Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-10-03


have been recently promulgatihg a sill
ly tale about the distribution ofss Brit
ISL Gold77 in Maine, at the late cleo
ton there-when the coons were near
" all skinned. Now, what evidence
do they produce to sustain this foul
charge Why, they say that pam
phlets, in favor of "free trade" and
printed in England, have been circula-
ted'-an for what purpose, reader,d do
you suppose, this "Brtish Gold" OF
if you please, "British prints" were
circulated among the people of Maine
and elsewhere For no other purpose
surely, than that of buying ZIP tie IN
coRRuprIBLE cooA-aohigs. Mark you,
they attribute the success Of the Dem
ocratic party in Maine at the late cleo
ton to :Blftisz Cold" that is, cith-
ont it, the cooas would have carried the
State! Very well: does it not follow,
that the "incorruptible wings" were
bought, like SO many cattle, witt,
"British Cold" In regard to this
humbug the Albany Argus says:
at is rumored that the first s'free
trade tract'' sent out for publication in
this country, is a long argumentatiye
pamphlet against The annexation OF
Tsras-a tract taking precisely Mr..
Clay's first position on that subject,
that It would be better for Canada, the
U. States, Texas and England to boot,
that all should remain independent OF
each other; and that Texas should be
at liberty to carry on a "iree-trade"
with En- gland if she thinks fit.
The next tract is said to be an ar.
gumeHt in favor of the direct Assump-
ton of the State debts, which Mr..
Clay indirectly fayors-as a measure
eminently calculated to promote free
dom In the contraction Of debt, and
at the same time put money into the
pockets of the foreign bond holders.
The next tract it is said, is to be
against the termination of co-partner-
ship with Great Britain in the occupa-
ton Of Oregon--a position which the
wings in congress assumed and per-
sisted in, against the utmost efforts of
the democrats through notice to the
British ''to quit
Will the Reinstatement be good
enough to ascertain and inform the
public whether the tracts sent on to
that city, (if any are not British free
trade tracts AGAINST the annexation of
1exaso-with the imprint Of The pub
Usher, and all about it.
Upon the same subject, a late Madi-
sonian says:
eth Wings are attempting to par
ry the many well sustained proofs of
the fact that the British Government is
exerting itselfto secure Mr.. Clay's ell
ection,b charging that British gold has
been sent to this country to be expended
in the cause of Free Trade. This, they
say is used by the Democratic party"
"Now,we admit that "British gold"
has been sent to this country in album
dance, to be expended in the advocacy
of the doctrine of Free Trade. But it
has been expended on the Wings and
others who oppose the annexation of
Texas. Texas is to be the FREE
TRADE State, by means of which
Great Britain intends to ruin the manu-
features and commerce of the United
States"
So much for this pitiful tale about
British influence.
The last Humabug, is most silly sto-
ry, (told to influence the votes of the
a5olitionists, just on the eve of the e.
lection) about Mr.. POLK having sold
several negroes to traders several years
ago, and that the negroes had the IN
initials of his { PoLK's name branded
in their flesh. The Democrats upon
investigation found this charge to be
a base forgery on the part of the Alba
ny Evening Journal, one of the prin-
cipal organs of the coonwhig party in
New York. The following exposition of
this affair we extract from a long ar
ticle in the Albany Argus. The for
gerry is so apparent, that every rehec-
ting mind must at once detect it.
The Atlas says:
ANOTHER BOLD AND lNFA-
NOUS FORGERY.
FROM THE ALBANY EVENING JOURNAL