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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1837
Page
3
A compilation from The London Standard and American papers reflecting political finance, elections, and party critique. It highlights the Bank of the United States as a model, Tory reproach over parsimony, and Whig decency debates including Jefferson and Burr. Names include Gesoril Jackson, Aaron Burr, and Daniel Stone in a period voice.
A partisan critique accuses Tory editors and politicians of siding with enemies in the American war for independence and with the Florida Indians. It denounces perceived hypocrisy of Whigs and Democrats who justify costly actions and oppose the government. Strong language targets traitors, calls for accountability, and laments moral and financial costs.
The senior editor will be absent for a week or two. The absence may affect coverage and editorial workload during the period.
The piece rails at Tory influence in U S affairs, attacking English authority and Bank advocates as Tory allies. It cites Western Herald and London papers, denounces aristocracy of wealth, and accuses judges and Whigs of covert Tory sympathy, urging vigilance against European models.
The piece asserts Democratic party defense of the Constitution against self-styled Whigs seeking to trample the law to build wealth-backed institutions. It equates current opponents with radical and Tory accusations, praising Jeffersonian principles and republicanism as a badge of the people’s cause.
A harsh editorial denounces lynching as a growing evil that defies liberty and justice. It cites recent acts in the South including a Vicksburg incident where an arrested man named Grace was flogged by a mob, and reports of a planter in Madison County mutilated, as well as a Wilkinson County lawyer hanged.
A Rochester Daily News passage rails at a Whig glorification in Philadelphia, denouncing candidates marching with a rabble and the celebration as scandalous. It attacks Democrats and a Baltimore Merchant's remarks on the Divorce Bill, defends rigid constitutionalism, and notes New York elections, Mobile Yellow Fever, and bank resumption plans.
A Whig paper jokes about government notes turning hard money in six months, contrasting with the shinplaster system. It notes a giant apple grown on Squire Dunn’s Cross Creek farm, thirteen inches in circumference, untouched by knife or teeth, and invites the Wheeling Gazette’s junior to Steubenville to share a taste when mellow.
The Wheeling Gazette notes a junior reporter's temperance speeches urging virtuous conduct. He presses for reform with ready rhetoric, endorsing prohibition as a civic duty and moral improvement.
A education convention of German citizens from nearly all states sits in Pittsburgh. The Ohio River rose after rains and is now navigable. Pennsylvania reassembled at Harrisburg to amend the state constitution. Fifty to a hundred bricklayers are sought in Grand Gulf Mississippi. Mons Blanc jailed in Cleveland for exhibition fraud. A banker’s vaults in Biddle’s Bank receive specie shipments. Michigan bank circulation stands at 1,070,181 with 226,296 on hand. Claytons ascent evaporated for lack of support. Farmers Bank of Catskill resumes specie payments. Cumberland editor Blocher elected to Maryland Legislature, puts his office up for sale.
The Bank of England has appointed Mr Cowell to visit the country, likely for a private audience with King Nicholas. The unnamed destination and purpose suggest diplomatic or financial talks are planned.
A party of friendly Indians led by Joe Riley from Chattahoochee captured seventeen hostile Creeks about two miles above John Carnechan's plantation on the Appalachicola river, 25 miles below Chattahoochee. Col Du Pont from Quincy is expected to pursue with 160 men, with Gov. Call on the ground to lead the troops.
The Providence Herald editor denounces the opposition as lacking proposals or guiding theory, driven only by wealth and power. He claims they oppose administration measures regardless of merit, rely on denunciation, and would sacrifice the Constitution to maintain opposition.
An OCR fragment lists various commodity terms and prices, including Coffee Feathers Viaxseed Mackerel Lead Liased Oil Lal Sugar plus salt and numeric figures. The readable portion appears to be a price or catalog entry from a historical commerce page with mixed typos and unclear quantities. This brief item reflects a past market listing with multiple goods and numerical values.
The Wheeling market report lists flour at 6 75 a 600 scarce and flaxseed at 75 per bushel. Grain prices show wheat at 100, bacon and hogs around 9, and beef at 12 from stores. The update reflects scarce commodities and current wholesale quotes from the period.
Pittsburgh reports prices for flour per barrel from 6 62 to 7 00, wheat per bushel at F 10, malipet per barrel from 2 62 to 2 75, flaxseed per bushel 1 00 to 1 25, bacon 9 to 12, and whiskey per gallon at 80 8 St.
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