New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-01-05
Names and Things.

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guarding on our part that we call the par
which that paper supports Loco,foco.
see no reason for this. There Is nothing opPFopfl
ms in the word Loco oco;' 1t Is quite as gooo
word as .Wbig, and every way as reputable
;ntr;nsica],v. twas not even a term OF rcproacn
or ridicule originally, as wing surely "as-
yes and even Democrat inlts day WY 'heh'
shonld one who does not object to The thing De $"
sensitive about the name
We should like right well TO obi'ge our opi''-
ncnts in putting handle 70 their party II v"
conld do 50 without violating the truth. bu- We
cannot in conscience speak Of them haoltuaiy -
Democrats for we think they have no figl' %
that distinctive appcllation, and we ochcVe orr
aoo,;escencc in their assumption oft woald tend
70 mislead our readers. We do not intend to dis
,,te their claim to be Democrats II they will;
VIC only insist that they are not exclusively OF
especially so. We know sincere Republicans ~
all parties and some who are not such IN each
and we prefer to use words that express iocaS'
The term Loco. Foco we generally use to
distinguish the new doctrnes-ant!-Co Corporation,
anti. Bank, &c-which were FIRST set iorth by Il
band Of Radicals IN this City, whose doctrines
though at first violently opposed by what called
itself sthe Democratic party were ultimately
adopted By it-rot universally, but generally
OF cnprse those who support these new views are
christened after their tenets. These doctrines we
reoard as the foundation Of our present party di-
visions. Now their originato.s arc not oit
ashamed of the name Loco Foco they are
rather proud of it. as we see no reason why they
sbonld not be if they sincerely assent to the doc
trines it implies. II seems 20 us, them mat lhose
who have found it convenient or necessary 10
profess adherence to the same creed ought not to
be ashamed of the corresponding designation
Personally, We care precious little for names,
and see our party styled Federal Bank
Coon or any thing else with profound lnd'ffer-
ence. We would consent 10 accept the most ol'-
mr. curious name and adhere toll if we could there.
nv induce the People generally to disregard names
entirely and look always TO essential things fn',
SO long as the fact is dcpioraoly other"isc-s'
lone as there arc are hundreds of thousands VINO
will swallow any swindIe, any tyranny any Va
,;onal mischief, if it be but covered with the
mantle of Democracy, cannot conceoe
that term to our opponents, while we believe 'hcy
have no right to 1t.
And now word in another direction. The
New Orleans Courier quotes us as asking "t'it
the Democratic party, 90 caiiing itsell' Is ooii@3
for the elevation of the Blacks and other degradca
and miserable races, and answers Nothing, ana
the,eupon raises shout to the South to see what
a champion Of their rights the Nhig Tribune IS
Neghbor, you can 'tjuggle away tro'a the touch
stone in that way. The question raised by us is not
what ought abstractly to be done, but what De'no-
cracqimplies andrcquires. Belt ever so right and
wise that one race should govern and the other
he uoverned-ono race be gentlemen and the other
be serfs--one race be educated to shine IN Senates
and the other forbidden by law to know any thing
except how TO raise Cotton--t certainly IS not
Democracy. IHGt is the point want you 20
look at, and you cannot shuttle it aside by talking
about Abolition. 1t is the hunlbug pfelcnson
of your party to expansive and exclusive Demo
cracy that we are probing, and we cannot be d.
verted from this TO consider whether the suboc-
ton of one race of men to another is right or
wrong. Be that as it may, your Democratic,
Phariseeisrn is proved a swindle, and that IS the
whole question now in issue between US. The
question you raise VIC will consider afterward il
YOU wish it, but let us settle one at a time.
MAssAcHusErTs--Th sixth trial for Repre-
,.,tatyeo IN tho Third Sixth and Seventh Con