The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-08-09
LOcOfOcO Policy Defined by
their Leaders.

| "Mr Reynolds OF Illinois concluded by depicting
what he thought would be the result Of Demo
cratic AdmnIstratiou-FREE TRADE, sound
METALLIC CURRENCY, no broken banks, and
no unjust and partial legislation" Debate Con
gress, July 9, tS42, reported an the National In
teHigencer
"Mr Smith of Virginia followed (Mr. Summers
After pointing out the various modes by which gov
eminent could raise revenue, and expressing ms
preference for a system Of INTERNAL TAXA
TlON." &c.-Same debate.
"Tho protection of Domestic industry (Beeson
| Of Pa.) regard not question of any particular
words, figures ny eroglyphcs in tariff. Ii is In
! my opinion question Of currency a question
whether money is money, or paper Is paper; DIS
pute which is under settlement between the Inde'
pendant Treasury Democratic party on the one
side, and the Bank and Stale Wing party on the
other side. Same debate.
| From a report Of a single days debate in Con.
gress, furnished by the National in;egencer, we
copy the above extracts. We shall give more ere
long but for the present add only the following
extract from letter from Washington in the U. s.
Gazette -
ain the course OF the day [July 1871 Mr.. Roose>
welt, one of the Loco Foco Representatives from
the city Of N. York said he trusted the tariff
blu became a lao at this session, 1T WOULD BE
SHORT LIVED that the next Congress would
be a DEMOCRAiC, FREE TRADE Congress-
which WOULD REPEAL THE BILL"
Hero we have, them open and bold avowals OF
determined 10 pursue These avowals not
made by single man, on his own responsibility
but by men from the North, the South, the Centre,
and the West; they speak unreservedy, and the
first and the last profess indicate the of
the entire party. And what really is the policy
of locoiocoism Let the answer be from their own
mouths We go, say they EOR FREE TRADE,
HARD CURRENCY. DIRECT TAXATION,
| ID T. nv a.
Wigs stirling 10 pass.
These their measures, open, undisgu shed :,
unmstakabIe and this is the end to which we
long believed the locoloco party must come. That
party was originally formed by Northern Dough
faces and Southern Free Traders. The first condi
ton sacrifice of the principle of Protection,
and The attempt which they made in 1888 10 reduce
the tariff then in existence, was in the spirit
| of the contract. Mr. Clay threw himself into the
breach--un fortunately, for had the Jackson party
then at reduced the Tariff, as they desired
do, the people would have risen en- nasse in 1896.
swep pit locofocoism TO destruction and restored ma
tionaI prosperity by protecting domestic industry.
But Mr. Clay did interfere: he induced Congress to
give gradual reduction of duties, instead of death
20 domestic industry The sacrifice postponed
not prevented. On the Both Of June last the
country was placed and now remains, Just where
ocofocoism would have it nIne years ago, had it
not been for MIR Clay efforts OF course the peri
cd has arrived when parties are compelled to take
their positions and they have done so,-ihe
Wings for Protecting Domestic Industry-locofocos
for destruction to the protective policy. No other
course could be expected Broad the line
drawn in 1888, by the high contracting partIos
Martin Van Buren, and John &. Calhoun. Both
are now in the field, as then-Van BUren as
then has taken his Southern and Western tour pre-
paraory 10 Presidential campaign how as then
there 10 union of Northern Dough faces and
Southern NnlFfers,-and now, more clearly than
then, as necessity requires it, have they announced
their policy il is anti protective and anti republi-
can "Free Trade-Hard currency--Direct Taxa
iion-N Tariff-No Land Fund r'-thats the in
scripton on their banner
No longer let the locofoco presses in Vermont at
lempt to palm off their miserable receptions upon
The people. Such trickery cant prevail in the
face of the explicit avowas of their men at Wash
ington. The people of Vermont are too intelligent
TO be thus deceived and too honest suffer double
dealing to go unrebuked. II the locos in Vermont
are really against their party throughout the coun
try-they must abandon it; if for their party, let
them say so, and raise high the flag of Free Trade
a Hard currency, and Direct Taxation. Let us
have fair field, fair fight, and false colors. IF
then the people Of Vermont do not bury locofoco.
ism in the dust in September next, it will because
they adopt as their own the destructive measures
of locofocoism, announced in Congre ss.-.uont
Wdtchman.
FRANCE. Death Of the Duke of Orleans. Intel
hgence OF this melancholy event reached London
on tho 2lth inst. by pigeon express from Paris.
Paris. Wednesday 9, p. NJ. The official account
published by the Government is as follows:
GA dreadful disaster has fallen upon the king,
the royal family, and upon France. The prince
royal is dead! This morning, at half past en, the
Duke OF Orleans went TO Neuly, to take leave Of
tho royal family, intending to get off the next
morning for the camp Of ST. Omer- A short dis.
lance from Neuilly the horse ran away. The prince
leaped out ofthe carriage. He taken up sense
less. One moment there was hopes of saviu.
him, but the evil was beyond all earthly remedies
AT half past four, after having received the sue.