Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-12-03
RICHMOND, VA.
saturday Morning, November 30, 1911.

RIC ii Nl " " -, ~.
saturday Morning, November 30, 1s4f.
WHERE Is THAT "rRITIsH GOLD Z"
Il NAV be cruel 10 evoke from the grave,
where they we're quietly laid by the Democratic
Parry. the ghosts OF the hu bugs, by which the
Wings in general and some prominent leaders
here in particular srovc 10 alarm the country,
and create quasi-Amercan feeling ON behalf OF
their party. and 10 the ultimate benefit OF MIR.
CLAY himself Our readers will not have for
gotten handful gotten up and circulated BY
"precocious" gentleman hercabouts, ard probes
sedly signed By all the members OF ihc wing
Central Committee of Virginia, though, 10 the
credit of most Of those worthy gentlemen, we
said al the time and we repeat il now, mai their
names were appended by some Jealous partizan,
without their knowledge, and certainly without
their consent" We had occasion, more IMAM
once, TO dissect that extraordinary handful,
copy Of which we have carefully put a.ay, 10
be brought out years hence, as one OF me strahSes
creatures Of the fertile BRAN OF WhlgSeTy IN
1911. We were called upon 10 expose its contra
dctorv fabricaions and lis crude arguments
The most prominent feature of the whole docu-
ment was the startling fact, that England was
i'm the field" 10 subverl our free institutions, ana
10 reduce Republican America 10 servIle vas
salage 10 British manufactures. we were toll
in language intended 10 arouse our PATRIOTISM
and to call the clans 10 bale in order to ward Oh
the heavy paw OF the British Lion, that near
half million of pounds had been raised IN Eng
land, with the avowed purpose OF brihing The
people of The United States into destruction oil
our domestic manufactures, 50 thai the British ma
nu.ac,urcr might rcvel in The weahamassed from
their fabrics forced upon our people. Millions oil
FreeTrade Tracts were described in thrilling terms
as having been showered on this country hy Brl-
fish agents sent over expressly 10 transfer ihe u.
States Ia Queen Victoria by The election ol her
supple tool, James Il. Polk. Presses III New
York and elsewhere are boldly charged 10 have
been established by this British fund TO vilnpe-
rate Mr. CLAY and latcr England. a long ana
fearful list of Subscribers was published, COM
mcncing with the L3rd Pr0rcA OF Manchester,
and winding up with The .aost distinguished mer-
chants OF Grilain, swelling The Free Trade
fund 10 an enormous amount. And What was
The evidence on which tncse patriotic America
loving Discriminating Wings, relied? |! vas ~
extract from the London Times, containing lar
Their extract from Manchester paper, with the
proceedings in detail From the first, We ri!i-
cu!ed the whole affair rs weak ald silly and IN
sullin. invention. We pronounced 1t an I'M
bluShing forgery We showed that in England
itself the Free Traders could no, raise itinds
enough towards the support Of their own anti
corn law journal the London League and IL
was most violent stretch of creduilv 10 fancy,
for one moment that they had raised la> eno:-
nous sum to send o"cr 10 America. We went
further. We had the files of the LONDON Times
thoroughly investigated, and We proved that no
such paragraph, nor any thing like II, could be
found. The Wings Sill protcssed to deny the
correctness OF our representations, ami thundercl
with more than usual yehemence the cry .! BFi-
tish Gold" But there were great many persons
who must have been convinced oilhe truth oiouc
arguments. We poin! proudly to the vote olVir-
GINA in putin. down BY 4 tremendous majority
this al all the other humbugs OF the tricky par
IL. The virtue and Intelligence Of tn Old Do
minion proslrated The whole story, By sds'ainiug
the Republican party.
Now that The battle is over and that We can
have no possible motive 10 deceive, nor,he Wings
any object in sealing their eyes 10 the iIu'h, We
bring forward this morning evidence which dis
spates The whole story, ana stamps il Is onr o;;he
most haIc!accd lorseries that ever emanated tom
the brain Of man-and goes Il bow. beyond
the famous "Roorhack" Of Col. Folks having
branded his forty slaves By the steamer Britain
mia. We received The London "Leaspc" o; fhe l9b
October This Journal is established ~ hose
whc are opposed 10 the unjust corn laws OF Bri-
,ain-and It's efforts should be hailed with delis:
by al true Americans. Ina prominent portion OF
the "I.caguc," We find the following briel hct
speaking article I. viii be seen that there is
NJ ss.h iunciionary in Manchester as The Lord
EloroN and that the persons whose Names were
paradcd a. subscribers 10 the monsirous "fiee
Trade Fund, have no b0ttig t.cis'eao.:
"I'mr AMERICAN PREspEXcY.-Ey The late al
rivals from America, il would appear that con-
siderable change is taking place in reference 10
the prospects oil the Two candidates for the PIC
sdency. The friends OF Mr.. Clay seem to lie
less confident, Blu; more violent in their Ian
elage which, for viluperation, certainly eclipses
anything we have ever read in Europe. We
observe that their newspapers have been forging
''poitica capiiap by spreading the report, that
the Free Traders in England have subscribed
fl0G0oO to assist in carrying the election OF
MIR Polk We expect 10 hear next, that we are
setting up a new dynasty at Pekin. BY the
way, The inventor OF this storr--liie Editor oi
The New York Republic pewspa per--oush, 10 be
whippcd by his employers Tor the clumsine>s with
which he has forged what Sheridan calls the sen.
dorsements TO the lie He prelends to give
report Of the public meeting in Manchester al
which this subscription was commenced, and puts
the Lori Prorosi in the chair Be it known TO all
interested, that Manchester has no such lunciona
~: and we need hardly add, that the persons over
whom he presided, I long list Of whose names is
given in the Republic, had no bodily existence
there. Really, if the monopolisi press in A mer-
Ca has any regard for the reputation of its cii-
zens, il will change lis course. The arguments
in favor Of protection, which some leading ora
tors and newspaper writer's in America are nav
putting forth, are the thousand times reiucd fall
iacicS of the Duke of Buckinsham's party, and
the Morning Post. Ii is bad enough Tor The re-
putaton of American Democracy in Europe,
when we are told, that there are any large num-
Der Of persons in The United States to be deluded
By such trash; but what must I've thought Of the
readers OF The Republic and other projections,
prints, who can be gulled by -headand- bloody
bones stories, such as the a6ovc? Why, English
school children would be proof against such cum-
sy attempts upon their creduly