The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-11-15
W A S HIN G TO N.
FRIDAY EVENING, Nov'R Is, 1874.
HURRAH FOR THE LoCoFoCOS!

We have 1t all as clear as daylight now. The
whole mystery is explained. The Wing party
think Of beating the Locofocos, and electing to
the Presidency the greatest statesman in Ameri-
ca--he who had twice saved the country, apd
was deserving of the unalloyed gratitude Of the
whole nation! What ridiculous nonsensel
We might have known better-all of us! We
might havo known that, if we should cast in
every State larger vote for Clay than was given
to Harrison, when he beat Van Buren, $4,000 in
the popular vote-and the Locofocos charged the
Wings with all sorts of pipe-laying and illegal
voting for giving such tremendous suffrage to
the gallant old hero of Tippecanoe-as it APP
pears by the returns we have done, still the Lo-
cofocos would beat US, because they were re-
solved to do it, whether they had the votes or
mott Hurrah for the Loeofocos'
Who hereafter will be simple enough to sup
pose the Locofocos can be beaten unless the
election laws are speedily and very materially
amended! .r.
Look at the vote Of Pennsylvania. Marke
4,28s Clay's vote larger, by Thousands. than
Shunk's, and yet defeated by upwards Of 5000 .
Hurrah for the Locofocos!
Mark the vote in some of the counties Of that
State-Berks, for example. Harrison received
$3.50, and was beaten 3943 in the county |!
Markle received $3.50, and yet was beaten
1896 Clay received 4,0O1, and yet was beaten
4,674! Hurrah for the Locofocos!
Take Lehigh county--that famous county, that
the Wings said must do better" It gave Har-
rlson 24O5. within 46 of Van Buren's vote. 1t
gave Markle 2443, and yet Skunk carried the
county BY 2S7 majority! 1t gave Clay 1852
80 the Wings showed that they had :" done bet
tsr'-and yet the Locos beat them by majority
Of $50! Hurrah for the Locofocos
Another thing is equally palpable--tbe Locos
know vhere they can best manufacture votes /.
They commenced the game to carry Maryland at
the Gubernatoral election, in order that it should
have an effect abroad. They made slight mis-
calculation here, and did not cast quite enough
illegal votes in Baltimore to carry the State.
They soon saw by the determined spirit evinced
on the part Of the Wing Vigilance Committees,
and the law officers of Baltimore, in arrestinr
and furnishing their dupes, that their best plan
would be to let Maryland CO. and carry on their
work of manufacturing votes elsewhere. No
sooner conceived than carried into execution
Away they went to work in such counties as
Page, Rockingham, and Shenandoah, in Virginia,
Berks, Westmoreland, Northampton, &C., &C., In
Pennsylvania, and St. Lawrence, Tompkins and
Jefferson, in New York! Hurrah for the Loco.
focos!
But the neaest evidence of their skill and
adroitness, in this business that has come to our
knowledge, is the manner in which they did up
the business in the Parish Of Plsqueminee, Louis
iana-an account Of which we give, in another
place, from the New Orleans Bee! The parish,
II seems, does not contain over 500 voters. all
told-and yet the Locofoco majority is reported
to be about 1000! parish that never before
cast over FOUR HUNDRED VOTES, of both
parties, now gives Loco majority of TWELVE
HUNDRED! We repeat agan-Hurrah for
the Locofocos!
Give Plaquemines the banner She beats all
your Pages, Rockingh hams, Shenandoahs, Berks,
81. Lo,orenees, Jefersons, &c, &C., into fits /!
AAuIiA III lhe EHeIin, LOU, vi TidqueHheo! he
deserves the highest Polk, Dallas, and Texas re-
ward in the nation! Make him Governor OF
Texas, the glorious fellow! He knows what
votes to receive, and what to reject-what stean,-
boats Dih voters have the right to land, and what
must be driven off!
Shout, shout, ye victorious Locofocos! Shout,
that your success, by means of innumerable Hle-
Sal potes, united with the support of Foreigners
and A6oLtionists, has already reduced the price
that capitalists will curtail their operations, in the
way Of manufactures, erecting storehouses, build
q ships, &C., because you have not put BRAINS
- tho hsal OF your Government, and they have