Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-01-26
sTRAws FROM LOCO FoCo LEADERS.

From the old Federal N. Y. Eve. Post.
"While Congress is obslnately adherng 10 alb
surd aud antiquated notions of policy, the people
are every day being more liberal and lust We
say this upon a careful observation Of the organs
of public opinion in all parts of the county,
There never Inns been more unequiuocdL feeling
of Interpretation manifested against any measure,
than that which has shown itself against The eriSt-
ing tari6-indeed, we may shy, against The phoie
policy Of Protective Duties. FREE TRADE is
becoming one Of the most attractive rdHyng cries
eUer shoutedb BY any of our political parties"
So it seems that in New York, locofocoism is
"ngainst the whole policy of protective duties"
and Free Trade is tho rallying cry. Thank you,
MIR. Post we will! endeavor to open the ears of
Vcrmonters to your rayng cry"
OF n similar tone is the following, from the
Richmond Enquirer:
"THE TARiFF.-Tho eyes of an enlightened
people are fixed upon tho movements at WASH
ington. They demand that the positions o Mr..
Van Buren, should be fully carried out by the pres.
ent House of Representatives. The South is OPP
posed TO the "principies' as well ns "details" Of
| the present law. They require il 10 he changed
to the revenue standard. They demand that the
whole system should be brought back to tho
Compromise Act, as soon as the revenues OF tho
Government, economically administered, will I'D
nit OF it,"
| NJ y Legislature In the House, on the 17Ih,
Mr. Stevens, (Whig) presented the question oil
protection, aud the public lands directly, by way
Of n motion, declaring that tho government ought
TO rely upon revenue derived solely from duties
on Imports. Ayes 81, en Whigs; noes SO, all
iocofocos. Thus Mr.. Van Burens friends at home
repudiae the doctrine Of protection aud the rights
of The States to the public lands.
Locg{0coS on HE Right IF PetaiOn.-ln Congress,
recently, Sir. Bcardsey, "a loco foco from N. Z.
who once broke up Hn anti slavery meetng,) sur.
priced his Southern brethren by something like a
sensible speech, OH the Right of Petition. Tie
Albany Argus, playing for northern votes for Mr.
Van Buren,, praises The speech. Ga tho other
hand, the Richmond Va. Enquirer Southern
loco loco leader, shouts treason and threatens
yengeanto-llus:
"At all events, the South is awake. She has
her eyes upon every man whose position and tai
ents make him an object o. deep attention. We
thank our friend, representative from Virginia,
Tor the hint lie has given us. If there he mem.
Der IN the North, who has gone to the House with
professions Of friendship upon his lips, which he
is ready to violate by his ucts we shall not be the
last to unmast The mpostor.'
The Washington Globe IS also alarmed lest Van
Buren, should lose Southern votes, and thus in.
telicres 10 save poor Matty;
".N. Beardsley not The Exponent Of Nh. Fan
BuenS VietCS.--A writer in Saturdays Mudiso-
MAN, recommending himself to The South Ivy as
Stunning the States Right gaIb, says:
"' Mr.. Beardsey of New York, the exponent Of
Mr.. Van Buren'S views, goes as lar upon the sub
icct OF right 10 petition either Mr. Giddings,
an avowed abollonist, or Mr.. Adams"
81 is not true that Mr., BedrdSity is The erpo-
nent IF Mr.. Yan B,.ren's uietos.' Their personal
relations do not afford The slightest probability for
such surmise."