Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1844-09-26
Tie .Amsricaa Preside,l.y.


As far as il is possible 10 aaiici3aie from
The accounts recently received from ih,
United States. the triumph oflhe Viii.
Candidate. Clay. in The approaching sting
gle for The Presidency. appearl almost as
sured. The democsaiic psFlyfsse pnac
lcoontably ped over he ons 10 ppbfis
Z men .,s-ause Banes coald nay sea ) Ill
eompeiision with that Of nd. Cav Al
statesmen and men Of abiity-namely
Van Buren, and Calhoun, and have Sc
lec'ed certain MIR, Polk. Of whom nobo
dy ever heard. andsg2ho commands b,
4 confidence and respect Their strength
also, Is divided by the presence Of rhih
candidate, the present President TylT.
whoswiihout much chance Of success. yill
carry with him the official influence fhsi
might otherwise have turned tbe scak 10
an evenly balanced coniest betweei the
two parties.
As regards English interests, ", look
upon the probable election Of Mr. CLAY
with mixed feelings. Ga the one hand
he is certainly by far the, mpst re
spectacle candidate. and the Wing party
on the o;her-side Of The Atlantic Ire by
lar The most intelligent. reasonably. and
respectable party. A democratic lPresi
dent is something like Feargus D. Con
nor or Tom Duncombe in power. who NAV
al any moment dash through all tie laws
Of nations, involve US 10 a war fd some
North western boundary or Oregon terri
tory, in order TO get up popularclamor.
aOd carry az election.
Reputation, also. is dscirinl which
flnds much more favor among the|who|e
hog Democrats than with the sllid and
respectable Wing, who has sufic|enI id-
ielllgence to comprehend The m aim that
in The long run honesty is the bsst poll
cyP Undoubtedly. therefore, with Mr..
Clay as President. and the Wing ,arty in
the ascendant fin Congress, we should
feel much more comfortable in regard 10
our foreign relations. and must look for
ward with more confidence 10 an adjust
ment OF the a~kw questions ,espect-
ing the Oregon frontier which. If ne.
elected, may at some future periodic cad 10
serious embsrrassmenis. On The other
hand. the election OF Mr.. Clay must. we
teal, be looked upon as. 10 considera
bic extent, a confirmation OF the principle
OF commercial restriction, He has al
ways been tSe consistent advocate OF
Protective Tariff aRl The e'I'A---fI 49,
ttpfit-ortoe eloisuS- 1 ssus gs5annfacturers,
who aim at acquiring = monopoly Of the
home market by the aid of pfohibnory
duties Nor can we wonder that such is
the policy Of the most respectable and in
;elligent statesmen Of America, when we
consider that by our corr-laws we shut
the doorio The face OF any attempt TO ne,
go,iate a commercial arrangement on the
footing OF a fair and substantial reciproci-
~. We take nothing from The United
States bnt that which we cannot possibly
do wilhout-their- cotton and tobacco
excluding the staple produce OF the greet
agricultural States OF The West By a Sid
ing scale. ingeniously framed so as TO
throw the marigum amount Of impede
ment in the way OF access :ot5e Englis b
market Is it. TO be wondered al. then,
that they retaIiale and meet high duties
on American -four BY high duties on Eug.
lish manufactured lAt pTesent The corn
law question seems 70 have gone TO sleep,
no one feeling tie pressure sufficiently in
years oLabundance and commercial pros
peritylo make il. worth while 10 agitate
And ye: il is just during this period o
prosperity, when the pressure OF the corn
law is least fell in the shape Of immediate
distress, that il is in reality doing mos
harm to our permanent interests. II i
confirming foreign nations every where il
the protective system. and sowing tht
seeds Of exclusion aud prohibitions, by
zbich, when, Too late, we shall fad on
markets curlajled, and our trade shaekled
IA iioeraI commercial policy, twentyIyear
ago. would have secured us access 10 tb'
markets OF Germany, and would have pre-
vented the growth Of the manufaciurin!
svsiem OF the IZolIverein A liberal com
metcial policy three years ago would haV'
prevented The passing Of the restticiv,
Tariff Of the Omitted States. and would havy
given decided ascrndsney ia thai coun
try 10 Free Trade principles. and 70 tn
Free Trade party. A liberal commercis
pdiicv adopted ten years hence. a8fron
present indications would appear 10 b
| The probable result. may very possibly fsi
TO recover what previous bIanders hav
lost rs. To offer TO admit American an
German corn in exchange. for British IN a
nnfactures when the manufacturing sys
lens Of Prussia. Ssxony, and New Els
Hand have acquired strength and becom
| consolidated. will be seryI like what ID
old SAYING describes IS barring the doc
latter the horse is stolen"
The Demociaiic Review for February
; 1874. quotes letter from Mr. Jefferson
!. ia which ne made the following expIic
declaration 10 regard 10 a Uuiled State
Bank II have waived nv objections 10
Bank, and the proof TIA, did so lies !
tie fact that I suffered The Bank that e1
listed 10 my administration 10 extend !
branches and multiply lis Offices" tn
Review is certainly good democratic .,
ihorisy Which Of the = Republican fail
ers'' will The party resort 10 now. to su
: tain them ia their opposition 70 Bank
AR. jefferson was me only one thai the
had i plausible preIext for claiming Z
their side.
a nesu -Arfirle - American Mefii
ShawIs are now manufactured IN Blake
,,sou7ship. PeDnsylgania. from wool raisl
in Lancaster. They are said % be IarI