New-York daily tribune., 1844-02-09

| AiiN liiieS VIII duIlllt no UelaV
Would you win the frank heart of this maiden
You must work for the Patriot, CLAY.
Then III tender my hand at the altar
To one who is able to say,
'The battle is fought, my beloved,
And won for the Patriot CLAY. FAxsy
Observation-Disclosures. Politics, Candidates,
Prospects, &c. SO.
LOUISVILLE. ky. 28th, 1914.
Correspondence of The Tribune.
Our City, which, in the business seasons of the
year, presents very animated scene, IS remarka.
bly, tranquil just now, and our merchants have
ample leisure to calculate the profits Of past bus-
ness and to prepare for that which is to come.
They who are engaged in the Dry Goods line are
off to the Eastern cities, while the Grocers are
in New Orleans, all laying in supplies for the
Spring trade which usually opens here carly in
March, Louisville suffered severely from the dis
asters which were brought upon the country by
Loco-Foco nisrule several years ago but she is
not only rcviving, but has fully recovered from
the losses she then sustained. Her progress is
now certain, for nothing can prevent the success
of the Wings and the consequent stability of
wholesome governmental policy.
Politics are as dull as business. Both parties
have held State Conventions and nominated their
candidates. The last occasion which caused any
political anxiety and excitement was the Loco
Foco Convention at Frankfort, on the eighth Of
January. That very solemn bod selected candl-
dates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and
an Electoral Ticket. The most visionary Loco
Ioco never dreamed Of success IN kentucky {;
but the leaders of the party thought would never
do to suffer the elections to go by default, and
concluded it would be better to keep up the form
Of party organization and bring out candidates
This they have done, and OF all defeated asplran's
in the country this year, their condition will be
the most melancholy. Col. VIM. O. Butler, the
Gubcrnaorial candidate, is an uncommonly re-
spectacle Loco Foco politician. He did not want
the candidacy; but as he is the most popular man
in the ranks Of the party in this State, the nomi-
nation was forced upon him. The candidate for
the Office of Lieutenant Governor is General VIM.
S. Pitcher, resident of this city. Pitchers mill
tary career is not distinguished by any very bril-
liant achievements. Indeed, he never did the
State any service in the " tented field, ms mar
tial experience having been limited to throwing
his fiery eyes over few ragged milltia-mcn on
the commons about our city. You have never
seen or heard of this "valiant Dalhousie, this
rreat God of War; and your eye Is, therefore,
minus very pleasing spectacle and your ears are
vet to be charmed with concord Of sweet
sounds such as car be adequately conceived of
only by those who have had the happiness of hear
ing the tones Of the" eloquent Pitcher" He has
resided several years in this city. and is the stand
inp, or, rather, the regularly knocked-down candl-
date of his party for the Legislature His forte
is blackCuardism, and he can swear more and re-
pent less than any individual in the Union. lie
IS the perfect embodiment of Loco -tocolsm, be-
ing an nlidel in religion and a gambler In poll
tics. You will very naturally ask, why such
nerson was selected as candidate for the party
Simply because the party could procure nobody
else TO accept the nomination. 1t was Hopson's
choice-Pcher or nobody. Had the question
been Pitcher or the Devil why, in that case old
Souaretoes would now be the Democratic" can
date for the Office of Lieutenant Governor In the
best of Whig States, Old Kentucky.
The condition of parties in our State is quite
! anomalous. In 1910 we buried Loco Focoism
so deep that no future borer of Arteslan Wells
will be likely to disturb its profound sumbers.-
The few Locos that are scattered here and there,
ike cookies in good wheat field, are the most
remarkably accommodating men IN the world.
They have no personal predictions. 1hcy are
willing to throw their votes away IN any booy's
behalf. Van Buren and Cass, and Calhoun and
johnson, have exactly the same number OF trends
in Kentucky. To be sure, the Locos did express
\ preference for the heroic Colonel but they never
entertained it. Whether the candidate be the
Colonel OF the Colonels wife, is matter OF per-
feet indifference to them. No body IN any State
pretends to be so utterly preposterous as to refer
70 the preferences of the as yet unanmhllated
forces of Loco Fccosn in Kentucky. 1t Is unl-
versaIly understood that they will agree to any
thing and any body. With them, it's not meek
or nothing" but neck or any thing. Ihey are
precisely as free from all preferences for partlcu,
lar principles as they are destitute OF personal
predictions. They are perfectly Indifferent as
to the availability of the candidates, and they
look upon one as quite as available as another
| They take things very much as they happen, for
thew have politically made their Will, and expect
- die this year whether NIllersm triumphs or
not. They have not made up their minds yet
mon the abstruse doctrines of the Free-Traders
or the Protectionists-they are in doubt whether
o National Bank or Sub Treasury is the proper
financial agent-and do not bother themselves
,.hont the Public Lands They only know they
are III 1aVOr OF OeLloCIdCy, tuOGSiI lti~y CIV
not exclusively the disciples Of either Of the eI
oonnders OF that verv remarkably consistent
creed. Ii is to be hoped that some geological
! Loco. Focos will yet examine and report On the
Kentucky Loco-Fcco formations, as that wouic
undoubtedly be intensely interesting and present
many novel views.
&c O00-s4,o00, 5000, and $1,000 to loaI
,DU.UOU on city sseuniT. Apply 70 os :,