Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-08-01

tlonlstS constituted that 'reSpectap1e POI 'ioii'
If he had said that he would oppose Texas as
long as MAJORITY of the People Were OPP
posed to annexation, the import OF his Ian
guage would have heen quite different from
/ what it is And it is known to certainty
that that respectable portion" neoer qciU a
gree for Texas to be annexed as slave State
Therefore, it is certainly very plain, and per
fectIy consistent with sound logic, that Mr..
Clay is utterly and totally opposed to the ad-
mission Of the ''Lone Star Republic into the
! American Union And we cannot, therefore.
believe, that any other motive dictated Mr.
CLAWS course, than desire to secure the sup
port of the Abolitionists of the North. So
much for our ''charge Of Wing Abolltionism"
The luminous gentleman" of the Republi-
can winds up his reply to our last as follows
''But one thing we feel bound to notice-Ihat
is, call upon the Locofocos of this neighbor-
hood to ig!tlict personal chaStisenecat upon the
Editor Of The Republican! After making this
call, he undertakes to qualify itby saying, ''we
do not recommend person violence; we only
recommend chastisement commensurate with
the offence!" What else can be meant by
this, except to recommend his brethren to use
knock down arguments against US? And yet
this is called FREE COUNTRY, where
ALL are allowed freely to express their opin-
ions, whether on religious or political subjects
II cannot be that an honest and intelligent COM
munity will follow such advice"
When we read the above we could not res
train our risibles. Did we call upon the Dem
ocrats to punish the Republican? What does
the editor expect to gain by classifying what
we said in regard to inficting ''chastisement''
upon him? Why did he not tell his readers
what we said about the Democrats whom he
charged with either Begging, borrowing or
stealing his papers, if they should be found
guilty? Why did he not tell his readers the
reasons why we recommended chastisement
commensurate with his offence? Did we not
say, in the article to which he alludes, that ''if
1t should be ascertained that any Democrat
has been guilty Of stealing the fellows papers,
applying it. Ii, On the other hand, they are
shattered, let the remedy be applied" Such
was our language; and yet he would produce
the impression on the minds of his readers,
that we called upon the Democrats to 'siqNict
personal chastisenem upon the editor Of the
Republican," because he has the 'simpudent
assurance" to print a Whig paper" and
''acooc Wing principles, ''in Rockingham :
No man could think otherwise, after reading
the above quotation from the Republican, un-
less he had previously read our article. Such
is the honesty of the ''sensbla and intelligent
and ecou!d-be Democratic Wing editor of the
Republican. ''And this is called FREE
| COuNTRY,' says the editor Yes, it is a
free country; but men are not therefore free to
SANDER their neighbors with impunity And
san honest and intelligent community" will
not, we feel confident, permit such an outrage
upon them. Perhaps the editor of the Repub-
lcan is DESTROYS of following the example Of
Bro,enlo,c. If 50, we feel assured that he
will get his re-,card Terban1 sat.
VINO IS Mr.. PoLK?-This question is
saeeringly asked by every Federal stumper and
newspaper scribbler in the land. They do not
h3eo,c our candidate for the Presidency; and
one would think from their affected ignorance,
that they never knew him.
The editor of the New York Tribune, Mr..
Creole, one of the ablest organs of the Federal
party IN the Empire State, it appears from the
following compliment, knew something about
him. In memoir which he prepared of Judge
White Of Tennessee, in l841, Mr.. G. SAYS:
SIN 1889, JAMES K. POLK, one of the
ablest men and most powerful Speakers in the
Southwest, took the field as the administra-
ton (Van Buren, candidate for Governor; and,
after canvass of unprecedented vehemence,
in which he prored himself on orer mputch both
az speaking talent and IN personal address md
IN popularity, for his opponent, Gov Cannon,
he was elected by some twenty-five hundred
majority"
The truth is, the Wings don't ,ca,ot to
s'oo,c Mr.. Polk. They too well know that
they will soon enough find him out What
long faces these coons will wear when he is ell
ected to the Presidency; they will ''stick out a
f feet" They say he is the aceakea man be-
longing to the party. If he beats Clay, what
terrible overthrow would one of our strong
men bring upon Federalism.
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Shokspeare's WorkS.-We have received
several numbers of the beautifully illustrated
edition OF Shakespeare, by Mr.. H. w. Jewett OF
New York Everything peItaining to the
work is execute in the most splendid style, at
II IL cents per No. 1t is certainly very cheap,
and should be in every mans library. From
some cause or other, the 18th and 18th Nos.
have not reached us-while the l4th and 18th
have come to hand. Will the publisher fur
nlsh them if he pleases2
--sGSs....
.elr Rhett's Speech upoa the Tarif-On
: the first of IN dow Il -,