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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1844
Page
1
The text outlines a frugal government bounded by the Constitution. It rejects assuming state debts via public land proceeds, opposes broad federal internal improvements, opposes a national bank and bank-privilege grants, rejects church state union, and denounces monopolies, advocating union and progress.
A Monday entry dated September 2, 1844 notes Ohio State elections with a state vote on Tuesday and the Presidential election scheduled for Friday November 1. The brief item records timing for voters and mentions dates in the forthcoming fall campaign.
The federal party backs a National Bank, while opponents warn of abuse and ruin. After citing the Buffalo Courier on bank operations, the piece argues the Bank failed to regulate trade, banking excesses, or exchange, causing cycles of expansion and collapse and urging Democrats to oppose renewed Bank power. It ends with a satirical British editor note about Windsor court appointments and criticizes Queen Victoria era news.
The text reports a political contest where Owsley trails Dixon by a reduced majority of about 4500, with optimism that a lieutenant governor victory could reach 12 to 15 thousand. It lists Owsley Dixon figures as 54,901 against 4,478, reflecting the standing margins.
A pamphlet invites readers to examine the New Hampshire Constitution and argues Catholics are denied equal privileges in the federation’s charge. It urges skepticism of Federalist stories and invites public scrutiny to expose alleged biases.
The piece attacks monopoly as the true cause of low wages and blames high protective tariffs for economic woes. It quotes a Buffalo Courier anti tariff view and defends wage levels, linking these to banks and printing. Maine outlook weighs heavily on the tariff's impact on shipping and Atlantic coast politics.
The piece notes Vermont as a wool growing state where tariffs are praised by friends and predicts the election held tomorrow. It jokes that a margin under 5000 for the opposing party would dishearten their pursuit, though it doubts that threshold will be reached.
A reader challenges a paper for withholding names of the sixteen or eighteen democrats said to have switched sides over a landing affair. The writer demands names and accountability, calling for clear attribution and evidence.
A reader ridicules Mr. Clay’s support for a national bank, calling him an effective speaker but lacking practical knowledge. The writer mocks the claim that banks are necessary because European governments have them, likening it to asserting monarchies as justification.
Federal paper in this place notes Clay has not published his Texas letter. The document states he personally has no objections to Texas admission, prompting questions about why it remains unreleased and how it affects ongoing debate.
The past week in the stock market yielded little movement as quotations sulked and operators stayed scarce. A looming commercial revulsion is hinted, with banks posting seven percent on business paper. Heavy European imports and rising domestic data forecast a large port balance of about thirty three million dollars in eight months, pressuring market sentiment. PCONGIION.
A Democratic Press letter from Columbus questions Mr Clay’s coffee duty proposal reported in Milledgeville. The writer ridicules a two cent per pound duty as a price lowerer and suggests eight to ten cents would do less to consumers. He notes growers’ gains rely on others cultivating coffee and questions benefitting West India producers or tobacco planters under such duties. A Coffee Drinker.
An extract from Mr. Clay's Raleigh speech argues for a national bank by noting European despotic states and great powers all maintain banks. He cites England France Austria and Russia as examples and contends local institutions alone are insufficient for a robust republic.
The passage notes that Holland and all major European powers have their national banks and credits Alexander Hamilton with proposing the first such scheme in the United States. It casts Hamilton as founder of the federal party, a monarchist, and an admirer of the British system of government, per Clay's speech in Whig papers.
The Baldwinville Republican argues against tariff theory, showing how a two and a half cent per pound duty on brown sugar ends with consumers paying about three cents per pound. It traces pricing through West India producer, importer, American merchant, and retailer to illustrate hidden costs and profits.
The Rochester Daily Advertiser cites uneven tariff protection with examples showing stark disparities. Striped shirting faces 65 percent duty while gold edged cambric is taxed 43 percent. Farmers’ tron chains exceed 100 percent, yet rich watch chains are taxed 74 percent. Common carpets 103 percent versus Brussels 30 to 50, and various textiles show wide gaps in taxation.
A sharp dispatch contrasts Henry Clay and Frelinghuysen in a joint ticket concept. It casts Clay as morally compromised and Frelinghuysen as saintly privately yet similar politically, praising democracy while condemning workers as white slaves. The piece mocks the unlikely alliance as a political hybrid bound to fail.
A reader urges publication of Clay's final letter to Texas, expecting to find it in the Ohio State Journal. The appeal stresses timely access and requests the publication be carried by the local paper.
The Whigs debate name origins at the Baltimore Convention praising Theodore as a gift of God while deriding a calculated origin from Whigamores. The author accuses Whigs of wealth redistribution through National Banks Distribution bills and Bankrupt laws, arguing their ideology plunders farmers and others.
At a Beaver County Guards meeting in Steubenville Captain Crague chaired a committee to draft resolutions thanking Gen. Stokely Col. Roberts and Wheat and others for hospitality during Steuben. Resolutions praised military conduct, dinners, and kindness from Steubenville officials and allied groups, noting gratitude and intent to publish in nearby papers. Security and festival figures named include Lieut. Clarke, Serg. Hamilton, Gray, Lacock, Boles, Clarke, and Arevardson.
The New Jersey Herald notes experiments in electro magnetic communication may allow instant messages from Washington to Baltimore and vice versa. Subscriptions have begun for a Boston to New York line promising European news a day early, heralding a future where machines replace labor and lightning is harnessed for instant global conversation.
The unnamed federal correspondent has yet to receive word from the Louisiana Convention. The reason appears to be fear of retaliation or punishment for reporting, leading to a delay or suppressed dispatch. The correspondent surveys risk of exposure before sending details of proceedings.
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