Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-10-28
From The Ohio State Journal.

my ner dUEcllODS, aOu Inc SuFeSt guar
antv of her honor and interest! We
were not prepared for the event, but it
shall not overwhelm US with patriotic
despair, or snatch from our guidance
the ray Of hope which has ever conrin
ued 10 light u foOIs!eP s in the path Of
daiy.
So far as the people can make known
their wishes through the bal OF boxes,
they have signifed their assent TO the
vile scheme OF gerryma9dG ing the State,
which was engendered at the extra ses
sion. 1t is a strange decision but we
cannot assume TO say that there is any
existing remedy, They have decided
that the State shall be represented in
Congress, by the enemies Of o Prolec-
tive Tariff. They have decided TO pass
under the yoke of foreign Pauper and
Southern slave labor! They have de-
,cided that the acquisition Of Texas and
the augmentation Of the slave power Of
the Union, by the Incorporation into our
limits Of five or six Southern States, is
an open question, and entitled 10 our ia
SvOrable conslde ration!
The people OF this State have also
determined in re lerence TO domestic az.
fuirs, that the establishment of a new
Banking system shall not be attempted ;
that no effort shall be made to devise
measures Of relief for the unexampIed
distresses which tho people have borne
so long except whOt appertalns to stay
and appraisement laws; and that the pre-
cent fearful experiment Of hard money
aand no money shall be persisted in until
the end
How has this untoward result been
accomplished By an unnatural con-
junction oftwo hostile interests, whose
bond Of union it would be difficult to de.
.ine, except as the result Of a transient
sentiment of disgust on the part of the
feebIer, because its peculiar dogmas
could not be engrafted at once upon the
creed of the Wing party: By the frat
Ticidal conduct Of the so-called "Third
Party" men, whose coalition with their
most embiIterel foes has heaped imped
imenls 10 the way oftheir own progress,
and who by thus acting have closed up
the avenues which afforded them the on
ly certain prospect Of realizing their
apro(essed objects!
Locolocoism is not 10 the ascendant
by it's own unassi.led, innate power. Ii
has ploughed with our heifer, and we
have been shorn of our locks by the De.
liIah who has been nursed in our bosom
She has betrayed US into the hand5 Of
the Philislinos, to BE- herself treated as
q cast nway aud camp.foIIower, by those
who have used her 10 circumvenG her
rmosI dreaded enemy, A plurality Go.
vernon, Tor two years, and plurality LIE.
rglsIeture, a part Of (which TO- Iso elected
for W years, are the fruits Of This III
starred connection. Sad delusion, that
could thus prompt men 10 act in oppo =
slllon to their " purposes! Fatal un
reason that under the binding influences
Of passion and resentment, (orgets all
the duties which q good citizen yves
90 his country!
But what is there in this result TO
dishearlen the true patriot and the trUe
Whigi lie who wears the hbaare col
Wing principles, is bound eVertto tthe
service Of his country. lie 10 aaldoWed
no relaxation Of %labor-no remission OF
effort, no abatement Of Ardor, ilt0m the
commencement TO tho termination of,his
career OF manhood. II is one Of the
pledges he gives 10 the %tuteler genius Of
the Republic, never to be laUgued por
dismayed in the cause Of Constitutional
Liberty. No mischOuce '1aunts this
soul, or shakes his faith ia the %inteIli-
gonce and patriotism Of tho peOpleGor OF
their ultimate dlscernment between
right aud wrong. lilo fixes his eyes
upon the bright polar-star Of trulh, and
tpursues itwIth unIaIlering Footsteps
Sooner or lator his perseverance, will
be crowned by the abundant rrui!lon o.
his hopes.
Never was the Wing party so strong
before IN the hour Of temporary defeat
We have beon checked, not conquered
Never had we such dhosto Of true hearts
as have suffered and now %sympalhizc
together underthis adverse dispense
Nion het Us swear anew upon the al
HlArs of our countY's good, that we will
mot retire from this battle field, until the
eagles of victory shall perch upon our
STANDARD! Dismiss every unmanly fear
and doubt, Our principles are lmmula
be. Under noue other can internal go,
curily and national prosperity be eslab-
lIsked When the people would VIII
back the welfare aud happiness they
once enjoyed, they will use the agents
and means which the Wing party poin.
to their adoption aud place al their dis
posal, They cannot DO insenslble Il
the wisdom Of our counsels forever, whor
euch fatal issues attend the alternative