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Der Lecha Patriot und Northampton Demokrat. (Allentaun, Pa.) 1839-1848, 1844-04-03

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The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-06-25
BEAUTIFUL AND CONSISTENT.
"There was lime in their sack"

Two political meetings were held in Brooks
Ign, last evening. The l.ncofoco pow-w ow wa
held i'll large room of the City hotel and in their
Club room, in the of this building, the
members of the Fourth Ward Clay Club as.
sembled about the same time 1t Was curious
to watch the Locotocos as they entered Their
place of meeting; they looked uneasy, as though
under the operation of some fearful influence
which they could not resist. A faint cheer was
heard, and The sglated Locofocos looked aghast
and trembled. Presently the name of Clay was
gently echoed round the hall, and the excitement
and agitation of the mystfed Locos became tre-
mendous The cheer and the name of Clay was
borne upon the breeze from the Fourth Ward
Clay Club room; and, like the hand writing upon
the wall at the feast of Bclshazzar, it carried
alarm aud terror to the political jewellers. In
their fright they cried aloud for adjournment to
some other spot, and nothing 10th thy resolved
to adjourn, aud did so, to the enclosure within
whose magic bounds star DIS the basement story
of the City Hall. Here the Lncos assembled,
and now they revelled and frocked withou, fear
and trembling, surrounded by the marble monu-
men,s of their own folly and extravaganza, they
felt at home, and the ruins they themselves had
made echoed the base meant faIsehoods through
the basement stories of that dreary pile. What
a beautiful illustration the ruins OF the CITY Hall
presents Of The destructive and disastrous doc
trines of Locofocosm.-- Advertiser of
Friday.
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The LIBEL ON JUNiUS.

The New York Tribune, in noticing The arti-
ce winch we published lew days ago from the
o'd nomn'on, at Portsmouth. Virginia, speaks
IN PLAN terms about The utter falsty of the state
'nen'' ana declares the re,erend gentleman then
alluded to as the author of the tracts, To be (wbat
any one might easily have guessed) LocoJ;,co.
The Tribune holds The Richmond Enquirer re-
sponsIbie Tor copying the article, and says that
" we give The Enquirer fair notice. that il this
last l'e is mol promptly and fully retroc ed in their
c umne, they will be held 10 answer r it in a
Court Of Justice. We will see whether the laws
atiord no protection against calulnnies like these"
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THE DERNlER RESORT.

The following from the Albany Argus is
frank avowal that it will never do for the Loco.
focos to rest their case before the jury of public
opinion upon its naked meri,s-upon the impor-
tant measures of national policy about which par
ties are divided, and that their only hope lies in
harpng upon the exploded calumny upon the
character of Mr.. Clay in reference to his accept
ance of office under MIR. Adams No better evil
| dence could be furnished of the despicabe base
ness of Locofoco denagogues, and of the misera.
.ble strait to which they are reduced. Principle
IS out of the question. To contend for principle
1 in one quarter of the Union is only TO farnish
weapons to the Wings in another. SO completely
have the party COMPOUNDED all common sense and
honesty in the late Baltimore Conven,ion-so
completely have the majority of the party stult.
fed themselves, knocked under, and abandoned
their principles, by selecting an out-and.ou free
| trade immedaleis,, that they dare not 90 before
the country with the lie in their mouths that they
have any principles of any sort. The Argus and
other kindred prints at the North do well to give
up the contest upon principles, and to set about
the galvanization of long buried calumnies upon
Mr. Clay. 1t IS all they have left to harp upon
after the unconditional surrender made by the
" numerical majority to The domineering "chiv-
airy 1t requires degree of hard hood like tina,
of the Augusta Age, TO pretend any further SYM
patty for the manufacturing interests. The fol-
lowing is from he Albany Argus:
"We repeat the suggestion which we have
heretofore made to our Democratic brethren Of
The press, that in no way n they do better SER
ce to the cause than by holding up to plblic
view the political career of the chosen candidate
Of hs Wig FIR the Pres Dental office, and par
tIculariy The facts connected with hls memorable
bargain and a lance with Mr.. Adams in 1875
They will fni all the essential facts presented IN
Gear and conclusive manner in the address OF
he Ohio committee, and we trust they viii lose
no time in giving it wing. Now is The time to
SOW the good Seed if we would reap the harvest
in November" h1a,
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A FLASH IN THE PAN.

