Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-12-17
LocoFoce INCONSISTENCY


ruption Of locofoco politicians, and of the
utter incapacity Of their dupcs to distin-
guish between truth & falsehood, principles,
and party, IL can be found, in abundance,
in the past history and present attitude of
that piebald organization, called democra-
cy. Is there a measure once advocated by
the wing party that tho locofocos did not
denouce as infamous in its origin and
ruinons in its tendency Not one And
what has been the fate of those measures
Have they been abandoned as worse than
worthless? So far from it, all, save one,
have been appropriated by the locofoco
party, and claimed as of locofoco origin
Ii is true that, in one or two instances,
they have been modified, but invariably at
the cost of principle and justice. The
distribution of the proceeds of the public
lands equally amongst all the States, as
advocated by the wings, and violently
denounced by the locofocos, has been
modi6ed-corrupted-into distribution
of the lands themselves amongst the new
States, only, the sole consideration being
that those States shall become locofoco
and uphold the party that bribcd them at
the expense of the old States and at the
cost of equal and exact justice This
modification is locofoco all over, but it
yields the constitutional right of Congress
to distribute the proceeds--a right un-
blushingly denied so long as it was earn
estly asserted by the wing party.
! Internal improvements, by the General
Government, is another wing measure upon
which was heaped locofoco denunciation
until their vocabulary of vituperation was
exhausted. Misrepresentation, falsehood,
abuse were the means employed to arouse
public indignation against the monstrous
heresy. And what has become of that
measure? Look at the rivers and harbors
that have been improved, in favored loco
foco localities by locofoco Congress i
Look at the colleges and railroads that
have been built in the new States, by the
federal government, under locofoco rule
Look at the last Message of the present
locofoco President, and read there his
views on the subject of the Pacific rail
road, and you will SEQ what has become of
, this odious wing measured 1t is in full
operation, under the fostering care of the
locofoco party; but like distribution, it
is employed as bride, and without regard
: to that equal justice which wisdom sug.
gests and integrity sanctions and de.
mands.
The tarif-one that shall give protec.
} ton to American interests-is anothe,
whig measure which not only evoked the
vilest epithets that locofoco hate could
devise, but even threatened to sever the
Union. Well, the locofocos have been
almost constantly, in power, and what has
become of this odious whig measure p
The motto of democracy has always been
'frcetrade and sailors rights" Have they
repudated the tariff and established the
system of freetrade? The present tariff
which is a specimen of their bungline
craftsmanship, not only recognises the
wing theory of protection to home indus
= try, but avowedly reduces it t., practice
Like the other measures, however, which
! they have stolen from the wing party, the
tariff has been prostituted to base pur
poses its foreign ad valorem feature
cheats the Government out of half the
revenue and offers premium to importer,
, to become rogues.
The United States Bank, another whie
measure, which gave to the country cur
rency of uniform value and equalizcd ex
changes, the locofoeo party did crush will
. ruthless hand, and substituted the arts
tocratic practice of specie currency foI
. the Government and a paper one for thu
, people, 1t locked up the gold and silveI
. in the Treasury vaults, leaving the people
9 the choice of shin plasters or nothing
and this practice continued until our rulers
resolved to put the specie in circulation
by squandering it, and when the Treasury
= was emptied, then Government paper was
ssued-a crude imitation of Nationa
Bank without one of its valuable features
Z Whether this movement will lead to tn,
h establishment of the u. 8. Bank, n,
h one can now tell for the party in power
without any fixed principles, shapes it
course with the sole view of catching tn
T. popular breeze, and should it blow in tina
f direction, such Bank will be established
8 and the idea claimed as new and original