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Newspaper
North American
Location
Swanton, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1840
Page
2
A New Brunswick paper criticizes American actions while noting British views. It alleges Americans are prolonging armed activity across territories and roads, with reports of forts at Paiute and Fish River being reinforced. The piece predicts forthcoming developments within weeks.
The report details amounts owed for supplies and damages to properties used by the Continental Army including tiles wine sheep hay and other goods. It notes a 1966 payment to Colonel Moses Hazen for losses such as joiners tools and cables and mentions his Canadian properties tied to the American cause and potential further compensation after the war, with a continuation promised.
A Canton to Salbot dispatch recounts English actions near Canton led by Captain Elliott. British forces reportedly sank two Chinese war junks and five hundred Chinese casualties occurred as tension rises. Americans maintain trade with China while blockade prospects loom and conflicts appear inevitable.
Reports from New York describe the Great Western bringing dates and updates on English politics. The article notes a quadruple alliance among Russia England Austria and Prussia to protect the Ottoman Empire and discusses Indian battles and financial strains. It warns of Britain eyeing a California cession and suggests U S government scrutiny to prevent imperial overreach.
A reformist speech by Mr Pickens condemns sectional appropriations and urges a liberal policy to grow the Republic westward. He argues western state growth, maritime defense, and lake navigation as vital to national power amid rising Canada threats and steam driven naval change.
The interior West is safe from invasion by nature and distance. If invasion occurs it will target the Gulf or Southern Atlantic coasts, not the interior. The speaker argues interior people want defense funding only for the Indian frontier, not general national defense.
The Ogdensburgh Times laments finance woes and domestic divisions while warning that Great Britain aims to assert control over the Eastern Boundary. It argues the country appears weak and vulnerable to outside pressure, recalling the blood shed in the American Revolution and urging sober reflection among all citizens.
A garbled excerpt discusses the fate of free governments and the virtue of the nation. It questions whether republican governance rests on the will of the people and if liberty can coexist with safety, hinting at experiments in political knowledge and national self assessment.
A Burlington Sentinel summary notes a heated discussion of the Case or Dr Holmes as the U S Supreme Court weighs a writ of error. Justices Taney M Lean Way an Storey debate jurisdiction and whether Governor Jenison acted within constitutional bounds to surrender Holmes to Canada. Dissenters argue no authority or treaty supports the act and warn of dangerous precedent.
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