Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-11-17
From N. I. .1BtcricaS
LOCOFCtOISN
esficfEL ,ASNuNCIATION AT IA IMAM
Hail. o. THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PARTY

LOCOFCCOiSM.
csfiCfEL .ANNUNCIATIoN AT IA -srANY
Hail. OT THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PARTY.
Il j we'll known to the Peop!o Of the United
State that the Wing press has uniformly impnt-
cd 20 die leaders of the ocofoco party in this city
principles which went to tho total destruction Of
all the rights of property, and OH The social Ties OF
lilc. : his Charge has not Lteu made without
foundation, nor has any statement ever appeared
whic.: has based upon Satisfactory evidence. In
gust c also to Tammlnv Hall, it ought 10 be
SAID that, while the adhe:cnts OF hlr. Van Blren
in tie ccuCtry have, to some extent, dizcla!mcd
the icvolutonizing and demoralizing doctrines
set forth by the Presidents special councillors
and ad. scrs the city, the latter have never Of
EtcIiv disc!aiIned even the worst features o.. the
charge. Recently, however, in order that they
only do not fear to proclaim such doctrines,
they have officially published then. to the world
In their organs In this cIty-as the very grounds
on which they hope to succeed. A meeting
held at Tanmany recently, at which JOhn W.
ffa.denbroqi presided chairman, assisted by
th!rty.two Vice Presidents and eight Secretaries,
the official proceedings of which fhe Eyening
Posi- sanc,io,.s in ;he following language:
we publish the cLcttlcnt address and resolutions
adopted on that OCCASION
The ADDRESS here sPokeE CT contains the follow
ny extraordinary paragraph:
.Ncf has our country any reason TO fear social
disorder. sHiGcHY IS But a STAT, OF TRANSIT
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Of things Tine very nature of man renders So
cial order inevitable f1Jen temporary confusion
can occur only consequence to n frert0Hs
infringement Of tie true principles Of Socie'y-
Ali the laws of Nature harmonic. and 1T IS Only
when some oi them violated that CONFUSION
ep,ues. 1t human regulations did not produce
r.ti,-c . ed unjust Exhibitions a property, q
stat. ct things could srist in acich property
roud be ENDANGERED. Where the avrlcious few
have 50 controlled legislation as to consecrate
and perpetuate property IN themselves, 1t IS nat
ural that they should seek to exclude from o'ii-
cal power all VITO have no stake III society. ".:d
that thew should regard the plundered masses rs
hostile 10 such rights of property and such So
cial ORDER 1t is natural that they should d.strust
all whose sense of Justice is not snbdued by par
tcipatau in the spoil, and that they should tren-
: e fer Weir nqUtous 'osseSs%arEs ard lie 5yssen!
,g4:ch uplolds them. But where society is con-
struc;ed on Just princp pies, such apprehensions
are visionary and absurd CONFUSION Is the
struggle of nature with disease in the body polite
.ardcan never occur when the system 5 in health
!! .erc we have. then, official avcwal that
anarchy is Or e state Of trdnsition'-tfat 'e"en
temporary confusion only occur as :. conse
cusrrc to a pre-, ious infringement OF the true
PRINCIPLES of socie.v9-and 'if hirDan rcguatc:s:
did 10. produce artificial and fist distributions
of Drc,eSr>ya state of,hings could never exist IT
! vsiah u. ororty would he endangered In Other
words, that the present laws are all wro-c-tha
: society is based on improper ioundations--an'
that the object Of the party Is 40 sabvcrt both
In short, we have here the oicial avowat Of al
that tho Mugs have ever charged upon the Lcct
.occs., i.stu!l length and breadth
The :o.lowing resolution was passed at th'
same meeting.
.Rcso!gec, That the address and n-oCo -dl-s'7 :
this meeting he published IN the Egenins Post
New Era Truth Teller, aEC Gorinan- paper; an.
that the Albany Argus and Washington Globe "a
requested 10 copy the same
Accordingly. the sentiments i'll the above go
ia aon appeared in the Globe. duly an4 ofliciAIi-
sanctioned by that paper, as he organ o.tso Coz
ernynont Of the L. ,.