Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-04-08


ing the British market for the rice Of
the slave states. We do not find fault
with these remonslrances or with this
enlargement; bu, wa denv that the
Government OF ine United States has
any right 10 assert the unconstitutional
principle, tha men are properly in any
negotiation win foreign; still less
can we consent that such negotiations
should be pressed 10 the neglect and
prejudice Of important interests Of free
states. Thus has the Slave Power par
aiyz7d and made Intellectual, except for
lts own purposes, our negotiations with
the leading power Of Europe.
In 1886 a surplus Of thirty elk mill
iloCs was asCerained 10 exist in tho ma
tional treasury, and Congress passed an
act for It's distribution among The states
according to the partial and unjust rule
already mentioned, 10 our comments on
the distribution Of The proceeds Of the
public Iands
ln The same year the Florida war cum
me1ced. This war had rs origin in
the aggressons Of the whites upon the
Indians, IN attempts to recapture the
slaves, who we alleged 10 have taken
refuge among them. The number Of
these lugrtlyes was said 10 be about FIVE
hundred ln 1887 an arrangement for
peace was conc uded, but The war was
soon after renewed, because he arrange
menl DID not supulate for the surrender
ol the 'ugrlves claimed, many Of whom
had ntermafrcd with the indians New
circumstances Of alrocIly marked The
renewal Of the war. Boodhounds we're
imported from Cuba, as fit auxi aries OF
American troops. Oceo.a, the gallant
chief Of a fallen race, was decoyed
within be power Of an American Gener.
A, Onder a aag Of truce and then
treacherousIy made prisoner. This
war or rather ave hunt, is not vet end.
cd. It has been prosecuted at a cost Of
forty nil ions oil dDIars. The last in.
sta msnt Of The surp US revenue. amour.
ting 10 81 0J000O yet remains unpaid
70 the olales, These $4,000 600, and
So UU0 900 more have been sunk in
the swamps OF Florida, for the Ignobs
and unconstitutional purpose. of reduc.
ing 500 unfortunate persons 10 bondage.
And whose was the money thus shame.
iu J squanderedl Whose was the ar
my thus dIsnonorabIy empoyed7-
" hose was he flag, renowned on every
sea and every shore, dsgracefuly float
Ing over b.oo50ounds and men, in COM
mon pursuit Of negroes and savagesl-
1t was the money-It was the army it
was the flag OF the people the United
States. Thus mas the Save power pros.
ttuted the energies and resources ofthe
nation TO the vlIesl purposes, without
constitutional authority.
Bot why multiply these aclsI Why
remind you OF the vast amounts Of Tho
products Of free labor, sent down your
great river, year alter year, aud Of the
failures to obtain payment for these pro-
ducts, which have ruined so many deserv.
wing and industrious men and imbover-
ished so many more' OF the dlshonor.
able submission ofour Legislature TO the
demands OF the slave power in the enact.
ment Of the black act of 1899? OF the
recent mob in The chief city Of Ohio, aid.
ed and encouraged, if not planned and
lnstigaIed by IawIess citizens Of an ad
Joining slave state9 OF The insulting
language used towards your Supreme
judiciary, because they have asserted
the supremacy OF the Constitution of
OHIO on the soil of Ohio!
We ask you, fellow citizens, TO acquaint
yourselves fully with the details and
particulars belonging 10 the topics which
we have briefly touched, and we do no,
doubt that you will concur with US in
believing that THE HONOR, THE WELFARE
! THE SAFETY of our country mperi-
ously require The AB.oLUTE AND UYoUAL.
IFIED DIVORCE OF THE GOVERNMENT FROM
sLAvERY
This IS the great object of our efforts
We believe that our national constitution
affords no sanction to The doctrine that
nan can hold property in man. We be-
ieve that its only safe refuge, from uni =
versal dlsavowaI and reputation, is in
The constitutions Of the seperale states
which admit and sanction 1t. We be-
lIeve that neither the domestic nor for.
eign policy Of the government will be
permanently settled, so as TO secure
steady and adequate rewards to free labor,
until slavery shall he confined within
the limits of those states and the general
government be delivered from the control
Of the slave power.
We would therefore withdraw The sup,
port of national legislation and negotla'
ton from the system Of slavery.
We wouIdenforce the just and consli.
honal rule that slavery is The creature of
local law, and cannot be extended be-
yond the limits Of the state in which it
exists.