Litchfield enquirer., 1838-11-15
From he Nsu Yoh American

ClfciaI anRunciagiOn at Tdmnlany Hall Of
the Principles Of the P0rty.-It Is we'll known
10 the People of the United States that the
Wing press has uniformly imputed to the lea
ders OF the LocofocO party in this city prin-
ciples which went to the total destruction of
all the rights Of property, and all the social
ties Of life. This charge has not been made
without foundation, nor has any statement
ever appeared which was not based upon sat.
isfactOry evidence. In justice also tn Tam
many Hall, it ought to be said that, while the
adhercnts OF Mr.. VAN buren, in the country
have, to some extent, disclaimed the revolu-
tioniZing and dcnOralizing doctrines set forth
by the Presidents special counsellors and ad-
viscrs in the city, the latter have never OFF,
cially disclaimcd even the worst features OF
the charge. Recently, however, in order to
show that they not only do not fear to pro-
claim such doctrines, they have officially
published them to the world-in their organs
in this city-as the very grounds on which
they hope to succeed. A meeting was held
at Tammany recently, al which John w:
HardenJrock presided as chairman, assisted
by thirty two Vice Presidents and eight Sec
retaries, the official proceedings of which the
Evening Post sanctions in the following Ian
guage: .et .-5 >f, -..i
"We publish the excellent address and res
olutions adopted on that OCCASION"
The address here spoken of contains the
following extraordinary paragraph:
"Nor has our country any reason to fear social dis
order. ANARCHY IS BUT STATE OF TRANSITION, 1t
cannot exist as permanent condition OF things Inc
very nature Of renders socia order inevitable
EUem temporary confusion can OcCar only az conse
guence previous Of the UePrinciPes Of
society. All the laws Of Nature harmonze and is
only when some Of them are violated that conynlsion
ensues Thurman reg utntons dad not produce Grt.tci0t
and unjust distributions Of property, state Of things
could erst in Which property Uo"td6 be
Where the avaHicous few have so controlled eglsla-
ton concentrate and perpeuate property in them
selves It is natural that they should seek to exclude
from political power all who have no stake IN society,
and that they should regard the plundered masses as
hostile to such rights OF property and such social
order tits natural that they should disrust all whose
sense of justice is not subdued by participation in
the spoil and that they should trembe for their niq"i-
tous possessions and the system UAsck uph0Lds them
But where society is constructed on just principles,
such apprehensiOns are visionary and absurd. Con-
vulson the struggle Of nature with disease in the
body politic and never occur when the system is
in health" g..
Here we have, then, an official avOwal that
" anarchy is but state Of transition that
even temporary confusion can only occur as
a consequence to n previous Infringement of
the true principles Of society''-and "if hu-
man regulations did not produce artificial and
unjust distributions of property, state Of
things could never exist in which property
would be endangered" In other words, that
the present laws are all wrong-that society
is based on improper foundations-and that
the object of the party is to subvert both. In
short, we have here the official avowal of all
that the Wings have ever charged upon the
Locofocos, in its full length and breadth.