The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-07-17
From he Rahigh Register.
The Loco FOcO Convention Again,

We wish to urge upon our readers. we in
slst upon keeping II before The country, and
We enireat our Wing friends no, 10 lose sight
OF II ~ the present canvass that the course
Of the Democrats OF this State upoa the qaes
tioa Of Slavery, oyinces not only The nost
beaItass dup!ici,y, but an eol,fe disregard
Of the rights of the South. this -,'eilcaf1
subject, SO sl'ally affecting ouf peace, coz ~.
ieresis, our rights as American citizens, has.
IN the turning Of The Locufoco kae,d scope.
been made to assume every phase ol appear.
ance, as party interests from time 10 time re.
qulred. To-day, they are for GorcihIe rcsis.
tance; TO morrow they are all conciation
aud for peace. At one time, they try To
wheedIe The Wings into q uni0n Of counscis
with Them IN reference to ih,s suhiec, az
another ilne. they denoanoe all as ,rators
who have The sagncuy Ia iahom the depths
I OF their siraiagrms. In Que Of The resolu.
tons, passed by their late Convention, they
say slavery rs no question ol party; in an.
other, they make war on Gen. Taylor-a
Southern man and stakeholder because he
happens 10 have an oplniun OF his own on this
question
I One Of The resolutions passed by their
Convention arraigns Gen. Tay lor, as guilty
Of "a lltect and unwairanted interference
with ard an attempt to totestal The acliou Of
Congress. Aud why, do our readers sup.
pose, Is Cen Iay lor thus arraignedl They
give the, reason, IN the same resolution lit
IS for "hI, continued persistence in bis pc.
cGliar plan, for setting this vexed question
OF slavery. And hera agsin by the way,
they expose themselves by another instance
OF double dealing hypocrisy. To what tune
have their party organs been grinding, TO
what note have their party jackas been
barking, ever since Gen. Tay lor's naugura.
4 ton Why, that he was an imbecile dotard
! as plant as willow twg in the hands of
has keepers no opioIons Of his own
so tIckled with the trappngs Of official sla.
( iion, that like an eastern Sultan, he was
dreaming away his life in idle repose, leaving
10 hls vlzlers all the burdens Of the Stale.---
! THIS was when it suited their policy, TO rep.
resent h,G ss fool. And no parrot ever
1tried harder 10 reprat the vulgar epithets
rife IN sailor boarding house, than has the
Standlid, To pipe in tune the music OF the
Union " and f" Richmond Enquirer" in
thus representing Gen. Taylor as too stupid
TO have any opinion on any political question.
But now lie has TO be assaed from another
! point Of at'sck-and 10, and behold, the pill
ant tool, hy another turn of the Kaleidoscope
IS converted INTO on obstinate and stubborn
tytnnt. lie nil "contlnue to persist in his
peculiar PLAN
Now, We would be glad to know how this
is an attempt TO forcslaI the action Of Con.
stess - The Constitution requires of the
President, that he shall recommend to the
consideration Of Congress, such measures as
he stall Judge necessary and expedien,."-
In discharge OF his duty, Gen. Taylor did
recommend 10 Congress his peculiar PLAN"
Tor the adjustment Of this question. We are
not discussing the question with reference to
the proprlcty or improperly Of Gen. Tay.
Ior's views. Would these very consistent
and patriotic worthless, that constituted the
Locoioco Sanhedrm lately assembled here,
have Gen, Taylor abandon his views-views,
whether right or wrong, yet no doubt adop.
ted after the most mature and deliberate re.
llectlon-without any change Of mental con.
sictlon, but merely because portion of his
political friends may differ with him in opin.
+ Ion-or because it is though, majority in
Congress differ from him in opinion Let
+ It be borne in mind, and well. pondered on by
the people, that thus is the Locofoco view of
craftsmanship, and of official duty, in North
, Carolina deliberately mstured, and solemn.
! ly put forth in platform of political faith
, mat the President of the Uniten States has
no righ TO "peIsst" in an opinion, which
may be ln conflict with the supposed wishes
of a maj1rity in Congress. For mind you,
reader, the objection TO Gen. Taylor is not
that he is attempting 10 over.nwe or brow.
/. hea, Congress-not that he 10 pros,i,ulina o
4 his official patronage to further his views
but that he "persists" in the opinion, ,ha.
!, his "pecul,ar plan" 10 the best under tho
circumstances. Shades Of our fathers has
1t so soon como to thisl That powerful
i, and numerous faction, so soon after the Coz.
&c summation Of thy glorious labors, should
shameessy nvow such q slavish doctrine
= ). tina, the liberty of opinion, the righ, Of pri
10 vatc Judgment, should be thus held subordi
nate to party allegiance Even il there
we're no practical questions at issue between
the two parties, yet il is such moral depravi
ty as is involved in n sentiment like this
that imposes upon the Wings Of this country
the endless duty, TO eight on, fight ever"
And when, pray. did Locofocoism becom,
tho advocate and defender Of Congrsssiona
independence Is il not notoriously portion
of the history Of the times, that the grea
of question at issue between the two parties 70
~ years-,hat which in fact lies at the founda
tn lion Of all others, ia this one of Executiv
III supremacy on the one hand, and Congress
m, sional freedom on the o,herl The Whig
if have ever insisted upon confining Execu,iv
i'm power within strict Constitutional limit.
nd leaving the Representatives Of the peopl
- free from Presidential influence, whether b
CT. dictation or the appliances Of official patror
age. The Democrats have on the oths