Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-09-04
An Unexpected Ally.

selection IN the appointment oil his pro
TEN. successors. That paper up 10
last Saturday has been staunch in its
locofocoism, and we were of opinion
tina. nothing would change its course in
maintaining the principles Of the loco
foco party. But we were Mistaken
The leading article of last Saturday
takes up and defends our side of the
question with strength and originality
and vigor Of language tina! puts all we
have written agains, loco foco usurpa-
patton and mlsrule entirely in the shade.
TO be sure, that article uses the word
federalism for locofocoism, but that we
suppose is mere matter of tasie--a
simple change of name, which amounts
to nothing in the discussion Is princi-
pies. The main objection against this
variation is its confounding the exagger-
a;ed statements of the doings and mis-
doings of ideal Federalism with The do
ings and misdolngs of actual locofnco-
ism. We say ideal Federalism, be-
cause there is not and there has not
been any such party as the Federal
party in existence since the last war.
We know that some of the present
proninen, leaders of the loco foco par
,v were federalsts in olden time, but
that does no, prove The old federal par
~ 10 be still in existence. But we
must par'icularize to show that the Ga
zet,e in presen, hands is fighting on our
side against loco focoism.
The article in the Gazette says that
the party against which II wages war,
and which we call loco focoism, con
tends that 'man is not capable of self
governmen,'-tha, they 60 for proper
~ qualification and consequent cur
! taiIment of the elective franchise. Now,
| TO prove that it is loco focoism against
which the writer is warning, we bring
/ I'D Martin Fan Buren,, whom we con.
slider the leader Of loco focoism, and
show that these are his very sentiments
az uttered in the New York Conven-
ton. In tina, Convention he opposed
the election of justices of the peace by
the people and said that 1.-The farther
this power is removed from the people
the better" He also said that universal
suffrage, would render elections a
curse rather than blessing He was
in favor of restricting the right Of voting
to "househ ,lders."
There are some things stated i'll the
article by way of filling up we suppose,
which we should be sorry to have
truihsully applied to any Par'y-such
az fighting against their coun'ry-laud-
ing the English for pressing our sea-
men during the las! war and Lying
them up to their masts and shooting
them down like dogs" &c. &c. Now
this, we presume may be set down in
the ligh, of "poetical prose-" as Jere-
my Diddler would call it. Viewed Sc
riously it would be d gross SANDER or
our coun.rymen. 1t is not true and
will not be believed by any but the be
nighted loco focos of New Hampshire
where the same arguments have be
come stereotyped.
Again i, mus, be the loco foco party
aoa;ns, which he is contendihg, wheI
he speaks If the "ras Currency TO
every one knows that after the old Y
5 Rank was broken down that all tn
loco foco legislatures took advantage 0
i, by creating banks so inaE meraoie a
to send their "rag currency as worm
less Gas oak leaves in the fall, 10 eve
nv nook and corner Of the land.
But we have stronger proof than TIN
that the writer is fighting against loc
focosm. He most graphically emu
merates the enormi,ies committed o
our ministers by the Mexicans. II
saws they "twice robbed our Min's,e
to that country; and robbed and rifle
Of al, his private papers our minister
China, as he passed through that coui
, try; either of which outrages," he adds
. .is suflicien, cause, by the law of Il;
tons, for declaration Of war, wilho,
immediate redress, and yet this Fede
!; al Coco focn) party only wink at it q
sin Of ignorance. II we were at
loss before to make out against whol
E he was contending, we cannot surel
r be so any longer. A IL know that whe
: the above specified ou,rages were con
miued. the loco foco party were
power, and if the mseries Of our mi
listers were TO be redressed at all it mu
be done by The party or government
= power-none else could do il--and We
. we are told. il ONLY wiuked at it, O