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Newspaper
Georgetown American
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1841
Page
3
A fragment notes how the house and the current balance between slave and non slave holding states affect representation and the speed of legislative business. It emphasizes the arrangement best suited to governmental action.
The Harrisburgh Intelligencer notes the Senate has passed anti sub treasury resolutions in Pennsylvania and expects the House to concur, despite unclear ages of voting.
An extended editorial praising western expansion and migration, noting insolvency filings in Baltimore, a Boston to Portsmouth mail route by horse six decades ago, and a vision of westward growth. It extols rapid population and industry gains, the replacement of Native life with settlements, and the unity of diverse settlers benefiting from common schooling and government principles.
The passage extols agriculture as the noblest pursuit and natural occupation for humans. It praises virtue intelligence love of country and a resolve to preserve civil and religious institutions. It asserts the people of this government will remain the wisest happiest and most prosperous nation on earth.
Prices current show cotton at 8 to 11 cents with notable sales. Corn from Pee Dee 60 to 65 cents, North Carolina 55 to 60 cents, with sales. Shingles scarce. a good cargo would command 4 dollars. Timber selling at 5 cents. Freights 1 dollar per bale on deck and 125 dollars under deck to New York.
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