Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1845-09-23
From lhe Ohio State journal.
T'O the People of Ohio!
THE COMING ELECTION; THE GREAT
OIIESnIONS AT ISSIIR
QUESTIONS AT ISSUE.

w A-'A AChNO - AN'ONA
Permit us, feilow-citizens, to discourse
while with you upon topics, which we
most solemnIy believe to be Of the last inn
portance TO your welfare, and to the future
growth and prosperity Of our beloved /
State. In comparison with these inter- !
ests, party is as nothing, worthless as the
chalf Of the summer thrashing floor, which
the winds are permitted to sweep away. !
We do not call on you to aid in the eleva-
ton, or ascendency Of this party or that,
of one man or another, We care little for
mere men, and less for party. We wor-
ship truth and right and justice and would
elevate those only, who worship at the
same altar. We come to you for higher
objects than the elevation Of men, or par
ty; we appeal to you to disregard party
leaders, and party trammes, and for the
protection Of your own interests, for the
welfare of your own State, and for those
who will maintain both. In the coming
election are involved questions ofthe most
momentous character, questions which
look far into the future, and the settlement
of which must influence the destiny and
welldoing Of every man, woman, & child
within our borders,
The issues are now distinctly made
The leaders of the Locofoco faction have
boldly put forth their principles, and pro-
posed their measures. We have their
assurance, an assurance that will be re-
deemed, that, if their party is placed in the
ascendant by the people of Ohio, they will
carry out these measures without falterng.
: Hence it becomes Of vital consequence to
} the people to understand what these issues
are regardless of the interests or aims Of
the mere political hack, who looks only
to the success Of a party, as the means OF
living upon the spoils Of Office. He is pro-
wded for, if party triumphs, though he
e peOpie should find their own best interests
0 sacrificed, and themselves beggared.-
e What then does these parties or leaders
propose to dol What, on the other hand, /,
n do the Wings propose to do! WheE we
: have ascerained wherein they disagree.
y we can then decide which is right and
{ which is wrong; and, like honest men, go
with those we believe to be right. irrespec-
Il tive Of party or party leaders. Oar coun-
!, try first, and party never.
- lne HLuLPSIlldn, Win lGo HSWly huPO'N-
II ed Yankee editor, has now with the othel
y leaders of the party, pretty clearly defined
/ their position. The Statesman, in the lirs
10 place, is the undsgused, unbIushing ad'
/, vocate Of DOrYism, and Of that famous
/ leader who has lent it its name. And
" what is Dorrism as preached by these mis-
J. sionaries of radicalism and inhdelity! il is
e no new theory; no late discovery in morals
or government The first great leader in
e Dorrism was he who rebel!ed in heaven
,r because he would not subject his toW tt
O. the Just laD and holy rule of Heavens
~ Great Ruler. 1t is miserable imitation o
4 that Jacobinism which deluged Paris il
. blood, and spread the pail of death owe
~ France. Its harvest time was the reign o
, terror. Dorrism is The principle Of rebel
~ lion, organized into system, and is as IN
compatible with regular government anC
good order as it is with virtue and religion
IN Human toW is elevated as the only stand
~ ard Of right; and moral laws and writer
- constitutions are but as chaff in its estma
'c ton. Dorrism holds that u faction or
o party can overturn the Constitution ant
70 the government at any time, if it so wills
la and hence that there can be no such thin!
Il as rebellion, no such crime as treason.-
III Do the people of Ohio, the aw-abjdng
q order-Ioving people Of Ohio wish to ent
Il. their counlenance to any such doctrines
- or to aid in giving dignity or character tt
. that miserable demagogue, who, after hav
ing lead his teow-citzPns into rebellion
eo had not the courage to face death on tn
Sc battle field, but, like coward, sneake
W out of danger by fight, while his mis-
IS, guided followers were abandoned to thel
Ut, fate.
as The next principle advocated by thi
ne newly imported Yankee, in common wit
"a his party, is that OF unconditional free trad'
,"' 10 be attained by repeal OF the prolectiv
NC tariff OF l842. This party go against, an
'"' the Wings go for a pr0teciiUe tariff. Ih
'er LocoGocos, with Mr.. McDufIie, go for bulC
er ing up the manufactures Of England, an
la pulling down those Of our own country
ad and so bent are they upon this, that i
Ir the language of McDuffie, they rejoic
ma more in the growth OF Manchester than
hu Lowell. Here, then, the two parties al
~ directly at issue. Which is right! WhC
an is wrong! Were Washington and Mad
10 son wrong when they advocated proe
me tioni And are these modern reiormer
ne these party leaders, these natural allies
led Southern Slavery, rightl The Whil
Ihe stand upon the same platform with WasI
,ne ington and Madison, and all the great ar
onI rI good men ol the Revolution, while mo-
vu' ern locofocoism, under the dictation OF Il
~ ,ne Slave power of the South, give the lie
NJ; these great men, and proclaim themselv
i've the only discoverers of wisdom. Let Il
J. people see TO it; the vote in Ohio will ha'
tier much influence upon the tariff questio
at if the people elect a Locoloco majorit
, of their vote will be construed into vo
condemnatory Of the principle OF prote
ton.
:. On the question of the currency t
10 two parties are equally at issue. I
sub-treasury and hard money on the o.
|. side, in opposition to a sound banking 81
tenn upon the other. The law oflast wi