Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1849-06-15
The Last Legislature.

We publish, for the information Of our read.
ers, sketch Of LOcofOeO meeting lately held
in Brown county. The sketch is extracted
from the Democratic Standard, the organ Of the
party In that county; and il any errors have
crep, into the text, they cannot be attributed to
the Wings. The SIandatd, 10 ils honor be il
said, Is not a party 10 the base bargain consum.
mated al Columbus last winter, whereby the
most sacred privileges Of freemen we're traffic.
ed as cattle in the markeg-a bargain which
looked upon the sufrages Of the people Of This
great State as so many charels,-to be dispo-
sed Of the highest bidder. And this was done
in the name Of Democracy Under the sacred
banner Of the "greaIesI good 10 the greatest
numbet," Ouitages were committed, more
detrimental to the sovereignty of the people,
than the monurchial mandates of the Russian
Car. "Oh shame! where is thy bushl'
The remarks of Messrs. Smith and Norris
will auract the attention Of the reader. They
not only acknowledge the existence of the bar
gain, but insist that making it-in bauering a.
way the rights of lreemen-lhey did what was
right No excuse is offered-nO Palliation-nO
apology. The offence. in its most hideous
form, is fully avowed; and the offenders claim
credit for their purity of purpose!
We have seen something of human nature
we have known men, claiming 10 be respecta-
Bile, who have committed acts that would bring
the Iinge Of shame TO the cheek of the vilest
inmate of the Penitentiary; but we have never
before seen an instance where the offender so
audaciously acknowledged his misdeeds, and
goried in their consummation.
Just think of it. In this land Of freedom,-|
where the voice of the people is omniPotent-
where the ballot.box is the source of power
where public intelligence is the guardian of the
peoples rights; in the Stale Of Ohio, withschool
houses on every hill and churches in every val.
ley-with colleges and seminaries in almost
every county-with teachers and divines in ev.
cry village-wilh professions of morality ard
claims Of intelligence on every P;--with all
these,-with the many bounties of Providence
showered upon us as rain-wilh all the ele-
ments Of greatness at our command there are
those who boldly avow that they entered the
halls of legislation, armed as bandits, determin-
ed that they should rule the destinies Of the
State, or that its streams should redden with the
blood of the people; that they effected their OBJ
ject by bribery, fraud and corruption, and the
people ought to be thankful TO them for thus
saving them from the horrors of civil war!
We will not insult the intelligence of the peo-
pie by warning them to beware of such demons
we will not so far question their virtue as to pre-.
sumo that they hear such doctrines taught with.
out feelings of loa,hing for the teachers; we
will not doubt their patriotism so far as TO har-
Dor The idea that they entertain so iule reve-
renee for their inestimable privileges as to coun-
tenance such monslrous propositions.
No, we do not allude to these things for any
such purpose. To be condemned, these acts
have only TO be known and understood. The
confessions Of some of the actors themselves
are as conclusive evidence as could be desired.
Having laid that evidence before our readers,
and called their attention to it, we leave the
matter with them.