Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-05-27
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From the N. Y. Courier a. Enquirer.

III FROM the ~ L. courier ~ Enquirer.
| PRoscRIpTioN. OF all the sense les.
and ridiculous complaints ever INDUCED
IN by a beaten and PROSTATE party, that
"Proscri ption" on the part Of the Loco
FOcos, is the most absurd. For twelve
long yeats has the country Witnessed a
crusade against every man who did not
bow to, and every interest which was
not shaped according TO the dictates of
Loco Focoism. For twelve long years we
have seen openly avowed and as openly
praclsrd upon, the infamous doctrines,
that "to the victors belong the spoils"--
| 'the minority have no rights, p and
during this term, every man who would
NOT echo these disgraccfuI cries, and tes-
tiiyhs faith in them by openly appear
ing at the polls with the badge Of slavery
on his back, has been rudely thrust from
office, and his place supplied with more
subservient and unprincipIed partisan -
"ProscriPtion for opinions sake" has
been inscribed on the very forehead of
Loco tOcoism nor did it stop here but
the ofiice-holdcr who was willing and
ready to perform all the dirty work re-
quircd of him at the polls aud in his ofi.
cial station-he who was ready to sac
rificc on the altar Of party every Ameri-
can feeling, and avow himself mere
nuiomaon TO be played upon as his mas
ters willed-bad still another test TO un.
dergo before his orthodoxy was fully es.
iablished ut Washington. He was re-
quired not only to avow his faith in all
the absurdiies Of Loco .Focoisln, and his
readiness to sacrifice every great interest
OF the country TO sustain the dominancy
ofpariy; but he was imperiousIy required
TO pay over u portion Of his salary of
that very salary received from the peo-
ple--to be employed in keeping the peo-
pie IN submission to their selicrcatcd
masters.
Aud the miserable oflice-holder who
had avowed his faith in any and every
absurdity OF Loco Focoism-he who had
agreed not only to oct but to think as his
masters might dictate who had con-
sen,cd to appear at the polls and brow
beat honest men in the faithful discharge II
oI their duties in the country, and thus
ungratelully abuse the very men upon
whom they depended for their daily
bread ; he who had freely parted with a
percentage Of his salary to withhold from
the people their constitutional rights
had still another and more degrading test
OF party subscrvirncy TO undergo before
his orthodoxy was completely csiablishe d
and his fitness for Office rendered appa-
rent. Yes, the degraded representative
Dl Loco Focosm, who had already sunk
so low IN The estimation of himself ard
friends, that he ceased to lay claim to
any Of the ordinary traits Of manhood,
was required To exhibit one more evi- /
Iencc OF humiliation and degradation, in
order to render himself duly qualified for
holding Office under the late aJmins,ra-
ion. II was demanded as sine qua non {
hat he should subscribe to, avow his !
ahh in, and aid in circulating the inla.
nous doctrines promulgated IN the Wash. y
ngton Globe :! Humanity could sink r
10 lower ; manhood could not be degrn. \
ted beyond what was imposed by ihs il
equiremcni, and now, when men who
asrly and meanly submitted to become
uch mere puppets Of po.cr-such reck- J
ess ana unpfIhcipled tools OF those who H l.
'ampled upon the rights and feelings of D
he people, now, when these time serv.
ig sycophanis aud unscrupulous auioma- q
,ns, are thrust aside TO make room for ;,
zen who will IearIcssly discharge the
uiies of their stations without so de-
'eaning themselves as TO render the very h
ame Of oilice-holdcr synonymous with all S,
,at is disgraceful in politics and degra- :;
ing in morals, ,--behold the Washington I"
lobe and its miserable echo in this city .
'e Evening Post, set up the cry Of Pro- /,
,rip'ion Prescription !! Prescription =!
Do they really suppose that the people
re still to be deceived by their miserable h,
ypoctisy ! Do they for single instant, D
rlieve, that there is in the Whip r,
inks, solitary mtiruiuoi Who did not ,,,
cl the NATIONAL degradation which Loco a,
oco'sm imposed upou Us, rhsu 1t ro. 81,