New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-04
The Loco.Foco Nomination.

...ommodate the Loco-Foco Convention, which
meets at Baltimore to-day. And thther has there
h.sn general Hegra Of the politicians, great and
,nau. OF course, everything Of lesser interest has
teep swallowed by the prevailing, all-sbsorb-
inc question of the Presidency. Before this is pub
r.bed YOU will probably have learned the result
If tbe Convention which holds the destinies of
candidates without number in its hands.
A powerful attempt will be made by a large frac-
Eop Of the Convention to inaugurate new era IN
Aha history of the Loco-Foco party. The party
.of Progress and DOUGLAS, whether destined to be
successful or unsuccessful, has our sympathles. II
DouGIAs is nominated, we shall be inclined to re-
,ret the circumstance, because it involves the de-
feat of the Loco-Foco party under the most favor
able auspices in which it can appear before the
country. With CAss or BUCHANAN as the can
didate, it would afford us nothing but unalloyed
pleasure to see the party get sound drubbing-
Those men are the symbols of an efiete dynasty,
and the type of political mposture as vast as
the sway of the Democratic idea in this country
They are specimens of the fossil remains of
spurious Democracy, the representatives, OF pre-
tentious sham of genuine progress and liberalism,
who deserve no better fate than to be cast down
and trodden under foot Oflnen. If the organization
that controls the SO called Democratic party OF
This country proposes to itself no higher or nobler
end, than to serve as IA wretched jackal and
tender to the power within the party, that has but
a single idea, and single interest, (which would
be its chief mission under an "Old Fogy' leadl
and that mean morcenary, and degrading one
The sooner it is tumbled down about the ears OF
those selfconsering souls who use 1t at once as a
shelter for equity conservatism, and lure by which
10 cntrap the ingenious democratic spirit of the
country as it rises into manhood in our midst or IS
csst upon our shores from foreign lands; the
sooner such an organization is tumbcd about the
ears of those who would uphold it, we say, the
better
II could not hope to stand under the lead OF the
sod Fogies" of the party. The genuine Demo
c,ntic spirit within that se-styled "Demscratic"
organization would revolt, and leave it to die and
6I TO pieces like human body bereit of its soul.
Existing Loco-Focoisni is bad enough at the best.
lis present attempts to slough off ITS old coat IN
the guise of its old leaders, is evidence that ne
cessity for its regeneration is deeply felt by the
informing spirit of the party. We applaud its eff
forts, and sympathzc with the struggles OF those
who would inise vitaIityiuto its iossierous forms
aud strive to rejuvenate its mOss-grown trunk and
branches by judicious system OF budding and
grating from the fiesh-grown and thrifty scions
that the exuberant soil of the wide field of genuine
American Democracy perpetually presents. The
fact that the amount of democracy IN the Dem
ocntic party" just at this particular time, is
mighty small. That party is, to great extent,
the very embodiment of Ilunkerism and ConseTa-
tsm. Indeed we feel ashamed for the un-demo-
cIatic character and tendencies of the Loco-Foco
party. We have got in power one OF the most
.hgh.toned, conservative, or Federal " Admins
tatlons that the country has had during the pres
ent generation and il sfnds chief adjunct and
supporter in numerous influences and individuals
within the Loco Foco ranks. We find that party
cooperating with the trading interests, the money
power the commercial circles of the great cities,
as well of various other parts OF the country, IN
support Of its high-toned doctrines OF CONSTRUCTIVE
treason, and its exceeding lOw-toned notions to-
ward the efforts of struggling patriots in other
lands.
We trust things Will be improved in the
"Dcmocratic party under the lead OF Dung
America" even if they get no further at present
than to nominate candidate; but We utterly
despair Of that parry il they get one of the
"Old Fogies" for standard-beTer. We really
consider that the essential difference 10 principle
between Mr.. CAS-, Mr.. BUCHANAN, Mr.. FILLMORE,
Ar. WEBSTER, ami dozen other llunkers on one
sde and the other whom We could name, Is an
inhnitesimal quantity, not to be measured by any
Instruments or weighed by any standards within
our knowledge. MIR. HUMPHREY MARSHALL and
other lbustienng gentlemen make great account Of
Their notion that the Wing party is pre6m:nently
conservative" aud thus think they should be
careful not to LET :he party get out of MIR.
iuINoRE's or Mr.. WEBsTER'S hands, and fall in
70 the control Of spch radicals support General
SeoTT.
Such too, are The sentiments Of that most
Truthful patriotic, sc sacrificing j)urnal, called
IAe AeW- York Express. But such are not the
sentiments of the members of the living, active
PORTION OF the Wing party. That party has sons
uns else aud thing no5ler 10 DO than simply
20 eoRSerre either ideas or institutions that in
ouect conflict with the spirit OF the age or the
xnsnds Of the great doctrine ofuniversa freedom.
while 1t viii fulfill all its duties and recognize
every constitutional obligation resting upon its
members, as loyal citizens Of common Govern
.4en', II VIII yet detemnedly refuse to be made
."e oilnd instrument and tool Of a preudiced and
-pS'ouS snstOcney, either Of commercial wealth
P'edai labor. This is doctrine that the De-
"0eissy Of the Wing party will stand by, whether
VAC democracy Of Loco. Fscoism deserts it OF not.