Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1845-02-21

-IIggyrt q! the ~. DDD -dN1EtS VINO HHdUlt
The first and middle regions Of Oregon.
TO TIE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY.
While I was battling in the North. in
triangular fight, with Wings, AboiLiOnsts
and Democrats, ior the postulate that
"whst the law makes property, is proper
,v," and that all good citizens should abide
Gy the law. till they can, IN legal and
constitutional manuer, conform It to their
conscientious standard Of morality; the
Southern press was denouncing me as
wf hing to employ the army and navy Of
tla UaI.ei States in the ior'ibe liberation
Of the slaves The many caIumnles, in
.inua.igns against my fidelity to The laws
and State alrg ances, | shall not conde-
-ceDd TO rrDpL / say to those who are 80
,nsfdiou-'y attempling to prejudice me in
the confidence OF the Wing party, that |
hall nothing paIliate or deny, conscious
of nv own duty to the American people,
7 have fearless,y discharged it, and as |
never PLAYED the syCoVhant to men for the
! sake OF Office. though sacrificing some per-
sonal pride in the cause Of the political
PRINCIPLES OF that party, to some portion OF
which | owe nothing, so in defeat, nave
! nothing to deDIore but the, common Gala
mites Of the country. -.
To the people Of Kentucky | would
| humblv suggest that am the son of one.of
the fr.tpfoueers ofthe .We5t-a man who,
IN an obscure way, rendered some service
10 his country, both in the council and in
the field: he was one of the founders Of
the State Constitution and his services
! were not otunaDpreciated by those who have
Derretua,ed his memory, by giving his
name to one of the counties Of the Com
m0nwaaIth. | speak not Of these things
lin a vain spirit, or from overweenlng tillal
Iaf-ction but TO remind those men OF yes
! tertav. that they are presuming too much
u0rgiar cradnlitv. and their own sjgnif-
ca1cp. when they set themselves up as the
exclusive guardians Of the honor and well
fare Of the State s. undertake to denounce
and o.tracise me as an enemy Of the coun-
try. Having some small lnteres. in the
-oiI. as well as in the good name of the
| Commonwealth. with all my humility and
owe Of equality. cannot but give utter
snce to some touches Of contempt and in
y
crumbs which fall from other mems tables,
who af'=c. so much sensjblIity about the
property of the country. /, there is in our
| State something improper or dangerous to
be talked or written about, put it to eve
ry true and manly Kenmckian, if that
thing is not improper and dangerous in its
existence among US! And if so, is he who
undertakes to remove the evil the enemy
. his country! Orrather, is not that man,
who. seeing the wrong, for the sake Of po-
rularitv. and narrow selt-interest, in op-
nosition to the welfare Of the great mass Of
. the ppopIe. dares not attemptits extinction,
traitor and a coward. and truly deserv-
. ing the eXecrati0n of his counIrymen! /
, am not ashamed to admit that | am the un-
: compromising foe of tyranny, wherever
o di-rtaved: and proudly avow myself the
. eternal enemy of slavery. At the same
time. eZnerience-taugh charity warns me
% IN lose none of my sympathy for theaslave-
hollar. because Of his misfortune or his
fault: and while would be just to the
d Rack. I am free to confess, that every feel
=, ipg Of association, and instructive senti-
NJ, mnpt. of selfelevation, leads me to seek
4 the welfare of the White whatever may
/ he the consequences OF Liberation to the
g African.
4 Bred among slaves, regarded them with
q indiforence: seeing no departure from
"a morals or economical progress in the ten
- ure The emancipation movemenI abou
1880. affected me as it did most persons a
the time, and felt some new and pleasing
F. emotions sprnging up in my bosom, whe
IN I had resolved, in common wlthImy /;
le mpnted bother, to llberate my slaves.
ge authorized him to put my namei to. II
er Fmancipation Society formed about th
he time in Mercer county. In the same YET
a. I went on to Yale College, in free Stat
w | was not blind, and therefore saw a pc
up ple living luxuriously, on soil whit
re here would have been deemed the hie
-er road to famine and the alms-house, A ci
so Of ten or fifteen thousand inhabitants ro
on up in the morning, passed through all Il
as busy strife of the day, and laid down aga
- at night, in quiet and security, and not
the single Doice officer was anywhere to
/ is seen. There were more than five hur
ian dred Young men congregated from
Of cIin,es 'ofyarious habits and temperament
the in the quick blood of youth, and all cor
'ort ouering passion, and there was not toun
Of in ali the city. so far as the public wei
the aware, a single woman so fallen as to de
mn mand a less price for her love than honori
de, BE marriage. A gray haired judge of ST
her venty wears or more in lifetime OF servic
IN had pronounced sentence OF death upo
on. but five criminals in a whole State, ar
ON three of these were brought down to ru
er, by intemperanCe. had been taught
lies regard Connecticut as land Of woodt