The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-05-21
THE PLANS OF THE LoCoFoCos.

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THE PLANS OF THE LOCOFOCOS.
We have, by mere accident, or the indiscre-
ton Of an individual, been put in possession Of
the plan by which the Locofoco leaders intend to
defeat Mr.. Clay and the Wings, and it is in per-
feet keeping with all their practices, which al
ways belle their professions They perceive that
they are divided, and that their party can not be
rallied on any one man as It's candidate, and that
unless they can resort to some trick by which
votes can be obtained in different sections of the
country which no one candidate can obtain, they
will be utterly annihilated. We have informa-
ton which we believe may be relied on as cor
their party, the harmony and unity of the Wings,
and the great popularity of Mr.. Clay, have put
their heads together and agreed upon plan.
This plan is, to run two candidates, Northern
and Southern both of whom are to be noml-
mated by different sections of the Baltimore Con-
venton, to be held on Monday next The men,
bers of that Convention will disagree in regard
to the candidate in this there will be no sham,
for the leaders themselves could not prevent it.
But out of this disagreement success is to be Sc
cured; and how? A portion of the Convention
will, after bosterous session, and the exhibition
of discord and confusion from which the unini-
tiated would infer the utter explosion, disruption,
and utter humiliation of the party, secede, and
both sections will then nominate separate candi-
dates, apparently in opposition to each other; but
with an understanding among the leaders, those
in the plot, that the shall be run at the South
upon southern principles, and the other at the
North upon northern principles, with the view of
.akng States from Mr.. Clay at the South which
a northern man could not get, and at the North
which southern man could not get, and by this
means bring the election into the House, where,
it is the plan that the party shall unite on the one
which has the highest electoral vote, and by this
means defeat Mr.. Clay!
We affirm this, upon what we consider good
authority, to be the plan agreed upon by few of
the wire-pullers of both sections of the "harmo-
NOUS Democracy" at meeting held by them
few evenings ago. 1t will doubtless be denied !;
we expect that; it is an old saying, that men who
will steal, will lie; so too, men who can lay such
themselves, of President, have already made
up their minds to do all the lying necessary to
conceal and carry them into effect.
And such plot is consistent with the princi-
pies of Democracy, about which these demago-
CUES are forever pratng 1t is perfectly Demo-
cratic to defraud the people of their choice of a
President, because their choice would deprive
those who have for years fattened upon public
plumber, of the power to pick the pockets of the
people any longer 1t is consistent with the
principles of Democracy that a man should be
placed in the Presidential Chair, who could not
obtain, under any circumstances, majority of
the votes of the people, and who perhaps had not
third Of those votes possibly, not more than
fourth; for scheme of that kind might return
a man to the House as one of the three highest
candidates who did not receive fourth of the
popular vote of the nation
1t COMFORTS with the sense of Justice of the
wire pullers of the Locofoco party, to reiterate
aud harp upon what they have designated as the
!" bargain and corruption" of Messrs. Clay and
Adams-a charge which they know to be as false
as the Koran-and yet, they have already enter
ed into an intrigue, and corrupt bargain, to
bring the election of President and Vice Presi-
dent into the House, and then to disregard, to-
tally, the will OF the people as expressed at the
ballot box We forewarn the people of this plot,
and having done So it is their fault if they ure
not forearmed against it. We have done our
duty.
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