Suspension of Specie Payments in Philadelphia and Baltimore Banks
The piece argues that Philadelphia and Baltimore banks suspended specie payments due to England crop failures. It attributes the issue to a gold drain of over thirty million dollars, a cotton price drop, and a run on specie. It criticizes Bank policy, links U S Bank to the Bank of England, and warns foreign capital dominates American finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Baltimore
England
U. States Bank of Pennsylvania
Bank of England
Biddle Bank
U. S
Biddle
Europe
United States
Pennsylvania
Last Card of the Opposition on Bank Suspensions
Editorials from the National Intelligencer warn that suspension of specie payments looms as Northern papers predict a crisis. Banks are told merchants may be forced to the wall, with public alarm at the idea that paper money substitutes could fail and rob citizens of their hard earned means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bank
National Intelligencer
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Lexandria Gazette
Banks Suspend Specie Payments and Public Reactions
The document discusses bank suspensions of specie payments following stress on English and American finances. It contrasts corporate rights with community interests, notes editorials and public fear, and cites Philadelphia banks delaying specie while arguing banks need time to collect debts to resume payments. It mentions political arguments over universal suffrage and state rights in New York and Pennsylvania.
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P. S
Baltimore American
Philadelphia
Destructive Fire in New York City blocks Water Street
The New York Sun reports three fires in the city within 36 hours before the Sabbath, one larger than any since 1835. Affected area includes the entire Burling Slip block formed by Burling Slip Fulton Front and Water streets, with thirty buildings destroyed and valuable stock lost.
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N. Y
N. York
Water Sts
Water Street
Whig Attacks on Van Buren Over Suffrage Vote
A Whig critique accuses the editors of deception as it replays President Van Buren’s suffrage stance from the New York Convention. It contrasts the former constitution’s property qualification with the Republicans push for universal white male suffrage for those over twenty one, while Federalists defend a $250 property requirement.
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Spencer
Republican Party
The
Herald
New York
van Buren
Deceptive Delegate Ticket Counterfeited in Late Canvass
In the late canvass the most degrading trick was used to elect the co editor of the Herald. The first emission of the Delegate Ticket was counterfeited and aimed at the democrats in Wayne and nearby townships. The heading Democrat Delegate Ticket mimicked the real one with slight font changes causing detection only by comparison. George Mitchell listed as Senator and James Mitchell as Representative were included but identified before ballots were cast. They were reportedly distributed in Bloomfield by innkeeper Mr. Moore on election day, prompting condemnation of R. C. Wilson and reflecting poorly on Whig politics.
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Herald
Wayne
George Mitchell
James Mitchell
Bloomfield
Moore
R. C. Wilson
Our Prospects The Republican Rise Across the Nation
A historical political reflection praising the Republican party and its founders Jefferson Madison Jackson and Van Buren. It condemns Federalists for deception and elitism while asserting yeoman support for constitutional government. The piece laments partisan tricks and calls for honest leadership.
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Republican Party
Jefferson
Madison
Jackson
van Buren
Maine
Louisiana
Atlantic
Pacific
Gen
Hamilton
Adams
Burr
The Independent Treasury and the Specie Debate
The Federalists warn of doom as they accuse the Independent Treasury of aiming to abolish paper credit. The piece rebuts the claim, arguing that specie in circulation supports sound credit and questions the idea that less specie means better currency.
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Independent Treasury
Federalists
Republican Party
New York Banks May Not Suspend Specie Payments
The New York Banks will not agree to suspend specie payments. If not, the Banks of Philadelphia and Baltimore may be compelled to resume or risk injuring both cities. The local banks have resolved not to suspend specie payments.
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New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
The Next Congress and Public Policy Debates
The piece predicts a democratic majority in the next Congress and argues the Independent Treasury, waning monopolies, and resistance to foreign financing. It cites Swartwout, a Philadelphia fire, and Detroit Free Press’s critique of Clay’s internal improvement approach as risks to debt and national autonomy. It notes a Republican majority in Pennsylvania's Legislature per the Philadelphia Pennsylvanian.
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England
New York State Prison
Detroit Free Press
Mr. Clay
United States
Europe
Ohio
Louisville
Kentucky
Kentucky:' This Plan We Have Adopted (Says the Advertiser
Philadelphia
Pennsylvanian
Republican Party
United States Bank notes not received in New York
Notice from the Bank of the United States in New York reports that notes of the United States Bank of Pennsylvania will not be received. The move follows the Biddle Bank suspending operations as cotton speculation collapses. The article portrays the Bank as a regulator reacting to financial strain and suspensions.
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United States Desk
New York
U. States Bank of
Bank of the United States
N. York
United States Bank of Pennsylvania
Biddle Bank
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Washington
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Said County
Said
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Fourth and
John Sutcliffe
Dohrman, Walker & Co
Dohrman, Walker, & Co
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Antrim
James Wilson
Prest
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William B. Armstrong
Third Street
Holdship and Hannaas
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Water St
Charles Laiblin
Laiblin
John H. Wiers
William Kilgore
James W
Wm. B. Armstrong
Wit
Gray’s Addition
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Robert McCray
William Macrae
Gray's
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