Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-02-06
LOCO-FOCoTSM IN PTS MORAL AND
POLITICAL RELATIONS.

POLITIC AL RELATIONS.
| Whatever may be mans opinion as TO the in
iuence ofloco-focoism with regard to the present
oppressed condition of every branch Of industry in
our once thriving and happy country, no
thinking mind can for a momen, hesitate in decid-
ing upon lis banefnl effects and that one of the
strongest reasons which could be urged fof the ne
cessty Of checking its influence. is the vicious char
acter Of the morality it teaches and induces. In
support Of this assertion there needs no better
gument than b-efreyiew the condition Of France
under the loco-foco dominatieN-er, rather what
has been more properly termed "the reign ofteror,"
conrasted with that Of our own country at the same
period, in which liberty and true republican sim
Spiicity prevailed. Compare the then moral and
political condition Of France with that of our own
country. The difference is too evident to require
comment In the former, sensuali,y, civil dscord.
irreligion, regned uncontrolled while IN the latter
the social virtues, the only true promoters of the
well-being Of mankind, were inculcated and prac-
ticed. In the former the guollitine and the rack
were things familiar, and the streets were made to-
flow with the blood Of innocence, filling the high,
places Of the land with the stencil of the denominations
ofthe beast of tyranny and oppression. Desoatlon.
and despair hung over the land like funeral pail
The demon Of loco iocoism was abroad, and COM
metce. virtue. all that had once made France 4
shining star among the nations Of the earth, were
blasted by its accused influence.
What led the brave and vr,uous Lafayette to a
long and gloomy Incarceration in n miserable dun
geon. and the thousands Of great and good men. to
dreadful DEATH Was crime No. It was for
den and deeply injured country, for the exercise of
high and lofty virtues, for all tnt could exalt and
purify humanity, those patriots suffered. Such
qualities hateful to the fenfs who sat like an
incubus upon the appalled, and PROSTATE nation.
Behold the country since the downfall Of the
tyrant Robespiere and his faction Comparatively,
prosperous. furnishing. happy. honored and be-
loved Nothing could have produced these oppo-
site results but the opposite influences of political
wisdom.
Until the dctatoria and tyrannieal adnln;strniio
of Jackson, followed by that of his lustrous sue
cessor, the willy and insidious Van Buren-our own
country was thriving. prosperous. happy and Free
How thss are we 20 account for tho present de-
basing condition Of our couniry--a eoaaty blessed
by natnse with every requisite FOR great and hnp-
Ply one--but where now pistols and bowie knives
the order Of the day, and unrestricted and brn
ial ferocity, and worse than brutal ignorance pre-
dominates in national eeuneis. ]: is il, the per-
neDus Influence Of the prevailing loco foco dosmas
We nsst look FOR The cause.-The depraved ard
vicious servants Of the government, whose pEofessed
creed is, "crush the people with ignorance and
vice, the fruitful parent of nfamy and degradation -
Fellow citizens if you would not hays your
county degraded, and yourselves degraded hen
sons-ifyou would not have your noble and geri-
institutions, those Institutions whose blessings
were purchased sr yen by tAe blood mad nsn.ure
Of wear forefathers, and above all if you woald pre-
that pure and holy republican SIM liery under
has become the pride and wonder Of he world
that pnre democracy which the wisest and beet Of
patriots have dared all dangers to establish in the
land-if you would preserve your liberties md FREQ
institutions, Be steadfast in your stance 20 tory
Innovations. Let your united voices rise
for speedy alteration in national administration
Pit your shoulders manfnlly to the wheel. Re firm
and united, and you mus: conquer for the poics Of
The People is strong as Trutks, and ii shall pre-
vail.