The First Step in Crime in the N S Observer
From the N S Observer an essay on the first step toward crime. It links petty theft and forgery to ruin, recounts cases of a young lawyer seen as a cautionary tale, and ends urging moral resistance and shunning temptation.
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N. S. Observer
Fom
Rom
Sing-Sing
Raine
New York
Ile
Uxury
New York Sun
Atlantic States
Slave States
Phil. American Sentinel
Political diatribe targets Morrison and Harrison era policy
The passage denounces Morrison and his allies, urging Ohio voters to oppose them in the next election. It accuses them of oppressing the people to protect sound banking and Whig governance, blaming Senator Tappan for high wheat costs and unfavorable currency. It calls for a unified stand against perceived manipulation by the administration.
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Great Britain
Congress
Ceville
Morrison
Gen
Harrison
Ohio
Tappas
Tappan
Ohio Senator Tappan Accused of Likeness Sale Scandal
From the Ohio State Journal and Wheeling papers, a fierce charge targets Senator Tappan for bringing lithographic likenesses to Columbus and attempting to sell them to a bookseller. The piece accuses him of misrepresenting Ohio in Congress and manipulating state banking policy to defeat the Bank Bill.
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Ohio State Journal
Senator Tappan
van Buren
Columbus
Ohio
Senate of
United States
Tappan
Senate
New Orleans
New York
Shannon
Gallipolis Bank
Bank of Cir
State Printing Controversy Reveals High Pay for Sam Medary
In a December 5 1840 document the Ohio General Assembly authorizes Samuel Medary at thirty five cents per thousand cms for composition and twenty two cents per token for press work plus standard legal compensation, critics call it excessive and accuse lawmakers of doubling pay. The report contrasts with a proposed twenty five cent per thousand rate and highlights alleged deception by politicians. A Dayton anecdote discusses a powder explosion incident and a Dutch remark mocks political maneuvering by Martin Van Buren leaving a national debt of forty million dollars.
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Clark
Columars
General Assembly
State of
Ohio
Samuel Medary
Wilson Shannon
John Brough
State
Sam Medary
J. Phillips
Charles Scott
John A. Bryan
Sam
Mr. Scott
Guernsey
James
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C. A. Preston
Phildelphia Standard
Franklin Bank of Baltimore
James L. Hawkins
Hawkins
Dabney
Levis
Baltimore
Ireneus
Ordnance Board
Poinsett
Thisate
Benj. Linger
J.R. Pornserr
Madisonian
Europe
Dayton
Union Road
Dayton Jour
Martin van Buren
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