Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-03
BRITISH GOLD!
From the Neo York Republic.
BRITISH AGENTS AMONG U

the Tariff and the support of Mr.. Clay,
let them read the following extract from
. letter dated New York, FEBRUARY %,
1914, which we find in the League,
weekly paper abou. the size OF the London
Examiner, published in London. and
which is the organ ofthe "Home League.
Que," powerful and wealthy association
| Of manufacturers and others in England
| formed with the svowed object Of dissem-
mating Free Trade principles all over the
world. The number Of the League, from
which the subjoined extract is taken, i.
dated April a0tb, 1874. The letter, Of
which it makes part, purports to be
from ian English gentleman residing in
the United States:
perhaps there are no people more ca.
ger after their own interests, or more like.
y when once put into the right way 10
pursue them with effect, than the farmers
here, whether Of native, English, or Ger.
man birth. Could any one bring clearly
before their view the impoiicy Of then
present course, and the advantages which
would result to them from an opposite
one, the present Tariff would not be per-
mitted to continue for another twelve.
month. Nor 10 such illumination a. all
imprac,icabc. II might be effected by
any one doing here what has been practi-
sed so successfully by yourself and few
others in Enlangd-by letting the people
hear or read (Which they have rarely or
ever had an opportunity of doing) the
TRUTH Could some such tracts as you
hare been, and are still, difusing in Eng
land be circuiatedin sufficient numbers here,
/ cannot doubt the result. No people are
more open TO receive, none more sharp
sighted or quick to hear, when it can be
shown that their own indiridual interests
are at a stake, than the Americans.
There, too, may add, let the good seed
but once take root and sprout forth, and
the work is done. Thousands vii. spring
forward to foster and sustain its growth
nay, the very men, the demagogues, the
"stump. orators" who, for their own self.
ish purposes, are no,o vociierating against
Free Trade, will then, and for the same
reason, be found amongst its supporters
and prove themselves. possibly, as active
for good as they are now only puissau'
for evil!
"What, therefore, might be done, were
there FUNDS land very trifing ones ,rould
suffice } for the purpose, is to reprint some
Of your best papers, and perhaps 10 COM
pose and print few others Con the same
model, but more Immediately and personally
applicable TO the American farmer, and
written in plain cobbett.lke language, J
and diGusc them as wideiy as possible
through the corn and cattle-rasng dis.
tricts OF the Union. With the cooperation
of several ercellent friends of mine here
(well known for their consistent zeal and
other virtues to several members Of the
League think that / could get immense
numbers of them circulated through rarious
parts of Pennsylvania, NeU York, and
Nep Jersey, through all the great Wes-
tern and Two or three of the Southern
States--in some gratuitously and in others
at a moderate cost. Il NEWSPAPER might
also be found, here aud there 10 contribute
its aid. Blu, have been sadly drawing
upon your time and patience IN thus pro.
pounding TO you a scheme, against which
there are so mary obvious difficulties in
operation. Free Trade, however, like
Fseemason.y, has a secret spell for at
tracing its brothers towards each other,
q am sure that have experienced the
fact in this country,) and, right or wrong
in my project, | must, therefore, be excu'
sed for unfolding il 20 one whom look
up TO as the Grand Master of our or
der"
Here there is no disguise--no equvo.
cation. The writer distinctly calls upon
the leaders of this powerful League" to
illuminate our benighted people upon the
subject Of Free Trade. The ''corn and
cattle raising districts ofthe Union" are
alluded to as especially calculated to be
operated upon by the agents o the League.
The writer thinks that with the aid
of "certan excellen, friends" of his in
this country, he can ge, Immense num-
bers"of British Free Trade tracts circula.
ted Through various parts Of Pennsylva.
MIA, New York and New Jersey, through
all the great Western and two or three of
the the Southern States"
Ntu IL lpHSeI NC uUuuttu iildt DfltISu
inaaence is busily at work in this country
TO subvert our present Tariff by defeat.
ing the election of Mr.. Clay Every
where there has been concerted effort
TO prejudice the minds Of the agricultural
community against the Protective Sys-
tom. In Maine, as we learn from the re-
por, Of the State Central Committee, tho
Locoioco emissarles represented in every
place, and TO every person whom they
could reach, "tha, the Protective System
Of the Wings was a scheme devised to
increase the profits Of the capital, TO de
press and injure the working. mau--a tax
on the farmer for the benefi, solely Of the
rich manufacturer. Here we have the
object OF the English letter writer carried
out precisely in the manner he recon-
mends. at is only since the day Of cleo.
ten, !" say the Name Committee, "that
we have learned the extent Of the influ-
ence brought to bear to poison the minds
Of the laborers against the Tariff doc
trines Of the Wings" To excite The lea.
lousy OF the "corn and cattle raising dis
tricts against the manufacturing inter-
est, is plainly the object of the "Elome
League" and their itnerant agents in this
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