Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-02-27
From the Ohio State Journal.
RESPONSE ToTAE NOMINATION OF
DAVID TOD ANDTHE DOlNGS
O2THE 8,h OF JANUARY!

A deep and subtle effort Is being made IA
drown The voice OF lha, portion OF the op.
position to the Hauk Destructive schsmes
Of David Tod. BcnI. Tappau x Co. Ev-
cry Thing thai may have The effect OF show
ing the extent OF the detection, Is careful
Is suppressed. No matter how long and
zealousIy those who oppose the Deslruc-
lives may have fought In the ranks OF the
parry, how strong their claim. ly reason ol
age and services, thty ase denied a heat
ing and their expressions OF opinion are
trea.cd with utter contempt. Instead OF
J giving thein "a lair hearing and seeking to
convcit them Iy the strength OF argument,
the leaders ei.her deny their requests for
the publication OF proceedings and de-
monaco them as traitors; or, BY garbliug
what they do publish, seek to mjslead and
impose the unsuspecIing. Ii they are to
| he believed. the response 10 the nomina-
( tion ol David Tod uud the proceedings is
] unanimous and enthusiastic, almost bey-
Ond precedent. Yes, strange, eStraOrdI-
nary rs ii may appear, they actually 90 20
/ this extent ia the effort to deIude and to
y
| issue, at The command OF those at the Ma
lional CJptol, who are seeking 10 iasIen
the thrice rejected SuG-Treasury on the
country. Now. It is iallhesi from our
purpose to deicLd or advocate the cause OF
those insultcd men. They do not desire
It and would not lhdnk us Tor so doing.
On the contrary, they openly diseialm all
dis osjtion to act with us OF TO adopt our
Phi ciples, a5 a whole. The Indications
are clear enough that they are able 10 speak
for III, mselves, in a voice that will not on
Iy make itself heard, but respected and
feared. We shall merely note their dolags
~ briefly as possible, as matter ol JUS
lice to them and our own readers.
We have already published the proceed
ing, OF several meetings held in various
sections OF the State These hove not been
uotlcrd in the LocOIoco organs OF This city,
eXCPp: Tor purposes OF abuse and mlsre-
prostitution. Within few days, how
ever, they have published the proceedings
held in Knox ard Licking, accompanying
lhtm with an extraordinary flourish OF har-
mOny and enthusiasm, anI carefully sup
pressing al, that tr0nsp'ed calculated loI
expose the deception they welc playing
!! viii be seen ly what follows, rhat even
in these responding Conventions, the voice
of opposite was raised boldly and sIernIy.
The following very hriel nogre OF lhe
Knox county meeting is from the MI. Yer
non Times
LOCOFOCO MEETING.
On Saturday a-t, the Locos OF old Knox
held meeting at the Court lIouse in this
place, for the purpO-p ol Rai-yyHg the
nomination Of David Tod, &c. We were
present hut Il lew minutes, INT We under
stand the uards mustered al their force,
voted down the SoIts, and adopted the
hardrd kInd of Htrd moAty resolutions.
Tod and h,- PomrlaI Currency appeared 10
be- quite ia the ascendant. Gal. &. j. |
.Qc.&RHy, Capt. &. W. Morgan, N. Spnd- |
Ter. and Clark irwin, Esqs. were the chiel
orators in favor of Tod and his PoImetaI
doctrine. DR., XIX, OF this place, we be-.
ieve, was the only man among the bank |
Locos " no had sufficient courage and aJtIi-
~ to resist The hoadlong career OF the lanli !
dr4tructvrs 10y a public speech. lie made |
u firm ard vigorous resistance but without
avail-lhp hards were victorious.
We received a conlmuI icutjon giving Il
detailed account of the proceedings of the
meeting. but we are compelled to omit it
this week Tor want Of room.
The Newark Gazette thus discloses the
endorsements, the counter and closing
movements al the second responding meet
ing attempted in that county;
"A portion OF the Democracy who had
not seen fit to "rhange their sentiments"
because Mr.. Tod had, and because las a
conspqucnl) few selfish leaders had
changed theirs. determined 20 make al
counter move at the 7lh February meeting, |
aud selected David Carver to lead off. !
Carver came 10 town early on the morning
OF the convention and exhibited TO them Il
string ot resolutions, which he had Vrcpa- !
red, reyadlaijaG Tod and hr bsHc; 10 these
u-olntoas heg agreed, mat II was arran- !
ged that Carvei should Offer them. But
before the meeting came of, Mr.. Carver
got into the hands OF "the Eards," and
without adv sing his former friends OF his
purpose, ossrnled 10 the resolutions OF "the
Hords" and kept the others in his "hreech-
ce pocket" Their plan of operations
completely dsarranged by this art OIL
ueochnry, "the Solis.' las they are call
ed by their oPponents) suffered the meet
ing TO proceed without a demonstration,
mil after the regular resolutions were
passed, and B. B. Taylor had made his
speech; Mr.. 7. P. Owens then offered The
following resolutions.
Resolved. Tha, the Delegates to the 9th
of January Convention iranscended the
power delegated to thrm, in passing lcso-
Iulious, mahiag issues ton The people--that
the Democracy OF the State o Ohio, haze
teen and are gotV in favor OF sound
banking system, aud tina. the issue made
by that convention, declaring the Democ-
racy opposed TO all banks and paper issnes'
was am aci on their own part, which The
prnpie are not bound 10 sustain.
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