Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-10-31

him go into store to lay in his supply of do
mestics; let him contrast the present prices Of
produce and Of goods with what they formerly
We're, and then let him answer the question,
whether "hgh duties" make Glow prices,0
with reference TO what he sells, as well as
what he buys; let him do this, and he will
see, and feel, too, the Shallow heartedness of
this wing humbug This is practical way
Of testing the matter; and if this wing theory
is of no practical use-or, rather, if its practi-
cal effects contradict the theory, it ought to be
discarded as IS gross DESCRIPTION attempted to
be practised upon the people. f5r no other pur-
pose than to enrich the Yankee manufacturer
at the expense Of everybody else!
And last, though not least, the wing noun
tin s.labored" and brought fortl-what do
you suppose, gentle reader2 Do you suppose
they have discovered some grand truth--or
principle in political economy, heretofore hid
from the world-the philosophers stone, by
whose magic touch. universal prosperity is to
be impaired to our political body? Oh, no =
Well, e7.at have they brought forth? Why sew
eial barrels of coarse, hard scar, rye 5read such
as is used by the serfs of Russia and Germany,
have been purchased by the wings fer d;st:i
button among the people,! Now, gentle res
! der, don't laugh; it is true bill. And f,r
what purpose, do you suppose, this bread IS to
be distributed Why, to sIlov the poor peo-
,baf hind f1i<-;o~-
Mr.. Polk be electedi 1t is called Free
| Trade Bread" Alas! alas, for coon-.v higgeryn
| to what miserable humbugs will it not resort
to carry out its base ends!-to what ends will
| 1t not go, to get into power, that it may fas-
ten upon the nation its federal measures, and
their accompanying evilsl
Let US not be deceived by these hunbugs-
they are like the "Rawh ead and bloody bones, )"
stories with which children are sometimes fright
ened. But they have no terrors for men. The
cry of ''Indians about" can't frighten the stur-
dy, hard-fisted yeomanry of the tenth Lee
gion" from the support of those heaven born
principles under which they have ever pros
pered, and under which they are determined
to live in future. The people here cannot be
humbugged All the coaxing, wooing, abuse,
and humbugs of Federal -whiggery can
not turn her from her ''frst lovel"
"Died, at Thomaston, Maine, on the 18th
inst. Mrs. DEBORAH P. CILLEY, widow
Of the late JONATHAN CILLEY."
We find the above announcement in several
of our exchange papers. The mind involnnta-
rily reverts back to the death--or, rather, bq7-
tai nsurder-of Mr.. Cilley Mrs. Cilley, it is
said, has been gradually wasting away, with a
broken heart, ever since that sad event trans
PRED; and at certain times her mind has been
deranged to such an extent as to render her in
capable of attending to her domestic duties.-
If the actors in that Of blood are not lost to
all sense Of honor-if they have any sympathy
for human misery-how must the melancholy
incidents connected with it prove a torture to
their consciences If there was anything no.
Flo in the conduct of those generals in ancient
times, who sacrificed their own lives, in sin
gle combat, to save the lives of thousands OF
soldiers; there Is certainly nothing in the dam
ming heartlessness of the modern sscode of hon.
orr to elicit our admiration; but there is every
thing in tito merit the seyerest rebuke of the
Christian world. 1t sewers every endearing
domestic relation between man and his fellow.
sends its victim into eternity stained with
blood, and then mockingly says: at acM be a
nine days bubble" THUS said Mr. Clay,
as the body CT Clley, weltering in its blood,
was brought to the city of Washington. 1t is
the language of every duehst And the peo-
pie of the U. States are called upon now to
elevate to the presidency the man who wrote,
with his own hand, the challenge that brought
the lamented Cilley to his nntimely end
That our readers may see what the wing
candidate for the Vice Presidency thinks about
duel ling, we will subjoin an extract from his
opinion, as expressed shortly after the duel
took place He said:
"The law Of the duelist is an outrage upon
every principle of order and humanity. 1t
sets the laws Of God and the Institutions of
Christian people at defiance; and if the muir
derous spirit be not met, and firmly and fear
lessly rebuked, by the frowns of public senti-
ment, en- ourselves will abide much of the guilt
of murder. 1t can be checked and efficiently
whenever the people, true to their
high duties, shall rise, in the majesty of pub
lie opinion, and frown upon the atrocious deeds
Of violence; and the blood Of the murdered, the
tears Of the bereaved. and the commands Of
righteous God, call upon them TO speak, and
bear their stern and indignant testimony against
this Remembering sin.
Chico FRELlNGHU YsEN."
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War IS WHIeeERY2-The good
Lord only knows what whiggery is
or you please COON Wbiggery-it is
compounded of every ism, scism, and
ite,that make upthe political, moral and
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