An 1640s Columbus Enquirer Update on Politics and Health
A rippling summary from the Columbus Enquirer dated September 23 1640 reports electoral prospects in Alabama and a Democratic Governor likely to win. It notes Muscogee voters seeking print access and claims of uninterrupted city health. It quotes Washington and Charleston opinions on the Bank Bill and argues about tariff effects on coffee and iron, urging scrutiny of partisan press and rail road funding.
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Muscogee
Columbus Enquirer
Enquirer
Southern Recorder
Atlantic
Oqurer
Lumpkin
McDonald
Enquirer| Wal
Bank or No Bank Debate Draws Editorial Fire
The piece challenges the Columbus Enquirer for avoiding a National Bank stance and hotly questions the timing and reasoning behind the tax law. It argues the tax burden was oppressive, rushed, and not properly recorded, asking what further developments the Enquirer seeks before October elections.
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The
Columbus Enquirer
Enquirer
Dispute with the Enquirer over argument and press conduct
The Columbus Enquirer faces critique for resorting to generalities and personal refutations rather than argument. A reply argues for continued scrutiny of the paper's facts and positions, calling out insulting language while defending open discussion and press accountability. The piece contrasts decorum with perceived aggressiveness in recent columns. The discussion then shifts to the last Legislature and Cherokee citizenship rights, listing votes and officials involved.
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Billingsgate
Porapa Nowy
Enquirer
Columbus Enquirer
Tres
Alps
Stewart County Meeting endorses sound currency stance in 1841
At a Stewart County gathering in August 1841 Stephen Weston chaired a meeting lettered by Col Jones M Mitchell and others. Resolutions favored a sound paper currency backed by specie, opposed gold and silver demands on sheriffs, and pledged defense of sheriffs who tender bank notes while preserving duty to collect in sound currency. Copies sent to Columbus papers. Also a note from The Times questions legislators about Indians citizenship and Reform promises.
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Lomrxts
Stewart Court
Court House
Stephen Weston
Junius Jordan
H. W. Jerrigan
Jones M. Mitchell
J. D. Pitts
Judge du Vce
Neil Robinson
Picket
Mr. Wipe
Ang Maj.Morgan
Ox Motion
H.W. Bre
J. Sti
Dy . NeGhiton
Junius Dordanyd
Bourne
James M. Mitghell
Ay Gi Morvan
Vin. K. Slinking
Rtthee
Ghetacet
Columbus Times
Columbus Rknquirer
Lumpkins Telegraph
Sieeren Weston
Sec’y
the Times
Stewart County
Stewart Co
Unity of Muscogee Delegates for Harrison Tyler Tickets
Delegates from Muscogee County outline support for Harrison and Tyler in the upcoming state legislature election. They condemn Van Buren’s policies, warn against centralized power, and advocate reform, a constitutional republic, and a cautious stance on bank and currency issues while backing the public treasury’s oversight.
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Muscogere
Friends of
Harrison and
Tyler
Muscogee
Republic
William H. Harrison
John Tyler
Sian
Marit van Buren
Maria van Buren
White House
Congress
Hich
Georgia Voters Debate Banks and Taxes in 1840 Speech
James Cannoun, Saucers W. Frournoy, Willim S. Currey, Robert B. Alexander, Henry Counc Sarr call for reform in Georgia finance. They favor a national style bank over a sub treasury, insist on specie payments, urge limited state debt, and pledge to aid commerce and employment while criticizing the Harrison opponents and the Macon convention libel. September 16, 1840.
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Georgia
United States
Congress
Harrison
Macon
Muscogee
James
Cannoun
Saucers
W. Frournoy
Willim S. Currey
Robert B. Alexander
Henry Counc Sarr
Compromise Debate Over Bank Bill and State Branches
The Boston Courier reports on the Clay compromise amid a Senate vote and House debate. It notes opposition to a national bank branch in states without local assent and details law language about offices of discount and deposites, state assent, and executive powers. The piece follows Washington correspondence, covering remarks by Adams, Marshall, Wise, and others on constitutional limits and political strategy.
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Tus
Washington
Charleston Courier
Senate
Messrs
Marshall and Underwood
Kentucky
Adams
Wise
Proffit
Madisonian
Tyler
The
Columbus Enquirer
Socruern
Georgia Respecting & National Bank
Iig
Boston
Webster
Lorgan
Massachusetts
Clay
Ascome
Burt
United States
Congress
Simmons
Rhode Island
Prestog
South Carolina
Debate on Branching Power and Constitutionality
The fragment discusses Messia Bates and Choate of Massachusetts and suggests it would be honest to let the bill pass as originally reported, noting the doubt about the constitutionality of the branching power and the discovery made by the figures.
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Messia Bates
Choate
Massachusetts
Congress power clash echoed in Senate debate and bank history
The report notes a member’s push to strike out an amendment and retain the Senate committee version, arguing Congress holds full people’s power over the subject, not transfer to States. It cites General Washington and Jefferson on the first Bank and reports Adams speaking at six p.m. in the Capitol. The piece also lists numerous local deaths from bilious fever and other illnesses, cites improving health after fresh showers, and ends with an agricultural tip from Abel Peck urging timber cutting after leaves fall.
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Clay
Senate
Congress
Washington
Jefferson
First Bank
Adams
Capitol
Alexander Crook
John Gillespie
John Locke
William Smedley
McKenny
Daniel Sullivan
E. C. Hawks
Puerpurel Fesver
Murpha Mahany
James Davis
David Leslie
Richard B. Bull
Harry White
William J. Lake
Horace Moore
Mrs. Munnolland
T. Murray
Oliver LB. Dowd
Florida Journal
West views on a Bank of the United States debated
The Ohio States man claims the West rejects a national bank on constitutional grounds, except for Mr. Clay's State. In Sandersville the drought grimly lowers crops, with temperatures reaching between 94 and 98 degrees. In Dutchess County three aging veterans, all Democrats, live within miles of each other, including Governor Morgan Lewie, General John Armstrong, and John R. Livingston, aged about 260 combined.
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Ohio States
West
Clay
Bank of the
United States
Sandersville
Dutchess County
Morgan Lewie
John Armstrong
Newburgh
John R. Livingston
Slave girl Rose freed by Massachusetts court ruling
The Supreme Judicial Court in Boston on July 24 examined Rose, a girl brought by abolitionists under a writ of habeas corpus from Mobile where she was claimed as a slave by Mrs. Eliza Ticknor. Judge Wilde ruled she appeared capable of choosing and ordered her discharge to return to Mobile to see her siblings, defying abolitionist pleas.
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Boston Courier Supreme Judicial Court
Saterpay
Rose
Shaw
Wilde
Gray
Loring
E. Sewall
Esquires
Mobile
Eliza Ticknor
Tickner
Aiihor
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