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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1843
Page
1
Auction note announces for sale the Steamboat U S Mail now plying between this place and Wheeling. The vessel has three boilers and a double engine and is suitable for freight or passenger service in low water. Inquire James Norton Steubenville. sp 22 1843-11
A writ of vendi directed sale in Steubenville scheduled February 25 between 10 am and 4 pm. John Mills holds rights to 40% acres in a parcel in section 36 township 8 range 2, with Brush Creek bounds, adjourned to May 22 per Sheriff Isaac MDonald.
Abbe de Pradt recounts Napoleon at the Hotel d Angleterre in Warsaw during the 1812 retreat. The emperor proclaims sublime bravado over fate and climate, jokes that danger fuels strength, and boasts plans to raise hundreds of thousands of men to push Russians back, finding triumph in heaven's writ and past defeats.
A fragment from Alison’s Europe recounts Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow amid cold and danger. He defends his decision to burn Moscow, mocks diplomacy as spies, and insists he is unfazed by peril despite the frost and shifting politics.
The piece reports Lord Brougham’s violent attack on Gen Cass the American minister to France. It argues English plans to control world trade and the seas via a France alliance failed, praising Cass for remonstrance and resisting English demands. It contrasts Gen Cass with Daniel Webster and criticizes Webster’s service to England.
A historical speech argues that early tariff bills were mainly revenue measures, detailing duties from 1 to 20 percent and the composite costs of imports. It asserts that manufacturing gains come from revenue duties, while farmers and laborers bear the burden, and suggests protection is incidental rather than the tariff’s aim.
The Globe quotes a critic noting that the leader who betrayed the people has severed ties with them. Once the people, now they are a mob in the eyes of the betrayed. The shift marks a collapse of trust and a new moral stance against the former ally.
The author argues for discriminating tariffs to support domestic industry while preserving fiscal balance. The piece discusses wealth inequality, public opinion, and the need to avoid favoritism, stressing the Constitution as a durable framework whose perfection is unattainable yet improvable through reform. The President's veto power and executive role are examined as tools within constitutional limits to ensure governance aligns with national interests.
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