The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-01-26
THE REPIU BLIC.
WASHINGTON:
SATURDAY MORNING. JANUARY 90. 1850
The Loeofooos and the Aboiitionists.

The Locofocos and the Abolitionists.
The sole organ of the Democracy wishes
to know who are the Abolitionists. The
sole organ ought to know, for it has been
consorting and cooperating with them for
the last nine months in Bitter-end oppo-
sition to President TAYLOR. The Adolf
tionists are neither WHIcs nor the friends
of Wines. They have always labored to
defeat the WIG candidates in the north
ern States. They defeated Mr.. CLAY in
1874; they did their best TO defeat Cen
eral TAYLOR in 1849. The WHIcs have
always been denounced by them; and
they are to this moment denounced by
them. The VINES have always refused
to join hands or enter into any combina-
tons with them, for the purpose of secur-
ing political power. The Democrats have
always been ready to make bargain with
them, both before the people and in Con-
gress. By these bargains, they have re-
turned large number of Aboltionists to
Congress. By these bargains, they have
sought, at the present session of Congress,
to make WILLIAM J. BRowN Speaker Of
the House of Representatives.
These bargains between the Abolition
lists and Locofocos made SALMON P.
CHASE, of Ohio, Senator of the United
States. They made CHAUNcEY F. CLEvE-
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
Democratic triumph.
Upon the success of this Democratic
and Abolition union in Connecticut, the
Abolitionists in the city of New York
swallowed up the Democratic party, in the
attempt to elect MYNDERr VAN ScHArcK
to the Mayoralty. The Union encouraged
and applauded the coalition-and the
WHIGs defeated it. About the same time,
the Abolitionists and Democrats of Wis
consin perfected an union, under the name
Of the CAss and VAN buren, Democrats
in order, as the Wisconsin Daily informs
us, to s'secure Democratic majority alike
impregnable to the efforts and seductions
Of the Taylor Administration"
Soon after, the Abolitionists and Loco
focos Of VERMONT met in separate con-
ventions at Montpelier. The Democracy
forthwith closed the sittings of their con-
vention, and marched off with flying colors
into the camp of the Abolitionists. They
nominated full-blooded Abolition ticket
for State officers, and were, as usual, OPP
posed and defeated by the Who's.
Not long after, the union was effected
in the State of New York between the
Abolitionists and Locofocos, through the
agency of their committees and conven-
tons. The combination was opposed by
the WHrGS~and encouraged and rejoiced
over by the Bitter Enders, North and
South. The Union has been all along
playing into the hands of these factious
combinations, and encouraging those ef-
forts Of the Abolitionists to break down
General TAYLOR. Hence its attacks upon
Mr.. CLAYTON for refusing, in accordance
with established usage, a passport to free
colored man. Hence its shouts of triumph
over every defeat of the Wuics that has
been brought about by these base and
miserable coalitions. The WHIGs of the
North have always secuted these coalitions
with scorn and contempt. They have
preferred to be beaten in fair fight on
national grounds, rather than TO sully or
soil the nationality of their creed and po-
sition by any of those combinations with
men of mischievous and dangerous prin-
ciples.
Look at recent events. The WHcs
might have elected Speaker Of the House
at any moment by concessions TO the Abo-
litionists. Mr.. WINTHROP rejected those
concessions when they were demanded by
Mr.. PALFREY. II was well understood
that he was as little accessible to them
when he was candidate for reelection.
The Democrats had no such scruples.
They were willing TO trade with the Abo-
Iitionists, and they made bargain--a
base, underhand, disgaceful bargain
the inception Of which covered its authors
with a "load Of obloquy," from which
they were not saved because the WHrcs
prevented its contamination. And if any
thing were wanting TO show that the
WHrc people Of Massachusetts,, as well as