Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-09-16
L.OCOFOCO

The seeds OF discord nrc sown broad among
the Locoiocos. Theirs is no harmony among them
rs to men. One prefers Mr. Van Burcn-a another
Mr. Calhoun-another Dick Jotnson-another MIR
Cass-another MIR Buchanan, and another somebody
else. One swears il his favori,e is not selected, he W i'll
| r~epudis,e the Party-nnother reciprocates the COM
pliment. These dissensious as to men, constitute n
fair sample OF their disagreement as to principles
and measures. Here, too, they are by the ears
One goes for Free Trade and hard money-anolher
for a Protective Tariff with a Proies,ando and a
well. regulated banking system. Another goes for
a Bankrupt lava Tariff without conditions-a
Sub-treasury--a Government, Bank and low wages
all Of which a fourth denounees as the most dc
tesla BILE Federalism.
In Ohio, the dissension, long suppressed, has bro
ken out into open rebellion. Mr. Hamer-a red
headed fellow-but one of the very cleverest men
of that party-and formerly a distinguished member
of Congress, hes raised The standard OF revolt - and
followers are flocking around him by scores and
hundreds. He and his friends are denounced most
violently as "iraitors;"-but they are in no degree
iutimida,ed and are holding meetings in many of
the counties, heretofore the Locos s,roRg- holds, and
proclaiming their principles. From the proceedings
of one of those meetings, we copy the following
resolutions, as a specimen Of the whole.
nish hereby Resolved. and declared, that We will support
no man for Office who shall be the nominee OF a paekedCon
ventiOn, a mere iun;o OF office seekers aud whose chief
claim shalb found In adcgrading subservicnoy to the de.
eTees Of a party.
Resolved, That we believe It to be entirely within the
Consttuuonaleo competency Of Congress, and a duty imposed
upon them by the experience OF the past and the wants OF
sient to supply the general treasury, and 10 sa1rd Incl.
dentally, an adequate protection 10 the agricultural aud
Resolved, Thstwc believe that a well regulated system
OF banking, upon such principles as would afford security
| ri The nOtE-nnldnT. and A fair mTrNf n fhn napEnr NuaVnN
sond.ee greatly 10 the general benefit OF the state, and
Resolved, That the farming or agricultural Interests
glslaiurc, and that they being the souTce Of all wealth.
should have been first TO have their share.
These principles are directly in the teeth Of the
Tappan and Allen party-and are designed to SUBJ
vert that faction.
Ir New York, the signs Of diseord are not less
abundant than in Ohio. Independent of questions
Of State policy-which are exciting grea, discon-
tent among the once faithiul-ihe Presidency
and the Tariff are playing havoc. Mr. Van Buren,
g, Of course, the man Of the Jun,o-but rebeliou.
spirits have crept into the camp, who refuse sub.
mission to that unprincipled clique, and are ~dilisent-
ly at work to bring forward q man OF different
Stamp. In the meantime, the Tariff question il
seized upon, and pressed with a determination TO
produce n schism. The Albany Argus has come
out, and claimed all the credi, Of the ln:e Tariff act,
for Mr. Silas W~risht-ihe immediate representative
Of Mr. Van Buren's personal views. This has
given great Dissatisfaction to MIR Calhcun's friend
and the Real grits." To allay the growing dis
cord. and to prevent it from having an injurious eff
rct upon the approaching election in November
the Locofoco Syracuse Convention attempted to
compromise the matter by adopting a Janus,faced
resolu;ion-ths result, of which has been to satisfy
neither party. The N. Y. Morning Post, the lead
ing Locoroco paper In the interest OF MIR Calhoun.
copies the resolution, declaring its Dissatisfaction
with 1t, and calls upon the Argus TO define the posi-
ton OF the Democracy in relation 10 the Tariff. We
annex an extract:
TIE Tariff Question Where does the Democrats
plity sand Ia relation TO ihe question Of protective ,sn6f
Argus, while it was reading a long lecture on The duty u
The democracy" but we have, a. yet, received no answer
undertakes to speak Tor The democracy Of the STATE. 10 Ter
nsknow wha'hs opinions are la regard to the principle OF
We viii confess frankly that The resolution and address
Of the syracuse Convention, affords us no clear light
They nave been aicniively read and re- read by Us. b1t we
can ht nnd that our notions Of the position Of The great
de1Iocratie party are at all rendered more precise and
The resolution Of the Convention, Is as follows:
"Reso!rsd, That We arc tho friends OF a permanenttariF
sufficient to meet the wants u tho government, economi.
eaIly administered, and discriminating IN lis character. SO
as 10 afford protection to The mechanical and manufacture
ing, without urdeuiug the asIioultuala and plantin1 inter
esis; andwhUe ~e d~lsdpprove Of some of the provisions Of
tho present tariff % being so high a. 10 he pr.hibtory,
and thus preventing revenue, We approve oftha vote OF
our Senator siias Wright, Jr, he being compelled to vote
for This bill or none, aud isncgatvev vote would have con.
unued the horizontal tariff, taxi z equally the uecessaries
Of the poor and the luXuues of tile rich, aud have leH Inc
government without adequate means 10 pay its debts, aud
The people Of this great nation would have been drsgraced
IN the eyes Of the civilized world"
We 10 not promise to discuss the question Of protection
at this time, but will enter n protest against the spirit or
lils resolve. i recognises, a. did the vote Of Mr Wright.
the prncipleo OF protection principle unjust In ifs very
essence. 50 that, as an individual having distinct notions on
ihis subject, We cannot ave IL our appreciation.
In Pennsylvania, q furious intestine war is rag
ing between the friends OF MIR Buchanan and those
OF Gov. Porter-the latter being for Dick johnson.
While these mercenary and ambitious politicians
are warning against each oiher-the People viii
compose their quarrels, and satisfy oil sides, by
eleeting " HARRY of the WEST The MILL
BOY OF the Slashes.n