Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-09-29
a false issue,
Loco Central COMMITTEES
Address.

CommiHee," as if they were ashamed to
(ather their own production, by giving
their real names! The paper referred
10 is written with affected moderation,
and with seine tact. In various passa
ges, however, the "~cIoven foot" Of Lo-
~cofocoism sticks out prominently. 10
a portion o ftheSe passages we shall d.
rect the readers attention.
The writer or writer's Of the "address'
set out with the usaa declaration Of
"d$tidence,' and, indeed, no n will
doubt the "difidence" Of the said Gen
trail Committee" if it be true, as they
assert, 'lhal a system Of civil govern
mem more priceless than the treasures
Of 4ndis is to be sustained by our
(ther) e6ortom Heaven, protect US, If
the government rests soleiy upon the
tefoIts' Of the aameleSS Central Com
mltteem But not to dwell upon the pre-
lminaries of the address, let US exam
inc briefly its most eXtravagant posi-
tons. And first, me Central commit
tee graveIy Tell the people Of Carroll
county, that THE enemies of Liberty
are ever vigiIant-eve active" Now,
we beg leave 10 enquire, who are the
: enemies OF Liberty IN Carroll coun-
ty? Does The Loco'oco committee mean
to assert, that the W nigs of this county
are The enemies Of LiberlyP Beyond
doubt, they mean to insinuale that very
thing; and, in so doing, their cery hrcdts
lie! Bot we leave it to the Wings to
defend themselves, as they asSuredIy
will, against so foul and false a charge,
at the battle Of the ballot. box, on the I'd
Tuesday Of October,
The address proceeds to set forth in
detail the questions which the people
are called upon TO decide; and first, in
order, IS the resignation of the Wing
members Of the late Legislature. The
will Of the majority it is alleged, has
been set al naught, and the Government
of our own State thrown back to the or
iginal elements Of Society," Both these
propositions are untrue. No one who
regards the truth will maintain that
a mOjorily Of the people Of Ohio are
in favor Of Gerrymanderiag the STATE
for the benefit oil aspirants 10 seats IN
Congress; nor is it true that tn" Staio
Government is thrown back into is ORR
ginal elements. On this subject, ONO
and Pennsylvania are placed (no matter
by what means) in the very same condi.
ton; and we have yet 10 hear the first
Locofoco contend, that the government
Of Pennsylvania is thrown back 10 the
original elements Of society II the
government of Ohio is al end as the
Central committed IudicrousIy assert,
why have we not heard calls Tor a Con.
ventIon Of the people TO form a new
government? The truth is, all these
ieremiads, here and elsewhere, about
the 'end Of civil government-this e.
rprnal cry Of mad deg is merely inIen-
ded 10 divert the attention Of the peo-
pie from the gross enormilies OF the Lo'
coioco bill 10 G~etrymdHder The State
by which the Constitution, law, justice,
honor, equal rights, and all that is dear
to rreemen, were to be trodden under
foot, for the sole purpose Of elevat'ng a
few master spirits Of Loco(ocoism.
The Central committee next pass to
the subject OF the currency. They say,
we have a sound currency and wish to
keep it So What an insult TO common
sense! AT a time when not one man in
twenty has currency enough to pay
his taxes TO the State, the people are
told we have a sound currency! If 1.-THE
scarcity Of money is evidence oil It's
soundness, truly we have a sound cur
rency' But, if things are 10 be kept ia
their present situation i the banks are
not TO be r~e-charlered and ncne others
created, as The argumen. Of the address
would seem TO imply, we cannot expect
long to hear even the sound OF cur
rency, Upon this topic the committee
have studied uncommon breVIly. They
ssy no a word about The bank OF Gain.
+ polls, the Bank OF SteubenVille, or any
other Of that batch Of broken banks, set
m foot soon after the suspension OF 81,
} by The PrOcl0mdtioaS of Wilson ShdR'
non.
Next in order, the Central committee
breach the subject Of e%lecting a United
States Senator. The future, say they,
is pregnant with mighry events there.
fore, we suppose, BIZ Allen should be
ro.eIected United States Senator, so
: that he may vote for a Repeal of The
. Thrift as he did against It's enactment!
Surely the people will not forget 'PeM
coat Aitea' when they come to make
J up their minds how to vote!
a This authors of the 'address' hecom'