Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-10-07
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BRITISH GOLD.
The Lucufco papers affect 10 treat WIN gfeat as
dam the charge that large sums have been subscribed
BY the manufacturers of Great BRIAN Tor The purpose of
p,,biishirg and disseminating Essays and Tracts 10 Ia
yur Of FIRE. Trade for the parpse Of p,ls1lg The minds
OF eur people against tho Preese policy, and ihereby
eifecng the overthrow oil tie SYSTEM Ihey call lusti'
IL Tor ''lhe prOi" and nothing VIII sitisiy them, IL
seems but tangible evidence Aud yet, even II there
were no direct testimony The ruth u, the charge, (as
there ISL what would be more probable ihaa that the
manufacturers Of Great Brian. who years ago sent Cub
belt 10 the United States, 10 rrfe aud 10 burn down the
infant estsb sbmens then sprngmg up in this country.
in hlch they behed the germ o a sue 'essul rivalry
with their own, unless they could be DESTROYED by e.
gislave folly by The torch ot the lnrendiay what,
We ask, would be probable than that those manu-
laciurers, who have since le the influence Of that rival
~ who Of the divided state of public
llrnent the United States the great question Of pro
tection should contribute literally ul their finds, in
pc rating with their Free Trade friends here.
the progress OF system which curlas their market and
dminlshes their annual profits 81 Tar from itere be-
ng any thing strange remarkable III such an appro-
pration of their lunds il would be singular il they did
not avail themselves Of that and every nher means 10
reduce Il state of dependence upon Them
for all the fabrics with which they formerly supplied
people, 1t is mol Intended In he charged thai BRUSH
gents buying up American voters at guinea head,
more or ss-We ourselves, If such charge were made
should place ia III IN it. But the grdudnen Of thu al
legation is, that his money is employed IN printing aud
distributing spacious bn false theories, Supported BY i
lacous reasoning, among The people ii the United States,
for the purpose o satisfying HEN thai II is senh
material 10 England. to be manufactured by
British labor i1r American consumption, than 10 emp,oy
domestic labor IN working That material mo
such fabrics the necessities o our citlz MS demand
Ii the money thus subscribed has touched The itching
palm" o any of our clZsis. II is prpfihy dlspo
sed oi than IN buying lndds dual volrs Prtsscs
probably be- established supported by It's aid aud ed
tors and other writers salaried for the purpose Of opera
ting the public judgment by distorted facts and subtle
reasoning, which perplex Iaiter lhan tuliahen the lar
ger portion Of their readers. e., 10 large CONNER
clal Cities and enquire whn ui the mercantile class
opposed 10 prof., cve tariff and II will be found iha,
nearly every such Individual is the partner agent If
some large manufacturing establishment across The
ter These men, whose Interests all III ireln
lries and Who are not al all identified with The land Of
their temporary soourn. farther than 10 make the
extensive sal and obtain the largest prots tT Their
employers abroad, against the tariff, speak against
the tariff and vote against the tarfand whenever Con
gress leo sallng the subject HEY always iure-
nus, furnishing their coadjut m thai body with
all the material for formidable assault upon the
system. What, then, is there monStrous IN the
charge. that thtse same individuals ara furnished
by their principals abroad with funds To print and to
culae documents among the people IN establish presses.
and Ia pension editors, in aid d their great object
which Is the prosraun of their American rivals: 81 as
To themselves again monop,ly Of the Anrri-
market. with the POWER, consequent upon lht IN
aymeni of thai monopoly, tn run up prices is high rs
they IN years gone by before they were compelled,
by the competition OF that rlval 10 reduce them % their
present ratesi
l. is worthy ofremark, however, that the very
pesns who endeavorug 10 get rid oi the oduL
oi being found IN unholy alliance with BRUSH manuiac
urefs the very natural attempt their part To crush
formidable rival by procaImlng that II Is all ~ hg
iiumbug," have thrus Ives, over aud often, grave
addresses well as IN fugitive edll"rals, declared that
ttst,t tltr
triumph was achieved in 1910 aud haI, too, moi only
in the absence OF all proof (fr which they now 50 loud
call but IN the iee, o all Ffobabsy II Is because
presume they conscious OF the i"sy o the allie
CATION which they made against the Wings then, that
they contepptuously s;out slmlar allegation against
| themselves now. But they ought 10 rcdien6er that
while, the hand The BRUSH manufacturer has
direct vital interest in the Of the Lacotocu
party, since, that party honestly carry out Ms pledges
the destruction o the manufacturing system IL this conn
ny i'll be the first fruit oi the;r inmph,-on The other
hand. they had in 1910, than they have new
the slightest desire the election ii the Wings
Who were them as they now, pledged 10 uphold and
Sustain the Protective policy.
The f1cls them undenabe they are, that the Brit
sh manufacturers have deep interest IL The prosatio
other great rival here--hat the Iocos pledged
to pIoslrae, while the Wings are equally pledged 10
sustain that lar!e sums have coniessedy been sub
scrlbed IN Great Britain for the express purpose oi dis
senluatlng the principles Of free trade throughout The
worldaDd that American presses. IN uur large CONNER
cal cities, manesly under the Influence ct not IN
the pay) o the parties agents oi n"ign establish
men's-wouId be sufficient 10 justify belief in the
truth Of the charge. if direct proof of lis
rcctness were unaiiainabe. But Lave doubt that
absolute proof lis cursecness may and viii he bnug ht
10 light. II will then be whether the pr fix ui
British" heretofore attached Ia the gluouS appella-
ton Of Wig, redoen a. is of Revolutionary Frn,wr
should not with mue justice and rroprley be coupled
with that Of their Locofoco allies.