The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-08-05
WING AND TORY, alias LoCoFoco.

WING AND TORY, alas LOCOFOCO
Since the Madsonian has identified itself and
the President with the Locofocos--the latter own
ing !" the soft impeachment 1T becomes mat
ter of consequence to take cognzance of that pa
per, its opinions and statements. 1t has become
or purpose Of running Tyler, and is rendering eff
Gent aid in the support of Polk and Dallas. We
shall, therefore, henceforward, arraign the Polk
party for whatever appears in the Madlsonian, as
we do in reference TO the Globe.
In the Madsonan of Friday is an article of
column in length, arraigning the Senate for its
high-handed course in presuming to question the
utility and arrest the operation of the imperial
edcts of his exceency john Tyler. No graver
offence could have been committed, in the eyes
OF the Madisonian The Senate has presumed,
in the exercise of its legitimate authority, to re-
ject the nominations made by Tyler of certain
creatures of his will, to important stations This
the Madisonian holds to be high crime in the
Senate. Hear the Locofoco organ:
From the NIadisonian.
"The Senate has by its action, sought to de-
prive the Executive of one of his constitutional
powers. In his hands is lodged the appointing
power, ." by and with the advice and consent Of
the Senate" The trainers of the Constitution
intended this, undoubtedly, as mere supervisory
power. Many OF the members of the Convention
that framed the Constitution were strong advo-
Gates of leaving all appointments in the hands of
the Executive, without extending to the Senate
any participation whatever in them"
Here is the genuine spirit of Toryism. The
Tories of England would not ask for the Crown
a surer basis of power and patronage than is here
accorded to the American Executive. The Sc
nate have "nlere supervisory power" according
to this Locoloco oracle, "and many members of
the Convention which framed the Constitution
were opposed to granting that"
SO says the Madisonian, the organ of the Dem
ocralic John Tyler and John G.. Calhoun, and the
advocate of James X. Polk. Here, then, is ano-
Their stage of the progressive Democracy
Their object is now to restrict the power of the
Senate, and to extend that of the Executive. The
appointing power should be entirely in the hands
of the latter, untrammelled by the supervisory
power of the Senate, The Senate, according to
the Madsonian, should occupy position similar
to that of the Parlaments of Paris before the Re-
volution when they were only allowed to register
the edicts of the King, without the power of ex-
aiming or rejecting. The veto, of course, ac-
cording to this new phase Of the Democracy
should become one of the ordinary and every day
prerogatives of the Executive.
I'm fhe nrtip fha ~
great severity for having rejected the Zoll Verien
Treaty. treaty claiming legislative power for
The Executive. According to this Locofoco or
gan, and according to all the Locofoco organs in
the country, with few honorable exceptions this
rejection of the Legislative treaty by the Senate
has been branded as arrogance in that body
These facts 90 to show that Locofocoism and To-
ryism are one in sprit--they would curtal the
power of Congress, aud extend the Executive
power-the very spirit of English and American
Toryism. The Wing parties, on the other hand,
in England and also in the United States, have
each taken their rise from the antagonist princi-
pie. They maintain the supremacy of the people
and their representatives over the Executive
They are for limiting the veto power, the appoint
ing power, and the period Of Executive authority
in the same hands to one term. Such are the
lines OF separation between the Wings and the
TorIes-between the friends of Henry CLAY and
James X. Polk.
CHANGES We have another batch on hand
which we will endeavor to lay before our readers
in day or two but the Locofocos are coming
out SO rapidly from the vile party" that we cam
not keep pace with them.
We would here remark that the members of
the Massachusetts Legislature, whom we publish
ed as having renounced Locofocoism, still adhere
to Polk, though they voted in the Legislature
against, and are still opposed to, Annexation,
cardinal principle of Democracy. This led some
OF our contemporaries into the error, and we copied
the statement. We have no occasion for any
fictitious aid TO our cause, drawn from pretended