Washington telegraph., 1850-02-27
The Locofocos and the Abolitionists.

The Locofocos and the Abolitionists.
The sole organ of the Democracy
wishes to know who are the Abolition
lists. The sole organ ought to know. fol
it has been consorting and cooperating
with them for the last nine months
in bitter-end opposition to Presiden,
Taylor The Abolitionists are neither
Wings nor the friends of Wings. They
have always !abored to defeat the Wing
candidates in The Northern States. They
have defeated MIR. Clay in 1874; they did
their s.,st to defea, Gen. Taylor i'll 1849.
The Wings have always Been denounced
by them The Wings have always re-
fused TO join hands or enter into any COM
binations with them. for the purpose OF
securing political power. The Democrats
have always been ready to make bargain
with them. both before the people and i'll
Congress. By these bargains they have
sought at rhe present session of Congress
to make William J. Brown Speaker OF
the House of representatives.
| These bargains between the Abolition
lists and Locofocos made Solomon P.
Chase, of Ohio. Senator of the United
States. They made Chauncey F. Cieve-
land, Loren P. Waldo and Walter Booth,
| of Connecticut, members of the House
of Representatives. All these men sold
themselves to secure their election, and
the Union hailed their success as Dem
ocratic triumph.
Upon the success of this Democratic
and Abolition union in Connecticut, the
Aboltionists in New York swallowed up
the Democratic party. in the attempt to
elect Myndert Van Schaick 10 the May
orally. The Union encouraged and aP-
pauded the coalition-and the Wings
defeated It, About the same time, the
Abolitionsts and Democrats of Wiscon-
sin perfected an union, under the name
of the Cass aud Van Buren Democrats
in order, as the Wisconsin Daily informs
us, to "secure democratic majority alike
impregnable to the efforts and seductions
of the TayLor Administration.
Soon after the Abolltionists and Loco
focos of Vermont met III separate conven-
ton at Montpelier The Democracy
forthwith closed the sitting OF their con-
ventiou, aud marched off with flying
colors into the camp of the Abolltlonists.
The nominated full blooded Abolition
ticket for State officers, and were, as
usual, opposed and defeated toy the Wings.
Not long alter the union was effected III
the State of n York between the Aboll-
tiouists and Locofocos, through the agen-
CIV of their committees and conventions.
The combination was opposed by the
Wings, and encouraged and rejoiced over
by the Bitter-Enders, North and South.
The Union has all along been playing
into the hands of these factious comblna-
tions. and encouraging those efforts of
the AbOlitionists TO break down General
TAYLOR. Hence its attacks upon Mr..
Clayton for refusing. i'll accordance with
colored man. Hence its shouts of tri-
umph over every defeat of the Wings
that has been brought about by these base
and miserable coalitions. The Wings
of the North have always secuted
these coalitions with scorn aud contempt.
They have preferred to be beaten in fair
fight on national grounds, rather than to
sully or soil the matiOnality of their creed
and position by any Of those combinations
with men of mischievous and dangerous
principles
Look at recent events. Tne Wings
might have elected Speaker of the
House at any moment by concessions to
the Abolitionists. Mr. Winthrop rejected
those concessions when they were de-
manded by Mr.. PaIfrey. 1t was well un-
derstood that he was accessible to them
when he was candidate for reelection.
The Democrats had no such scruples.-
They were willing to trade with the Alb
olitionists, and they made bargain-a
base, underhand disgraceful bargaln-the
ince ption of which covered its authors
with 'load of obloquy," from which
they were not saved because the Wings
prevented its consummation. And it any
thing were wanting to show that the
Wing people of Massachusetts,, as well
as the Wing Representatives, repudiate
all Abolition alliance; look at the contest
that has been waged in the District late
ly represented by Mr.. Palfrey, where the
Wings prefer that their district should
remain without Representative, rather
than be represented by man tainted by
Abolitiouism.
The Wings of the North stand on fair
and honorable grounds in this respect
They will not bargain and trade with
the Abolitionists. They have never bar
gained or traded with the Abolitionists.
They are not disposed to aglta1e the
question of slavery, or meddle with the
institutions of the South. They will never
seek to gain or preserve political power
by any such huckstering. They have
made all reasonable concessions to the
South. They have come forward III good
faith, warmly and cordially, to the cleo
ton and the support OF Southern Presl-
dent There is a combination of Locofo-