Disclosures on Albany Regency Prompt Whig versus Locofoco Clash
The New York Express reviews Mackenzie's book alleging Albany Regency leaders wielded power to bankroll political aims, bet on elections, and plunder banks while publicly condemning the bank system. It cites numerous figures and events, discusses the impact on Whig and Locofoco ranks, and defends publishing the revelations as a moral imperative for widows and orphans left destitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Express
United States Bank
Albany
Congress
Washington
New York
van Buren
City of New York
Stephen Allen
Locofoco
Wall Street
Jesse Hoyt
Hoyt
N. York Custom House
United States
Mackenzie
Whig
Locofeco
Madriver and Lake Exsie Railroad Company
John Cary
Samuel Keenner
Isaac S. Gardner
Lamon G. Harkness
William Hunt
A. M. McConnell
Abel Rawson
Foster M. Follett
Charles L. Boalt
China
Mexico
N. York
Boston Bee
Tenn. A
Michigan State Bank
Detroit
Gen. Cass
Alexander’s Messenger
Democrat
Louisville
New Hampshire
Polk
Froon
Genessee and Western
Bishop MccIlvaine
St. Paul’s Church
Arrival of the Great West and European news spread
The Great Western reached New York from Liverpool after a 16 day 16 hour voyage. British press tone toward America cools with conciliatory notes. Reports cover American flour prices, crop shortfalls, famine fears in Hungary, cholera in Livonia, and Russian Circassia actions including the battle near Dargo with heavy casualties.
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Europe
New York
Liverpool
America
Times
Oregon
N. S
Bond
England
Scotland
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Shields
Tyne
Russia
Germany
Westphalia
Rhenish
Hungary
Hamburgh Gazette
Livonia
Treland
Barrett
Dargo
Woronzow
Oregon letters describe freshets emigrants and early government talks
Letters from Oregon describe spring freshets submerging land and crops, hardships of emigrants arriving over the mountains, and opinions against older travelers attempting land routes. Reports note budding political activity, Hudson’s Bay Company vs American migrants, and local meetings. A New York Express rumor hints women joining Odd Fellows. Burlington fair awards a childbirth themed cattle show prize.
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Oregon
Stes
Hudson's Bay Company
Com. Adz
Fraudulent voting claims fill a Locofoco charge list
The writer attacks a rival editor and defends alleged 1840s and 1844 Louisiana and Georgia frauds, citing Plaquemines Parish and Baltimore as examples. The piece accuses the Locofoco party of buying votes, double voting, and foreign balloting, and argues broader election fraud across several states while challenging the editor to produce counterevidence.
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Glentworth
Benjamin F. Busler
Havre
Greatworth
Locofoco Party
Plaquemines
Louisiana
Loco
Whig
Clay
Polk
Locofoco
New Orleans
Workingman’s Advocate
New York City
Loco Party
Empire Club
Maryland
Baltimore
Locofolco
Icom
Georgia
Comptroller General
Locoforo
Comptroller's Office
New York
Oswego
Jefferson
St. Lawrence
Localoco
The True American Stands Against Mob Violence
The True American gleans sympathy for the persecuted Cassius M. Clay and denounces mob efforts to silence his press. It argues persecution strengthens abolitionist sentiment, cites the Lexington outrage, and notes threats to a free press echoed by the Lexington Observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassius M. Cley
Cassius M. Clay
Bruve
Lexington
Union
Lexington Observer
Cincinnati
C. M. Clay
Implacable Stance Against Liberty of the Press
The text argues that a broad public response will be taken to counter a nuisance, insisting the restraint will come from united citizens rather than a single faction. It warns that appeals for press liberty will fail to persuade the people that the state constitution protects such a paper.
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Wsconsin
Green Bay
Menomonee River
Lake Superior
Cushman
Campbell
Menomonee
Wolf
Baraboo
N. Y
Boston
Albany
Buffalo
Philadelphia
New York
Washington
New Orleans
Gaines
Young Democracy
N. S. Tribune
U.S
Democracy
Lord Brougham
General Assembly
State of
Ohio
Generl Assembly
M. Bartley
God
Columbus
United States of America
Huron County Morse-Thief Detecting Society
Court Hovses
C. W. Page
Platt Benedict
Jairus Kennan
Treacurer
Timothy Baker
William H. Snider
H. Pinney
Pratt Besgold
Norwalk
Brinkerhoff
Ohio State Journal
Capitol
Session Journal
Congress
Wistar
J. M. Crosby
Accounting for Defeat in Local Banking Debate
The Locofoco press analyze the Jete defeat with lines from Knox county and Fairfield county showing hard money as the central issue. Observers in Wayne County and St Clairsville blame fake issues from the Columbus convention for Loco losses and a shift toward a sound banking system.
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Locofoco
Knox County
Democratic
Fle
Knox
Hamilton
Locos
Fairfield County
Wayne County Standard
Columbus
Wayne County Democrat
St Clairsville Gazette
Loco
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N.Y. Express
Burlington
L. Case
Committee On Household Manufactures
HURON
Florida
Star of Florida
Cabell
Aerren S. Dentis
Supreme Court
Locofoco Press
Copper Harbor
Gen
Stockton
Missouri
Illinois
Prentice
Sawort Gattawar
DT An
Washington City
A. S
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
War Department
Navy Department
T. C. Eaton
Newark
Licking County
Court House
Osgood
India
Wackensiels
Cleveland
Norwalk Drug Store
Fine
Qnyb. & Sutton
E. Barnum
Wellington Birch
Vermillion
Rosamond Bonett
Ridgefeld
Alexander T. Gieford
Lucinda Fessenden
Faifield
Norwalk Township
Line Road
Five Road
Ralph M. Gibbs
Stoutenburghs
Reuben Townsend
Bronson Township
Hiron County
B. H. Hinkley
Adm’y Bronson
Erie
Baron
Erie County
Rotning
Lyme
Groton
Ridgefield
Oxford
Peter C
New Township
Hartland
Huron County
E. J. Waldron
Adm
Hartiani
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