New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-07-20
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Meeting in Astor Place on Thursday evening at
which Hon. FERNANDO WooD presided, and MI.
" WILLIAM a. WALKER offered the Resolutions
The former gentleman was Member OF the
last Congress, and tired to be Of the present; the
latter we nave known as very active MEMBER
If the Wing Young Mems General COMMITTEE
wherein he ofiiciatcd, we believe, as Loco toco
.py.) This gentleman propounded to the Loco
Mass Meeting The following resolutions
iesolred That IN the support of Democratic prlnspl.;
eJidnr fai N bdst and most tao-ong4 feern>s 81
Political ereed liawsy measures ana n5s H.
WORT eneInes OF And IN the COMING political
Il r To asune The most dec,ae attitude and 10 bng
70, ward q, candd.ics of nl departments Of the public e
de1,ied the aad the serlcd
Resolred The, among the principles W place its' IN IN
poance an uniaienng faith the intelligence virtue and
patriotic Intentions oil the u the yeg?Ie ie4unh
md re.Ir The .yinpathes Of constituent, Unwsvenng
ah on tins point only oaspor; 10 the confidence Gn1
supper, OF proud and n,eligsn, Democracy.
kesortd That the sxgencle- Of time demand me e1e
on profound hostility the etebinhen oil Sank OF
he false IN financial pnneole h1e 70 democratic free
dom OF opposition 70 h> 9rine'pe o. HIGH pro,ee0
resistance all process for DIVISION Of the proceeds oil ne pub
he lands breach Of the tile by winch they are held ana as
Of bnbn. the people the local with 'neI
All these projects we reoadse as over
rut overshadown: central government fatal TO popular
rights and 20 the state sovereEnies
Modification ofthe Yto poesr. 1t hsllo~ by Is
with greatest IN modern Denocacy and II has
proved tse efficient protection 10 the principles anu
Re.orSd Inn, we are in favor of the re annexation ofTex-
~ 20 our Union. at the earliest practicable period
a, that even, secury aganst The many evils and
dangers which hnye attended. eno whlJm s n2e d
favor interests OF commerce and the safety oil ourS"u
Sep IN the general arrangement the Government through
the and development the principles OF our Nation
al Constitution.
Wehave copied all these Resolutions that relate
to principles, in order 10 let our readers see what
Loco Focoism is as stated by its advocates. Was
there ever another 50 bald negative, empty, do
nothing creed They arc opposed TO this, that
and 'tother, but what are they in .fac0r Of? Have
they no affirmative principle or purpose but the
Annexation Of Texas So it would seem. They
are determined to make clean breast Of ito
place themselves fally and frankly before the Peo
ple--yct what is it they promise 10 do in case the
People trust them with power With the ex-
ception of annexing Texas, nothing
This valiant declaration Of principles is as
vague as it can be made, except with regard TO
Texas, the Land Distribution and the Veto. They
are opposed to National Bank but a Bank is a
means, an fundamentally, not principle. Why
did they not tell us whether they were opposed
or favorable to a National Currency and, if fav-
orable, by what means, cschewlng Bank, they
proposed to create it ? A man may be hostile to
Bank, as a matter of expedicncy, and still
heartily favorable to effccting by other means
what Bank is proposed to accomplish.
And then on the Tariff, are not these men very
decided, explicit and uncompromising Their
President WIS in Congress when the present Tariff
passed, andopposed it because i, was protective at
all. Two years ago, they ran in that District John
Nixon. u most thorough, unskulking Free Tradr.
lie came out with bitter, unsparing Free Trade
Le,tc. against any Protection whatever. Their
resolutions and harangucs necessarily proclaimed
that this Wing Tariff would destroy Commerce
and 50 cut off ship-building that it would dmin-
ish the earnings Of Labor in every capacity, and
paralyze the Business OF our City. They made
their battle expressly, emphatcally, on the issue
of hostility 10 the present Tariff and to any Pro-
lection whatever. Two years have now passed,and
they resolve to proclaim The joldest and most tho
rough doctrines Of our Political creed" Very
good trot out your Tariff principle then. Well,
here il is, short as plccrus; declare our oppo
position 10 HIGH Protection" o most lame and
impotent conclusion Why not speak out, or else
say nothing High Protection !" A very decid-
cd attitude" that, isn't it What is high
If you mean the present Wing
Tariff, why not say it But if you mean TO
back out of your old hostility to the present Ia
riff, why not say that and lei us know where you
are, while your mouths are full of words about
your unfaltcring faith in the intelligence and
virtue Of the People, your determination TO
g avow the boldcst and most thorough doctrines"
and assume the most decided attitude ?" Pal.
try gamblers in politics under all this profession
Of frankncss and confidence in the People, you
mean TO cheat them out of the Protection of their
Industry, which you bitterly hate and yet dare
not manfulIy oppose But they know you, and
will battle all your chicanery
MIR. Ely Moore officiated as orator on this
occasion. He, too, spoke of "the anti. Demo-
cratic tendency Of high Tariff"-the old shut
tlc again, when he is a deadly enemy TO any Pre-
tectve Tariff at all He proceeded to dilate on
the Assumption of State Debts, and cndeavored
to make the uninformcd among his hearers be-
lieve that the Wigs advocate such Assumption.
But right well does he know that to be a foul
SANDER. He has been offered hundred dollars
lor proof that the Wings are in favor Of that
and dare not attempt to furnish it
What must we think, then, of the honesty of
man who goes about repeating this calumny
after he has virtually admitted that he knows il
10 be false What must We think of the party
which seeks success by such falschoods There
is no party in the Country in favor of Assumption
except the advocates of anrexing Texas. That
would saddle our Country with vast Foreign
Debt-not debt merely shifted from the States
te the Federal Government, but debt Of unknown
but large amount contracted by Foreign Gov
crnmcnt and assumed by our own. TO be paid
from the sweat and toll Of our People. OF that
ASSUMPTION Ely Moore and his party are sdyo