Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-06-02

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that either or all Of them together could
relieve The dsiresses OF The People.
clnnot for moment believe How ei
iber OF them ls 10 relieve the iarmer
from direct Ia1suon or pay the debts OF
the States ! cannot perceive
Having, 10 this and IN the preceding
letters and address, given somewbsi
hasty, and, fear, confused explanation
Of the plan which ! recommend, must
abide lhe decision Of an intelligent com.
muDIy upon lts wisdom and leaslbily.
But to those who may oppose it upon
the scare-crow ground Of the inability of
The Government to pay The interest 90
S200.000000 Of stock. which Won be
SG000U00 year. have The following
question 10 submit Tor their consideration
aOd which the People will 20 doubt re
quire ell candidates for popular favor 10
answer. II they MAINTAIN that the Gen.
eral Government, comprising twenty.
six States and three Territories. armed
with all The revenue powers Of the Con.
sttution, and the public domain, cannot
pay Sc 100000 o! interest 10 one year.
how will they prove tbat Is more easy
for about fourteen States. without the
control Of revenues from CONNER rce, ard
without an acre Of public laUd to pay
aboOl $4,000 600 or SI40O0000 Of
interest annually? The IaborIous duty
Of solving this problem Of finance 10 the
satisfaction Of the farmers they will have
to encounter.
He who hasnol fortuuds enolgh TO
urge upon Congress the measure ! pro
pose, will not have The courage 10 press
direct taxation upon the people. And
hence predicted IN speech al tho last
session that the question would 10 rhe
end be relief or rPpudalion, and that
Congress would have finally TO decide
that question. Reputation is avowed
By but few at this time; but neglecl TO
pay interest is the first silent step to.
wards it, II now exists IN confused con
temptation 10 The mind Of many; yet the
moral sense Of shame restraIns The open
aVOwal.
Evil in the mind OF God or man,
MAY come and go, so aadpproUed.
And leave not fauI! or blame behind j.
When persons unce begin to feel con
tented by omltlug 10 pay interest, they
will soon feel contenred 10 deny the pay
menl Of the debr; aud when public faith
is once disregordrd, private IS soon ne
elected, Public IaIth is The herm0me
ter which graduates the private; and
when one State rrpudIales il i, less DIFF
cult Tor the second and soon it is made
more easy Tor the third, Moral prIucI
Piles are never stationary. they are
either advancing or recedng The first
step IN the road 10 vice or virtue is The
most reluctant; all other onward steps
are made easy by the first. The public
mind and the pubic morals cannot be TOO
easily awakened into alarm al the depth
OF evil which will follow as the conse.
quence Of omiling silently TO pay inter
est. Time obllerales the most solid
substance but magnlhes interest, and
each day the load Of debl increases.
Some o. those who oppose my prOpo
slllon mistake my relation TO former par.
lies, and attach party name to me to
ioh ,nt,tI,d IA =
politics have TO do with the merits OF this
proposition, am at a loss TO lmAtia b.;
and whether FederaIisl or Republi
can is the more patriotic citizen, can
not determine Bu il so occurs that the
charge IS as lar removed from The lacl as
The true features oi my PROPOSE ion are
from the carrIcatures which It's oppo-
nenls draw OF it. The first time was
placed on a ticket-some twelve wears
ago - was as Republican or Democrat,
and have been elected ever since as
one. now give proof of the sincerity
Of my creed by Offering measure 10
confer lasting benefits, not only on a
maprlly, but an entire people. con
strue the Constitution to be prarIica
instrument made or the benefit oI The
People and The States, and should be so
administered; whilst those who oppose
the measure, and make the charge a =
galnsl me. cOnStrUe It as some thing alien
from lhe People, having no sympsthies
for them, aud should be administered
not for the rellei Of a suffering naIun
but only to raise reVenue enough 10 leed
a multitude OF Fed6 al o6icerS And
this they say, they are bound TO do up
on constitutional conscrence-t The Y
know that lhs People are distressed, aud
the States dlshonoted-Ihat they have
strong sympathy. but have great scru-
pics. The People will remember thai
they are not bound TO support such poll
tlclans as can see no power in that in
strumenl 10 benefit lhcm, end that in
each county, in each district and in each
STATE there will be found men able and
efficient 10 serve them in this great E.
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