The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-01-24

and that 1t is hoped, 60: Its last and fins
sentence and everlasting doom, by a larg
majority of both branches so throw bac
the charge of falsehood upon the membe
from Virginia.
When the member finished is.daring an
bantering TRADE, he amused himself and hi
friends awhile by singing glory and hal
lelnjahs to the recent Wing victories
This he and his party had right to d.
when there was any thing that would d.
for an apology for Wing victory, for the.
were.
Like angels visits; few, and far be
tween"
They came about a. often az the locusts
but were not quite % destructive ss tina
insect when sent upon the Egyptians as :
divine curse.
Mr.. Duncan proceeded at some length
to remark on the aspect and condtioa o.
political affairs. the elections which had
taken place, their results &c. in an eloquent
manner, and closes in the following forci-
bls and just style; not forgetting, however,
his friend Wise, Of whom he shows him.
self in no pi,e afraid, and who is proved by
thi. speech, more fully than ever, to be
bullying, clustering coward, who dare not
resent a sarcasm, or even the direct charge
OF falsehood, from a man who dares to
make them.
The member seems apt at calling names,
and with Others Of his party colleagues
here, at prefering charges against the De-
mocracy of Executive influence, vassalaye
and corruption. These charges seem to be
as comnon as the ordinary day business of
this House. | think, sir, charges of this
kind come from the Opposition in bad taste
and worse time. A party who, with many
honorable exceptions, am happy to sny,)
live, move, and have their political being,
and daily support, by and from the banks.
No southern slave whose bondage is abso-
lutte aud unconditional, is more under the
dominion of his master than hundreds aud
thousands of that party, (who, by ther'rep-
resentstiyes, are daily making these charges
against the Democracy and their represen.
tativcs,) under the control and dominion
Of the banks. Look, sir, at their newspa-
per presses; how far have they fallen from
the holy purposes for which they were or
iginally invented and established In place
Of being the mediums through which virtue,
science, and general intelligence is to flow
TO The public mind, they have become the
receptacles of all that is aboninable in
slander and vile in detraction. Their
columns have become the filthy suers and
polluted sluices, through which there is no
slander too base, or fasehood too malignnn,
and poisonous, to pass to the destruction OF
morals and the peace of society.
The virtuous and the patriotic find M
advocates in them. The warrior and I'll,
statesman, whose lives have been worn dow
in the service of their country's highest in
and dctraction. And look, sir, at thei
swarms of letter writers, who annoy you a
every step and every corner, who, like, iank
lounging, hungry dogs, that lean upon the
gate posts, end yeIp aud howl around this
Capitol, and feed upon the crumbs that fall
from the tables Gf those who are themselves
the subjects of bank corruption and Federal
bribery. say such charges come in bad
time and bad taste for such party. The
Democracy are emphatically the freeman
: of this country. They depend no, on banks
nor on the smiles Of the. Aristocracy for
their maintenance. They depend upon
their sweat, their toll, the fields that they
have cleared with their own hands, and the
rains of Heaven, for oil they have and all
thev wish.
But the member calls names. He has
denounced the whole Democratic party,
with a bitterness and vindictveness l hope
unworthy of his heart, as Loco F0cos.
am unacquninted with the meaning of the
term Loco FOco; it is ofs tongue unknown
TO me. If the teru is political in its sig
MITIGATION, anil 10 expressive of love of lib
erty, . regard for the support and literal
construction of the Constitution, DISPOSE
ton to support our free institutions and an
unyielding hostility to a national bank, to
odlous political distinctions, unconsti,ution-
al monopoles, and exclusive aud danger
Gus privileges for the benefit Of the few to
the exclusion of the many, then am a Lo-
co F'oco, and am proud of the name:
hope shall never abuse or disgrace it.
But am now going TO tell you, sir, another
thing | dare do. ! dare pronounce any
man ON this floor, or elsewhere, a base liar
and reckless scoundrel, who dare pro-
nouuce me Loco Foco, and attach thereto
amy other political meaning than ,ha, which
have just described.
The member pronounced the Presiden,
Uiis demagogus. have heard this mem
ber before denouncc the President and nl
his Cabinet, as knares and fools. But why
is the President denounced as vile dem.
agoguel ] suppose il is because he holds
the true Democratic doctrine in his Message,
that Z" the roice of the people is the supreme
law of the land )" and because he pledges
himself to give to the measures adopted by
Congress his hearty corporation, TO the
fullest extent which his views of the Con-
stitution and his sense Of duty will per-
nit.