Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-04-14
For The Carroll Free Press

MIR TEAkCE'
In these hard times that have
driven almost all iaborlng men INTO Idle /!
ness, il is ap.eosy matter TO fnd lime
10 reduce our thoughts to writlog; and It
II il the duty of every individual to do
a the good he eau for community, then
4 Am sure you will pardon me for claim
ing a small space in the columns OF your
nsnor, 10 advise with my friends, and
particularly those who have heretofore
ASSOCIATED with me in politics, as to the.
prospects Of our common country. All
men I,presume ore alike 10 this respect,
that they are governed by prejudlces IN
seen tohhemseIves, which often leads
them TO do the very reverse oil what their
better Judgment admonshes them 10
right; and although claim to be acandld
man, and trustIl have some character Tor
candor among those who know me; yet !
car now soc the prejudces that SO long
bedimmed my vision,,and forced me into
the support Of measures ,and men, that
have fastened a system Of policy upon the
country, that succeeding generations
must regret. i am as you knoE a plain
unin(ormed man, that | never Hooked
beyond the matters Of my own farm; and
Iivino as do in a secluded part OF the
county, | of course have but IiIIIe in
tercourse with men Of much more incl
Iigence than myself, and wos perfectly
satisfied for my democratic bIeth en- u
manufacture opinions and politica creed
for me, without once questioning theI
origin or authenticity. believe ! an
as orthodox a democrat as lives in Gar
roll county, for supported Democrat
men and measures from the time | cou
exercise the right Of suffrage up to tn
present, without once ialtering. | warm
v suppor,ed the administration OF Mad
lson and also OF Monroe. | was anon
the first who supported Gen. Jackson
After he had retired from public lille,
with thousands of others, was transfer
red over to Mr. Van Buren wllhor
knowing any thing about the man or tn
principles upon which intended to &C
minister the Government. was sa'I'
t fed il he was a Jackson man. Again
d 1910 gave in my adhesion 10 The Va
' Buren, party, although | confess ht
= some misgivings, and talked to a gre
many Of my ncghbors who felt precIs
ly as did, that the business of the cou
Il ,ry was derougcd aud reVuNson mu
10 take place, it tho healing remedies we
- not soon applied; and we we're well
tsfed that the measures OF our par
- would not answer the purpose; and
70 number of US was well nigh abandohI
e MIR Van Buren, and his Southern met
N ures when the dGIl sergeanls, OF the
called democratic party, came among
and invoked our AID TO their snk'
III cause. They implored US once more
o. come to the rescue, that a bloa'ed pay
d; system would be fastened upon lhe. cot
"A try, that the country would be roO6
and misery would be entaled Upon
''' children if we did not again rally rou
Nv the Northern man with Southern pr
g, cipIes; and again to crafty our 'r'e'
Ia. we Welded TO the prejudices OF par
, The result of TIM, election is well Wno'
Nv And here let me take occasion 10
ra that il nothing but the doctrines Of
,at two great poln,cal parties had Inluen
co. that eIectinn-i designing poIucI
=. had kept from among the people
10" porty spirit had 70, blinded them to "
ol was correct, Mr. Van Buren would b
he been beaten from five hundred 10
,ss thousand votes in tho little county
Carroll. But since Iha, time the VII
country has undergone change
'o" products Of oil empIoyments are no
on' nally worth nothing, and the preluo
md OF party can no lnngpr keep men It
in thinking and enquriOg what Is 70