Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-12-29

ttll r'ecs-nific Rentieiuan. Nho as called inan-
Es-r &C. whipping bis wiis-'plsse yer worship,
n Is an amiable weakness; don't B., hard on me-
u appears TO me shai lhis geuing up of crisis
j an iahrmIgy--a m8nomonia. with Mr. Cal
huua ani has prpPery ulr State, fnr which na
body ough, TO think hard of them. II an a.
miablo weakness, which, ouce understood, eau.
no, possibly impure any one.
Perhaps The worst effect OF this propensity Of
:. Carolina IS "a make the STATE aprcar con
Iemplible and ridiculous. have uow before
tie On edi'orial article from the Charleston
Mrr ury, Ihe gospel Of uullifrr and dsunion.
isis, upon the protective system. which contains
more suits and venom against the Nuuh than
Tecollect ever TO have seenembodiedin The sasn-
compass. This organ Of Souh Carolina free
trade assumes thar all The free soil and sboli,ion
sgilalioa n The Nouh is attributable TO the fact
ihal in 1888 Souh Carolina pui her veto upon
the protective policy. Now as this same paper
aud all others in the State have Glhousand times
over denounced the spirit Of free soil aud aboli.
ION as the greatest curse and pest which ever
afflicted tbs Union, must not the unanimous
yrrdirt Of lh South. al Least, be that Soulh Car
,na heTs'lf, upon her own testimony, isa curse
aud pest 10 the Unionl The ruth is that South
Carolina is no more than any other State that
scrubs buI uiae representatives auI two Seaalors
IN Congress. aud after the census of next year,
she will not BE- 50 much.
Ia my last, slated some OF The prominent
ohi"clions TO Mr.. Douglass bill ror The settle.
msuI The Slavery Question 10 the Territories.
] understand Iha, many liberal minded Wings
ia ,he House aro in favor Of plan which will
ohyaIe the one which consists in arbitrarily at.
ucliug The pc pie Of New Mexico TO California,
separated as they are from il by six or eight hun.
d ID m les of desert aud almost impossible
mjunluinL Ths plaza is 10 lot bJth the terrific.
r'ss cone in as States, as soon as they can pre-.
s.nI themselves with suitable constitutional
Within year they will each have a sufficient
population 10 put them upon a level with Hill
nois, Arkansas, aud Florida, at the time of their
admission. However, there is most lorcibe
otlscion against the representation Of mere
geographical space in the Senate, the most ex.
ulIed half Of the National Legislature.
There is very Interesting contest going on
IN respect TO the patronage supposed 10 be con.
ierrsd upon the President by that article Of The
Teay Of pence, which slpuates that lhe gov.
ernmsnt Of the United States and Mexico shall
ssyerally appoint commissioner, surveyor,
and secretary, TO form board for the ascer
AinmenI and establishment Of the boundary be-
tween the two countries. The House, last ses.
sian, laid on the table the Senate bill authorizing
the appointment of these officers on our part
and fixing their compensation. but il is ated
that the President assumes thai he has authority
and power under The trealy-whch is the su.
preme law Of the land-and that no will make
the necessary appointments, as soon as he can
determine from The immense list ofappicanls-
as long as Iighander's pedigree--which is
the 'desaul'ss and III man for The office. On
this list are half score Of heroes of the late
wnr, and eXhouorable members of Congress-
Of tho former class may pariculuirze Colonel
Burnett, who was wounded al Cherubnsco, in
command Of the New York Volunteers, and
Lieut.. Col. LaIly, wounded at the National
Bridge, while conducting up that famous cara.
van. knswn as Major LalIy's train 1t may be,
that should Mr.. Polk undertake to play Gcner.
al Jackson in this matter, the House will sustain
its position by stopping The raIions Of the ap.
ponIees. JUNUs.