Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1849-07-27


TERVENTlON.' CONTINUED cheering
"We hare the power 10 act. Knowing our
duty, and having the power 10 perform il, we
should be criminal, did Es refuse or neglect 10
do So"
John acknowledges the corn" as 10 his be.
Jog politician, and talks about the patriotism
nf some ofIhe statesmen Of New York, in way
that would make certain narrow minded, III
hearted LOcOfOcos Of these paris stare wildly.
lle says.
"Gentlemen, | am not one ahO denouuces
politicians and parties. have myself been AL.
ways CONNECTED with the Democratic parry. un-
I'll last fall. was then a member Of the Free
Democracy, and II there was any other Demos
cracy, was NOT Of them. lf there is any
branch Of politics, that has been particularly
censured II is that Of New York; and yet ! am
inclined 10 think, that this censure has resulted,
in greH measure. from a misapptehension.-
When you look al the names Of Alexander
Hamilton, John Jay, Rufus King. D. d. Tomp-
kins, Silas Wright, and host Of others, all true
patriots, If any ever lived, you mHd acknowl.
edge, that you are furnished with an argument
which sgnay disproves the theory, that there
is no honesty even in New York politics.
These were all honest men, an honor 10 their
party, TO their State, TO their race. ID is then
well for US to look TO the position Of the polili-
cal parties as they now stand in our country,
and in doing so, no man Of average discernment
can fail TO observe one thing particularly, and
that to that Tho NoIso.,.TI nas,on-oI,r -
dissOicedi [Cheering."l
In remarking upon the want of a national
press for the Free Democracy, he takes occa-
sion TO do up FATHER RlTcHIE of the Union, in
plain style. There is so much truth in what
he says, that we doubt whether Mr.. Richie
will enjoy the speakers humor;
"But, Mr.. President, we want National
party. We have none. We have no National
Editors. | speak Of the Democratic parry
RITcHIE is not an organ ofihe Democratic party.
True he might become so. can very well i'm
agne that he might become radically anli-sIa-
very. Nothing in the past history Of that man
goes to preclude the possibility of such an event.
He denounced General Jackson, in terms Of the
most abandoned bitterness. The election of
Andrew Jackson said he, 'to the Presidency
of these United States, would be greater ca
lamity than war, pestence, or famine And
yet, afterwards he turned in, and hel ped to e.
lect him ttCice to the Presidency! He denoun.
ced the Independent Treasury bill, as measure
lraught with danger TO the liberties ofIhe people;
as an internal invention Of the President and his
Secretary, by which one kind Of currency was
to be provided for government, and another for
the people; and now he floods the air with APP
peas to stand by it, as a basis on which the dis.
banded Democracy may be rallied! whilst
his ink turns pale at the frighlfu vigor, with
which he deals out encomums upon it, as the
perfect production of human wisdom!! am
reminded ola remark Of the amented and re.
vered SiLAs WRIGHT. He said that RITcHtE
experienced no difficulty, at all, in changeng
his position; but that very facility exIingushed
every particle Of his influence He may come
right; but he will present spectacle which will
chaIlange the contempt Of every one who shall
have fair claim to be ranked as human be-
ing. Look at him, sitting at the seat of Gov
ernment Convention Of slave holders is as
sembled to hold lamentations over the advance
of the free spirit Of the land, and consummate
their plans for the dissolution Of the Union A
slave holder occupies the chair Of state, knitting
his brows to, indignantly (rown down the efforts
offreemen for freedom and the Union is threat
ened by southern men on every hand. Does
he speakl Does he send an alarm aud give
notice of dangerl No. But there he sits, la
menting over the removal Of Collector of GUS
toms, or pregnant with holy horror, when the
head of 1ecapltaied Inspector rolls from the
block! Yes, there he sits like a superanuated
market woman, by the road side, crying over
her broken eggs!
In my opinion the only tune which he can
play upon his cracked organ, TO which the De.
mocracv can universally respond, in this:"
"Oh carry me back to Old Virginia"
Great Laughter.
John lays down his Platform. We wonder
whe,hersome of our "ultraS'--who 90 beyond
the verge of reason in whatever they advocate,
will approve these sentiments. Will they ad-
nit that a man may hold slaves and be worthy
of support for the Presidency? Or will they
insist that because man holds SlaUsS he must
necessarily be opposed to free sOil' We have
heard this nonsense talked by men who have
endeavOred TO talk sense for and against Sla-
Uery--fOr and against free sOil-fOr and against
Wing measures, and for and against the Wing
party. Men who resolved that no ''good thing
could come out of Nazareth" and refused to
vote for Gen. Taylor-.hus supporting for Pre-.
sident man of the Free States pledged against
their favorite principles, as embodied in the
Wilmot Proviso. But it would seem Mr.. Van
Buren, does not 60 so far. He says:
81 have said that thought it an appropriate
time for the humblest individual TO express him.
self, and will express my opinion. When
have heard it said, that no slave holder shall be
President of the United States, have dissented.
Washington was slave holder; so was Jeffer-
son, Madison, Monroe. When a slave holder,