Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-06-27

Loco E0cO Inconsistencies ana UsDtc1s~s'~
wl an the nomination Of Folk and Dallas hFst
greeted the ears Of the LocOfocoe. all were
thunder struck at the report. and many ue-
clared tia Wing Hoax, which could not DC
, played of on their ereduIty. Paper after pa
per. however, came booming from Baltimore.
confirming this strange intelligence, and when
they were all thoroughly assured that the
news was true, they hurrahed for Polk' Dallas
and Texas. They well knew that in abandon.
ing Van Buren,. the great champion under
whose banner the untcrri6ed democracy were
to reverse the great coon triumph of 1910,
they had given up all their former principles
and were on the look oct for new issues. So
well was this understood by :he petty leaders
of the party. that all their former principles
were abandoned a. soon as the names of Polk
and Dallas were announced. The Locos Of
Philadelphia in their response to the nomina-
ton, threw their banner to the breeze--6ut
no longer were to be seen upon il, no Bank,
Free Trade, Sub Treasury, Anti. Distribution
OF any other Of the negatives formerly adopted
by them:-On the contrary, were inscribed
upon its folds, in large imposing letters, the
names Of Polk, Dallas and Texas. This motto
has been reiterated and reverberated by the
Locofoco presses throughout the Union. They
have two names and one principle--in the
South and in the North, they in places add
Oregon.
Why this wonderful revolution Why tbi
sudden abandonment Of their former positions!
Because the elections in Maryland. Connecti-
cut, and last and worst than all, tho signal
triumph Of the Wings in Virginia, convinced
them that the principles upon which they or.
ganized in 1910. would meet with more
frghtfuI defeot by the great Wing army under
the banner Of Clay, than they did in that never.
to be- forgotten year, by the host OF the la
mcnted Harrison.
These Locos have for several years de-
nounced in the bitterest and most unmeasured
terms, the Wing Tariff of 1912, aud have
made upon it in the different sections OF the
Union. when canvassing for State Offices, the
most ruthless war:--but 10! and behold! when |
this same Tariff Of denominations came up TO \
be acted on in Congress during the present |
Session, the Locolocos having majority in |
the House, of between 80 and 40 members |
sustained, yes, ratified and confirmed this out
rageous, unjust and terrific Wing Tariff of
AZ. This was awful and has opened the
never to be closed chasm between the North
ern and Southern divisions Of this party. The
doctrine Of protective Tariff 10 popular in |
the North, and will never be abandoned by |
them-the ignis tatuus called Free Trade. will |
no doubt be pursued in the South. so long as
]. C. Calhoun can exercise any influence, or |
solitary izfatuGtiOn of the omnivorOus chivalry |
can be found.
So terminates the restless life Of the anti
tariff partr of this Union. In Pennsylvania the
LocOfoco presses claim the protective doctrine
as theirs, and declare it to have always been a
democratic measure :--while the spouting,
pointless and senseless presses Of this party in
the South are hallooing for Free Trade and
Sailors rights. So it goes.
This same party have, because w. Cost
Johnson. Whig. Las been disposed on his
own responsibility to make a proposition TO
Congress, TO assume the present Indebtedness
of the States, and to appropriate the proceeds
of the sales Of the public lands to the lquida-
ton of this debt, charged the Wing party with
favoring this measure. and have denounced it
as q most fagtious aid wanton exercise of
federal power. il is not true that this 10
Wing measure: yet suppose it was, IL it TO be
compared with the daring stride CT this Loco.
foco party,iD attempting to assume the debt of
Texas. amounting to between ten and fifteen
or more millions of doIlarsl But saw thew
Texas has public land to pay Of this indebted.
ness, and we shall lose nothing by ii. This is
not certain-indeed the contrary 10 almost GER
tain, that she has not the land to paw this
amount Of money. Suppose however she has.
could itnot with equal propriety be urged, that
the States holding q common interest in the
P0oi'c land now owned by the United States,
could claim this 20 pay their debts az wei as
Texas' They gave this land to the Union to
pay common indebtedness. and since this has
been done, might not the States claim the re-
mainder! No no, say these divine State
Rights men, this would never do--the General
Government must collect and use the money
Tor which the public lands are sold, IN pay the
ordinary expenses Of the government, and the
l.
ii:--as to give it to the States would be ami
State Rigks, and a great stretch Of Federal
POaccr. This is very consistent!
/ This same party have boosted ofbeiDg strict
constrrctiOnista Of the constitution. and We,
find in this instrnment quite suficiency OF
constitutional authority. 10 admit Texas into
this Union, They have declared that ma
!
loraty OF the people should govern. and that
they would ever obey the instruction Of . ma
jority Of their constitusnts:- yet, we tind
in the recent National Locofoco BALTIMORE
Convention, that they. for the purrese o.
throwing off Mr. Van Buren,, established the
rule req11ing avots Of two thirds to cons,i.
tute nomination. A similar Inconsistency is
shown in the exercise Of the veto power, By
the PreBident of the United States. and Of the