Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-07-24

The time IS approaching when. by the call Of
Jhe Nhia Central committee Of Carroll county.
lhr nominations for the approaching election viii
be- made. Tho Gth August, the day Of the Con-
yentiun, IS near at hand. A word % the Whigs
ON thal subject. You have % put in nomination
ON thr G,h urJNimD, candidates for RswescHia-
tire, Commissioner, Coroner, aHd POOr-hOuse
Drerigr. believe these, with Governor and
Congressman, will comprise the whole rcket for
the ensuing fall. To enable us 10 contend with
our opponents, with reasonable hope Ofsucccss,
unity Of feeling and concert in action arc mdls-
pcnsable prerequisites tosuccCss. How are these
10 be obtained! say, let tho names Of the DIFF
ferent aspirunis be forthwith announced in the
paper. Lot calm and cOnsideratc examination
be gone into Of the most available candidates.
Lei the enquiry be- free, and the interchange Oi
sentiment among the people mutual, candid, and
with single eve to the selection Of GOOD Who's
for the several offices to be filled. Let no na-
lousy or biuencs5 Of feeling be- cngendsrad a.
'moug the several asplrants OF their friends, and
with t0Hg. strong, hard puI by the Wings, VIC
tory must again perch on their standard.
The selection Of candidates is a business that
belongs to the people, and the people ought 10 at.
tend to thcir own business. viii they do lH
/ Ii is not my purpose to discuss the several is.
sues involved in the approaching contest, but
will state what they arc:
1. The Locofocos, at their State Convention
on the 9Th January last at Columbus, threw oil
/ the cloak OF deception with which they had for
merry wrapt themselves to conceal their NAKED
ualincss, and boldly and uncquivocally tooE
/ open and strong grounds against all Banks, anC
/ for purely hard money currency. Mr., Tod
their candidate for Governor, in his letter TO tht
Convention declares open and never-ending hos
tiliry to all Banks and all paper currency.
2. The destruction Of the Tariff Of 1912, anC
the Introduction of the Stree trade" policy o
i Sir Robert Walker, Sir Robert Peel, and Jane
! K. Polk, and the action of their party in Con
grcss shews conclusvely that if not checked il
their career by an enlightened public opinion
that all the industrial interests Of this country i
10 be ruined
3. The Sub Treasury of Martin Van Burcn
to be again dug up from the mines, where pub
lie opinion consigned it, and made one Of Tn
great measures Of the party.
4. The Tax Law of the last winter is to b
2 constantly held up to hide the other issues an
prejudice the Wings in their efforts to resist tn
destruction Of the Currency, the Tariff for III
protection of American labor, and The enacmeI
of the Sub-Treasury system.
have no time TO dwell upon the issues, bu
? merely state them as they are. Every nowspo
per in all Ohio with "DAvID ToD'' at its head
goes for "hard money!" '.free rade," and tn
..SuJ- Treasury" viii the voters of Carroll
either directly or indirectly, sanction measure
fraught with such mischcvious tendencies!-
/, Will they permit any objection they have to tn
Tax Law 10 mislead them from their duty!
hope not. The Tax Law, ifit has any defects
las it doubtless may have, in its details, can
amended. The Wings can and 1cW put it RICH
if it be wrong in any particular. The law itsc
/ has been greatly misunderstood by honest mel
9 and basely misreprcscnted by dishonest ones.-
The people should await its practical operation
before they condemn it. it favors the poore
portion oftax-payers beyond doubt, and will nC
be thought at the October election such ra
head and bloody bones, as certain individual
now represent it. In conclusion, say the
come up on the 9th August, make up a goo
ticket, and we will give them "Paio AitO."
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