Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-11-28
RICHMOND DAILY WING.
TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER %, Is.s.
Bribcru Of thc Democracu :


The Federal organ of Democracy Ohe Globc).
has been recently greatly alarmed ut II new and
threatening source of danger to the immaculate
Democracy. The ground OF apprehension. rs We
learn from IFS columns, is,that Abbott Lawrence OF
Massachusetts, has been on visit to England and
Gov. Davis has been employed by certain English
owners of Illinois stocks To look after their inter
| ests. Lawrence has returned home, and since the
Massachusetts election, Davis has gone to-Illinois
to attend TO tho business, for which he will get
paid. Upon the strength of these two seemingly
very Insignificant circumstances, the great Globe
goes into commissions, and concludes that the very
least evil that will bei the country, will be the
purchase oithe whole Democracy by British gold.
Davis, it says is 10 be the Wing Vice President,
and he is fully empowered to squander millions Of
British gold ia influencing elections.
In its agitation and alarn,thc Globe very strange
" omits TO tell us what interest the British have in
deciding the Presidential election in favor of the
Wings. Ii is not reasonable To suppose, thew
would lavish their millions upon the unlocked De-
mocracy, merely for the fun of spending their
money. The British must be- very different peo.
pie from what the world suppose them 10 be, if
they are guilty of this folly. But il would he no;
only foolish waste Of money; but it would be
spending their money To the detriment of their
real interests. If the British people have any
great and direct interest in the result of our cleo
tons, il must he To the Free Trade Democrats
succeed. There would be something in that re-
suit ct visible benefit to the proud Islanders. IL
would at open our markets TO Them free of
dutv-a benefit OF many millions per annum.
As the Globe talks much of British Gold.
we should not be at all surprised (ri the truth was
known,) if the Democrats had already touched
some of the British sovereigns-and that they are
at the bottom of Democratic zeal FOR Free Trade
We can and understand why the British should
pour ont their Gold in cause like this.
But in either cvent-whether the British bride
the Democracy directly, or whether they employ
the Wings TO do it for them, the Democrats are, by
the confession of the Globe, horribly corrupt
They were bought up, at the last election. by thou
sands; and they determined TO be bought up
again. No man shall say them nay; bought they
will be, for little or much; and British gold shall
do the business for them.
Ii people thus bent on selling themselves.
we know of no means TO stay them in their career;
and all that have to say is, that the wilfu man
must have his way
The Globe may underra;c the integrity of its
party But it is not to be denied that the history
of Locoiocoism goes to confirm its estimate. and
10 prove that the Democrats much ionder Of
being bought up than Of mourning the expense of
buying Others, or even buying themselves free
Nearly all the Stale debts now existing were con-
tracted by Locoiocos-who readily took the Bri-
fish gold and spent it, and have ne'cr thought of
returning it. And i'll this very case Of the Illinois
debt--a LEADING I,OcCfnco-Gov Rpvnnlds-,v,s
the agent by whom the money was obtained from
abroad, and who would gladly, if he could, get Is
much more. \ Locooco's capacity for receiving
money is ineNhaustible but his disposition 10 re.
pay j, has no capacity at all.