Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-01-23
From the Cincinnati Commercial
The Locofoco PARTY in the House

We are daily called upon to admire the com.
pactness of the Democracy" in the House of
Representatives of the United States, in resisting
the organization of that body-qualities which,
we are Informed, are the consequences of the
lasting and interchangeable nature of the Demo-
cratic party itself; and having thus had our GU
riosity excited, as well as our admiration, we
have been led to look little into the title set up
to the proprietorship of so extraordinary an in
specimen of the whole, take glance at the "De-
mocracy" in the House of Representatives.
''The Glorious Seventy four" which continues
to vote for Richardson for the Office of Speaker,
have too often been the subject of elaborate and
indescriminate eulogy by the press In the inter-
est Of the President and too often been cited as
the embodiment of the essential qualities of the
Democracy, to permit us to doubt that they con-
stitute a far better than average specimen of the
party. They present, therefore, subject of a
nalysis so fair that no one-no Democrat, at
least-has the right to complain; and we shall,
doubtless, receive the thanks of many gentleman
of the party for exhibiting the foundation upon
which the structure of praise so elaborate has
been erected. To begin:
Messrs. Stephens of Georgia, and Clingman of
North Carolina, are two of the most inveterate
Wings in the Union and never, for a moment,
hesitate to express their hatred and contempt
for Democracy-its principles equally with its
practices. Their votes are given to Richardson
solely because he is a pro-slayery candidate. Ca
ruthers and Oliver of Missouri were both Wings
until the passage Of the Nebraska bill. Their
support of Richardson is upon pro-slavery ground
alone. In the same position is Mr. Talbot of
Kentucky. Mr.. Seward of Georgia, was Wing
up to 1882 and signalized his conversion to De-
mocracy by voting for Mr.. Pierce, because he
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Bowie and Stewart of Maryland are both indie.
pendant Wings, whose votes for Richardson are
given avowedly for pro-slavery reasons. Mr..
Cadwalader of Pennsylvania is an old Wing, and
was for many years Attorney ofthe United States
Bank. Boyce, Aiken, Keitt and Mcqueen of
South Carolina are all nullifers of the Calhoun
School--men, who on the stump at home, strong
ly urge the consolidation of all the factions of
the South into pro-slavery party, and who talk
of the dissolution of the Union as an event rather
desirable than otherwise. They Cd for the Union
just now, it is true, because the Pierce Democra-
cy offer to come up to all that Calhoun demand
ed. Quitman is the disunion Ex-Governor of
Mississippi, who would have little hesitation to
lead party Of fillibusters against the Union
He is however, Just now, intensely national, like
the gentleman from South Carolina, and for a
similar reason. Evens Of Texas is Know Noth-
ing Wing: Faulkner of Virginia, a Wing; Short
er of Alabama, regular fre-eating Wing; Smith
of Virginia aKnow-Nothing Democrat Kelly of
New York, and Rarkley and Hickman of Pensyl-
vania, were elected as anti.N Nebraska Democrats
and Fuller of Maine, and Wells Of Wisconsin,
were elected as anti-Nebraska Democrats
Here are twenty-three out of the glorious sew
enty-four whose record needs a thorough re-
vision, in order to constitute them members of
that interchangeable Democracy, whose staunchness
in preventing the organization of Congress is so
much commended by our contemporaries. Com.
ment upon this state of things is unnecessary.