Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-09-22

I " lhe term FREE SWl Parry, nF Free SUIl men.
designate one WIN Is fixed unI unalt,ra lv in
favor Of the restriction Of sascry-is So 10 dBy
aud was 50 yesterday. and has en- 50 FOR some
Tins. Laughter then | hold myself to b.. as
good Free Soil mun rs any one uf the BuiTa-
10 Convention. Much clappingl | pray 10
know who is put beneath my feet frrer soil
Than that which ! have stood ever since have
been in public lilel pray 70 know who is to
inspire inIo my breast more resolute and fixed
determination, to resist he advance and eucroach.
mentS Of the slave power than has inhabited it
since |, Tor the first tlme opened my mouth in
The councils Of the countryi Enthusiastic ez-
element
The gentlemen al Buffalo have placed at the
head OF their party Mr.. Van Buren,, a gentle.
mun for whom | have all the respect that
should entertain for one with whom have been
associated, in some degree, in public life for ma.
, ny years. But really, speaking for myself, !
| should think that if were TO express confidence
I in Mr.. Van Buren and his politics on any ques.
ton-and most especially this very question Of
1 Slavery think the scene would border upon
3 the ludicrous, if not upon the contemplate.
5 never proposed anything in my life Of a gen.
= eral and pubic nature that Mr. Van Buren did
NV Nppgats ANul lltS " lluptllGu 10 lite 10 SUD-
port any important measure that he did propose.
And if he and were now TO find ourselves TO.
gether under the Free Soil flag, | am sure, that
a with his accustomed good nature, he would
] hugh. Laughter. Ii nobody were present,
/ we should both laugh Increased laughter from
+. the audience at the strange occurrences and
Q stranger jumbles Of political life that should
{ have brought him and me TO sit down costly and
r snugy, side by side, on the same platform.
D Gentlemen, my first acquaintance IN public
1 life with Mr.. Van Buren, was when he was pres
sing with great power, the election Of Mr. Craw-
3 ford TO the Presidency, against Mr.. Adams
! Mr.. Crawford was not elected, and Mr.. Adams
9 was. Mr.. Van Buren was in the Senate near.
/ ly the whole Of that Administration; and during
4 the remainder of it, he was Governor of the
F. State of New York. And il is notorious that
he was the soul and centre, throughout the whole
, Of Mr.. Adams term, Of the opposition made TO
Q him. And he did more to prevent Mr. Adams
3. election in 1898, and 10 obtain Gen. Jackson 5
Y election, than any man-yes, than any ten
men.
Gen. Jackson was chosen. Mr.. Van Buren,
I was appointed his Secretary of State. Ii so
happened that in July, 1885, Mr.. Mclean went
: and disputed poin, on the subject Of trade MIR.
Adams had held high tone on that subject
] He had demanded, as a reciprocity and right.
the introduction Of our products into all pqrs Of
= the British territory freely; since Great Britain
h was allowed to bring her produce into The United
y States upon the same terms. Mr.. Adams pla.
IS ced this upon terms of reciprocity and justice.
Great Britain would not yield. Mr. Van Bu.
: +ren, in his instructions TO Mr.. McLane, told him
| to yield that question Of right, and then went on
= to say, that the administration in which he was
e Secretary of State-that is General Jackson's.
2 ought not 10 be debarred in England bv the En-
I glish Government, from the enjoyment of that
which he was willing to call not right, but a
$ boon, or privilege. Gen. Jackson's admins
raton, he said, ought not to be refused on that,
= on account of the misbehavior of Mr. Adams
administration. That is the sum and substance
! Of it.
4 Well, gentlemen, it was one Of the most
painful duties Of my life. on account of this, 10
refuse my assent To Mr.. Van Burpn's nomina.
lion, il was new in our history. when an admin
stration changes, that the new Administration
shall seek TO obtain privileges on the ground that
= they have abandoned the ground Of their prede-
e cessors. | suppose that such q coafse is holden
c 10 be altogether undignihed by all public men.
9 When went into the Department of Stale under
D General Harrison, found in the conduct ormy
, predecessor many things that wished Otherwise.
, Did relract iol or t;lIp of what Mr.. FORSYTH
} had said! took the case as he had left il, and
conducted it upon the principles which he left.
/ And should have considered that disgraced
' myself, if had said, "Pray my Lord Ashbur-
r ton, we are more rational persons than Our pre-.
. decessors, we are more considerate than they,
3 and intend to adopt entirely new policy. Con.
. slider, my dear sir, how much more humble and
= available we, the successors are, than our pre-
} decessors."
,, But now, on this very subject of the exten.
sion OF the slave power, would by no means
do the least injustice TO Mr.. Van Buren,. If he
has come up 10 some Of the opinions expressed
in the platform Of the Buffalo Convention, am
very glad of it, | do not mean to say that there
may not be very good reasons for those Of his
own party who cannot conscientiousy vote Tor
Gen. Cass, TO vote for him, because think him
, much the least dangerous of the two.
Butin truth, looking at MIR. Van Buren's con.
duct as President Of the United States, am a.
mazed to find that he should be placed at the
head OF party protesting TO be, beyond all 9TH
er parties, friends of liberty and enemies of AZ
rican slavery in the Southern States. Why,
: the very first thing that Mr.. Van Buren, did al-
Ter he was President, was to declare that if Con-
gress, in any manner or degree-that if Con-
: gress interlered IN the least degree with slavery
he would veto that action:-the only instance in
which remember that a President agreed 10 We.
to acts before they were passed. Il must 90 in.
TO the Presidential chail, said he the infexibIe
and uncompromising opponent Of every attempt
on the part OF Congress to abolish slavery in
the District of Columbia against the wishes of
G the Slave holding States;-Rand also with a de.
termination TO resist any exercise of power a.
: gainst the wishes of the Slave holding States
: -Tha' is, if Congress pass any law upon that
:, subject, he will meet it with the exercise Of his
i constitutional power