Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1849-05-25

bIoodshed, or whatever act desperadoes may de.
eide upon, whenever their lust Cor power is not
salialed BY the people.
Next, We efnda preamble and resolutions, than
which a more lofty fight Of Imagination could
not well be conceived! They are, emphalieal-
ly, moral. political, and literary curiosity A
production that will live thousands o. years nf-
ter the sages who penned il shall have been laid
10 the tomb! The present generation may not
appreciate it; but generations yet unborn-lhe
millions who will hereafter inherit Uncle Sans
palrimony.-the future occupants OF the gold
piaers--wil admire lis grace, reverence lis
PrecePls, and cherish the memory Of its imnOr-
tai authors with londness liule short Of ado
raliOnl Would ii not be well to place copy in
the archives Of the government al Washington!
Fearing that such disposition Of it may not be
made in our day, we give ii place here, in or
der that il may not be wholly beyond the reach
Of the impartial hisorianl
WHEREAS, from indications in certain quar-
ters, as glyings out for future action, there is
slrong reasons TO fear that there will be COM
promise--a coalition, between the whig members
of Congress from the free states aud The South,
by which the door will be opened for the admis-
sion Of slavery in California and New Mexico;
therefore be il
ResOlUed, That we, as q portion Of the dem.
ocraIic party, are most assuredly opposed to the
further extension Of slavery.
Dreadful What an awful catastrophe We
have escaped by the timely discovery Who
else could have seen i'll Ia the Pcnilude of our
siren glh--unconsciou Of any danger, we have
been pursuing the even tenor Of our way, when
10! "a compromised" "a coaiIion!" with jaws
more formidable that those which swallowed
Jonah, stand open 10 enguph US!
Seriously. The parry which has been add
ing sIave.holdng territory 10 slave.holding ter
rilory ever since the formation Of the govern.
ment the party which oslracised cOmmunl.
ranls Of their own aith, because they possess.
ed the moral firmness to Withstand the blandish-
menls Of power--because they would not beIray
the interests Of the norlh by voting 10 receive
Texas and her slaves--lhe party which made
and waged war topeipeuate slavery--lhe parry
which refused an entire State delegation udmis.
sion into their late National Convention, simply
because that delegation doubted the dirinity Of
the institution Of slavery, row accusing Others
Of a desire TO extend slavery, and praling about
"a compromises coalionp Verify, there are
more wonders in heaven and earth than we're
written in our philosophy! We once seen an
account Of certain men slraning at gnat and
swallowing camel. the lime the expression
seem ed mysterious, Aller reading The lorego.
ing preamble and resolution new light broke
upon, our imagination! There are Pharsees
nOlO, as in those days.
The last resolutions are brief. but characteris-
tic. Like artlul coqueues, they flauer the van
ny Of The National Relormers; and like them
they would make conquest, rather for the love
of glory, than with design 10 reciprocaIe the
affections they arouse.
Our space will not permit us TO trace further
the proceedings of the meeting. 1t was GER
tainly ga feast Of reason flow of souI!''--a
rare exhibition of mental genius and natural ell
cquence!--of sholOslic lore and erudhe semi.
menls! Talk not to us Of The wisdom of Solo.
mon, the justice of Melchisidec, the patience oI
Job, or The devotion Of Ruth while such flow.
ers are permitted TO bud in Obscurily,--to "wasle
their bloom on the desert r,"--to wilher unla-
mented,--to die "unwepl, unhonored, and un.
sung!" at the noon of the nineteenth century
and in the very heart Of the model American
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