Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-06-06
THE LOCO FoCo NOMINATION.


!. THE LOCO FoCo NOMINATION.
The Loco Foeo National Convention, after a
stormy sitting oftvo or three days, succeeded IN
making nomination for the Presidency and Vice
Presi1sbcy oftbe United States The fret choice
d the Convention frll upon JAmEs X. PoLK, of
tennessee, ipr lie Presidency, end SfLAs WRrear.
Of New York, for the Vice Presidency. Mr..
Wrjeht's nomination was Instantly communicated
to him by the means Of Professor Mor'e's Tele-
graph and his reply instantly returned that he de.
clined the nomination. Committee from the
Convention however waited on him in Washington,
to prevail on bis acceptance, but be Peremptorily
declined The Convention then met again on the
next morning and after several ballotings, settled
down upon GEORGE NJ. DALLAS, Of Pennsylvania,
as The Candidate for The Vice Presidency.
This nomination was unexpectedly the Conntry,
and both Loco Focos and Wings express their
tonishmens at it. The Loco 1saders feet to be
very much delighted with the nomination, and Drag
loudly Of their harmony. &c, but al the time
it is perfectly manifest that they are chagriucd and
mortified at the result All Of the prominent men
OF the parry who bad been talked Of, and over
whom the party leaders had been fighting like
" Kilkenny cats" for the last eighteen months,
were put aside and Polkea out to make way for
one who had not even been spoken Of for the Office
before
Mr.. Van Buren, was evidently the choice Of
majority of the Loco Foeos, as he bad been nomi.
mated with eres, unanimity throughout the Country,
and the Delegates instructed to vote for him. But
those Instructions nor obeyed, but violated in
many instances, and thus Mr.. Van Buren, over
slsughed in the Convention by the combined forces
of the nspirants who sprung upon and enforced the
tro-thirds rule sgainst hin. The People wished
Mr.. Van Buren's nomination, but the politicians
desired hs defeat, and they brought il about. IT'S
true New York in the end cast her vote for Polk,
but she did it with bitter heart and though the
Delegates have acquiesced, the People will rebel.
We shall see fine sport in tbs ranks Of the " har-
monious Democracy" before the summer is passed
and gone. We have always thought that the will
Of the majority was one of the cardinal points of
the Democratic creed. but it seem, it is quite as
convenient for the Democracy to change that prin-
ciple as any other when party ends and party pur.
poses require 1t. We shall take occasion at anoth-
err time TO show to our reader, how Mr.. Van Bu-
ren's defeat was brought about and also that Viz
ginia, who has always made as much if not more
fuss over him than any other State, did the work Of
his defeat.
But our business now is with Messrs Polk and
naII md rlaJ,a haa, sbo
to readers in of time the doctrines and
principles of the Democratic Candidates. We
shall not initiate our opponents and seek to inau-
ence public sentiment against these gentlemen by
personal abuse and vituperation. We have the
greatest abundance of matter to erraisn them with
before the bar Of public sentiment, and shall do
it in good time. We shall quote from Mr..
Folks speeches and letters, and present him 10 our
readers nuncomPromisBg enemy Of American
lndustry-as hostile to just and fair distribution
Of the proceeds Of the Public Lands among the
States--as an advocate of the Sub Treasury--as
advocate of Strong Executve Power, and in
short, as sdyocatiag all the measures which the
People in 1910 so signaly condemned and rebuked.
We shall also call to the remembrance of the PEG
pie the pact political life and actions Of George NJ.
Dallas ana his famous repeal res atohs," which
he urged so streRuously few years since--the
tendency of which wee revolutionary in the highest
degree, and calculated 10 unhinge the bonds of so
ciety and destroy all security in property. We
snail endeavor to show to our readers how Infinite
y superior in every respect to these gentlemen are
Messrs Clay and Frelinghuysen, and how much
more important to the we-being, prosperity, and
happiness of the Country and People are the prin-
eiples which they seek 10 establish and carry out
in the Government. This we hope to do with fair
ness snd candor, and then leave the result to the
intelligence ana virtue of the People