The herald., 1837-04-04

THs Locorocos IN Tss PAax.-Pwsuani- 70 no.
fice the locofoces held their meeting in the Park yes
terday There were probably not less than eight
thousand persons present
number Of flags bearing notices were displayed
One of them surnountsd with shilling loaf about as
large as a brick, bore" the currency is expanded
loaf iscontracted" Another on which was painted
'awench in flame colored taiety" holding mop stick
surmounted with apiece ofrsd flannel her hair hanging
about her shoulders resting gin tub decked off
with sprgs of juniper, bearing berries, at which par
ticularly i'll favoured owl blinking. We enqulred
the meaning OF the device and told it meant
to represent, Minerva, the goddess Of wisdom, hold
ing cap of liberty and that the owl was her favorlte
bird. The hyeroglyph of the tub and juniper berries
our informant was unable to explain. Another large
flag was exhbited-its motto was Equal rights-We
seek justice through the ballot boxes, &c. &c. The
other flags were common place and their maxims un-
worthy of record.
The meeting first addressed by Mr.. Dixie
who proposed that Seth Luther ado take the chair
that Levi d. Slam and others "be appointed vice.
presidents" and that John Wndt and others "be
nominated as Secretaries" Carried amid the cheer
i
more interesting occasions.
Mr.. Seth Luther then rose and read the object of
the meeting which was he said "to bring down the
prices of rent food and fuel which fall could not pos
sibly take place unless Moses Jaques the lo-lo cand
date for Mayor was elected. The venerable Webb
continued Seth, "w aow address the meeting. y
| Thereupon some few
90 the steps the hall, hur d up their
! And cried, Webb Webb, wen hear himi
| Mr.. Webb said 81 shall divide my discourse into
i Tt,a rxl1t pE and thn
press; End. President Jackson; 3rd False democra-
| cy; 4th. The honesty OF our party 9Th. The RENE
| dy for the present crsIs.
These subjects the worthy orator at the eud of his
first sentence entirely forgot; we heard no more OF
them whereby the logic and argument that would
doubtless have been contained IN his intended hydra
headed speech were unhappny lost to the world. AT
ter speech of about twenty minutes filled with erce
| denuncatons against Tammany-the Whgs-the
Banks-paper money, &C. he wound up with epithet-
izng Alderman Clark, whom he designated as "a
black leg of the EXTREMIST die" Webb then conclu-
ded with the following sublime original verse
The ,,. wiSsss is.,o one "a and .sa all declare
That a lott'ry black eg shall he mayor
To which they, srs, will make no objection
The Tammanss also must have their
Who till alter III cecionsa a good enough Morgan
When his place will no wlersbe found slrs.
| Then why should not we have of our chsice-
| at which both on,em auakes
cffhas and i three @ Cheers i boys for Jaques
The sublmty of this effusion seemed to deprive his
audience Of breath. There was great waving of
| flags, but very little shouting
| Mr.. Levi ID. Slam next addressed the meeting. He
dashed slambang in medas res He told his hearers
the true spirit of democracy was awakened IN them
| that they were soveregns and ought TO rule. The
speaker then adverted to the common council OF the
city, declared that working without pay was msprson
of treason; that lOcOfocO corporation would save all
the useless expenditures of widening streets &C., and
expect nothing but decent salaries to enable them to
"A fhah af nffic al fer
| loud cheers As at present constituted, continued
Mr.. Slam, there should be board displayed al the
entrance Of the City Hall bewars of bad house..
Mr.. Slam then read series of resolutions denounc-
ing the mercantile community as robbers, and stigma
tizng the Wall street occupants as corinoranis &c.
The resolutions were adopted with few dissenting
voices.
| Job Haskell was the next orator.
Job seemed particularly indignant at the late call
ing out of the military to prevent not. lie decounc-
ed il unconstitutional, arbitrary and yranca but
| we shall soon have Mayor of our own, boys said
Job, ''who will let meet when we like, say what we
| Ike, do what like, and riot much we like
| huzza for Jacquesw HuZZa huzza ! cried very
small portion Of Jobs hearers.
Up TO this time the enthusiasm Of the assemblage
seemed to be considerably below par. This meeting
in the Park won't do; there gin sings TO be
procured there, TO put spirit into the audience and
steal away their brains. corps de reserve who had
been discussing politics and potations with Alexander
Ming now arrived, just Mr. Murphy rose 10 address
the spectators and their arrival tended IN degree
| to shake OF the tameness Of the affair.
Mr.. Murphy said, 81 cannot compare our party
the loco ocos, To any thing bat 10 man travelling
ON the highway The honest fellow is Jogging quietly
on, when up steps the ~hig with mahogany stock
pistol and says, your money or your hie The loco
oco poor fellow IS just about delivering up his little
cash, when Tammany man approaches, upon which
the whig flies and the Tammaniie stepping up, says
! TO the loco foco, how happy am 10 have rescued
YOU from that rascal takes the confding loco focoS
hand puts his arm round his waist, and-picks his
pocket of all il contained" Great applaase)
This gentleman following the example of tn,
"venerable Webb" concluded in poetry, lhus:--
| Saint Tammany is sindisposed Of Ia'e-
| Is troubled with a very achine pate,
And looks uncemmonly as though he'd faint;
For since his a eb nostris snuff ID tbs u int
OF loco candles, blazing blight,
| He looks hat dead with and alright
| And queer capers for decent saint
| IL he's sick now he be by and by;
| The three aays swc that intend To give him,
| Will show his toasted power n all my eye
| That he had best lie d0wn and die
l For DEATH anddcath alone relieve him.
| Let focos theR joyful strains
| We've killed old Tammany and burst our chainsi
tremendous cheers, especially from the corps d
reserve)
A Mr.. Sweatman from Albany now took The table
He said Just happened down by accident slrs-Tn n
not known here-my reputation will sufer-wl suf
fer morally from gong the oce-foco order Of things