Democrat reports the shift.
Renunciation Moves a Fairfield County Young Man
Ohio Eagle reports Mr. G. W. Seyfert of Auburn Township renounced Federalism after an Auburn Hickory Club speech. He votes Democratic now, praising Jacksonian ideals and urging other inquisitive youths to abandon the Whig or Federal party. He pledges to battle for the catocrat and joins the Democratic ranks.
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G. W. Seyfert
Auburn Township
Fairfield County
Higs
Hickory Club
Federal Party
Jackson
Seyfert
Ohio Eagle
Lancaster Whig Leonard joins Democrats for stump speech
Mr Leonard of Lancaster Ohio once a leading Whig has switched parties to Democrat and will campaign publicly to advocate the new alignment according to the Wheeling Argus.
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Leonard
Lancaster
Ohio
Wheeling Argus
Anniversary of Gen Jackson Birthday Celebrated in Baltimore
The Baltimore Argus reports a lively anniversary celebration with enthusiastic proceedings and toasts. Notable lines include political jabs from Sumwalt Cox Brown and Wilson, plus steamboat voting tallies for Clay and Van Buren on multiple vessels from Cincinnati to Wheeling.
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Gen. Jackson
Baltimore
The
Argus
Balt
Theodore Sumwalt
Mark Cox
John Wilson Brown
Whig Party
Patriot
St. Louis
Clay
van Buren
Cass
Johnson
Ellen Kirkman
Paul Jones
Cin. Eng
Hear an Honest Man in the Mansfield Shield and Banner
The piece argues David Cipher, once a moderate Whig, now opposes Henry Clay, justifying his vote by stating moral governance and German descent. It includes a correction about the name Jacob versus David Cipher and quotes Cipher's letter asserting Republican principles and national interest. The dated note is Vermillion Township, April 29, 1844, with Cipher denying pro-Clay alignment and reaffirming German heritage.
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David Cipher
Henry Clay
Mr. Cipher
Jacob
David
Vermillion TP
Jno. Y. Guessner
D. Cipher
Van Buren and Sultana Passenger Note and Coons Club Decline
A Shawneetown Gazette item notes the Sultana on its last voyage carried passengers for Van Buren. The Pottsville Pa Coons Club reports James P. Creane declining their vice presidency, stating he refuses the ribaldry and humbug and that no coon is present. April 13 1844 Pottsville.
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Usepur
Shawneetown Gazette
van Buren
Coons
Creane
Pottsville
Emporium
James Peter Creane
Democracy and Religion in Harmony for Progress
The text argues democracy and religion advance civilization when freedom, equality, and accountable governance under just laws and education empower individuals. It warns that narrow laws and coercive systems stifle growth, urging a system that fosters independent thought and widespread knowledge.
Intrigue in the Capitol Drives Democratic Rifts in 1836
The Globe reports a small faction within the Ohio delegation and other areas pushing to oppose Van Buren by repeated denouncements and clandestine caucus tactics. It recalls past efforts led by John Bell that failed, noting how Virginia and Richmond mobilizations threaten party unity and warn against a new edition of the White intrigue.
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Capitol
Ohio
Globe
van Buren
John Bell
Judge White
True Democracy
Ritchie
Shockoe
Richmond
Virginia
Congress
John Bell & Co
Shadows Over Annexation in Virginia Democratic Discourse
In a May 3 1844 missive to Thomas Ritchie the writer urges caution on a central committee resolution urging delegates to back annexation while weighing Van Buren as a capable supporter. He defends Texas restoration, questions immediate annexation, and emphasizes constitutional powers amid Western state interests and party divisions.
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Washington
Enquirer
Shockoehill Democratic Association
Central Committee
Democratic Party
Democratic Association
Martin van Buren
Texas
United States
Baltimore
Pacific
Senate
An Buren
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J. Kell
Court House
Sam’l. Stokely
S. K. Sutherland
Stokely & Sutherland
4Th St
Black Bear Tavern
Shakspeare
Ap 125
Mellor
Frazer’s
David Cray, Jr
Market
Fourthst
Hickman & Burk
D. M’gowan & Co
Upper End
N. & J.S. Dike’s
Dougherty
Pee
McMechan & Garrett
D. Mecgowan & Co
Tanners Oil
Scott & Ramsey
HOES
Sterling & Jenkins
Lady's and Gentlemen's Magazine
Lady's Companion
Lady’s Magazine
New Mirror
Frazer's
Ueensware
Dietamer Unione
Advan
the American Union
Anteus
Thomas Arremmr
Zanesville Aurora
Bernadotte
Sweden
Ponte Corvo
Napoleon
Sante Fe
Mexico
Springfield Times
Lewis Kneeland
Isaac Wallis
Lilleston
Evansville
C. H. West
Wayne
Dunn
Dearborn
Wm. Bryant
Parke
Major Mace
Lafayette
Thomas Jernegan Esq
South Bend
Samuel T. Clymer
Elkhart
Louisville
E. M. Robinson
A.J. Stone
J. Clement
Democratic Banner
Kentucky
Mansfield Shield
Thomas Ritchie
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