Lewistown Gazette

Locofoco Galphinizing!

The public lands given by the present session of Congress to various contemplated improvements, reach the enormous sum of thirty-eight million, five hundred thousand acres! -equal to about forty-seven millions of dollars! The Congress which thus squanders away millions, while at the same time it is passing resolutions of censure on General Taylor and his cabinet for paying just claims with interest to a few revolutionary patriots, is locofoco in both houses. But there is nothing astonishing in all this to any one who has observed the course pursued by that party for years. Its adherents can raise a great outcry against the expenditure of a few dollars when made by whigs, but if millions are thrown away or quietly fobbed by some good locofoco, there is not a word said-no howls raised-no crocodile tears shed!

Our neighbor says it is a great misfortune that his party has been too much in the habit of healing dissensions by coaxing into it and rewarding turncoats and renegades, instead of kicking them out. Considering that fully one-half of the locofoco party is composed of turncoats and renegades, we suspect it would be somewhat of a job to perform the latter operation. If commenced, however, we would recommend the Democrat to begin kicking out the gentleman referred to in the following paragraph from the Pennsylvanian, written by the "talented Forney"

"General Cameron, while pretending to be a Democrat, is exerting himself in every quarter of the State, with unscrupulous energy and industry either to secure his friends upon the respective legislative tickets, or failing in that, to defeat those who are known to be devoted to the well-known principles and usages of the party."

After kicking Simon out, they can turn round and kick out some of the "small fry."

The Democrat alleges it has "gratifying intelligence" from other portions of the district, that free trade Parker will receive a handsome increase over his former vote. That gratifying intelligence will not last long. Parker's free trade notions are by no means relished in Centre county, and it is admitted all round that he cannot expect to get the same vote in this and Juniata he did two years ago. On the contrary he will lose in both ; and if the whigs make any show of strength at all, Centre, Mifflin and Juniata will not give Parker more than 8 or 900 majority, or 1000 at the outside, while Blair and Huntingdon will easily give Dr. McCulloch 11 or 1200 ! Stick a pin there, neighbor.