The Locofoco meeting at Piscataway, Prince
Georges county. Maryland. on last Friday, was
an out-and-out failure. James Hoban, Eq., of
this CITY, one of the expounders of the principles
OF modern democracy, went down for the purpose
OF enhghtening The people; but it seems they
did not require any more light, especially such as
ne proposed to give, and no meeting assembled
the dinner prepared was uneaten, and The expound-
er came home undeivered of his speech. Thus
II is with our unfortunate friends, the Polk -ats
we sincerely deplore their msforuncs, for we are
convinced, had the aforesaid speech been deliv'
cred to a respectable audience, there would have
been more Wings after than before its delivery
we believe this sincerely all that is required in
this neighborhood is, that they should declare
their principles TO make any rejecting man quit
the party.
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OLD AND YOUNG HICKORY.

The Locofoco presses throughout the country
have dubbed their candidate Young Hickory
thinking doubtless that
"JmWy Polk, by any other name,
Will smell sweeter."
Let US see how the opinions of these two nota.
BILE Hickorys jbe on the constitutionality of q
Protective Tariff:
Old Hickory" The power to impose duties
on imports originally belonged 10 The severa
States. The right TO adjust those duties, with a
view to the encouragement of the domestic
branches of industry, is SO completely Incidental
to that power, that it is difficult to suppose the
existence of the one hout the other. The
States have delegat ed their whole authority over
imports to The General Government, without lin
tatnn or restriction, saving the very inconsidera-
BILE reservation relating TO their inspection laws.
This authority having thus entirely passed from
the Staes, the RIG lit 10 exercise it for the purposes
OF protection does not exist in them; and, con-
seqnentlv, If it be not possessed by the General
Government. it must be extinct. Our political
system would thus present the anomaly Of peo-
pie stripped of the right TO foster their own in.
dustry, and 10 counteract the most selfish and
destructive policy which might be adopted BY for
elgn nations. This surely cannt be the case
This indispensable power, thus surrendered by
the States, must be within the scope of the al-
thorty on the subject expressly delegated to
Congress. In this conclusion, am confirmed
as well by the opinions of Presidents Washing.
ton, Jefferson Madison, and Monroe, who have
each repeatedly recommended the exercise of this
right under the Constitution, as Ivy the uniform
practice of Congress, the continued acgniescence
OF the States, and the general understanding of
the people"
The following are "Young Hickory's" views
as given in recent deba,e in Congress, and
which his friends have never con'radcted
Mr., PAYNE, in reply, remarked that he had
already stated hat Mr.. Polk expressly admitted
and contended that the power 10 lay mpost duties
was revenue power, and in the whole scope OF
raising revenue, that That power was unlimited !;
BUT He LAID NOT ONE FARTHING
FOR PRO lection. That was erver@ou
OF The powe il was converting pow er which
was given by the trainers OF the Constitution for
legitimate inject 10 an legimate object And
It was upon this ground th,l they all stood. This
might b. regarded as full and perfect answer
10 the lnterrogaiory of the gentleman"
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Mr.. Featherslonhaugh, who travelled through
this country several years since as geoloest,
has been writing work about the Uni ed States,
which is said by the English journals to surpass
in virulence of abuse the famous works of Troll
lope, Marryat, Hall, and Dickens The London
Spectator says, 'Uncon'h language and behavior,
even on the part of females, offensive and dis
gushing conduct by the men, habilual blasphemy,
with pure, unmitlgated backguardlsm and ruffian-
ISM, and an universal worsipng of mammon su-
persedlng every other object in life, stand out
slrikingly in the travellers pages whilst his plain
spoken, straight forward manner give an air of
truth to his pictures"
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gT We have received the first Of series OF
communications on the following subject: Have
the re pile of the District right 10 express their
opinion about Public Men and Things and what
are the grievances of which they have right to
complain - We invite an attentive perusal Of
these articles, coming as they do from an able and
intelligent citizen, and throwing much light upon
the peculiar relation in which the people Of this
District stand towards the General Government
and the country at large. The first of the series
will appear tomorrow.
