Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-09-19

The OLIYE-BRANCH.-It would be amusing,
were it not rather calculated to inspire disdain,
TO note the change that has scome o'er the spirit
Of the dream of the locofocos, in regard to
those whom they now term Old Line lFhigs--
Up to the period of the election in 1904, the
word ,rhig was the locofoco synonyme of every
abomination in the eyes cf the patent democ-
racy. The pro- OsitiOn, "a whlg can do no
right" had attained with them credit almost
equal TO that of its English converse, FSThe
King can do no wrong''-both being, in fact,
founded upon the same species of facetlous
fiction. Locofoco organs and organ-grlnders
have, for years past, vilificd whig statesmen
with the rancor Of undying hate have decried
whig measures with the blind bigotry Of party
fury; have denounced tie rank and file of the
Wing party, with all the slang of thai peculiar
vocabulary which seems to have been invent
ed by, or for them.
Suddenly, in the twnkling of an eye, the
scene is shifted. The same actors stalk upon
the boards as before, but new prompter is
furnishing the cue. The black looks, the frown-
ing brows, the scornfui lips have disappeared,
and smiles, as ''sweet rs SUMNER" take their
pilSc. AZ iiiE GdSCY lOO, Vi AliSSC o1usS-
faced performers, is alteration quite Us
m lrked The threat, the gibe, the insult are
wanting, but instead, honeyed words, and stu
died compliments. Unasked even, they swal-
lew their ong-deiended SANDERS, and with a
better grace, too, than that Of ancient Pistol.
when devouring his leek. The names they
have tried to cover with shame and obloquy,
h,ly in and ",
love. The men whom they so vainly stroye
to drive unhonored to the grave, have now be-
come, in their esteem, the pride and glory of
our land.
Had the locofoco party the fantest claim TO
consistency; had it ever relied for success up
OF the intrinsic worth of its principles, or up
on t,ie integrity OF its organization, it might
be difficult TO comprehend this change of front.
But when we remember, how in 1874 this We
ry party courted the Aboltiouists for thc pur-
pose of defeating Henry Clay: how in IS1S, it
suppicated Gen. Taylor TO suffer it to fight un-
der his cver-victorious flag how in 1851, it
made bargain and sale with the Native
Americans, and profited thereby; and how, in
1851, it abandoned the NativeS, and took to the
Catholics and foreign population, not profiting
greatly thereby, when we recall these facts, it
can scarcely be matter for wonder, to find it in
1855, imploring the Wings to save it from i'm
pending annililation, to lend some aid in its
fioundering struggles through the slough of
De.pond.
If the expectations Of this metamorphosed
parts from the solicited alliance of the Wings,
are equal to its CERTAIN necessities, We are sor
~ for its fate. 1t must really be panful-for
the Whigs,-to be compelled to reject over
lures so affectionatcly and so earnestly urged.
1t is not a pleasant task to thrust back the
hand of proGered friendship, even when we
know it is rendered in mercenary spirit. Nor
is ii especially grateful to our feelings to de-
clare, what We deem but the simple trath, that
the perfidy which is an innate principle Of loco
fccoisnn. can never fnd a resting place in the
tents of the ola Liae Whigs.
1t may be only courteous to our locofo-
CO friends, 10 hint at q very few of the
motives which will at present impel the Wings
to dechne any connection with them whatso-
ever. These motives are numerous rs the va
rous topics OF political discussion in our land,
but i small portion will serve to show how
widely drawn are the lines which sever the
proposed contracting parties.
We assert, therefore, that the Wings viii!
not unite with the locofocos,
Bscdase the Wings have lively remem-
| brance of the wrongs they have sustained at
the hands of the locoiocOs:
Because the Wings hold the locofocos to be
utterly perfiious, and certain TO violate, the
moment the occasion demanded it, any COM
duce them to enter into:
Because the Wings look with horror upon
the degrading attitude of the locofocos tow
ards their Southren masters, and have no wish
to participate in their scrvitude:
Becaase the Wings will never recognize as
| legal, just, that monument OF locofoco peril
| dy, the repeal of the Missouri Compromise
| Because the Wings decline TO avow them
selves confederates, under orders from Wash
| ington, of Atchinson, Stringfelow 4 Co.:
Because the Wings do not wish to share in
| the glories achieved by locofoco diplomacy, at
the Courts of Madrid, Ostend and elsewhere
Because the Wings want none of the laurels
reaped by the locofocos in the celebrated war
against Greytown:
Because the Wings cannot endorse the acts
of any locofoco, with whose acts they are un-
acquainted:
Bsccuse the Wings do not think That the To-
cofoco party, never worthy of respect in its
hour OF power, has any sort of claim to their
laid and comfort in the time of its decay
and dissolution; and
Because the Wings can imagine no greater
evil to their country than tha restnrafinn of