Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1845-01-17

mestic man ufactuTes-to PROSTATE IN u''eI 1u'
in the manufacturing interests Of the country
..to reduce the consumers 10 absolute depen-
dence upon Grea, Britain, and make that coun-
inv the work shop Of the Uuited States. 10
such an exten, did Wing presses and Wing
orators carry their Misrepresentation OF the
principles and policy Of the Democratic party
tina. the members of that party were s''gmatl'
zed as the advocates of 'British free trade"
and as willing 10 sacrifice the honor. the inter-
es,s, and the prosperity Of their country to MI
the Golfers of its ancient enemy. And, With
cut doubt, these assertions obtained credit a.
mong many honest and well-meaning members
of the Wing party who were thereby induced
to cast their votes in favor Of measures at war
with the first aud purest pr nciples OF the
Democratic fai,h-in their tendency snbver-
sive of popular rights and popular freedom and
in every respect inimcal to the prosperity and
welfare Of the country.
- We ask such-and all others who may have
listened to these idle lales-to note carefully the
feelings manifested by the British press upon
the reception of the intelligence of Mr. Clay's
defeat, and the success Of the Democratic par
". John Bull has not the reputation Of being
blind to his own interests, and if the party that
has Just elected Mr.. Polk 10 the Presidency
advocates those interests its success must, OF
course, have given rise 10 every possible DEM
onstration of JOY upon the other side of The At
lantic. But is such the fact! Far from it,
The leading organs Of the High Church and
Tory party howl their indignation in tones
that are intended to strike terror and dsmay to
the heart Of every American. They assail the
Democracy with 6erceness almost unparal'
8 >. elAliaal s4ei.emens and
conflict sss.. s'4ss
robbers and pirates-as men who, having first
dared 10 rob mis- majesty Of his American colo
MES, have also stolen quay his men. The de-
feat Of Mr.. Clay, is pronounced " the triumph
of every thing that is bad over every thing that
is good for the American people" and these
very presses who are now mourning so bitter
w over the defeat Of their allies in this coun-
try, and who have ever been the most uncom
promising opponents Of our free institutions,
long and loudly express their regrets that the
American people will rush SO blindly to ruin.
They asser, that the election of Mr.. Clay
would have been hailed in Europe, as an indi-
cation of the re-establishment of "moral and
political probity" in this county, and. that gen.
tleman and Mr.. Webster are pronounced the
= only men in America, worthy the appellalion
of statesmen. The London Times even has
the audacity to dictate to a member of the con-
.federacy that she must elect Wing Senator
or that party will loose its majority in our ma
,ional councils, and this same Tory organ pro.
nounces funeral Grafton over the downfall Of
American liberty. And we'll may these Brit
ish aristocrats groan audibly over the result
Of our lastlPresiden,ia canvass. They played
q desperate game, and their losses have been
proporiionably large. They knew we'll, from
assurances held out to them by their courted
and Aattered guest, Mr.. Webster, on his recent
visit to England, that the State debts would
be assumed by the general government upon
the accession Of. the Wings to power. Blu.
free people have once and forever set their
seal Of reprobation upon that unhallowed
scheme and it's authors and advocates. Great
Britain knows that Texas is lost to her forev.
er-.hat the kindred projects Of distribution
and assumption, and high protective tariff,
cap no longer find favor this side the ocean
she feels that hef grasp upon Oregon is as fee
bic as her claim is unfounded, that that terri.
tory will soon pass into the possession of its
legitimate owners, and that the Asburtou trea.
~ is the very last by which she will be al
lowed 10 fleece aud plumber the United States.
She knows all this, and hence the loud notes
of wall that are borne across the Atlantic
hence her disappointment and anger at the
defeat Of the Wing and the success of the
Democratic party.
In view Of these facts, we hope it will new.
er again be charged upon the Democracy that
they are the advocates Of British opinions and
interests. We trust that every man who hon.
es,ly loves his country, and her glorious 70.
publican institutions, will be careful under
what banner he hereafter marches, and what
lesder he hereafter follows.
U> Our friend. the assistant editor of the
Hawkeye, enquiries, "Who is our namesake
W. who gIinds out metre for the Blooming
ton Heta'c : We will answer the question
by proposing to the Col. another which has
Tor years shaken our country from centre to
circumference, and the solution Of which he
may have encountered in the course of his
reading: II is ,his-"WAo struck BiAy Pat.
fsrson ?, 70 -"