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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1837
Page
3
The speaker argues that moneyed banks and their directors cannot be trusted to fully expose or reform banking abuses. Bank Directors will not compel specie resumption or wind up failing banks, nor act honestly in governance, so voters should reconsider electing them and instead seek measures that advance monetary reform. The message urges grave public consideration.
Democratic delegates in Jefferson County request voters in Warren Township to consider Col Nicholas Hutchins as a suitable candidate for County Recorder. The message lists officials including Benjamin Tappan, Samuel M'Nary, Geo Mitchell, John K. Sutherland, and John S. Patterson, urging support for Hutchins.
The listing shows Senator Samuel Stokely as a key figure alongside Treasurer William Kilgore, Recorder Alexander Sutherland, Prosecuting Attorney Jas Collier, and Commissioner John McLaughlin. The document assigns each role to the named individual in a formal government roster.
From the London Bankers Circular January 27 the influence of a bank is allied to wealth not numbers. The Bank of the United States is cited as a prime example with immense political power. The Liverpool Mail quotes strong language on Biddle dictating terms to the U S Government and draining specie from the deposits.
The British and American aristocracy push for a National Bank with protection against specie demands to revive mercantile credit and restore confidence. A New York Board of Trade drive to recharter a National Bank seeks legal tender status and relaxed currency laws. The piece condemns such moves as audacious and dangerous to republican government. It cites New Orleans Bulletin on September 1 and reports a Mexican authorities document provoking United States citizens in Tampico.
A correspondent denounces a Salem township notice supporting Kilgore for Treasurer as deceptive. He accuses opponents of manipulating signatures and fomenting federalist gains while defending Democratic independence, and cites the Bloomfield Convention and a British bankers’ manifesto on banks and democracy.
W C McAUSLEN labels Kilgore as using minority Democrats in caucus to secure a political office with Whig backing. He questions the wisdom of endorsing Jackson and Van Buren, urges the editor to provide credible support and to avoid lending false orthodox signatures.
A man engaged in a Whig conversation with an elderly devotee cut several large holes in a new shirt with scissors during the discussion. This curious incident shows how heated political talk can lead to unintended mishaps.
The Wheeling Riflemen celebrated Davie Morgan's birthday on Monday last with Capt. McKiernan delivering an address and Mr. KF O'Neill reciting a spirited ode.
The writer recalls a week in Pittsburgh praising its prosperity and steady industry. Despite financial strains seen elsewhere, businessmen remain unmoved as wealth grows. Notable progress includes near completion of new iron works in Sligo, rapid water street improvements, and numerous new brick buildings replacing old frames, signaling a buoyant western city.
On September 12 in Allegheny town near Pittsburgh Captain Cook of the Skies ascended in a gas balloon, then returned to Pittsburgh by nightfall. The Madisonian denounces the paper as Whig and attacks a national bank plan, while Senate and House proceed with resolutions and finance bills including Treasury notes and debt adjustments.
In the Senate on Sept 12 McKean and Buchanan presented memorials from Philadelphia citizens opposing Texas annexation, read and laid on the table. A presidential message was received and also laid on the table. In the House Garland moved to elect a chaplain, Touson winning on the second ballot. Adams proposals urge disclosure of US Britain and US Mexico boundary correspondence and any Texas annexation proposals with related replies. House adjourned after motion by Haynes.
The piece notes the Federal party wavering on a national bank while the Democracy solidifies support for administration measures. It mentions possible pro Bank and State monopoly views within some Democrats and Whigs from the East allied with Calhoun and the South. A Lake Erie schooner wreck near Chagrin River on the 28th results in several deaths.
Prices for flour, wheat, flaxseed, butter, beef, bacon, coffee, feathers, mackerel, and whiskey listed for Steubenville Baltimore Pittsburgh and Wheeling with per bushel, per barrel, and per pound figures. Notes include stores sales in Howard Street and rising western bacon prices.
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