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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1841
Page
2
The speech scrutinizes Jackson and Van Buren era spending, contrasting extravagant Indian removal and land purchases with ordinary needs. It condemns a proposed tariff and luxury taxes, arguing they harm workers while exempting aristocratic luxuries. It calls for genuine retrenchment and reform.
A speaker condemns the measure as a gift to speculators and banks, arguing it burdens workers with higher taxes to fund loans to banks and stock jobbers. He warns the plan would weaken states, distort federal balance, and echo historical abuses, urging resistance.
The passage argues that while average annual consumption yields nearly four million dollars in revenue, consumers pay a higher total due to import duties that pass through wholesale, merchant, and retailer markups. It claims the public bears about 5,302,268.80 yearly, with roughly three and a half million reaching the Treasury after collection costs, to enable gratuitous distribution to corporations and bankers.
The text extols Brandreth's Pills as a universal cure aligning with the body, claiming they purge impurities from blood and bowels and restore health. It argues the pills are harmless, digest and expel impurities, and warns that poor digestion causes disease, urging use of the remedy. It also notes the genuine label requirements and certifications for agents selling the pills.
Sheriff’s sale planned under alias writ from Jefferson County Common Pleas Court. On September 27 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the courthouse, 106 acres plus 5 acres with 16 perches, in two tracts near Cross Creek and Clay Lick Run, will be sold to satisfy the judgment against Henry H Teeple, via Sheriff ISMAG McDONALD.
The sheriff offers for sale at the Coast House in Steubenville on the 27th of September, the right of John Smile in a tract in section 36, township and range 3, containing about 40 and 70 acres, described by specific parcel boundaries. Sale executed by M'Donald, Sheriff, with miscellaneous advertisements for Mills and patents attached to the notice.
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