Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-12-17

deyolving upon The present session OF the Cen
eral Assembly, is the quadrennia appoulonmenI
of the State as no right Is dearer 10 freeman
than that Of equal representation, rest assured
that YOU will meet this fundamental trust with all
thar spirit of deliberauon, candoT and fairness
toward all parties and every district of the State,
which its delicacy and proper performance de-
mand.
The people of Ohio are so largely interested
in the easy transportation OF her bulky agncul-
ural products TO market, that II becomes The du-
~ of her executive and legislative departments,
TO speak in language not To be misunderstood, as
to the obligation of the general government to
aid in the deyeopement of those great lines of
internal communication, which the inventive ge-
Mus and irresistible energy OF the age are CIV
ING TO the world. If there be any one question
in relation TO which more than another the PeO-
IL. of the whole Union are united as the voice of
One man, it is the duty Of Congress to improve
o,r great lakes and rivers, so as to afford safe
and cheap inland navigation aud transportation.
H., intending thereby to exclude other equally
:.,a.r,apt objects in our own State and else
,'hora let us direct our attention to certain To-
oai,;es brought by our public works more di-
~, a nnder our immediate observation. Maui
mee and Sandusky bays, and Cleveland harbor,
,ybere our canals and railroads terminate on
Take Erie, aud Buffalo harbor, where so much
vyas,ern commerce concentrates. ls It TO be en-
dured. ,hat the piuance requisite to Improve each
or these great harbors shall be much longer
w;,bheld2 And on the othOr side of US, why
shond not Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Ken
uckv. Ohio and Indiana, demand that the canal
around the falls Of the Ohio river, in which the
Tinted States have already so large an interest,
should be purchased, enlarged aud made Tree to
4 the commerce of this vast region!
Icannot .ake leave, without congratuatug you
and the country, in view Of the prospect that
the noble stand which Ohio took, and still so gall
landv maintains, not only at home; but III both
houses of Congress, in the fore front oil oPPos'-
lion TO the Mexican war; is likely 10 be, ere long
sustained by the euthoritive voice OF the nation )
,hatth attempt to indemnify oppositionto the late
war of national defence, has so signally feeQleq
upon the heads of its authors; and that, truS''
va shall hear no more Of the absurdlty, that ma
tiona honor requires from us the unreleqllhg
and vigorous prosecution OF war con'hel'coq
in violation of our constitution and oil lhe e'et-
nal principles of right! True honor never re-
oures either nations or individuals 10 continue
to do wrong, because their servants and agents
have either commenced or long pursued that ca
reer on the contrary, the only honorable course
for either such an emergency,ls IS to dismiss 'neit
servants, "cease to do evil and learn to do WELL
Justice and truth, humanity ard charity, moaer'
Grafton and magnanmity, are infinitely no9'e'
elements of honor, individual or national, tha0
haughliness, pride, covetousness, and revenge
however displayed in brilliant aud heroic deeds
of courage. Let Congress, therefore, III the
namo of virtue, Christianity, and peace At home
and abroad, declare to the civilized world, tina
we ask not the dismemberment OF Mexico anC
will have none of her territory, except by tan
purchase, when the Republics are at peace: II
which | beg leeys to add as the unequlyoca
voice of Ohio, should further territory be annex
ed to the Union by conquest, by purchase Q
by any other mode; that she, the eldest OF III
freeborn daughters of the Ordnance OF l'o
will spurn from her bosom any recrean' sons
hers who shall; in Ihe hour of trial, desert {
surrunder her frstgreat charter OF liberty, or Ia