Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-03-28


What are the facts, as exhibited by au-
lthentic statements, upon this subject
The New York Tribune, one Of Mr..
Clay's leading organs in New York,
SAYS, upon this subject: IN fact there
nece, mas time chen ou commerce sras
more prosperous than nosr.' II the wings
had been successful IN establishing a
Bauk, during the brief period they held
! the reins Of government, the prosperous
state Of our commerce would have been
attributed to that CIRCUMSTANCE; but in its
absence, they gravely attributed it to the
effects Of the late Tariff! Truly, that
Tariff is Il mos. wonderful thing! Its
effects have been, if the Wings are TO be
believed, to raise the price on. some
goods, such as eottons, and reduce the
prices Of other goods. Nay more: 1t
enables our Yankee manufacturer TO
sell his goods cheaper than the British
could, sei,h The dstty taken of'tt-for they
tell us that sce can uade, sell The British ia
foreign mdrkets!!fi--in South America
for instance. And to enable US to do
this, we must have PROTECTION!!n!!8B
Wonderful Wonderfully Whatever
may be the cause to which this may be-
attributed by our opponents. we feel as
sured.that there is but one rational and
natural cause, and that is, the demand for
goods has been increased for the very
obvious reason, :hat the country has
measurabIy recovered from its late EN-
barrassmellts, and the capacity of the
people for consumption. has resulted as a.
consequence. 1t will not do to say,
that the Tariff has capactated the peoples;
because the Tariff, though it may have
the effect Of diminishing importations,
it cannot feet the capacity Of the peo-.
pie for consuming, the di,ninhtion being
met by an increase of the prohibited ar
ticle at horne:-- So that the market is,ap-
parently, the same, with or without the
Tariff. Hence. we say, that the de- j
mand is not increased by decrease in
the articles consumed.
But how is it with bills of exchange?--
Was there. ever a period in the history
of our government, when under the same
circumstances, exchanges, generally, (
were more reasonable, less burdens
some. than at this time Bills can be
obtained, we are informed. for much less
than the transportation Of specie would
cost. Can our opponents explain the
-easons Will they be SO stupid as toat-
tribute this to the Tariff? We shall NOT
,e surprised, if we Shall be told by some
wise coon, that the Tariff has produced
he prosperous state of the exchanges.
Let the people sustain the Republican
party few years, and all the Federal
arguments ID favor Of Bank, Tariff, &C.,
will be SO completely annihilated, by the
aaiural course of things, that they will
I
not SO much as have "a name and local
habitation' in the country.
: -4dmision of Texas inio the Union -
The National Intelligencer announces,
that the pre)iminaries Of 5 treaty, for
the annexation of Texas to our Union,
have been settled
In our humble judgement. this dues.
ton, which seems atthis time to be the
all-abscrding topic ofdiscussionat WASH T
ington, and indeed throughout our coufl
try, is one ofyastIy more magnitude than
any other subject3upon which the Wis
dom Of our government is called to act,
not excepting the perplexing Oregon
question. It's not merely Il matter Of ma
tional Importance; but the statesman-pa-
triot feelsin his heart that there is a moral L
question inytIIved in it--that considers
tlons fiat tower far above all selfish mo-
Gives, impel him to advocate thesadInis
sion oil iexasslnt0 the Union. Indeed. t
we consider the practical question in
volsedin the matter, laying aside all
other considerations, to be, Shall Texas
be admitted into our Union as ansAhER1-
CAN STATE, orshaH she be nude BRIrIsH
Prouince3 1--we understand the unlap-
pr situation ofthls young Republic--ifI
we car gam any information from the
signs Of the times--n Texas is moi now
admitted as 4 member Of this confsdera-
cy,. The time is not far distant, when she |
will be compelled to seek protection from
another quarter Texas has not really
I'd a peaceful moment since she freed |
herself from. the Yoke Of barbarous Mexi-
CO. Her citizens have had t0sl,oId them.
selves in reatflless to repel the attacks of
her pnstn;x % they have hpty1 harra q .sd /