Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-11-24
From the N. Y. Evening Post.
THE ELECTION.

A circumstance has been brought to our
knowledge which strkingy illustrated the de-
lection Of the friends of Free Soil in this Civ
al the late election. Out of Free Soil Associ-
alion in one Of tho Wards, formed for the pur.
pose Of mutual cooperation in The support Of the
measures of the candidates of the Free Soil par.
ty, more than hundred voted for the TAYLOR
Electoral candidate. The desire to defeat Cass
pervaGed over every other consideration.
The dissatisfied friends Of Clay in this city,
including the Clay Club, had their organization,
sent their Delegates to the Buffalo Convention,
aiding in making Mr.. Van Buren, the candidate
Of the party, and thought six weeks from that,
they should support him. They voted almost
10 man for Taylor.
| The Van Buren meetings Of this City have
been, particularly just before the election, far
more enthusiastic than any others, and as hume.
rous, we believe we may say without exaggera-
tion, as the meetings Of the Two other parties out
together. They were thronged with listeners
thousands Of persons in every Wand in the Civ
apparently full Of zeal and resolution. Yet
when the election came, those who shouted at
these meetings voted for Taylor. We know of
instances in which men went to the polls with
the intention Of voting for Mr. Van Burcn. and
came away having voted for The louisiana slave
holder. They could not resist The wish to
brand the author of the Nicholson letter with
The mark of mered displeasuro.
In the interior of the State, the battle has
been fought by soldiers of frmer resolution, and
less mercural tcmperament although there,
too, the same motives operated partially TO les
sen the vote for The Free Soil candidates TAX.
ing the returns of tho election as far as received
they show, not only that in many places, the
contest was supported galIantIy and unhnch.
ingly, but that a large and powerful party has
already been gathered on the basis of Free Soil.
We suppose that the entire number of votes
given in the State for the Free Soil candidates
will prove to bs about 900. Now, that the
contest, which distracted and embarrassed so
many, is over, the natural instincts of the free.
men OF tho North, Of the laboring class espe
clally, and still more particularly of those con.
cerned in the cultivation of the earth, will at.
tract them TO this party; aud they will swell It's
ranks aud strengthen it for the great trumphs
which il is yet TO achieve. It's organization will
be preserved; It's presses will be multiplied, and
| II will agilale the question of Freedom in the
Territories with moro and more zeal aud earnest.
ness, ill that object is fully attained.
| That an attempt will DO made to compromise
the question at the next session of Congress, is
now pretty generally expected The friends oil
Taylor would be glad TO get il out of the way
before his administration commences, buta com.
promise is not the way to put an end 10 the aei.
Ialion of this dispute. compromise forced
upon The Nonh by combination Of politicians
IN Congress will but throw oil on the flames.
The demand for its repeal will be more vehe.
men! than is even now the demand for the pro.
hlbluon OF Slavery in the new territories.
In the neighborng States which border on
New York. particularly New Jersey aud Con.
nectlcut, the same causes 10 which we have re.
lerrod operated 10 diminish the Free Soil Vote.
In New Jersey great numbers who al one time
had made up their minds to vote The Van Buren
ticket changed it as the day of election approach.
cd aud all expectation that the State might be
carried for Van Buren, had passed away even