Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-12-20
From the New York American
LOCO-FOCOISM.

,,I hNNUNCIATION AT. TAMMANY HALL
off ~ THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PARTY.
T. e we'll known to the people of the
rl.od states that the wing press has
' U, imputed TO the leaders of he
, nl., party in this city, principles
'oI .I.I wont TO the total destruction Of all
wv ,;ohts of property, and all the social
lhe a'FFIie. This charge has not been
llo oJe without foundation, nor has any
nl"uU ever appeared which was not
b b,' upon satisfactory evidence. In JUS
. G~o also 10 Tammany Hall, it ought to be
sa;d that. while the adherents OF Mr.. Van
pnron in the country have, to some extent,
gscIaimed the revoutionizing and demon
Oii9;ng doctrines set forth by the Prcsi-
Jon,,s snecial counsellors and advisers in
the city, the latter have never officially
disclaimed even the worst features Of the
oho,ge Recently, however, in order to
show that they only donot fear to proclaim
snch doctrines, they officially publish them
~ the world-in their organs in this city
as the very grounds on which they
hone 10 succeed. meeting was held at
Tnmmany Hall recently, at which John
w Harbenbrook presided as chairman,
assisted by thirty-one Vice Presidents and
eiUbt Secretaries, the official proceedings
Of which the Evening Post sanctions in
the following language:
ave publish the erceIlem address and
resolutions adopted on that OCCASION"
The address here spoken ofcontans the
following extraordinary paragraphs:
"Nor has our country any reason TO fear
social disorder. ANARCHY is BUT A STATE
OF TRANSITION. 1t cannot exist as per-
manent condition of things. The very
nature of man renders social order inevi-
table. Eren temporary confusion can &C.
cur only as consequence to a previous in
tJiagement of The true principles Of society.
All the laws of nature harmonic, and 1t
is only when some of them are violated
that convuson ensues. # human regu-
la,jOns did not produce artificial and unjust
distributions of property, a state Of things
could nerer eriSt in arhjch property mould
he endangered. Where the avaricious
few have so controlled Legislation as to
concentrate and perpetuate property in
themselves, it is natural that they should
seek to exclude from political power all
who have no stake in society," and that
thew should regard the plundered masses
\ as hostile to such rights ofproperty' and
\ such social ORDER 1t is natural that
Y hey should dstrust all whose sense OF
n Justice is not subdued by a participation
in the spoil, and that they should trembIe
for their ubiquitous possessions and the Sys-
n tenn which uphOldS them. But where socl-
u cvls constructed on just principles, such
apprehensions are visionary and absurd
CONFUSION is the struggle of nature with
disease in the body polite, and can never
occur when the system is in health"
Here we have, then, an official avowa
that "anarchy is but a state OF transition
that seven temporary confusion can on
" " occur as consequence TO a previous
infringement Of the true principles OF so
ciety''-and "if human regulations did no
produce artificial and unjust distribution
of property state Of things could neve
exist in which property would be endan
gercd." In other words, that the presen
laws are all wrong--that society is base
on improper foundations--and that tn
object of party is to subvert both. !
short, we have here the official avowaI
all that the wings have ever charged uPo
the loco, focos, in its full length and breadlI
The following resolution was passed
the same meeting:
"Resolred, That the address and pr
ceedings Of this meeting be published
the Evening Post, New Era, Truth IelIe
and German paper; and that the Alban
Argus and Washington Globe be reque
ted to copy the same"
Accordingly, the sentiments in the
bove quotation appeared in the GLOBE, d
ly and officially sanctioned by that paPe
asthe organ of the Government OF the VI
ted States.