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The Rsehnond Enquirer and other Loco ~.
pers are Parading The names Of several eenii.-
men, Of the Wbig party Of 1890. stai.< 70 have
gone over 10 The Polk and paIlssand Texas
Banner and from these Instances they are per-
susdlDg their followers that their cause i on
ward, snd that victory Is certain. The story
once sisrfed, their readers never see the contra
dieiion. and many eon6dirg men risk their mo-
ney on the result They have never contra
ldicted the statement as to Senator Merriek. w.
Cast I0hoson. or Mr.. McMahun --nor other
staenshts equally unf0uneed.
Amo'< The Firginiaas named, as having gone
over 10 IL enemy. was Jeremiah Morton, ESQ
81 CuiPePs oaeTof the Wing Sub Electors =
We hate justssen gentlemen from Mr. Nor
tons neighborhOd, who declares The statement
to be Observation-Disclosures. No Whis in the
State i 6Fmer thai jeremiah Morton. So 10
refereHce to James Richards or warren
The Enquirer wss hoa1.d, but We skall proba-
bly, never see correction OF The error in its
columns. We sgree with eoute mporsry, ,b.,
cit IS aOt unlikely that some 81 the kskv pOli.
ticiaDs. who bold Texas land scrip which ,hey
are Snxious to convert into United States Bonds.
may have bolled-the are operated upop bv \
z cons ideration." and nothing better could be
i exPecled-but the great body Of The Wig mar.
ty are frm, and secessions from the yeomanry
OF the country are coming 10 ,daily.n
The Charlottesville Advocate saws Mr. Nor.
ton inJignanlly fepels he charge, and declares
that If be Owned the whole o. Texas, he would
not abandon Henry Clay and Wing principles.
We have numerous paragraphs, denoting &C.
eessions to The Wing cause. and might Gil CO.
lumus, but we shall only append few as q
sample III
| "A Powerful ally -Thos. Loring ESQ
for many wears the Editor. Of The North
Carolina Standard, then and now the
mouth piece of The Eocoloco party 10 thai
Slate. disguised with the double-desline
and hypocriticsl professions Of biz party,
gives notice, 10 The last number OF his
independent, that be will pext week run
rup the Clay and Frelinghuysen DAG.
| More B0ltirg. -The Locofocos Of Ly-
ons New YORK. held meeting last week
4 and passed series Of resolutions declar
ing ttep determination mol 10 support the
Locoloco candidates, on the GROUND o
their opposition 10 The tariff and their ad.
vocacy Of the annexation OF Texas -
This IS the prevailing sentiment Of the
country. Texas and free trade is Tor
much for homes, Locofocos 10 swallow.
Washington Standard.
The editor Of the Mercer Luminary
(Pa.) mentioned by the Loco papers. as I
convert. wac cast of by The Wings them
selves, because NE was an AboliIionis:
and the Mercer Wing stsrte9 to sarersedt
him.
More Screws Loose The Hagers
town Herald OF Freedom says that within
the last lew weeks several Democrats lef
the Locofoco ranks and joined The Clay
Club, among others. Anthony Campbell
4 Esq.
The Norrisiovn Herald says that on,
Of the Secretaries OF the Locofpco Con
veniion, held Al Harrisburg, WHICH nomi
mated Fl. A Muhlenburg for Governor
Fhas ioined the Clay Club.
I The Niles Courier is a new and goor
Wing paper Just started in Berrien coun
liy, Michigan, by Stewart s Basset. We
learn from il Mai The Yemassee Demo
Graf, hitherto Loco. has refused to supper
Polk and Texas, and come out for Clay
and the Tariff,
FTogTeSS " f7tv- t2uusss--vTe learn iron
an authentic source this morning, tina
fifteen more members Of the old Van Blu
rem party 10 this city have openly pro
claimed their purpose MOTTO vote for tn,
free trade candidates. They 60 for Clay
FrelinghuyseD, and the Tsriff-as altmer
will who understand and value their ttu.
interests. Brag and buster is the game
Of the Polk and Dallas party thToughou
the country. IT is the surest symptom O
weakness.-.Newdrk .Adtertiser.u.
A letter from Newark 10 The Ohio State
Joornal mentions fifty changes ia 1 single
township in Licking county. from loco
locoism 10 Whiggery-and from other 10
dicaiions in Ohio. no doubt is fel,o Of car
rving the State for Clay BY heavy ma.
Ijoriiy. N
| 10 Stewards district, Pennsylvania, M.
merous changes are recorded; among
them, a-conspicuous delegate to The Con.
/, veniion 10 nominate opposition to Mr.
Stewart at the last election. who has come
out for Clay and the Tariff.