Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-10-07
TO the Independent Voters
Of Carroll.
FELLOW CITIZENS

mIttee Of Carroll county, beg leave TO ad
dress you, briefly, on the subject Of The
approaching election.
On TUESDAY H llTH DAY OF OcTo-
Der NEXT, you will again be called on
to exercise The blood bought privilege
Of e~lecling your Stale and County off.
GERS. 10 The exercise Of that great and
important duty tho character Of The
times requires a careful enquiry into
the principles and practices oil the 1--we
great conlending parties Of The country.
TO Judge Of the future, we need only re.
cur TO the past. 10 the year $40, tho
country found the so called Democratic
party IN possession OF the State and
Federal Governments, and the business
OF the country deranged by the ruinous
system Of policy which for years had
characterized The then dominant party.
The doctrine was then boldly avowed
that free trade, and the Sub. Treasury
hard money system should be fastened
on the country, through all time. That
our long cherished, aud heretofore sue
cessful policy devised by Washington,
Franklin, and their iIlustrious compeers,
which had pushed the young giant Of
the Western Hemisphere on TO great
ness and glory, should be abandoned.
That the Executive should dictate to the
Legislature the laws they should pass
or, by The uetO pODer, swallow up the
legislative functions of Congress. The
issues were fairly made up and submit
ted 10 the American people-and, with
the name Of the M.LUsTRloUs HARRISON
} inscribed upon your banners, you die.
placed Mr.. Van Buren,, and the party i q
power with as mnch ease as the ship
wrecked Apostle shook the reptile from
his hand By one Of those dispensalions
Of Providence TO which all nations are
liable, your Chief Magistrate, when
standing at The threshold of his Presi
dental career, carrying out the prlncl
pies OF the campaign Of 1910, was
stricken down in death. The duties Of
the President, by q provision Of the
Constitution, then fell on John Tyler,
All eyes were turned 10 Washington
for relief, Congress met in Extra SEES
sion, and in good faith commenced the
work Of publication AMI reform; and we
did hope that the wounds which the in
~lerests Of the country had suffered, by
J the malversarlons Of the party lately il
power, would be healed. But, unfor
, tuuately, we we're stabbed and that too
! in our W camp! John Tyler, IN biz
unholy ambition, DESTROYS Of securing II
himself a party for his own future ag
. grandizement, abandoned his iorme
e pledges; and, cheered on 10 the work q
destruction by the Loco(oco party il
Congress, has, by an arbitrary and un
warrantable use Of the veto power pre-
/ vented the passage Of laws calculated t
;. give US a sound and uniform currency
and to restore that rich legacy be
. queathed US by the fathers of tn
fevoIution-"the proceeds Of the sale.
n Of the public lands"-thus. leaving tn
n Government aud people embarrassed
r and the credit of the States slagger
q ing for the aid which was withheld b.
!, the will Of one man and that TOO, in tn
d face Of his of declared opinions to tn
contrary.
n Thus, fellow citizens, you will pei
h ceiye that the same causes for patrIotI
Is action on your part which existed /
1910, still do exist, and we think shouIt
g. will be met by you in The same sPirl
Among other duties, will devolve o
YOU the choice OF Two Representative
Is in the General Assembly Of your ow
State for this and Jefferson countie
5 You ale, probably, well advised Of tn
doings Of the last legislature. W
ne ed only remind you, that the Van D.
a rem party had a majority Of two
each, branch of your Legislature, viii
D full power TO do much for their commc
constituency, and What did they de
They rejected every practicable me
sure of Banking proposed by the Wing
J. and their leaders, ByIngton, McNult
Taylor, and others, openly avowed Il
y, hard money doctrine, and although as
H. ed for charters by several solvent Ban
e, of the State, they refused, and as a M
ne cradle subter(uge passed "A Law K
guIating Banking in Ohio" general
W known as "Ld ham's Bill" which
I'd fact is no law at aIl-"it neither opt
r. ates on persons or things, and is
more binding than would be a string
resolutions passed at a bar room me
Is. ing. No Bank in the State, nor al
capitalist has ever proposed 10 Ia.
a charter under it. But the D%estrucil
-, party have fairly thrown off the ma
and now the LEADERS go in for a met
ho lie currency. For the truth of this II
we refer you to the resolutions a
address OF the Democratic Young Me-
Convention, held al Columbus in An
not laef