The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-09-03
W AS HIN TON.
TUESDAY EVENING. sEPT'R 3. 1874.
ANOTHER CORRUPT BARGAIN.


ANOTHER CORRUPT BARGAIN.
We are far from believing that any honorable
and respectable Conservative is ready to array
himself under the Democratic banner" as de-
clared by the Madisonian, if they can be assured
of coming in for share ofthe spoil. Doubtless the
mercenary and unprincipled, who fight for pay,
would take up Polk upon the conditions specified,
because they can hope for nothing from the Wings;
but the honorable and patriotic, who, with Mr..
Rives, supported General Harrison in 1910, will
be found by his side in the support of Mr.. Clay,
in 1874.
The language of the following paragraph from
the Madisonian of yesterday is worthy Of special
attention; it betrays the motives upon which the
Locofoco party act, and upon which the official
organ supposes that all men act in the discharge
of the high function of the elective franchise.
The editor says he has numerous letters of prom
inent Conservatives assuring us that nineteen
out Of twenty of their body would instantly array
themselves under the Democratic standard, pro-
vided any evidence were given that they would
not again be rode over rough shod, and dragged
to the stake by the Globe dynasty" Now this
language simply means that the "prominent"
Conservatives, as the Madsonian calls them,
wont work without pay. 1t is another corrupt
vllanous bargain, such an one as that recently
contaminated between Tyler and Folks New
York friends. If there is any truth in the state
ment of the Madisonian, and we have no reason
to question it, these 'prominent" Conservatives
have set themselves up for the highest bidder
they offer to take 30 much, and the Madlsonian is
for closing the bargain, while the Globe, from an
Ishmaelitish i'll humor with every body, (not from
honest adherence of the foul transaction,) re-
jects it.
John G. Calhoun has we'll said that the Loco
foco party is "held together by the cohesive
power of the public plumber" Does the reader
desire evidence of the fact! Look, then, at
the history of the party for the last six months.
The Baltimore Convention assembled in May A
large majority of the body were the warm sup
porters of Mr.. Van Buren,, and as ARMY sup
ported him in his opposition to annexation. But
finding the Chivary implacably opposed to that
gentleman. and resou,ey determined to defeat
his nomination and his election, the obliging
Northern Locofocos, representing constituency
sill more opposed to annexation than Mr. Van
Buren, had expressed himself, meany and treacb-
erously gave way to the naughty spirit of the
South. They not only gave way as to men, but
with unparalleled baseness, the poor bastard spirits
recanted their opposition TO Texas, passed reso-
luton in favor of immediate annexation, and went
home, thankful no doubt, that they had not been
caned or cow-Skinned for holding out so lang, in
opposition TO the cherished purpose of the South.
All this pusillanimity was exhibited for the pur-
pose Of preserving the harmony of The Demo-
cratic party" But this was not the only sacrifice
demanded of, and made by, the facile spirits Of
the North.
Northern Locofocos, generally, are the advo.
Gates OF protective tariff, and though in order to
Keep terms with the nulifers, some of their Jour
nais found fault with the Wing tariff, they have
always co-operated with the Wings in it's MAN.
tenance. Van Burens India rubber sentiments.
as every body knows. are sufficiently s,re,cbv |
to cover any sort Of protection, from the hill, If
aboanaIlons" Of 1923, for which he voted 10 tho
bill OF 1912, for which his prominent friends. Blu.
chanan, Wright, and Sturgeon, and C. j. Inger-
soil voted. Northern Locofocos felt perfectly
safe, therefore, with Van Buren,, who had their
carte blanche to wheedle the free traders of Vr-
gina and South Carolina as much as he pleased );
OUT 'hey never dreamed of supporting an avowed
nee Trader, and nothing but the last gasp of Lo-
cofocosm IN the Baltimore Convention, could
have induced them to take SO hazardous leap.
Bot It was neck or nothing with the demagognes.
If they refused to nominate Polk, free trader
and advocate of immediate annexation, the partv
was dissolved, and the brilliant prospect Of the
loaves and fishes was forever faded. The inte-
rests of their constituents were sacrificed to The
naughty South, who demanded everything, men
and measures. We know not where the spirit of