A WORD TO THE WHIGS.
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1t is now apparent that the Locofocos have
made up their minds to unite upon Mr.. Polk, and
make desperate effort to recover the power they
have lost, and we therefore take occasion to warn
the Wings of the Union against being lulled into
security or supineness by the suppostion that
MIR. Polk is mere man of straw.


Mr.. Calhoun truly characterized the party to
which he afterwards reattached himself, when he
said that it was held toge her by the cohesive


power of punder" Such is the bond that ever


has and ever will unite it. The intensity of their


love OF power and :" the spoils," is such, that,
qnarrel as they may among themselves for these,
when the contest comes on between them and
the Wings, no matter who their leader NAV be-,
or what eminent men may have been sacrificed
by him and his immediate friends to clear his
way to the post of leadership, once there, they
unite as cordially as if he were the rjghlfu heir,
and there had been no division or diversity of
opinion in regard to the succession. In monarch
lcal countries, it matters not whether wise man
or fool, military chieftain or man devoid of
military knowledge, fills the throne, the people
are equally loyal and submissive and thus it is
with the Locofocos, or, if they prefer to be SO
styled, the Democracy, of this country. Let any
man be nomnated-statesman honest man, knave,
or fool-whether by fair means or foul, is all one
to them, and he is, for the time being, the embo
dment of their party; the King or Queen is,
in monarchcal Government, the embodiment of
the sovereignty, and the object of the love and
devotion of good and loyal subjects.


The nomination of James X. Polk as candi-
date for President of the United States, was re-
ceiVed with laugh of dersion throughout the
united States, even by the party by whom he
was nominated. So ncredulous indeed, were
the sensible men of the party in the interior, that
upon hrst hearing its annuncia,ion, they declared
it hoax-"a Wing lie )" they did not believe it
possible the Convention could have been so re.
gardess of the great interests Of the country and
of the dignity Of the station, as to nominate SO
Insignificant man-one Of whom many of them
had never heard at all, and others only as the
twice-defeated candidate for Governor in his own