Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-04-08
No. 26--WHOLE No. 800.

HDAIOp9' O'tJ as IeuIless hsseItCT VI
human rights.
This power thus hostile to free insli
tutions, to free labor and TO freedom
itself IS the Slave Power
Are not Mi these charges true to the
very letter? DO rhey not. indeed. fall
far short Of oflbe !rulhi We appeal TO
lacs
FiNyNhree wears have elapsed since
the I'd Dpio ofthe Constitution Of the u.
States. During that time FIVE CHI.
zeHs Of sIaVeho'JDng States have filled
the Presidential chair 40 years. Three
citizens Of the free States have occupied
il Twelve years. Il is now filled by a
slave holder Of the narrowest school, Of
slave holding politics. Thus has The
Slave Power prevailed in the choice Of
Presidents.
During the sams period seven slave
States have b-en added TO the Union,
and slavery has been maintained by The
authority Of the General Government
in the District Of Columbia and 10 the
Territories Of Louisiana and Florida
We will say nothing Of the admission oi
Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and
Alabama into the Union as slave states
The fact that these were taken from
the original slave States may be admit.
ted as an apology, though certainly not
as a sufficient warrant for il. But he
continuance Of slavery in the District,
and 10 the territories purchased from
France and Spain, and The admission Of
Louisiana, Arkansas. and Missouri into
The Union as slave States, were IN vio-
arion Of The pledge contained in the
Ordinance OF l7>7--in manifest djsre
gard Of the principles Of the Consli1
uIon-an1 utterly at variance with the
original policy Of the country 10 respec.
10 slavery. Thus has the Slave power
prevailed IN the admission Of new Save
.Srales, aG5 n tho extension OF slavery
beyond its original limits
Fora considerable period after the
organization OF lhe Federal Govern
mrnt, wheat and -four. p,oIucts Of free
Sla es; constituted our chIel articles OF
export and our principal means Of pay
ing for supplies from foreign nations
After some wears, however, cotton. the
projuc OF s ave labor became The great
ar'Icla of export and has ever since con
Euuued to BE- 81 Every energy Of our
government has been put 10 reQuisI'i1n
lu secure 'hI. resot. BY per,-verug
md well directed eforrs Eno!aud.
| Francs Austria, an1 Russia have been
Induced 10 rrTuvo G}i onur1us duties on
cotton. aud il and through those coun-
tries this product finds an open access
20 all the markets o! Europe France
reduced her duUes IN 1881, and since
that period The export Of cotton 10 and
through that country has increased from
two and a hal! TO thirteen and half
millions OF dolIors Similar efforts have
been made in behalf Of tobacco ami
rice, also, Tor the most part products Of
slave States 10 the meantime, wheat
and flour and pork and other products
of free labor have been gradually exc.u
ded from tore gn markets, and our gov
ernment has thought nothing about The
matter. At length the surplus OF these
products has become immense, and the
lree laborer anxiously looks for a mar
ket, but finds almost all the ports OF the
world nearly or absolutely closed a.
gainst him. Thus has The Slave Pow
er protected the interests of slave labor
through its influence on our foreign ne
gotiations.
In 1916 the tariff policy was adopted
under slave holding ausprcies. 1t was
carried out in 1924 and 1928. In 1888
South Carolinn, a State which voted
originally against The Declaration o
Independence, threatened to dissolve
The Union and form an alliance with
Great Britain, il this policy was no
abandoned Under this threat and a.
galnst the earnest TemOnstranGe OF the
tree labor interests, the celebrated com
promise act was passed, providing fol
The gradual reduction Of all duties Un
der The operation Of this act many grea
interests Of the country have suffered
exceedingly, and yet The governmpn
has made no effort to relieve those in
lerests, by providing markets abroad
when the protection necessary TO secure
The market al home was Withdrawn -
| Thus has the Slave Power dictated the
adoption and abandonment Of the pro-
teclve policy, in disregard OF The in
terests of free labor.
Let it lie remembered, however, tba
this abandonment does not extend 10 the
products Of slave labor. The home mar,
ket is still secured for sugar, BY pro
tect've duty; and foreign markets are
secured or earnestly sought, for cotton,
tobacco and rice by negotiation.
Since The shameful sacrifice of the
West India trade, under the auspices
oi late administration, by sort Of le.
glsatVe arrangement with England,
h.. a.