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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1842
Page
2
A democratic meeting will be held Friday evening at David Vance's on Market Street and Wm. Davis' on to-morrow evening. A township meeting is planned at the courthouse on Monday evening. Let these meetings be well attended. an unanimous turnout is expected.
The Whig Captain details a letter from German clock pedlars in Springfield to Mr Means urging a vote for Dike. Reports say other Democrats were approached similarly by Means. The piece labels Means as the new Whig leader and comments with sarcasm on his alleged methods.
Fail not to vote. No friend of his country who can go will fail to attend at the polls on Tuesday next. Every vote is important. Democrats will likely win but all must turn out to rebuke the Whigs for treason of recusant legislators and show Ohio’s peo ple will not be made slaves or tolerate attacks on their government. Let none fail to vote.
Whig handbills circulate a letter from Simeon Nash arguing for currency and bank reform. The text praises Nash as a true whig lecturer on banking principles and recalls his Gallipolis bank director role. Judge Dike’s address and depositions by Wallace Little Wise plus Beall certificate are presented as testimonies, with mentions of the United States Bank and Col. Medary.
Fragmented lines suggest a political dispute over legislative authority and party loyalty. The text hints at Whig positions challenging the current majority and framing actions as treasonous to the state or party, with emphasis on who governs and who opposes.
Fragmentary text discusses political maneuvering by the Whigs to block Democratic relief measures. It mentions public works relief for laborers, recharter of solvent banks, and intended consequences for white capital, but the passage is garbled and incomplete.
A Whig debtor claims the Farmers and Mechanics Bank uses pressure to push Judge Dike as the bank’s candidate. Debtors are urged to vote the bank ticket despite objections to the nomination, with rhetoric alleging coercion and charter protections shielding the bank from legal constraints. The piece questions banking on present principles and portrays the bank as coercive.
A Jefferson County Democrat rallying cry urges Ohio voters to back the democratic majority over wealth backed minority rule. The speaker cites election gains across states as proof of democracy’s strength and calls on Ohio Democrats to mobilize on Tuesday to uphold liberty and equal obligation under the government.
A speech denounces privileged orders for shielding rich bankers from debts while poor men face strict payment, urging a choice to sustain such privilege or oppose it and act on Tuesday next.
Doctor Andrews, president of the F. M. Bank, issues a hand bill to explain his sworn statement to Bank Commissioners. He claims to be conscientious and offers no further explanation. The note accuses him of saying one thing while implying another and omits any mention of the county surplus fund totaling $42,000.
A 1837 Steubenville mortgage deed details the Steubenville Woollens Company granting a deeded lien to Farmers and Mechanics Bank over eleven lots in Weirs addition. Co obligors James Wallace Nathaniel Dike H H Leavitt and D Moodey back a 2455 dollar bond. payment of the bond amount with interest makes the mortgage void.
A notarized acknowledgment appears by Nathaniel Dike president of Steubenville Woollens Co with James Patterson as notary. The Jefferson County recorder George Beatty certifies a true copy from Book 8 pages 50 and 3 with office seal dated 1842 at Steubenville.
A jumbled OCR fragment references state conduct, forest officials, and parliamentary matters with unclear names and dates. The readable text hints at governance tensions and committee actions but lacks coherent detail for precise summary.
The piece argues that Mr. Kitheart has strong proof against the Whigs including legislature journals letters from Sharp and Robbins and the Insurance and Trust Company memorial plus a letter from Micajah Williams. It claims banks will join under the General Banking law and questions the credibility of denials by interested bankers and profligate Whig politicians.
The Durys respond to James Means defending German clock makers near Springfield who will vote for Jude Dike and Isaac Atkinson. They condemn bank fraud, advocate sound money, and criticize the United States Bank and its financiers, warning it threatens the republic and liberty.
A lengthy political letter argues for bank liability, opposed to irredeemable paper money, citing Massachusetts as a model of responsibility. It accuses Ohio Whigs of supporting unequal laws while urging voters to scrutinize candidates like Judge Dike and Isaac Atkinson before casting ballots.
A historical admonition recounts 1834 to 1856 Steubenville business fortunes. It blames a new Woollens Company led by Bank officers, led to competition, price cuts, and credit tightening. The piece contrasts captured gains with subsequent ruin and questions the Wheelleos Company’s aggressive entry and its impact on local manufacturers.
A Septem ber 28 1842 note to the Jefferson County Fund Commissioners requests details on assurances given for investing surplus revenue in the Farmers and Mechanics Bank. The missive asks what guarantees supported the bank purchase of forty two thousand dollars of public funds.
Letter from DAVID CABLE and JAMES MITCHELL dated Sept 29 1842 to Messrs Swearingen Mitchell Cable explains how Fund Commissioners chose to invest surplus funds in a bank stock based on assurances from bank directors. They state the investment would have been sound if the bank had acted properly. now the directors are accountable for the outcomes.
In a letter from February 1842 the Jefferson County Fund Commissioners demanded a list of Farmers and Mechanics Bank stockholders and their holdings from Steubenville's bank. The bank's failure to respond sparks a comparison with 1987, noting no dividend and added county taxes of five percent on surplus revenue, with no explanation of the eight percent dividend.
A cited financial quagmire warns Jefferson county may face annual five percent taxation on 35 646 72 if repudiation swallows capital and revenue. The piece urges publishing a list of stockholders indebted to the bank with amounts to reveal who owes and prompt accountability.
The speech condemns the Farmers and Mechanics Bank for loans to insiders including 920,000 to Woollens Company and 18,000 to Wella Henry and Company. It argues the bank serves stockholders while taxpayers bear school and county costs, noting a 42000 surplus fund swallowed by stock.
A critic insists a militia regiment chaplain during the last war sought to avoid service and wrongly claims Judge Tappan edits this paper. The speaker belittles himself and dismisses Wilson as seeking honor from the notice while attacking the other man’s character.
The notorious affidavit-man and his accomplice prepared sworn affidavits to block perjury prosecutions. Their careful framing and framing sworn statements allow them to speak now without risk, yet their moral turpitude remains unchanged.
The letter argues for Mr Dike to be elected representative for Jefferson County with a platform focused on banks. It criticizes his plan for a state bank with branches while denying stockholder liability and warns of a possible oath breach to resign mid session to force a dramatic end. The piece questions his allegiance to public duties versus monied interests.
A Democratic writer in the last Herald disputes a 1829 Bank Commissioners sworn statement by Dr Andrews as false. The piece questions the honesty of Andrews and his allies, while critics argue he swore to a lie and publish exposés about Clinton paper mill and Fand M Bank directors.
A Steubenville Herald editorial from October 6 1842 urges readers to disbelieve the newspaper and its propaganda on the eve of an election. The piece criticizes Kitheart Woollena Company notes Tap pan Lacofoco Banking and other claims while hinting at a broader doubt of sworn statements and depositions.
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