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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1838
Page
2
The Amen Union is published each Wednesday morning on Market Street near the F. and M. Bank. Subscriptions are two dollars per year, payable half yearly in advance, or three dollars at year end. No discontinuation until arrears are paid. Advertisements at usual rates. Letters to editors must be postpaid.
The letter from Richard Rush discusses the Bank of England charter, anti monopoly sentiment, and the influence of Masons and Anti-Masons in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania politics. Rush supports anti monarchical power and praises Pennsylvania Democrats, noting Calhoun's warnings and urging unity against concentrated banking power. He critiques Ritner's bank charter and contrasts Whigs and Anti-Masons with Federalist trends.
A historical letter discusses the New York press and Whig rhetoric on banks. It accuses Whigs of shifting positions to gain power, cites support for a national bank, and questions political consistency amid public debate. The piece mocks opportunistic lines and references figures like Webster, Clay, and Jackson to illustrate party contention.
The speaker denounces Whigs for claiming opposition to a national bank while courting public credit. He warns that asserting otherwise is a gross deception and questions the Whigs aims if they profess opposition yet pursue exchanges and bank-like effects without the bank. He calls for clarity from the Whigs.
Resolutions passed by a Philadelphia gathering of Antimasons and Abolitionists led by Thaddeus Stevens oppose centralized federal power and a Bank driven by the Sub Treasury plan. They endorse William Henry Harrison for president and Daniel Webster for vice president as safeguards for liberty and republican government.
J W McRinneray notes Mr Calhoun endorses uniting the State Rights Republican party of Mississippi to oppose banks and sever government from finance. He urges reestablishing the old creed of 1798 and urges southern states to rally around the Southwest to preserve liberty and reform the government. The letter signals a regional move toward separation and constitutional restoration.
In New York City a rumor claimed public funds held by Mr. Hoyt, the collector, had been attached as his private property. The New York Gazette published a correction stating the tale was a fabrication with no basis, and Hoyt deserves public vindication after the editors acknowledged their unintentional injustice.
The Whigs in Baltimore refuse a ninety year old Revolutionary War veteran the right to vote over a missing birthplace claim. When asked if born here he replied that his earliest memory is at five in this country and he cannot say where he was born. The Baltimore Herald questions who is safe if ancestry determines voting rights and property, warning of possible fraud or state forfeiture.
The Mahan case, a source of Ohio Mason county passion, will be tried in the Mason Circuit next Monday. The Rev. Mahan is indicted for abducting two slaves, with a fugitive from justice claim from Ohio. Authorities from both states involved, Mahan denies any Kentucky presence or participation, the Lexington Intelligencer notes.
A Georgia Senate and House preamble denounces a bank connected to moneyed interests, urges the Independent Treasury, and warns that a Bank of the United States would subvert republican government. It supports severing government from banks and attacks the Whigs of 1834 as bank allies, contrasting them with Whigs of 1776. Albany Argus.
The article argues that Massachusetts and Delaware elections show the Administration’s policy to be broad conquest driven and unstoppable. It claims New York saw large gains for Democrats amid fraud claims, with ten thousand new converts in Massachusetts and Delaware electing a Democratic Congressman plus Reformers to the State Assembly.
The Star reports Andrew Whetter a 122 year-old war veteran voted the democratic ticket at his Jackson township polling place. He fought in the revolution era, still in good health, predicting a long life to enjoy his early struggles’ fruits. Also notes steamboats Palmyra and St Peters incidents and minor repairs en route.
The New York Limes declares a banking power loss if administration wins the approaching election, urging New York to resist those who would share public funds. In Montreal escape news, Globe, Theller, and Dodge are in the city as Canadian prisoners’ supporters gather at Vauxhall with Dr McNeven presiding. Mackenzie speaks, linking Patriots’ grievances to the American Revolution.
Reports from New York and Ottawa discuss the Tallmadge controversy and Whig reactions, noting the Evening Post favoring him with cross party commendation. The piece cites editorials from the Commercial and American and sketches public sentiment as the Thibet Party jibe gains traction. It also covers Civil War era crop news from the Attakapas Gazette and updates from Ogdensburg Times on armed clashes and troop movements near the St. Lawrence.
Reports from Ogdensburg dated the 13th recount a daytime clash on the Canadian frontier near Present. About 500 Patriots faced 800 British regulars, with the Brits repelled twice before retreating toward Kingston. A barn fire destroyed a British entrenched position, and Boucherville Mountains rebels under Van Renselaer fled, abandoning artillery and arms as they moved toward Prescott.
The Cleveland Whig Intelligencer notes Bradish the Whig abolitionist candidate trailed behind his ticket in New York City and behind the Van Buren faction. It argues abolitionism will ruin the party and urges expelling abolitionist influences, with a challenge to Ohio Atlas for reaction.
A Hartford Connecticut Whig editor of the Review sues a respectable lady for breach of promise alleging damages of 30000. The suit mocks social norms, claiming thiggery and warning that respectable ladies in that family will avoid marriage.
A 19th century medical prospectus promotes B A Fahnestock's Vermitage Vermifuge as a safe effective worm expeller. It cites testimonials from William Wetmore and others, notes the product now in one ounce vials with the proprietor's signature, warns against a dangerous spurious imitation, and urges buyers to insist on genuine packaging and signature.
An effectual remedy for bilious and liver complaints and disorders of the stomach and bowels. Sears labels it as the American Hygiene Vegetable Renovating Pill, with B. A. Fahnestock & Co. named as sole western agents for sale and wholesale distribution.
A 1826 Chambersburg testimonial promotes Anti Bilious Pills prepared by BA Fahnestock and sold by BA Bahnestock Co. It claims usefulness against intermittent and remittent fevers bilious disorders indigestion dropsy dysentery worms and other ailments. A customer John Stouffer endorses their efficacy and compares them favorably to German and Keyser's pills.
B A Fahnestock promotes Liquid Opodeldoc as a more penetrating and convenient version of the common opodeldoc for rheumatic and gouty ailments nerve stiffness and sprains. It is applied warm with a rag and can treat burns sores and toothache with simple local use, sold at their Pittsburgh warehouse and via druggists Johnston, Sowhenrsle, Melman Lishoe.
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