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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1838
Page
3
In the November 20 special election held Thursday, Henry Swearingen, the Democratic candidate, was elected with little opposition. The report remarks that opponents were scarce and implies federal candidates were weak due to crop failures.
The dispatch asserts New York has given substantial returns for the Federalists, likely electing their Governor candidate and increasing Congress support, while Democrats reshaped the Legislature. It derides Irish immigrants as “native born colored” voters and mocks opposition papers, contrasting federal and democratic factions and predicting Democratic revival before 1840.
Editors face rising costs and dwindling rewards as prices climb for wheat flour pork and more. A proposed Editorial Convention could spark dialogue on improving pay and conditions, with a push to raise annual dues to four dollars. Massachusetts news hints at Democratic gains and federalist split, signaling potential political shifts.
The piece reports that the Federal-Webb-Whig party used intimidation and riots in New York to influence elections. It cites a Philadelphia bully Andy M Clean and Wash Ryer forcing chaos in the 12th ward, with Democrats claiming the bullies were thoroughly defeated. The commentary notes cross party blame and rising partisan rhetoric across papers.
The Steubenville paper reports changes in editorial leadership with Charles H. Brough succeeding his brother John Brough as editor. It rails at opponents, recounts a fairground anecdote about John Brough, and mocks the “federal Bank irredeemable shinplaster party.” It also notes Michigan returning to Democratic favor, a sentencing in Tuscarawas, and assorted items from Times Gone By, blockade rules, Texas and Mexican coast tension, New Orleans and Galveston gazette items, a landslide near Rodney, a new Missouri style rifle names, Louisiana sugar, Mormon conflict, a St Louis court of inquiry, and a shrinking cotton crop in Alabama.
The Cleveland papers report a tremendous gale on Lake Erie Monday the 20th inst injuring many vessels and wrecks feared. New papers Cosmopolite at Millersburgh Ohioan and New Era at Akron noted. anti sub treasury candidate failing to rally votes. Also mentions satirical poem Resets possibly by John Quincy Adams and Milwaukie Sentinel noting Chief Justice Dunn of the Territory leapt from a window fracturing his legs in delirium tremens.
A cryptic programme from the Salt River Lyceum lists lectures by various figures including Daniel Webster, M. M. Noah, Henry Clay, and editors from the Courier and Enquirer and Kennebec Journal. It mocks Whig triumphs and warns that continued losses could ruin their political standing.
A War Department dispatch from Gen. Taylor reports a favorable outlook in Florida. Troops will move toward Fort Brooke to urge surrender of remaining hostile groups, and Indians at Tampa Bay are emigrating per promises made. Taylor emphasizes continued operations and swift relocation to Fort Brooke.
The passage argues that defeat of democracy in New York foretells a broader win in Canada. It contrasts Bank power singing of liberty's fall in New York with a predicted rise of liberty on the St. Lawrence, signaling political tension between financial forces and national ideals.
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