Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-10-07

, sion, who can conceive that we haV'
questions Of great aud vital interest
which Immediately affect ourselves Il
determine, before we shall be fully u
liberty 10 launch forth upon crusades II
favor Of abstract schemes oil unlVersa
emancipation.
Policy aud Patriotism, like charity
have their claims upon US at home LIE
the State be rescued from the hands o
the !eslrucliyes-le US again get into
the the path which leads TO prosperity
and happiness, and perchance we may
have more leisure and disposition tc
brood over the plans Of humanity and
philanthropy.
To candid and rejecting men who
have been induced TO lend their counie'
marco 10 the o~stensibIe objects Of the
"Iiberiy party" we recommend TO the
consideration OF The calm good sense and
real sagacity, which distinguish the fol
lowing letter:
TO my FellOO Citizens Of Hamilton 60.
Having been nominated as a candidate
for the State Legislature, by a respecIa
BILE convention which met at Mt. Pleas
aul, on the 4th Of July last, called the
Liberty party, and being unwilling to
be placedin any position, which might,
by any possibility, prevent the accom-.
pIishment Of good, | wish to make it
Known through the medium Of this pa
per that / am not q candidate for any
office whatever.
wish also to state, that / regard the
influence OF the slave power as danger
Gus TO the liberty and happiness Of my
country, and among other great evils,
its influence has procured the passage Of
avs in our own State, which are a dis
grace and a ~teproach 10 a free people,
and at war with the spirit d letter Of the
Constitution, especially the article which
declares and defines the fundamental
principles Of a republican government.
10 the 18th section Of that article it is
declared that a frequent recurrence 10
the fundamental principles Of civil gov
eminent, is absolutely necessary TO pre-.
serve the blessings of Liberty. These
principles are beautifully set forth in
the Bill OF rights and the Declaration
Of lndependence-drawn up by our Fla
theirs of the Revolution, and | have ev-
err, from my boyhood. cherished the most
sacred regard for the truth contained in
the Declaration. that men are born free
and equal, and have certain natural, in
herent, and inaIienable rights, among
which are life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness, &c. But there has sprung
up in this, our day, a set Of brawIing
politicians, who deny, r~epudiale, and
seek TO trample beneath their feet, these
and Other sacred privileges, which lie
at the foundation OCciVil and religious
liberty. See, for instance, the law
which disquaIifes a co!ored person from
lestiGying in any case, where a white
man is party-the law which deprives
a person claimed as a slave, Of the light
Of trial by jury "a right which belongs
10 every human being whose life, liber
~ or property TO any considerable a.
noun is conceVned.) These, and 9th.
err laws 10 be found ia our State, should
bring the blush Of shame upon the
cheek ofevery man who has the least
regard for the rights of man. For,
holding a strict regard for these princi
pies, andibeIieving as 4 do, that every
man has, right to speak, print and pro.
muIgate his opinions, being liable for
the abuse Oftthat Iiberty,l suppose am
a 'llberty man. In Withdrawing my
name as a candidate surrender noprin
cipIe, and make no compromise with
unfruilful works OF darkness. | .wonId
say further, believingit unwise now 10
have "a third party in Ohio, that, for
the present 4 shall act with the great
Wing party, as heretofore; believing
that they will save the couOtry from a
Of ,wretchedness and ruin, 10 the
verge of which NAL administration has
brought US.
WM GARY.
Cincinnati, Sept, IL, 1S42,