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AFFAIRS AT NAUvoo.--We have information
few hours laler from The Mormon country in Hi
nois. Great excitement was produced at War
saw by the ne rs of the destruction of the office
of the ''Nauvoo Expositor," and handful was
issued, inviting an appeal TO arms A, a later
hour wrls were procured at Carthage, the county
seat OF Hancock county, and officers de- patched
TO Nauvoo TO arrest the persons concerned in the
outrage. But this, we venture to say, will not
be done. The law is powerless for good in that
region. rumor prevailed at Warsaw that joe
Smith was arresling every man at Nauvoo who
was opposed to, or would not justify his proceed
ings.-.Sk, Republican Of June l6,
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Convention. But, after all, Mr.. Wright's pos
ton is deeply humiliating. He may have enough
of the spirit of Democritus 10 laugh at his friends
but he must himself, nevertheless, writhe in &C.
cret at the degradation TO which he submits in
supporting men for office with whom he has no
principle in common, and for whom, personally,
he cannot but feel contempt.
Mr.. Wright talks about sacrificing all prefer
ences for men in order to secure and perpetuate
the great principles of "Demociacy." What
principles Has not he ard his Northern friends
surrendered every principle! Have they not
surrendered the Tariff, for which he, Buchanan,
and Van Buren,, and the great body of the North
ern Locofocos, have always contended! Did not
Mr.. Wright and Mr. Buchanan vote for the pre-
sent Tariff! What other principle, then, have
they saved from the wreck Not the great and
vital one of annexation, which, according to them
selves, involves the peace and honor and peTpe-
tuity of the Union it is neither of these impor-
| tant principles which they will advance by sus-
tanning Polk-questions which have absorbed all
others. and upon which the /" numerical majority
of the North" have been overruled by their high
spirited. unyielding allies, the "Chivalry." We
thought Mr.. Wright displayed taste and dignity
of mind in refusing the nomination to the Vice
Presidency but since he has so meanly knocked
under at Castle Garden, we are convinced that in
declining The nomination he was governed by a
crafty policy, and not BY sentiments of self
| respect.
! Mr.. Wright said ain reference to the idea
that my name was ever 10 be presented to the
| American people as candidate for the highest
| office in this Government, ! be- to be assured
| that never, tor one moment, have | been vain
enough to aspire to that lofty trust and while
It is true that d d place in the hand of the dele
gate to the Baltimore convention from my own dis.
| trct letter, unequivocally prohibiting the use
OF my name for that office, it was alone because
| Was assured, kindly assured, by friends, that
there was disposition on The part of some dele
cations in that convention, in case of the failure
to nominate Mr.. Van Buren,, To attempt to use
my name. Did | do right, fellow citizens I!
| lCheers, and cries Of 'Yes.l | did. Aud |
myself most heartily respond to your affirmative
| answer Cheers. Never had you--never had
| the Democracy OF The State-indcated dspo-
| sltion to bestoV such trust upon me and, IN
| til they had done Sc, should have been assuming
what, in my Judgment, no man has right 10 as,
| sume--that was permitted to place myself be-
| foe convention of the democracy Of the Union,
and attempt to 6 lin nomination. Cheers.
