Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-01-30
s. b. RosT, EDIron AND PrornInron.
cLKARF1Eno, PA, JANUARY so. 1856.
.sWEsr1s TO BE poHE1

ssShall we have united opposition to Loco
Focoism in Pennsylvania at the next Cover
nor's Election Or are we to have that oppO-
sition divided and split up into two, three or
four distinct organizations :. If SO, there might
az we'll be no contest, because Loco FoeoIsm
must, of course, triumph under such cITcum-
stances, though against united opposition it
would find itself in a large minority
ssWhat is TO be done to avoid throwing away
the State into the power o. the Loco Foco
party Plain, ansophisticated, common sense
would, if permitted, soon answer the inquiry,
and settle ali doubts. Let there be union for
the sake of the Union. Let each faction or
fragment agree to drop, for the time being, SO
much of its peculiar creed as is Objectionable
TO another, and unite as best they can in one
common opposition to the Loco Focos. Let
this be done, and success viii be certain.
ssMay we not hope for some joint effort of
this kind from the opposition members at Har-
risburg2 Let them set their wits to work, and
at least try to bring about State organization
in which all opposed to the LOcofoco party can
consistently unite. 1t is worth at least a trial,
and we look, with confidence, for the initiation
of such movement by them.''
We clip tho above from the Philadelphia
Daily Nerrs, and cannot refrain from reitera-
ting the hope that union of all the opponents
of the present National Administration may
be speedily effected /; and to this end a spirit
of conciliation should be exercised, not by
portion. but by all. There seems, at present,
to be good feeling among the mass of those
opposed TO the Pierce dynasty, which requires
only proper encouragement TO result in their
concentration upon one common platform
yet, at the same time, there are those who,
having points of their own to gain, are pre-
venting, unwittingly it may be, union of for
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ticular attitude which they may have hereto
fore assumed, though its REIMBURSEMENT would
by no means compromise general principles.
We trust, however, that they will become i'm
pressed with the necessity of doing so without
delay. We are not able to say whether the
Ne,rs was cognizant Of the fact or not, that ga
joint effort" was made by ssthe opposition
members at Harrisburg but such, it would
seem, is the case. The American and Repub-
ican members, at their caucus meeting for Sc
lecting a candidate for U. S. Senator, adopted
the following as basis of operations =
s.Ist. That we are opposed to the admission
of any new Slave States into this Union
therefore,
ss2nd. That Kansas and Nebraska should on
ly be admitted into the sisterhood as Free
States.
s.3rd That we arc opposed to political Ro-
manism, or the interference of any foreign ec-
clesastical establishment with the political
affairs of our country.
ss4th. That the naturalization laws ought to
be SO modified as to correct the evils which
the present system entails on the country, and
that rigid measures should be taken to pre-
vent the importation of foreign paupers and
convicts."
Public sentiment is convsrging to point
and the indications ara that it will settle upon
something like the above. The position ia
ken by the. President in his last annual, as well
as his recent special message, (the substance
of which latter viii be found in another por-
tion of to-day's paper,) viii do much to facil-
itate a union of the opposition in the Free
States, upon such basis.