Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1844-10-24
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!. To sddiiion to The extract from The London
Times, 10 reference to The Manchester subsciip-
nohs ferihe circulation of Free Trade documents
in this county, The 7Poughkepsie Eagle furnishes
the following:
s''But NE have more and stronger proofs siill
Than thi! to say nothing of the subscription list
publishee last week from Manchester, sthe great
est manufacturing town in England: There is
an association cf the principal manufacturers 10
England called The .'Home League" whose OBJ
ject audi business il is to look after snd consult
about lEier own Interests. The Acknowledged
organ or that League, called The EeOnOnsi,n
which i conducted under the immediate dilec-
tion &c lhe chief managers, Of June l5tb, l5lI.
speaking Of the pending Presidential eleclioA IN
this cuuhiry, says
eThseleetion Of Henry Clay, and Wbig .aa-
minisHatiop, which seems 10 be probable, 1T
WILL BE WE'LL FOR OUR ENGLISH NAN.
UFACTURERS TO BEAR IN MlsD, WILL
PROBABLY RENDER THE AMERICAN IA.
RIFF STABLE FOR FIVE YEARS FROM
THIS FINE, ITANY THING CAN BE STA
BILE In SUCHA COUNTRY"
What is his but dirsc, apPeal,o The British
hanufscturers to- bestr themselves 10 interfere
with ana pteyenf,7if possible, Mr.. Claws cleo
lion III nothing more, and nothing less, aad
The orly thing surprising about ii is, that The
managers should have dared 10 LEI their plans
even be insinualed through the public prinis,--
But bribery by the direct and open use e money
in the purchase Of votes is as common 10 Eng
land AZ elections, and therefore they have no
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are We've in this country.
The London Atas, another Of the leading pr
gans of the arisloctacy Of that country. also
comes out decidedly upon the subject. and spti
cien,lyIfdirect to show clearly the oSisc, Of IS
remarks. The Atlas says:--
'tT'ht election Of M. Clay must. I'VE FE.9Rgbe
looked tPon aSfO Considerable fIisnt, me orT11sr
lion of he ID ineips of eoHnlerieal resriieion He
has otpsls been he consistent Advocate nfs Proc6re
Tariff and the cause IF lhs Hhigs has airaySssefn
idsAHf1d i1iih that fihs Nsr England Aaauidetir-
ers irhOesim at aeqririag monopoly Of he hcae
market bs fhe aid qfPrORibitOry duties
What is this but another appeal direct, urgirg
an interference against Mr.: Clay and against he
Whigst The Atlas says 1WE FEARn DE
"eleclfsn Of Mr.. Clay" win be flooked TO as u a
csrtainsexleni, he con rmatiOn Of the PrineiPls{c Of
commercial restriction 81, No doubt il has srtch
fears, a, well as The other organs offthe British
capitalists who wish to control our elections.
LoeoaFeco Dragging bexare the EIectloA
Let bur readers rsfer 10 a few SAMPLES Of ehe
Dragging 81 The Richmond Eoquirer, throushfils
letter wr:tets, fife the election of Governoti-
A LETTER from Pennsylvania, in The Richm9nd
Enquifer, Of September 10, says: VI
eve will elect Mr.. Skunk Governor, in acaod
Der, bS from fifteen 10 twenty thousand majofi-
" +; and we do mol believe that the Wings viii be
able III make much of rally 10 November, 81
Ter such drubbiag as they viii receive 10 octo-
ber.pE sh
ThelHarrisbuFg Argus, Of aboulthesame dale,
S sid-
"There never was time when the DenoeEa
cy &c Pennsylvania was more frniiy united than
il is nbw around The name Of Francis R. SanBk.
ThereEiS bul one voice one simultaneous pove
ment going forward, aud that is TO elect him BY
twenty FIVE thousand maio,ilyst least"
In be Richmond Enquirer, Of October y,iis
letter from Phil ljeIphia. written bot serJ flew
days tefore.lhe Election, which says;
.tAs 10 our prospects in Pennsylvania, lhey
are perfect; We shall give heavy majority for
Shusa say atsIhe lowest FIFTEEN TAoUslsp"
"The Democrats are organ lied 10 ersry esl,niy
and ertry iosrHskip endn scers 81 Gnanis.o,e-
/ haveGhfafd from sUsry eoxniy-compsre9 81
statements, and our majority cannot be less man
sighieea thousand for Skunk. How can We mis-
iakes EvERr POSSIBLE DouBr AND eosTISSES-
or mas BrEN wKlGHED AND REFLEcTEDrrsso
Il seems that the vote for Lemoyn, the Absii-
lion candidate for Governor, received nearly
5000 votes, ~.
+ Nov, as the Prospects Of The Party were enly
mistaken BY something like thirteen ihcasuad rsits
il Pennsylyania alone. the reader Wit knou
what fair 10 ppt in their prediciions hetsafter.
The RichRoud Enqairer is presenting its fai-
est discortry 10 its readeFs-nsmely, iHat Mr.
Clay Is 10 favor Il Bank " the United States
and il trying TO- slsrm Them BY il. lis lAgle
TOO laee ID the day 10 argue the esnsli:aGoAsits Of
such in institution; il is sufficient for all Ies-.
sonatHe men 10 remember that Washiugton ard
Madison signed Bank bills, and hat Tucker,
Mccoy. LownteS, suda large majority OF the
old Republicans cf the times, voted for Bank
The TsriG, anoiher Of the oil .sasyieaa mss-
sures, has restored the efedit Of the couasry add
turned lie balsncs Of irade in our favpr; and
men ef ordinary sagaciiy ~ill know hoy to DIS
anguish between the genuine RePublicsnismiOf
the phrer days Of The Republic, and The baAsrd
Demectacy. which now seeks to foiss lis absard
dogma. ppon the people. 4
The Eoquirsr abors in vain. I, can alarm
nobody withiis bugabOo monsters al his Persod
OF he eontess. Il was far more able ~ is ar
gumsnls against the Snb-TteasurJ-a msehine
which il described as Pet,ing unlimited possi
in shh handslofihe Exscuiive-ss rendering ne
monsy ef the nation liable 70 be plundsred b
hundred hands iBs,ead Of one ana YET is patle-
tic Plotsssalions were Of no avail