Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-02-24

That the distinctive line OF oemarcaiOn De-
tween the two great political parties, for the las.
twenty years. is and has been the osurpaiion Of
power and the despotic exercise thereof by the
one parry and the exposure and denunclaGion
thereof by the other. lie cited the yetoing Of
bills during the reign OF Gen. Jackson, and 9TH
er acts Of arbitrary power-he referred 10 Mr..
Van Buren's administration, as having aroused
and alarmed the people by It's sluPendous prod
igaliy, under the head Of "incidenIal expenses"
Its squandering the peoples money dema-
gngues-its wasting millions upon the prolon-
eaIon Of the Florida war, for the benefit Of par
ty fayoriIes-ils uniIing the sword and the purse
by the passage Of the Sub Treasury Bill, alter
il had been condemned by the people-and by
its Withholding appropriations for Harbor and
River Improvements, TO the injury OF the great
inland commercial interest Of The West and
Southwest.
This arbitrary exercise Of the veto power
this concentration Of power, and its prospective
use for the benefit Of the few and against the
rights and liberties Of the many, caused the
Wings TO rally in their might in 1910, under
their great leader, Gen. Harrison; and they
hurled from their high places those who had
tramped upon the rights Of the people and
sought TO pelpetuale their corrupt and corrupt
ing supremacy by profligale use Of official pa
Tonage and the public funds.
He spoke Of the national loss in the death Of
Gen. Harrison, and the political ueachery o.
John Tyer-the desperate means embraced &c
annex Texas--and the consequences Of Texas
annexation being predicted by the Wings.
OF the war he said it was commenced by the
unnecessary and unconstitutional actol the Pres
ident, in wicked and arbitrary defiance of The
! plainest provisions Of the great charter Of oul
liberties. That although Congress was in ses
sion, the President did not deign TO inform iha
body that he had commenced hosliIilies, by The
usurpation of the war-making power, but al
tempted to excuse himself by various shutting
pretences, disreputable, ifnot degrading, To 'ht
national character.
That now, after sacrificing thousands o
lives and millions of treasure, the Executive Of
fcialy declares the object of the war to be the
acquisition and annexation Of Mexican territory
Thus was an unconstitutional, wicked and un.
righteous war begun, and has been prosecuted
by the President, for The unholy purpose Of dis
membering sister Republic! The Freemen
said he, of all nations and of every cline, exc.
crate the crowned heads Of Europe, for partition
of Poland, and shall Americans glory in follow.
ing such precedent
The free institutions of this country, found
ed by the wisdom Of our Revolutionary Faith
ers, can only be perpetual by the intelligence o
the people--and can the incorporation of a ma
lion of all coors, degraded and ignorant, pro
mote our national glory and prosperityl Sucf
an act Of conquest and oppression would surely
result in q dissolution of our glorious Union.
He compared the act of annexation, 10 tha
Of creditor, who seized the dead body of hi
debtor, and kept it until it created a disease
which destroyed his whole family. The wal
should be brought 10 speedy termination, and
by electing a Wing Chief Magistrate
whom the Mexican government could trust
the war would be honoraby and speedily term
mated, as was the Florida war when Gen. Har
rison came into power.
He reviewed, inteIligenty and pertinenty
our State Legislation, from The reckless attach
of the Locofoco party upon the credit and cur
rency of the State, until both were ruinously de-
ranged and impaired. He then referred TO The
lile-restorng measures ofRelorm by the Wing:
on coming into power-the establishment of {
safe and uniform system of banking, promotivC
of the business interests Of the State-the re
penishing the State Treasury by system o
laxation--lhe payment of our interest upor
State Indebtedness, without increasing The SAINT
by resorting to forced loans, and the gratifying
fact, that during the last year two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars of the temporary
debt of The Stale had been paid and cancelled.
In conclusion, he urged the Wings to united
efficient and preserving action; and assured them
by so doing, glorious Stale and National tri-
umph awaited them. The above is but an i'm
perfect outline of Gen. F's speech.
The STATE CoNsTITUTIoN.-The locofocc
State Convention declared in favor ofa Con