Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-09-15
From The Baltimore American.
LOCOFOCO LIBELS UPON THE
DEODI u

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more stress upon the fact Of his defeat
in 1910 than upon any great principle
identified with his name or former pol.
icy. The election Of Gen. Harrlson is
pronounced by many OF them 10 have
been a fraud upon the People; the ex-
element Of that period is designated as
foul and disgusting debauch Of the popu'
lar mnd-a wrctched humbUg Of hard
cider and coon skins, by which the over
throw Of democratic principles was el-
fected We have passed over such rep
resentauons as these, believing them to
be the eifusions Of disappointed spirits,
for the most part, seeking for solace IN
words Of abuse without sscrlbing any
real weight TO such violent language.
But the thing is going too far The
charges and denuncalIuns, overlooked
when uttered in warm blood, after an
exciting contest, are now reiterated, re-
pearsd, resfirmed. They form the sta
Pile of editorial disquisitions, Of addres.
ses from organized bodies, Of reports,
circulars, and resolutions. Scarcely
any otherst Of argument is enforced,
We allude TO this subject particularly
at lhlsr time by reason of language used
in paper called "Keadalt'S Erposi'or,"
in which an address appears TO the Dem
ocracy Of the United States, purporlug
to be written in behalf Of numb'r oD
the friends of Mr.. Van Buren l. is re
published in the Richmond EnQurer
occupying more than five coumns o.
that paper We wish to make our ex
tract as brief as possible from surh IA
production; and our readers, we presume
will admit that our space would he most
unworlhily filled il much of it were de-
voted TO such tissue OF rancor and abuse
as here follows:
"A Wing organization iu Congress,
rami6ed into every county and town, by
means OF funds raised among Ihem-
selves and throughout the Union, il not
in part from foreign bondholders, and by
the abuse Of their official franks, inuu-
dated every nook and corner of the coun
Try with rivers and oceans of artful mis-
representation, bold false hood, and elo-
uucnt denuncialion. Vast asssmbIages
maddened by liquor, and infuraied by
songs, by rawlings called speeches, and
by senssless yeIIngs, sent forth their
well-driIsd thousands, each as if with 8
torch from he'll, to knde fire TO the
Furies upon the altar of every log cabr
and light up fame upon every stump
And the orgies of the canvass were con
summated by periures and frauds a
which the mind still shudders"
The insolence Of this language might
warrant rebuke proporlIonale to th'
foul nature Of i,s GSpersons upon thu
, great majority OF the State and PeopI'
Of The Union. But we hold il 10 be
pitiabIe state of mind which could promp
any one deliberately 10 indite such
, , wholesale libel, and more pittabe sill
that could make any one believe it,
, As a contrast to this Incorporate ant
, most vile effuson we quote the follow
ing from the Alabama Tribune, pspe
which advocates the claims Of Mr., Cal
houu to the Presidency, and with mucI
ability:
, ave repeat the question: What eau
sed Mr. Var Buren's defeat by two hun
, dred thousand votes?
t "FOr our part we feel compelled L
. say that we believe the larger portion o
. those votes was composed of the honest
/ the deliberate, the Ueit- considered Su0ra
q geS of those lCbo cast them.
"rhose sutf'rages, conveying the vii
' of "a majority 50 large as) Two hCndre,
thousand Of our counlTYmen, are not s
!, lightly, nay so conompluousIy, TO be col
' sidered The zeal OF Mr. Van Buren,
Q friends il one thing; The settled opposi
C lion and repugnance of an oVerwheIm
i ing majority ol his countrymen are quit
@ a different thing Are the popular fee
ingS which in lS40 shook this nation llk
5 a tropical tornado 0Oorihy Of no respect
r The revolution of lS4O had indeed
4 deep meaning, which those VINO look uT
on me surface Of things only, have rea
g with little profit.
"For our own part, we stand at al
}, times awed before the aroused modest
d ofhe People. As Tor that great popuIa
/, movement Of 1910. pe must pluck fro,
it our bosomS ere,y democratic instinct er
y toe stand up 10 spit upon and scof at h
Il pouer 'Ohich proclaimed The eih IF a seJ
. governed nation The sovereign thunder
/. of a free Independent srGrdes which ros
ed in its resisles strength across III
t. length and breadth Of the IanO. W
@ may have despsrd the exhibitions oI 10
r " and excitement which chsracterizg