That was enough But, fe.loW-ctizens. | was
stopped by stronger reason You had--your
democratic brethren thrtu yhout the State had,
with peculiar uDanimiiy, and none more heartily
Than myself-designated another one of our dis
tinguished democrats as their first clioice for the
first office in the country. A voice, Three
cheers for old Matiy.'I (Laughter) Enough
on that topic
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W "A S Il / N G I 0 N.
TUESDAY EVENING. JUNE 25. 1874.

REMOVAL OF THE STANDARD OFFICE.
The Publication and Printing Office Of the
WING STANDARD is now located in the large
bu lding on the east side Of Sirth street, four
doors south of Pennsylpania Avenue.
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CLAY AND Com SKINs-AN OMEN General
few days since. He condescended to I" look on
while The salute was being fired. In loading the
last gun, the Generals friends used Coon skins
for waddiDg, and then filled up the vacancy with
CLAY! When the match was applied the gun
enploded-prostrating about dozen Locofocos
Fortunately, no rery serious injury occurred !; bnt
he incident should teach the gentlemen Locos
That CLAY and Coon skins" are death to Loco
focoisIn.
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A gentleman at ST. Louis, from Santa Fe, re-
ports that that place is now open to all who wish
to trade there General Martinez has entered
upon the discharge of his duties as Governor
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The Locofocos say CLAY fought duel; and
Mr.. PAYNE, Locofoco member Of Congress- says
Polk ,couH have done so had he not been co,o-
ard--Roch. Dem.
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The Wings of Maine are 10 have grand con-
ventIon on Wednesday next, at Augusta 1t is
understood that Daniel Webster will be present
and make an address.
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Trusten Polk, Esq, nominated E ector for the
Seventh District, in Missouri, on the Locofoco
ticket, in place of A. l.. Magenns, Esq, dcposed,
declines the appointment.
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A GOOD HIT.-Rathbun, who represents Cay
uga and Seneca counties in Congress, made a
speech few days since, 10 which he said CLAY
must be despot, because his name commences
with C, as did Cesar's, Caligula's, and Crom-
wel'e. The Auburn Journal says that, adopting
this rule of judgment of mans character, Mr.
Rathbun must be terrible hard case; for his
name begins with Il, as do the words Rogue, Rob.
Der, Rascal. Ragamutfin. &C., &c.
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A GREAT WING MEETING IN SOUTH
WALK-RECEPTION OF THE HON Z.
JOY NORRIS.
very large and enthusiastic Wing meeting
was held at Commissioners Hall, Southwark. on
Saturday evening. The object was to welcome
in cordial manner the Hon. E. Joy Morris. the
member of Congress for the First District on his
| return to his constituents. The reception was
complimentary in the highest degree to the younr.
but gifted and faithful representative. The
Washington brass band was present, and PLAYED
some animated airs, while the feeling that charac-
| terzed the hundreds Of Wings who were in al.
tendance was hearty and friendly, and Indicated
unequivocal appreciation at the course pursued by
| MIR. Morris.
The meeting was called to order by William
M. Carteret, Esq, and was organized by the APP
pontmenl of John Ely, a revolutionary solder,
President, and sixteen Vice Presidents.
On the appearance of the veteran, Mr.. Ey, he
was received with round Of applause, for which
| ne made brief Acknowledgement.
DR.. Rutter then came forward. and alluded !,
eloquent and forcible terms to the efficient >, 4
| faithful career OF MIR. Morris as a representatives
and concluded by submitting the following reso.
| luton, which was adopted BY reclamation:
Resolued, That our representative in Congress-.
| the Hon. Z. Joy Morris, by his perseverance and
aciyity-his ardent exertions in Congress in adj.
vocatlng just and liberal compensation to the
| honest laborer-his strenuous and able defence ,f
the tarlff'f ls42-his exerons 10 procure an ap.
preparation for dry dock at the Phadelphia
navy yard, and his establishment Of the fact Of
its being the cheapest and best calculated for that
| objecl-together with his sound political views.
and unfinchng integrity and devotion to the peu-
eraI interests OF ALL the people Of the First Con
| gressonal District merits the warmest thanks
| from his constituents, which we now tender to
him on the part Of the people Of the First Con-
| gressonal District.
| Soon after Mr. M. appeared, and was received
by prolonged and enthusiastic applause. We
never witnessed lyeIier degree Of satisfaction.
