Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-07-18

has presented his claims We believe, we know
he has not. He has not only utterly and contempt.
uously disrcgarded the rights Of the thirteen humid.
red thousand wings, for whom he is as much the
President, and whose interests he is as much pcdg
ed BY his promises as we'll as his oath of Office 10
regard, as Of the heterogeneous and dscordant To-
cofocos who fnally rallied and elected him, but he
has equally dsregarded the rights and claims OF
thousands Of his own party. Toappease and quiet
the locofocos Of New York, who were necessarily
indignant at the overthrow of their favorite and
chief he hurs from office Mr. CALHOUN and all his
friends lfa hungry, noisy locofoco applies for an
Office, and wing incumbent is at hand, he sezes
upon modest, unoffending locofoco, who would
be likely from his quiet disposition TO him less
trouble, and puts in his place the more bosterous
applicant, from whom he might look for more an.
noyance, if disappointed in his application Is this
the Independent, impartial President, promised in an
address by Mr. Polk 10 his democratic fellow citizens
Of Nashville, last winter Is this the respect which
twas boastingy announced was to be paid to mi
norities? Let the wings who now constitute half OF
the voters of the Union and the thousands & tens Of
thousands of disappointed locofocos answer Par
tisanship, irrespective of moral and practical abili-
ty, governs in appointments to Office, where wings
and locofocos are the parties. Fdroriiism and
ability TO render party service, irrespective Of
perence and practical ability TO fill The Office gov
ern when the rival claimants both locofocos.
We are somewhat astonishcd that the intelligent
ocofocos of Bratteboro have not been able to raise
their indignation before. Admitting that both Mr.
Palmer and Mr. Eddy are respectable men, and
possessing alike sufficient talents 10 Gil the Office OF
Postmaster, il is granted all sides that MIR Eddy
has much and successful practical experience,
while Mr. Palmer has none. II is also granted that
nine out Of ten of the locofocos oil Braieboro pre-
ferred MIR Eddy to Mr. Palmer. Mr. Eddy relied
upon his qualifications acquired by experience, and
the democracy of numbers, while Mr. Palmer relied
upon the aid of fe,o lending men-successiul wire
pullers, and has triumphcd We say TO our
locofoco friends of Bratteboro that they may get
up many indignation meetings as they please
talk about the right of the majority TO rule and the
democracy of numbers,ns much as they WILL it will
all be in vain.
The practice of locofoco- democracy, whatever
may be its pretcnsons--und they every thing
that is good-hus ever been, is now, and we fear,
will be hostile 10 their true interests and the
interests of the whole country. We sorry they
have no, sooner found this out. Bot we are not
sorry that they have had good an opportunity to
witness among themselves the practical working
OF this pseudO-democracy. After they have seen
that ali their indignation will amount to just moth
ing-that the friends Of Mr. Palmer here will laugh
at it-that the high functionaries at Washington
will treat IT as a mockery,then shall we hope that
they will become wiser, distinguish between true
and false democracy, and distrusi, as we have long
been taught by experience 10 do, the much boosted,
but no where tangible democracy OF lOcofocoism