Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1849-06-29
Communicate.



Being a member Of the Free Soil party, am
induced, TO ask the favor Of advertising my free |
soil brethren through your paper, Of dark and
wicked plot, that is about to be attempted. 10
fos' into Office, a few ugprincipIed Locorocos.
at the cost Of perhaps THE dissolution Of the |
free soil party Of Carroll County. The effort
is to be made by such men OF the ocofoco par.
~ as Cabl5 and Atkinson, and like kidney, who |
have no more regard for the principles Of the /
free soil party, than a dumb brute has for the |
Sabbath, with certain members Of the free soil |
party, thai desire Office at any sacrifice; even
the bauerlng away Of principle. A coalition |
between party that holds as the great and par |
amount question, Of its political faith, the re.
lease Of the colored man, from his bondage; |
with party that has on all occasions, support |
ed the most ultra pro.slavery measures, would |
strike an honest man with asionishmenI The |
idea Of soliciting aid from the Locolocos, to ad-
vance, that Heayen-born principle Of universal
liberty, would be like the quack administering
his noslrums TO the dead 10 restore life or look. |
ing TO the teachings Of the atheist, for rules of
christian faith and practice. To show the po- |
siton Of the locolocos on this question, let us |
go back into the past history Of that party, and
call up the unpleasant "reminiscences of truth
From the first organization Of that party, il has |
on all occasions, lent itself to break down eve- |
ny measure, that confcled with slave interest. |
10 its mad career, and anxiety to obey the hgh |
beheSts Of Siarery, its first victim was the tariff,
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gave the American products, the preference in
American markets Next followed the prostra.
lion of the currency, by which the price Of our
products were prosuated also, and the southern
planter enabled to buy with his save.rased cot.
ton, twice as much Of our corn and pork, rais-
ed by free hands as he could, when we had
currency equal TO our wants. The thirst for
destruction was not yet satisfied, and next be-
fore this fell destroyer, went down a system of
internal Improvements, by which northern la !
Dor, had been greatly aided, and a market furn- !
ished at the barn Of the farmer and shop of the
mechanic. After all these measures of policy
had been prostrated, which was like unto moth.
ers milk, TO northern interests, and the slave
power was clearly in the ascendant, we find it
making one grand effort to perpetuale itsef.-l
To effect this a northern candidate by fraud, was
cheated out of the nomination, and an obscure
man, distinguished alone, for his nhumanty in
the cause Of slavery; at one time exerting his
energies to sustain the slave trade and at anoth-
en- TO exclude abolition petitions, from the House
Of Representatives, was placed in nomination;
candidate Of the most ultra school of southern
politics; and who had coupled with his nomina-
tion, the annexation of Texas-the extension
of slavery! Yet around such candidate gath.
cred the northern Locoiocos, and enlisted n that
unholy crusade. They succeeded, and James |
X. Polk was elected President, which northern
LOcofocos declared was a solemn decision orthe |
people, in favor Of annexation, and that diaboI
lcal measure was accordingly consummated, by
which thousands of additional slaves were put
in chains, and slavery's dark mantle extended
over territory six times as large as our own
flee Ohio.
Flushed with success, they next plunge the
country in war of conquest, that they may
add few more slave States to the domain of
"the peculiar institution of the SOUTH" and hold
forever, the bnance of power, in the councils of
the nation. The conquest was made and the
land of liberty was extended to the banks of the
Rio Grande. In proposing form of govern
ment for this newly acquired territory, the ques-
ton arises: Shall it be slave or free? Free!-I
rree!l free!! exclaims the free soiler; but the
Locos answer that Congress has no power, to
prohibit slavery by law-that question must be
left TO the people. And on the side of slavery,
we find the Locofocos of the North, and partic-
ularly, Cable, Atkinson & Co., who now prate
about free soil, free territory, &c., and are at.
tempting to coalesce, with the free soers, by
corrupt bargain with few office seekers-un-
prlncped members Of the party;--for certain it
is, that such political hypocrites would not dare,
to make such proposition 10 any honest free
solIer, who understands the platform on which
he stands. Shall we, as free soilers submit to
this corrupt bargain, and lend our aid and ia
fuence to build up party, that 1t may 90 on in
its further schemes of iniquity! Shall we, who
united from a consciousness OF duty, become
bench men, for such political gamblers, as Cable
and Atkinson? For one, answer, never!
have not, and cannot have, any confidence in,
or respect for such false pretenders. would
as soon think, of defling my bed by a cohabi-
tation with prostitute, as of forming coalition
with such men, in hopes of lettering the condi-
ton of the poor, down.trodden Africans.
FREE SolLER.