! Ire moment that the applause subsidized, Mr.. M.
addressed the meeting for some time, and with
| much ability. 0
The vast crowd adjourned in fine spirits, bnt
not before they had given NINE CHEERS fir CLAY,
FRELlNGHUYSEN, and MARKLE.-Phiia.
| INQUIRER
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The I.ocoiocos say M. Polk is "a tried demo-
crat." True: he has been twice "iried'' in
Tennessee and condemned. He will be erecuted
in November.
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The Nashville Union, Lncofoco paper, states
that Mr.. Polk has accepted the nomination for
The Presidency, and that his letter Of acceptance
has been forwarded to the committee.
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The Troy Budget has secured Folks election
by the following arguments, which cannot fail to
strike every one as potent, unanswerable, and
irresistible:
His hair is precisely the color of that which
Jefferson Uore before time had faded Il, and his
eyes are OF the same shade as were those OF
Washington and B ,naparte
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KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE.

hIcI DEFO i he ILOi LII
We yesterday called attention to some extracts
from one of the leading Locofoco newspapers OF
New England, the Augusta Age, in which It is
boldly, though falsely, asserted that MIR. Polk Is
as much the friend of Protection as Mr.. Clay I;
and that The Democracy" are and always have
been the advocates of Protection. The latter is
perfectly true of the Northern " Democracy"
while the Southern {" Democracy" are plotting
measures to counteract them by dissolving the
Union. 1t is equally true that Protective Tariff
has never been passed without the aid of Locofo.
CO votes.
The mean, cowardly trucking of the leaders
OF the Northern Locofocos at the Baltimore con-
Ventlon to the naughty airs of the "Chivalry," is
rendered painfully manifest by the efforts that
are made to hold to the principles of the majority
while supporting the men of the minority What
humilatng attitude A large majority, from
the poor-spiritedness their leaders, yielding to the
dlctation of proud, Incorporating minority
If Northern Locofocos have spark of manly
pride-we mean the mass, for the demagogues
who have duped them are as destitute of honor
able pride as they are of patriotism--f the rank
and file of Northern Democracy are worthy to be
called freemeD, they will resent and resist the
efforts that have been made to enroll them as the
"white slaves of the c rivalry"
We have heard of compromises often, and il
we have not totally misconstrued the term, il
means that each of two parties yield something
f"r the sake of harmony and the general good
but until the Locofuco Baltimore convention we
never heard Of an instance in which one side,
and that the majority, WAS required to yield ALL,
not for the good Of ALL but in order that The ben
eft might SEIZURE" to the minority. However,
Mr.. Calhoun declared that he abandoned the
Wings because the victory had not enured 10
the Chivalry, and when he embraced the Locofo-
cos we presume it was with the tacit, if not the
written understanding, that he and his friends
proper were 10 have the lions share of the spoil.
IMMEDIATE ANAEXATION-A RUMOR
It is currently rumored here that his Excelleny
the President has negotiated and will in few
days ratify a treaty for the Immediate annexation
of better half" to himself 1t is thought that
he will be permitted to make this important &C
QUESTION without interference from any quarter.
Mr.. Polk even, who has boldly mounted the Cap
an's Texas hobby, will be quescent in the pre-
sent case, it is thought, since he has already
more matrimonial territory than he can bring III
der successful cultivation.
His Excellency left Washington this morning,
escorted, among others, by the Hon. Thomas
Lloyd, Esq.
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The Locofoco presses throughout the country
have dubbed their candidate Young Hickory"
thinking doubtless that