Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-03-09
The Issues

The lines which separate the two great polili.
cal parties in Ohio, were pretty clearly defined
by their respective Slate Conventions which as.
sembled here in January last. On the parl OF
the Locolocos, represented in the Convention OF
the 9th OF January, the issues rendered were, the
justice and propriety Of the Mexican War-the
su6lugaIon and annexation Of Mexican territory
and Mexican population-n currency consisting
alone OF the precious metals--dnd impIicII
subserviency TO the Federal head. On these So.
yeral points, the Wings Of Ohio, represented in
their Convention Of the 10Th of January, Joined
issue. Each party designated its Gubernatorial
Candidate, as tho exponant Of its principles-Snd
the members Of the Conventions returned 10
their respective homes, to mingla with their fel.
low citizens, and TO assist in murShalinp the
hosts.
Less than sixty days sufTiccd TO convince
the leaders ofthe Locolocos that they had com.
miued radical mistake in The issues rendered;
and that unless measures could be adopted to
retrieve the error, inevitable and overwhelming
defeat awaited them, at the hands uf the people
Of Ohio. The old issues must be superseded,
aud new ones presented. This was u virtual
acknowledgment of defeat, before the day Of
trial.
Already in one or two quarters we see a will
lingness manifested 10 adopt as new issue, the
reasonable conduct Of The fifteen Senators who
formed conspiracy TO abolish the Stale govern.
ment, and to erect upon its ruins spurious
government, having its origin in u Iawless mob.
and for its object the perversion Of tho first aud
fundamental principles of ropubcansm. If
that issue shall DO added TO those rendered by
the 9th Of January Convention, wo have no OBJ.
jection. 1t will but render the overthrow ofthe
party adoptingit, the more certain and overwhel-
ming.
Fix their matters as they may, to our view the
same fate awaits them. No shilling of ground
no change of ssues--al this late day will avail
them. Their doom is sealed; and so far as the
State Of Ohio is concerned, the ideS of October
alone is waiting for its addbe and irremedlabIc
denunciution. For succession of years the
people of Ohio have, on every opportunity which
hos presented, pronounced their fixed aud un-
reenting dsapprobation Of tho policy which has
be, n with great p NJ nocity urged upon then by
the Locoloco party. They know somewhat
of the cOso of such policy. They l,atn not
only from the report Of Mr.. Senator DISNEY,
but are presented with an annual remembrance
by the lax-gatherer, of the fact, that the same
job under Locoloco management, costs about
three fold what it did under Wing management.
They were utterly opposed to the annexation
OF TeXas-and are no better satisfied with that
act. from an acquaintance with the consequences
which have, as was predicted, resulted from it.
They were opposed 10 tho War which was
woged without asking their advice or consent,
upon the Republic Of Mexico-and are utterly
opposed to the purposes for which the War was
conceived and is prosecuted.
They are opposed to the addition of any
more States to this Union, whose inhabitants
shall be held in slavery, and those slaves counted
and offset against the free citizens of this State
IN their representation upon the floor ofCon-
gress. Disguise it as you will, the people OF
Ohio are essentially opposed to that whole
theory; and while they tolerate it as i existed
in the Constitution when Ohio became party