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MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artnors
Lexington Observer and Reporter
Fairbank
Paris
Messrs
Brain
Grant
Cod Baxter
Aberdeen
Ohio
Prospectus for the Wilmington Journal 1844
David Fulton announces the Wilmington Journal as a Democratic paper to oppose Whig measures and support strict constitutionalism. He urges Democratic patronage in Wilmington, NC, detailing pricing, publication aims, and the need to maintain a Democratic press in the town. The prospectus emphasizes agriculture, trade, markets, and occasional polite literature while advocating Democratic men and policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FRAV
Democratic Party
Inter Hmington Messenger
Wilmington
United States Bank
Confederacy
North Carolina
David Fulton
Wilmington, N.C
The Hungry Coony Clay Ballad in Democratic Sloganeering
A polemical song denounces Henry Clay as a tyrant of tariffs and big manufacturers. It links Clay to poverty and hard times, urging workers to support Polk and Dallas instead and to vote against Clay in November. The verses attack tariffs, taxes, bank promises, and public lands, framing Clay as a dictatorial figure and praising Polk’s potential relief for the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coony Clay
Isa
America
Janes
England
Henry Clay
Fife
Aia
Lueen Neal
Coony
Lear
Ron Hand
Wolf Ix
Polk
Dallas
The Next Legislature Whigs Hold Small Senate Lead
A long list of elected lawmakers shows Whigs with a 2 seat Senate edge and 22 to 24 in the House. Democrats are marked with an asterisk, naming the defeated or aligned party. The roster includes senators from Parquotank to Martin and a House of Commons with many counties represented by Whigs and Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Democrats
Parquotank and
Perquimons
W PB Shepard
Camden and
Currituck
Ethridge
Gates and Chowan
Whitmer Stallings
Washington and Tyrell
Joseph Halsey
Northampton
John M Moody
Hertford
William G Cowper
Bertie
Lewis Thompson
Martin
Asa Biggs
Halifax
Andrew Joyner
Nash
J H Drake
Wake
George W Thompson
Franklin
William A Jeffreys
Johnston—Ransom Sanderst
Warren—Weldon
N Edwards
Adpecombe—Louis
PD Wilson
Wayne
John Exum
Greene and
Lenoir
Edwin G Speight
Pit
S L Foreman
Beaufort and Hyde
Joshua Tayloe
Carteret and
Jones
Isaac Hellen Craven
Thomas J Pasteur
Chatham
William Albright
Granville—G
Baton
Robert Hester
Cumberland
T N Cameron
Sampson
End Gavin
New Hanover
Owen Homes
Duplin
James K Hill
Onslow
Ennett
Bladen
Brunswick
L A Gwynn
Rockingham —Gorge
Boyd
Orange
Eugh
Wadiell
Randolph— Henry
Elliot Guilford
Jesse H Lindsay Stokes
John Reich
Rowan and Davie
Boyden Davidson
Alfred Hargrave
Surry
Ashe
McMillan Buncomba
Yancy and
Henderson
W Woodfin Burke
Caldwell and Wilkes
Burgess
Gaither Lincoln
Larkin Stowetredel
Mr Bogle
Rutherford
Cleavelad
Jefferson Haywood
Macon
Michael Francia Mecklenburg
John Walker
Nouse OF Commons
Anson
Jonathan Trull
JM Waddill Ashe
Benjamin Calloway
Beaufort
Edward Stanly
Frederick Grist Bertie
William W Cherry
Lewis Bond Bladen
Fl H Robinson
Jenny W Watters Banecombe
Messrs
Fagg and
Thrash Burke
T R Caldwell
B Burgin
District Democrat Prospects in Oxford NC 1844
A prospectus to publish the District Democrat in Oxford Granville County NC outlines opposition to the Whig Party and Henry Clay. It endorses James K Polk for President and George M Dallas for Vice President, urging Democrat support and a local vehicle for political information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Granville County
North Carolina
Henry Clay
Kentucky
Mr. Clay
United States
James K. Polk
Tennessee
George M. Dallas
Pennsylvania
7Th
Collins & Strother
National Bank debate and bank opponents cited in late speech
In a North Carolina style address criticism targets a national bank as unnecessary and misguided. The speaker argues currency strength and past bank failures negate need for a new federal bank. The note mentions Langdon Cheves of South Carolina and William Mellvaine of New Jersey, once linked to the Bank of the United States, now opposing a new bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hank
North Carelina
England
House of Lords
Laugher
U.S Bank
Nist
Bank of the United States
Langdon Cheves
South Carolina
William Mellvaine
New Jersey
Death of Gustavus M C Wright in Kent county
Notice of the sudden death of Gustavus M C Wright formerly of Queen Anns County in Kent county from a spider bite. Amputation was urged, but Wright refused. mortification spread to the breast and caused his death Wednesday evening. Also reports Mississippi flood losses totaling 6,627,000 with 139,105 bales of cotton affected and calls for government aid to build levees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustavus M. C. Wright
Queen Ann's County
Kent County
Wright
Centreville
Mississippi
Vidalia
Louvisiana
Gov Ford issues writs over Nauvoo guard
From the N. S. Journal of Commerce. The Mormons. Reports say Gov. Ford has issued writs returnable at Nauvoo for the apprehension of the entire guard deployed around the Smiths. The town is in great alarm with residents fleeing hourly as authorities seek the force responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Ford
Nauvoo
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Prospectus of
The
Wilmington Journal
Davin Farrox
Atereo L
Coon
Clay
Coonyv
Texas
Oregon
Duncan Shaw
Benjamin S’ Atkins
John B Jones
Davidson
C Brummell
L Payne Davie
A Miller Duplin
J G Dickson
B Kelly
Biyecombe
Joshua Barnes
R Bridger
Wm C Martin
Jas Collins
Gates
R Gatling
Granville
M Bullock
J M Stone
JT Littlejohn
Greene
James Harpert
Guilford
William Doak
Joel McLean
John A Smith Halifax
H Gee
F Moore Haywood
Keener Henderson
John Clayton Hertford
Jacob Sharp
Hyrde— McCreedle Iredell
Reid
Emmerson
George Johinston
Jesse Adams
L Richardson
William Foy Lenoir
Jesse Jackson
Lincolon
J H White
N Wilson
Reinhart
Rankin
Roane Martin
J Woodard
Montgomery
Galvin
Cochran Mecklenburg
R Lemmons
Dun
J Kirk
Donald Street Nash
D Harrison
Jere Nixon
David McIntyre
John B
Oem
Irnes Onslow
Edward W Saunders
D Maliaferroe
Tyrrall
Silas Davenport _ Wake
J M Mangum
Hi Wilder
J DB Shepard
Warren
H Hawkins
C Brome
Washington—D
Guyther Wayne
H Hrogden
Barnes
Wilkes
Taambill
Church Yaney
Flemming
Oxford, North Carolinas
Woodbury
Levi Woodbury
Bangor
James Cox
Rich
Vitumw
N. S. Journal of Commerce
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