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Nv hiE ptNSoJ IEtVnoVb Wy
sort 10 National Convention) fromahe
present necessity Of carrying on can
psign against any particular representa-
tive Of the principles to which tits hos
tile, is evidently reserving its power
for the contest which ia 10 come off on
the National Course some twelve
months hence. Avoiding, there fore,
unnecessary personal objections TO the
several candidates whom their oppo
Dents have in lfaIning, the Wing Jour
mails coofne themselves very generally
10 temperate eXpositionG Of those oh
-noxious principles which are common to
all their adVeFsaries. Of this charae-
ter several able articles have lately lul
]en under our observation From a.
mOng them we select for our readers
the following, from The pen Of Nathan
Sargent, Esq. a gentleman OF talents
and experience, who has just associated
himself with Mr.. Wallace in the edito
rial department ofE'he Forum, a Whig
paper of the popular cast published IN
Philadelphia: MAI Int.
From the Forum.
History and Characteristics of Loco
focOism. Political parties are much bet
ter understood by the practical operation
ol their principles than by the proles.
-sions and cries Of an eiecioDeering con-
test. Locolocoism is remarkable or it's
assumption Of popular designations, and
for its appeals to the passions and pre-
judlces by deIusive epithels. By means
of single word-DemOcrGcy lit has
been able TO hold spell bound a large
number Of the unrsfecting portion of
community, who are Influenced more
by names lhan things Democracy and
aLocolocoism, TO the discrimaling obser
7Ver who knows any thing Of the mean
Ing Of the former word as applied 10
political party IN this country, have no
affinity whatever The Democratic par
Ay instituted by Thomas Jefferson dur.
ing the administration of John Adams
had for it's cardinal principle tho reduc-
sion oI Executive power. Locofocoism
on the contrary, has always advocated
the preservation and extension of the
,prerogOtVes Of the Executive. During
the administration OF Gen. Jackson the
veto, for the FIRST time in the history OF
the Government, was employed rot as
q weapon 10 defend the Constitution, but
as an instrument TO enforce the personal
views Of the Executive. The views of
the President were then paramount to
The action Of the Legislative branch OF
che Government, and the latter was
taught 10 regard itself aS a subsidiary
instrument 10 carry out the intentions
of the President ln a word, the one
man power grew supreme, and the will
Of the President became as omnipolcnt
Ss The word Of The Russian Gear. In
imitation OF Gen. Jackson, the Govern
ors Of the States, oI the same political
party, set up their individual wills as
the standard Of law and legislation, and
reduced Ihe Legislatures TO mere regis.
lrles for tho recording Of their odicls-
10 this practical and alarming increase
Of Executive power, Locofocoism is al
utter variance with the unceasiDg vigi-
lance manifested by Mr.. Jefferson ofthe
powers lodged in The President by the
Constitution, Thomas Jefferson. would
have regarded the modern use OF the
Voto powerby the Locotoco Executives
as tho very essence Of deepotism.
II would be difficult to find any single
instance in which the Locofoco Demo-
cracy agrees with the democracy of JEFF
Gerson and Madison. 10 truth, no party
of which wo have any knowledge ever
evnced such q radical difference be-
tween its professions and practice as this
same Locofoco party, Al the pole,
when votes arc to be gained, no party 10
more strenuous in its denunclations OF
cXlruvapance Il expense in Inc finances
OF the Government, and yet, when in
power, none is more notorious both for
its prodgal waGle Of the public funds and
for their corrupt msOpplcainn. We
need only refer to the thirty five mil
lions annual expenditure Of the admin-
istrOion OF Mr. Van Buren. in contrast
with the twelve millions of ]. @ Adams,
'and tho numerous dclAlcaiions Of the
former, without single inslnnco Of pc
culalIon under the latter. Not a State
IN tho Union which has, for any length
Of time, been subjected to Locoroco rule,
hut exhibits tho same traits "a those
displayed at Washington under tho Van
Buren, administration. Pennsylvania al,
iords, probably, the most complete it,
Illustration Of the vices of Loco(ocoism,
'as il is here that it has had for series
,OI years tho most unbouDdod license.
The character Of tho leaders and pub.
Tic agents selected by this party is dis
'credlIabIe both 10 the reputation and
welfare Of the country. Ignorant dem
'ogogues. known only for restless ugila-
ton in political pot.housOs-politlcal