FROM A POLITICAL cATEcHTsM.
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Question. Pray, sir, what politics dc
you profess?


Answer. Sir, am democrat.


Q. Ia what does your democracy con.
sst?


A. To be call things Fat timesl to all
men," To advocate the establishment and
utility of a national bank in 1916, and to re-
pudiate it in 1928. TO oppose sub-Treas-
ury in 1884, and to laud it to the skies in
1887. To advocate the democracy of
August and September, 1887, as then de
clared and expounded by the Albany and
New York republican committee, and TO
advocate what it was declaredand expound-
ed TO be by the republican committees in
December, 1887, after the Locofocos (which
were till then the taiL-eRd Of all parties, as
pronounced by The Globe and Argus.) were
ADMITTED into our ranks.


Q. What, then, is your definition of a
Locofocu?


A. The present definition is equivalent to
democrat. Before this was found out bv
Van Bnren to be the case, we called them
Agrarians, Fanny Wright-men InfideIs, Ra-
deals, hour-barreI party, &C., but Mr. Ming
and Mr. Slamm, and their associates, salts
fed Mr. Van Buren, they we're the true
Democratic party, and, therefore, the Com
servatives were turned out of the party.


Q. What do you mean by CenseruG-
tires.


A. Imenn party that supported Van
Buren, for President, through thick and thin,
and afterward would not obey his orders to
support the snb-Treasury system.


Q. What do you mean by sub Treasury
system?


A. mean system that would concen-
trate the whole money power with the
sword, in The hands OF the Executive. and
ruin all The banks-a power that would en-
able the Executive TO accumulate patron
age and power to an extent that would per-
petnate him and as in office.


Q. | thougt that the Constitution cave
Congress the power of regulating the Treas
lr,? -


A. So It did, accorling to its ancient con-
'lrucilnn, but we have found shorter wuy,
hat IS, ''io cOnstrue the Constitution as we
understand it," And surely the pa ~ can
'nly understand it in such a manner as i,
hall answer best the good of the party.
Ask MIR Butler--lhe former, | mean the
'reSeHt Attorney General of the United
States till September-whother this Is M,
ne true definition and Mr. Butler is certain.
The best expounder Of the constitutional
Nv we have ever had in the country.


z. Is then the Constitution to be 80 CON
irueds TO snbserve only the interest of ate
artyp


A. Certainly. i