The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-05-20

COME TO A HALT. The development Of pub
lie opinion Of late in favor Of Wing principles and
Wing measures and Wing men too, has been so
clear and universal that has carried terror f not dis
may into the ranks of the opposlon-and the great
locoroco party now at dead stand, like deleat-
ed urmy, pushed hard in front, and seeing nothing
but destruction in all the avenues Of retreat With
all manner of rncples-one for the north, another
Cor the south another for The westand great va
rety for lesser ocaIities-nnd shaped to the peculiar
notions of the plnce and market for which they are
intended when the time has come for action,
FOR union upon some who shall be embodi-
mont Of somehng-they are rent into factions. The
cohesive attraction Of public plumber has kept these
elements together heretofore. But this power il los
ing ts potency in proportion as the prospects brighten
that honest men will have the dispensation Of the
public patronnge-and one faction cngs to one man,
another faction to another mnn-whle bitterness
and hatred arc ongendered by each for the other.
The locofuco members of Congress have for
al weeks been busIy engaged in caucus quarrels-a
part fighting for Van Buren,, another part for Cnss,
Buchanan Stewart, 'Dodge and others-and at pres
ent they in II state Of wofuI rrecon element. As
one expedient to avoid the destruction threatened
them by the honest portion Of the people Of the Coun
try, go for Texas candidate at the South, and
another for and sort of a man at the north or
west, hoping thereby TO defeat Clay in the electoral
colleges and throw the election into the present
house. The following extract will show how loco
focosn is shiverng in the wind II is from letter
published in the last number of the Richmond En-
qurer, from Hon GEO. w. HoPKINs and AuGus-
TUs 4. CHAPMAN, Representatives in Congress
from Vrginin,) containing among other statements Of
the same tendency, the following very remarkable
ones:
at is possible, we trust, in such an emergency ms
tho present. that in most, if not all, Of the Counties
the people will Fake up the subject, and furnish us
some information Of their wishes. Something ought
10 be done-and too much cannot he done 10 pre-
vent the election Of Nr Clay; for, with all our re-
spect Tor MIR Van Buren,, and with all desire to
soc hun redeemed from the shameful defeat Of Is4O
zee do not hiAk ms election ,chin the range Of the
'cmotsst probability
And who doubts they will not find defeat with any
other candidate The real difficulty with them is
the want of principles the great variety and bad.
ness Of the principles of their party. People be-
coming more rational in pol;tics-are settling down
upon fixed notions and measurcs--aad in doing so
they have to go beyond the limits of the ocooco par.
~ TO find resting place. One of the expedients re-
sorted to by the locolocos avoid their portendng
fate has been the getting up Of foul Tracts respect
ing Mr. Clay and the Wings, through the agency of
that notorious and common lbeller, Amos Kendall
md circulating them among the pSople under the
Congressional frank. Having found the people too
intelligent TO he duped by their libels, and finding
them still bent upon the election of Mr. Clay, they
are thrown into northumberland are now s,andinp
with arms out-strctched, to catch, if possible some
straw by which they may hopo to save themselves
from merited overthrow