The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-04-10
From The N. " Daily Conservative.
LOOK AT THIS PICTURE!

Who ARE THE Loco Focos Rather should we
ask rhat are The Loco focos for they scarcely Of
consequence enough be dgnIhed with personal Pro-
noun We shall answer the question propounded by
nqurng who they are not.
Are they the farmers, the yeomanry, the great pg-
ricultural class-the platform which rests the
ces the institutions and liberties OF the country No!
Do they belong that honest industrious population
who labor for their being and extract from the earIhth
rich products which are The staples Of our wide
mcrccl No! DO they belong to the hardy, intelligent
race Of men, whose whole hives are passed IN unfolding
the framework Of socelyin planting and culllyatlng
the seeds Of virtue of TRUTH OF morality OF religion!
No!
. Do the Loco Focos then belong to the great ship
ping and trading interest OF The seapons Is II they
who purchase or transport the agricultural products Of
our country, realize the golden haryosts that are
brought back from other clmes is II these men that
sustain the glory Of naval entcrprsos-tha are 10
battle for the flag aud honor Of the countryor the pre-
servaton OF her name, her fame, aud her berties-io
tho perpetuy Of her institutions, aud tho transmission
of them to their descendants! No,
8 Do they then belong to the third great interest
that of the manufacturing Is it they that desire TO
the loom and the shuttle aourishing IN the land Is it
they who build up thriving towns and villages, and make
our valleys vocal with the hum of the cotton wheel and
the spindle Is it they who desire 10 double ten fold
the wealth OF the country by converting the produce of
the soil into the thousand multiplied forms which 80 much
enhance It's original value, under the ingenious fabrics
i
| A. Lastly is i, to the great mechanic interest OF
town and c,y-of seaboard and interor-tlat ind oil
other classes together by their invaluable labor, their
daily toll the anvil and the work. Does the
Loco Foco party belong 70 this interchangeable and Iaho-
rous class whose days and nights consumed m IN
cessan toll TO procure competency for Their wives and
! chdren--to them in the paths oil yirue-to pro-
mote their comfort and happlness--and leave good
name behind to 60 down to after ages No! lsh TO
the mechanics who have moro than all others al stake
/ .tnf.a a.,I ham nu
lions, domestic political Of sociey--hat the Loco
| Focos claim alliance! No! No II not TO this
honorable class, any Of their persons, that ths
reckless, abandoned dare to claim alliance
| Who they, then They the scum--ihe OIL
scourngs-the dregs--,hc refuse--the outlaws Of soc-
etythe culottes and rcvolutionists-the blood
thirsty Robesperresin fine, the Desructlyes OF socie
y-he putroiactiyc ofdecomposllion which would
poison, corrupt and destroy every element oil the social
compact-the desperadoes, who fostering IN the con-
seriousness Of their rotenness OF heart and Prnci
ple would reve in confusion and chaos and IN behold
ing reversed, not only the laws OF man. but oil the gu
prone being himself, could they, like their Satanic
brethren Of old the Ttans Of old, storm the empy-
reum OF heaven itself They acknowledge no govern
mentno lawsno standard ofle but that OF the pros
ration Of every noble virtue and institution and the
total inversion and destruction Of every principle OF ac-
ton thought by which mankind have hitherto beengo-
verned They glory in disappearing religion as an OPP
| pressve mposture on the credulty OF mankind lhey
rejoice in the pollution and annlhation OF every reVereu
monument distinction which industry or virtue mas
reared crime and infdelty, They would raze
every temple Of religion TO the ground-burn and DE,
stroy every mansion hamlet, and cry rum havoc aud
blood, till the globe itself should be wrapped IN one uni
yersal conagaton, and they could riot and revel over
the wreck of matter and the crush of worlds
!" Look at this picture and on that," Choose which
will ye, my countrymen ruin and devastation, or
peace and happnessthe Destructves, or the Conser-
vatiyes OF society JuNius,