Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-11-21


which it receives its vitality a.
round which all the other measures of
the defunot coon party revolye IN the
capacity Of mere sattellites--the re-es-
Enlistment of this great engine OF cor
ruption, We say, has at least been de-.
fered for many years to come, if it has
mot now received its eternal quietus.-
The TARIFF question Of great lmpor
tance, and one involving great interests
Ia question, in regard to which the
wings have taught doctrines, at once
at war with every true system of logi-
cal reasoning, unphilosophical, and
contrary to the dictates of common
sense-for instance, that high tariffs on
foreign goods, make them cheaper to
the American consumer, and that by
encouraging home manufacturers, a
market for the agricultural products of
this vast country will be opened, &c.
the oppressive features Of this mea-
sure will be so modified as to operate
as justly as possible upon every class,
give reasonable and equal protection
to every branch Of home industry and
at the same time furnish sufficient a.
mount of revenue, in connexion with
the funds derived from The sales of the
public lands, for an economical admin
ish alton of the government. Thus the
people will be relieved from heavy
tax, though indirect in its operation
The Distribution and Assumption po-
licies-which, like Castor and Pollux,
go together-are dead, we hope, for
ever. With these two measures, no
doubt, Mr.. Clay's friends hoped to in
iluence the indebted states to support
him. But the bride was rejected, to
the honor and glory of the American
people, and the wings may well say,
with Mr.. Willoughby Newton, that its
fruits have turned to ashes on their
lips
We are not among those who be-
lleve that the election of our candidate
will be followed by the universal revi-
val Of the trade Of the country, as by
miraculous infuence-but we look for
ward to the future with degree Of
complacency and confidence, such as
we have not realised for good while.
We believe that, deprived of those I'M
natural and dangerous stimulating in
fuences, that result from the applica-
ton of the measures of the wings, the
great interests Of the nation are destin-
ed to be righted by those natural laws
which arise, not from any legislation
farther than personal liberty and recu-
rlty of property is concerned, but from
the peculiar circumstances and charac-
ter of trade itself-those laws which
govern production, consumption, sup
ply and demand. 1t appears to our
mind, that the laws which the wEig
party would substitute for those which
the unerring God of nature has or
dained, have no foundation in any phi
losophical principles, but spring from
that inordinate thirst for speculation
that monstrous disposition to monopo-
iise everything for individual aggran-
disement, rather than for the public
all its acts show it TO
possess. We might here trace the a
nalogy, in this respect, between the old
party, who speculated to
such an extend upon the soldiers of
the revolution, and the modern coon
wing party; but we forbear.
In conclusion, we view our triumph
over the great embodiment Of whig
as signal and complete, both
IN Its moral and political aspects; and
while we feel like clarifying over the
victory we have achieved, we feel
sentiment of conmiseration for our OPP
ponents-we would not rejoice over
their misfortunes, but on account of
our brilliant success. The fact is, it !
shows want Of manliness and chiyal- |
~ In men, who rejoice over the misfor-
tunes of their fellows. If man tries
to avert an evil, and it comes upon
him, Notwithstanding his exertions to
prevent it, then he is unfortunate =
but, on the contrary, if a man, like the
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