The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1845-02-28

On whose side was the British purse!

There is no fact better established than
that England fights her battles every where
with gold as we'll as iron. Queen Elizabeth
effected more towards subjugating Scotland
to British influence, through the corrupt in
trigues of her artful ministers, carried on by
diplomatic agents, who dealt out English
bribes among leadingl men Of Mary's court,
than the great Edward accomplished by the
powerful conquering armies he marched into
the Scottish kingdom. To the success
which she has had in bribng off Irish chiefs
and patriots, and setting one faction against
another, England owes the dominion she has
so oppressively exerted over Ireland for CEN
turies. Her power in continental Europe
has been maintained by subsidies notorious
ly given TO maintain the armies Of princes
who sell the blood of their subjects TO fight
the battles of British ambition, not only in
the home contest in which they may have
an interest, but in every quarter the globe.
The people of this country have not forgot
ton the subsidized Hessans; and we have no
doubt the democracy felt the force of hired
troops in the late presidential contest, who
had their secret subsidies from the govern
ment interested in the success of Mr.. Clay,
to carry its points as well in regard to Ore
gon as to Texas, and from the bOnd-holders
interested in assumption and distribution.
To counteract the impression which the
known character of English interference,
where large interests are at stake, was cal
culated to make-especially when the vast
electieneering expenditures for Harrison in
l040, and Clay in 1914, filled the public
mind with surprise--a forged paragraph of
The LONDON TINES was put forth by the whig
presses, assuming that the large British in
terests concerned in putting down the tariff,
had engaged that monarchy to fight the bat
tie of democracy!
We have now--in the lamentations of the
London Times, and all the presses of the
three kingdoms, wailing over the lost dis
tribution," the lost " assumption" the appre-
hended less of Texas and Oregon-ths real
state of feeling confessed in the mother
country of federalism. And we see it also
in the changed condition of some who de-
served her liberalities by fighting her battles.
Since Mr.. Webster's visit TO England, and
his Ashburton treaty, nobody has heard any
thing of his protested bills of exchange
of his notes lying over at bank--of subscrip-
tons going round among the city merchants
for his relief. On the contrary, we see let
tiers published from travellers, portrayng the
baronial beauties of Mr.. Webster's once mort
gaed estate of Marshfeld-its noble cattle
of the English breed, the focks of sheep Of
the highest priced foreign stock, and the
grandeur of his house. Indeed, it would
seem that Mr.. Webster lives i'll greater style
at Marshield, just emerging from state Of
things when his notes sold for dollar OIL the
hundred, than the representative Of the Bri-
tsh government does in Mr.. Webster's city
house at Washington. These things are
like the wonders ofAladdin's Lamp; and we
leave them to the public mind to solve fol
the honor of Mr.. Webster. 1t certainly
speaks as we'll for his private as his public
negotiations.