The Whig standard., 1843-11-25
W ASH N G. 7 0 N.
SATURDAY EVENING, NOV. 25, 1s43.
BRITISH GOLD.

BRITISH GOLD.
When pushed to the wall, and maddened to
the last degree by the success of his opponents,
the favorite phrase with which the editor of the
Globe seeks to discharge his bile, is the infiu-
ence of British gold" No one, perhaps, ought
to be better acquainted with the potentiality Of
gold than he who has drawn it SO largely from
the Treasury, nor ought we to be surprised that
it should occupy so much of his thoughts at the
very period when he is hoping to be restored to
his pristine glory as printer to Congress. The
Globe has certainly been severely tasked for the
last two or three years Required, from its po-
sition, to furnish all the raw material OF slang
and misrepresentation which is industriousy
worked up by the small village presses through
out the ceuntry-to nurse the wrath of its party
and keep it warm-to beat for recruits and
watch for deserters-to soothe the angry dscon-
tents Of ambitious Democrats, and pamper the
ignorant prejudices Of the vulgar, (no wonder il
tagged somewhat during the hot summer
months) and all this, while it was annually dis
gorgng Ave or six thousand dollars of its Trea-
sury spoils hard task indeed; and if its
party, after all, shall decide that the Exposition
is the better Democrat, we shall not blame the
Globe for retiring in disgust.
But we took up the pen for the purpose Of re-
marking upon the last resort Of the Globe, in the
way Of hatred and denunciation of the Wings.
As old Petrikn used to say, we object TO it."
Even the harmless pleasan,ries Of coon-skns and
hickory poles, when urged too far, in moments
of exutation, are apt enough provocatives to stir
up ill will among citizens Of common country.
If the editor of the Globe is sdetermined, how
ever, to raise the cry Of g British gold, and put
it, as passe-partout with which to unlock the
worst passions of the people, into the hands OF
its numerous copyists throughout the country,
why, then, we say, upon the Globe be the con-
sequences of the i'll blood and infamed passions
of the approaching campaign. We can deal in
harsh eptheis, and perhaps do SO too much
We call Mr.. Tyler traitor-to his party-and
the language is severe, but it conveys a bitter
truth; not so this charge of the editor OF the
Globe, when, by ingeniously coupling the cir
cumstances of Abbot Lawrence's visit to England,
and the selection Of John Davis to view the Illi-
so as to serve the worst purposes of political ma
levolence. The editor of the Globe dare not go
into the street and say to the humblest Wing
voter he may meet, "sir, you are the bribcd re-
cipient of British gold"-7we say dare not, for
the least he could expect would be to gel,
knocked to the ground for the calumny; yet he
quietly sits down in his editorial chair, and lbels
the entire Wing party in language which he
would fear to apply to any one member Of it..
This is rank cowardice.
Let it not be supposed that in condemning the
use of this miserable catchpenny slang about
British gold, we have any fears that it may ope-
rate to the injury of the Whig party. Not at all.
On the contrary,in this particular case we think
the Globe has been unfortunate in its allusion.
Who first sought after this British gold Was
it not that very excellent Democrat, Governor
REYNOLDS, who went to England and borrowed
il? And now, all that the lenders have done is
to send an honest Whig to see if they can safely
lend the Democrat any more. Is it not so
Again, if British gold is really Of such wonder
full efficacy in American elections, why was it
not used, and unsparingly too, in the recent can
vass in Mississippi, where, to the eternal shame
of all parties in this country, the repudators
have just achieved most disgraceful triumph
If the question about British gold is to be invi-
diously gone into, it will be found that three
fourths, if not more, of the debts due from the
several States to foreign capitalists were incurred
by those States during the ascendency Of the
"selfstyled Democracy" who we are sorry to
say, have shown themselves far more ready to
receive British gold'' than to return it.
THE SPECTATOR Of this morning announces
that il will commence on Monday the publica-
tion Of daily paper, at the low price of five