Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-06-11

koeotocO NOuNeuttous
This body Which met 10 BalIimere on Tues.
day The lsl inst, adjourned on Saturday last,
having nominated one Franklin Pierce of New
Hampshire lor President. aud W. R. King ul
Alabama or z. N. T. IlunIer Of Virginia Tor
Vice President The ClcvelSnd papers say il
is King, bot the Ohio Palro, says il is Iluu'er
All the prominent men before tho Convention
are thrown overheard TO make room Tor one
Sho is emphaiieally IN oulsider-one Of whose
opinions the nation knows nothing. further than
thai he is locofoco, and that he got his ankle
sprained ia the Mexican war.
The locorocos think they can succeed wnh
these men from the fact that nobody knows
anything hboul them, and can therefore say
nn,hing against them. A second James K.
Polk cannot be elected.
P. S. Since The nbnve was put in type. We
have harmed ,ha. W. r. King Of Alabama. is
The nominee for Vice Presiden, beyond oil
doubt.
If ever had any poliucaI ambition for
place, (which DO not admil) il has "oozpd
out at nv fingers end" 81 have no political
future" in anticipation. Therefore, 10 view Of
all the facts and circumstances-Ihe past and
the presenI-I ask lears N dscIiRe fhs honor
IF beng a candidate again. do hope this
conclusion will be satisfactory to nv friends
personally aud politically. especially those who
have been pressing me on the subject; and thai
il may be acquiesced in by all. as | know il
will be by some. The new dstTicls having
been formed recently by our legislature, have
deemed II proper, in connection with the leuers
referred to, thus early to have il known that |
will be in the way o. no one for nominalion.
The foregoing is an extract from letter Of
"the Hon. Joseph Cable" re.pubishel in the
Ohio Pcayuno, and purporiug to have been
originally published inihe nshinglon Union. "
Il is strange that, ia view Of The immense sac.
riices Mr.. Cable has made in twice accepting
The nomination for Congress, his friends should
have The ellronlery TO ask him again to go be.
fore the people for their sulIrages. Eight dol.
lars n.day and PerquisiIes is certainly a poor
piuauco for his services, when considered in
connection with The foci that he is compelled to
neglect a lucrative business at home.
Now, it is matter Of "wonder, surprise OF
admiraron," that a man Of such towering tai.
rnis. and uanscendant abilities as the "lather'
Of the recently enacted Homestead Bill is said
to possess, should attempt, in The MONDAY
blaze of the nineteenth century, to palm upon
the enlightened voters Of the 2lsl Congression
al District, such an exceedingly Transparent
hoax, as is shadowcd forth in The letter refer.
red To, Tie must think men make poor use
Of their faculties, or they would discover that il
would be uuerly impossible for him TO procure
the nomination from the present district, were
he never 50 willing TO make lhe sacrifice &c.
We suppose VIC have right to an opinion
living as We do ia a land Of Republican liberty
aud liberal republicanism, and if so, we think
that This vision Of Mr. Cables greatness, is
creature of his own imagination. purely, and
has no. the leasI foundation in fact No one
ever wrote him Letter urging him 10 be can.
didato-al least none that we know OF, and there
are grcnt many things we don't know. lie
merely supposed a case. and tells the people
what he would do il he were solicited,
We cnrueIy agree with him when ho say,
he "hns no political lulure," and we would BE-
willing TO 60 further, aud if he said so. ogreC
with him, that he has very uIe political pres.
enL
We hope he will rest swee,ly in his prlhi
cOI grave, envtloPcd in this Qeuer) his politica
winding sheet, and that no political doctor viii
ever tx hume or disturb his political remains
even for the benefit of modern progressive po.
! ilicOl science. And we further hope, that his
political friends will erect over his political re.
mains political monument, and engrave upon
II in characters Of living political ligh,, The re-
cent Homestead bill, together with his political
epimph, which he labored hard during his po.
lcal life 10 prove politically rue:--
"Nalional Relorm'sa hoax and my nets show it.
thought so once, and now know IT,"
OF Go up aud seq the new Clothing store
on Lisbon street, where you will find great