Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-10-10
British Gold !--1Brthery wMd Corruption!
...Dangcr Of all the Wings bcins
hong nj over TO The l.0cOfOcO.!!!


bOuS Int over tO the h-ocOfocO.!!!
Under a caption something like the above, the
whig papers are generally relublishing hunlbug-
ging article from the New York Courier and Enqul-
rer. charging that the Anti-Corn Law men of Eng
land have raised an immense fund 10 buy up the
wings of this country to vote the Democratic ticket
and by that means secure the amendment OF our pres
ent un ust tariff, This humbug Is not only ntriasi-
caNg ridiculous IN the extreme, but lis absurdy L.
increased to indefinite degree when we consider
that the notorious James Watson ebb is It's author,
and that the party who have always resisted the IN
fuencc and designs of England are represented to
have become It's agents buy over that other party
(the federal Whig) which has always been fayorably
affected towards the British policy. Notwithstanding
these considerations, however, the \. y Journal OF
Commerce. (Which is not Democratic paper.) has
taken pains 10 make a critical examination Of the
subject and demonstrate Its great folly by copious
extracts from English papers, touching the question
of the tariff and corn laws. The conclusion OF the
Journals article, which Is an interesting summary of
the operations of the ancorn law League IN England,
copy below. If, Notwithstanding lis atsurdity, the
tale Of the Wing humbuggcrs Should happen 10 be
true, we hope that shall get bushel or two of
the British Gold ourselves We certainly ought not
to be overlooked in the general distribution of it.
If now the reader would understand the secret of
tbs marvellous 4" bribery and corruption Fund. and Il
they do not already know II, commercial read
ears certainly do, we tell them that an Assoc-
alton f rncd IN England few years sncc, hay
ing for It's leading Object the Repeal ~ The Corn Id'cs
The landowners IN that country. like the manufac-
turers in this have such enormous wealth and iuiu-
ence,hey are 20 enabled 10 control the vote, IF their
tenants and workmen,-that without some associated
effort tie part Of the antl-monopOlst, resistance
would he hopeless. at least for many years 10 come
Therefore the frec-rade men resolved to unite their
eXertlon>, by the formation If an Antl-Corn-Law
League; and : popular was the movement. that
thousands on thou ands, who had all their hives been
paying cNtravagant prices for bread to ch tie land
owners rallied around the standard thus erected and
have since been battling. with almost unieard If
personal sacrifices and eort>) to procure the repeal
of the Corn Laws. and open the port Of England t.
the wheat and flour of the United State, and other
countries. without rcsirlction.-thus aiordlng
sumer> these measures Cf life ut half the price
which they have been accustomed to pay. The oper-
atoms f the League have hitherto been, and. + r
we know, still are, confined almost exclusively to
Great Britain The extent and energy of IT. eff rts
NAV be gathered from the fellow no editorial Para
graph winch published the Ist of November
Llst,-lttle dreaming that nearly a year al erwards
the oarat on~ q, TN, excellent Association would be
announced here novelty and bugbear. We then
Sad-" The day Of tie Engli n corn-law> are near
l. numbered. Before the giant blow, If Coaden and
his cuadlutrrs the system mu fall II - a>tun.~ h
ing with what energy the operations Of the League
arr conducted. during the pat year more Than
Millions Of Ant.-corn-aw publications have been CIR
culated various part # the realm. During the
greater part of ,hc year more than 30t pers W, re
employed IN pr.n ing and making up packages e
Traces, whlc more JOt mcn empl)yed in
,tribung them from house 10 house among the
voters. To he Parliamentary electors alone. Of Eng
land and Scotland there distributed IN tn : man
ner, of tract, and STAN led publications.; five mlli
copies. In addIton Il THIS. fJurtecn lecturers We're
EN- loved during the year. Trey visited g count cs
IN Eug md SEQ land. and Wales, and delivered an
aggregate of ABOUT 600 Lecture. In lio critics and
towlS exclusive Of the moro .oli>. public meet no,
held, winch were attended by Populations from
the council of the League. Even among HE farmer, .
free trade principle, sad to have made mp rtan
progress. Twenty-Five public ngs have been
held among item; and IN all but one # them rc>0u-
tion> passed III fiv,r of free trade and ttal
abolition of the Corn Laws To carry on these OK
tended operation, has required expenditure Of
f47.S1l, more than 5000 o. Yet LIBERAL
have been the contributions of the friend, of free
trade, tnat after eXpend ng tins sum- there
hanu. Sept Oh. balance of f2,416. The
meeting of the League held AT CoNCn Garden Thea
ire, Lond Sept. 18th, dem on such
the world las seldom witnessed. Iipd the Theatre
been twice as large. says the organ of the League.
would have overlooked. Vet OnlV pit. tONe>
and gallery crammed to suifocat.on. but the very
lobbes ill I'D, and hundreds accommodated
on the stage. For the current year the League de-
mand fIC0,00l. and ii Will be fDrtil coming. In
short. the of free trade, Tariff and Priest
ridden Enc land. have received an impulse which, IT
seems to u cannot long be resisted In the mean
time the Tariite> IN tie United States redoubllng
Their efforts To Pcrpctuatc the restrictive system here
This explains what is done with the flt0, 90
which has been contributed TO sustain the erations
of the League; and of all men in the world Amer
have the least complain f Hose Opcr-
atoms England VIII take nothing Of u, the
stereotype plea of American restrict oniSts Whcney
proposed to relax the burden, If the people by an
abatement Of prob bltory duties and now. when a
powerful party England struggling al vast per-
>ona inconvenience and cost. To open wide the doors
of Enrland TO agrculur; products. tese same
American estrctonl>ts do nothing hut Wifi. mSrcp-
resent. and abuse them. Shame on such conduct We
say, whoever my be guilty of 1t, and iuzza for tie
Anti-Corn Law League. II i noble ASSOCIATE IN.
and achieving wonders for the pr )tien of COM
mercil freedom. If some of It's publications reach
this country. can only that WISH there were
more of them. Its organ the London Economist. i
the able and hes; period cal topics connected 18th
political economy. that he and only
wh 1t could be read and pondered by every American
and every man. throug lout tie civilized world.
Prospects.
From the best infornlIion that collect, tie
following States Will all human probability cast
fneir VOTES Polk and Dallas