The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-09-02
The great humbug a.
bout the "L0cofOcOs
from the New Eng
land States oppos-
inga 'Tarif'' ex-
pl O d G d:

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Light,
Since the vote on illmole's Resolution in the
House on the 18th ult., the wing papers have
blown oil steam enough to propel the world, about
all the " I.ocofocO members from New England
being opposed TO Tariff"
Now let us examine this mighty mountain OF
cider (rolh and cmpngs
Here is what ,hey:all say, in small caps and
large caps, and all sorts of catch type, about the
vote on the Resolution:
rJsCUARIES G. ARTIIERTON,ED EDMUND
BURKE, JOHN Il. READING, AND iris
TRAM SHAW, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND
NATHANIEL. S. LITTnEFIELD, OF MAINE,
VOTED AGAINST IT,-AND EVERY OTHER
LOCOFOCO FROM NEW ENGLAND, WITH
ONE EXCEPTION, RUN THE HOUSE AND
DODGED TIE QUESTION:!
Very upright fellows are these wings, and very
honcst-but they nave forgotten to publish few
facts, and we shall do ourselves the pleasure to
call their attention TO them for few moments.
According to their own statement made above,
the matter stands thus. Tho democrats from New
England had 10 votes in the house. They failed
then to cast their whole strength for the Resolution
by 9 votes, one voting for il!
The wings from New England had % members
in the House four Of whom lodged and two yo-
ted ngainst-'Thcy then failed 10 cast their whole
strength for the Resolution by SIX votes, less
than tho democrats! and did more according TO
their strength to defeat the Resolution than the
democrats!
Out of the whole New England delegation IS,
there were according to the wings own statement,
1 Gilurcs-5 of which were democrats and 8 of
which were whigs'-Jom Quincy Adams at their
| head!
That is all the awful vote of the New Englan
members amounts tbs nj it very awful?
Let us 90 on
The vote stood III ycas-s5 nays. OF the SIS nays
more than 80 lnclnding democrats and wings, were
from the Southern States who are not expected and
never have been expected to vote oI prot Give Tar
ilrOflhc remaining 81, onc half were wings nclu-
ding the leaders of the party, Fillmore, Adams, Bots,
Cost johnson Sc, and among the democrats were
the leaders of the party, lngcrsoll, II. ID. Davis,
&c. What advantage have the wings here Tho
vote shows the democrats just as much in favor Of
the Tariff rs the wings, TO say the least.
| But the federal papers grossly mislac the votes
in the house of representatives on the hyP0crHicW
movements Of Nlcssrs. Mckcnnan aud fiImorcn
relation To pretended attempt 10 re Introduce the
Tariff bill, slorn of distribution, In another ar
lclc. we have stated how and why the movements
were made, with what design on me part OF me
wing leaders, and with what preyousy asccrialncd
certainty Of defeat They say:
"Two votes were taken in the House Of Rep
rcscntalycs on "Wednesday last which expose
the hollow hypocrisy of the Loco Foccs in prccn-
ding to be in favor of Protective Tariff The
first was on the motion Of Mr. Nlckennan, a lead
ing wing from Pennsylvania, to suspend the rules
50 as To enable nm To o'icr resolution uGc'arlns
that Congress ought TO pass 1arUi bI'' ~ Tue
present session Inc ihotoh' Whlch requires a
vote OF lw0-fhrdS, was defeated ny % nays 10 Tvs
ycas-lhc mass OF llle Loco iocoS 'o'''3 III Tue
ncgWirc, and me wings IN l,lo GWfm"tre' an
hour ~ two afterwards Mr. Fillmore renewed The
motion, but still without success; the vote SIAN
ding yeas 49, nays ~. vi the members voting
in the affirmative one hundred were wings anc lhc
remainder Loco Eocos OF those IL the negative
IWiy-Scre" were Loco loco' and fifteen Wings
They are careful 10 withhold the yeas and nays
from its readers. They prefer an easier process OF
deception.
On the first motion, so Far from " the mass OF
the loco locos voting in the negative, and the
wings in the affirmative" the division wears quite
another aspect. OF the 80 nays, UPTHRDS
OF50 WERE SOUTHERN .nEMBERS,
| WHO pOTE HGHLNST a PhOIEC-
TIVE TaRIFF ~ EIERl FoR.M: OF
INC remaining d. ~ H',hr .inL ni"",
,'u'""S n't'S's, N""''S, h'"''u' D''y'y .",'
'ohhso" anu o'hc's' ~ s'''s",s c .''s""''o"
VI NV "ccu''cy VI ''o s'''o,''''' VI Wv c p
p'rS 'ha' .'r ohy VOWS u, '''c .'g"lrc ''o'' ~"
YORK, gu. OF inc Guy ol NEW io'n,ree 0y p",SS'
VIZ McsS'S. roster anu I''l'. luz "W' m" .,t..
Io'c w ',",' 'cc"S'o.' "o" '1""'!
uNdc"' IL uc"'oc'''S ""' - Wings
The statement IN relation to the second, or Nlr
Fillmorc's motion, is equally unfair. or the at
frmaivc votes, from New York, there were 0
democrats and II ir,lcrasts-out of the city of
New York, not single democrat voted IN the neg
ative,-lhc only negative votes from the interior
being wings, Nlcssrs. Foster and Linn Orihc en-
tire negative vote, more that half were southern
members; aud the residue were perhaps about