The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-07-26

seats. A committee will be in attendance to re-
ceive them.
IMPORTANT FROM NEW YORK!-DIsRUP-
TON OF THE LOCOFOCO PARTY!
We had the high qualification yesterday to ap-
prise our readers of the disaffection of ninty-two
of the most respectable and influential Locofocos
in Rochester, New York II seems that the
same feeling pervades the whole State, and that
the eruption of the political Vesuvus in Rochester
was only one Of a thousand flames which are
breaking forth in every quarter of the Empire
State from the latent fire of disaffecton which
pervades their ranks.
We insert below most important document
in shape of circular from the Locofoco leaders
in the city of New York, which we find in the
New York Pebeian, and which displays the same
dissatisfied feeling with the position in which the
party has been placed by the recreant "white
slaves who deserted Mr.. Van Buren, in the Bal
timore Convention. No doubt exists that the
call for meeting of the malcontents at Rochester
was in pursuance of a general plan of operations
adopted for the whole State. The names
appended to the circular are those of the great
leaders Of the Locofoco party in the State they
are the respectable, honorable, and patriotic Of
the party-not the Slams, Bangs, & Co., the disci-
pies of Fanny Wright and Owen.
We regard the appearance of the circular as
the knel of Locofocoism in the Empire State, and
in the Union. To rally or to cooperate will be
impossible. 1t is stated that hundreds have al
ready gone over TO Birney, as they find it impos-
,;h,, 81 s,,nnort polL and Tovao nouhtlaso M,
ny ultra abolitionists, who would have supported
Van Buren,, will desert to Birney but the more
reasonable of the disaffected will, after little
veering and hesitation, see that duty and policy
alike dictate the propriety of supporting Clay and
Frelinghuysen. e
1t will be impossible, with any regard to consis-
tency, for the macontents to maintain their pre-
sent position. To support Polk and Dallas under
"protest" as to Texas, would be mockery Of
common sense and of principle; and the leaders
will find it utterly impossible to palm such hair
splitting absurdity upon the people. We give
great credit to the dsaffected for the independence
they have displayed in refusing to be dragooned
by the Nullifiers; but their position is altogether
untenable. They have taken it, no doubt, be-
ter course suggested itself; but they must take
one step further--they must abandon Polk out
right To denounce and repudiate Annexation,
and then support the men who were selected and
stand pledged to effect it, is absurd and indefen-
sible "s
But the party is broken up, dissolved and will
in month be defunct in the Empire State.
From the New York Pebelan
The Annexation of IeIas--its Federal and Ado
tition opponents-ther umpotency-ridiculous
attempt TO embarrass the Democratic Party
Confidential Circular.
we have come in possession of a circular,
marked as printed below, confidential" and
which, under any other circumstances. we would
hesitate to publish. When, however there is the
shadow of apprehension of danger to the glorious
cause of Democracy, come from what quarter il
may, from the protested friend or open foe from
men regarded as possessing the confidence and
assuming the direction of the Democratic party,
or from others, it is not in us, be the personal
consequences what they may, to permit restraint
from the arbitrary notions of etiquette which un-
der another contingency would govern us. When
we see treason under the mask of philanthropy
Federalism under the guse of Democracy-false-
hood under the covering of truth-let the blow
fall where 1t may, whether that treason be mark
ed !" confidential that Federalism be marked
confidential that falsehood be marked "con-
fdentIal to hold it up before the Democracy of
the country, that they may know who are their
friends and who their enemies.
When clique OF self-rghteous politicians.
whose Democracy is satisfied with goodlv share
of the patronage of the party and the promulga-
ton of some distractions, which they cannot