Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-08-20
The Free soil Convention

With much anxiety by all Who are 10 the haJi,
Of walchiog the course Of eyenIs, and the selec.
lions made will be approved and commended
by many, and by many disregarded or con.
denned. Many will be disposed 70 laugh aud
snecr at ~haI Ibey will be pleased 10 call "lhe
nonsense Of fansIics." while Others viii ueaI
with utter contempt aud scorn. what they regard
as the work and devcs Of corrupt aud design.
ing political Ticksters: yet Notwithstanding
this variety uf opinion. that convention aud
their proceedings must and should be treated as
s'ern reality, aud lis influence, be the same
much or iule, cOunieracIed in a candid spirit
and with sound argument. Il would amount to
nothing shou Of absolute nonsense, TO attempt
TO overthrow the free soil platform with the
cry Of "fanaicsm," "humbug" or "corrup'
uoni" fDr many men OF cool heads and unim.
peschable honesty were employed in its erec-
uon; yet we presume il will not DO considered
lha' We are not treating the matter with respect.
to say they were misguided. And We arc very
willing TO acknowledge that some Of their acts
are very hard to reconcile with good faith
We hope 10 be governed by spirit Of candor
ia what we say about il, and desire to bs read
with like feeling. Il is well known to those
who have read The papers, that Mr.. Hale de.
cIined the honor Of nomination for President
in terms clear and unquesIionabe, stating, at
length, his reasons for so doing. Yet on the
very first ballot he is nominated. Now. here
is an ncongruily we confess ourselves unable
70 understand. II Mr.. Hale declined in good
faith, what will he dol If the convention be.
lieved he was sincere, why did they nominate
hint And irIhey believed HIM iusincere, how
do they expect TO get clear Of the charge Of
corruplioal
We had expected that these gentlemen would
have treated the two great political parties of
the nation with. at least, that respect and cour.
lcsy that is duo from man 10 man, and were
surprised and mortified to discover that they
were disposed to indulge n the blllngsgale
common among the most ultra and cIamorous
abolIionisls. 10 looking at the matter calmly
aud dispassionolely, we would not suppose that
men, governed by proper degree of selrres.
pecl would speuk to the world in The language
Of The following resolution:
90, Tha, the Free Democratic Party is not
organized To aid either the Wing or Democrat.
ic wing of the great Slave Compromise Party Of
the nation, bur to defeat them both; aud that
repudiaIng and renounrlng both as hopeIessy
corrupt aud utterly unworthy OF confidence, the
purpose Of the Free Democracy is to take pos
session Of the Federal Government and admin.
isler ii for The better protection of the rights aud
interests Of The whole people.
They should have remembered that all have
right to an opinion on this su5ecG and that
men who differ from them Hre not necessarily
corrupt. They should have recnIlec,ed also,
that in the Two great political parties, there are
men, whose political honesty and uprghtness
cannot bo denied in any other spirit Than that
Of utter wantonness.
After readiag the foregoing resolution we are
very much disposed to doubt The honesty Of its
framers. Messrs. Gliding. Chase & CO., must
be wei! aware that il is, Ut least, altogether i'm.
probable that Mr. Hale will be elected that,
under the circumstances, it Is absolutely impns.
s.bIe Tor them 10 succeed in eecling him.
Such being the case, what can they expect to
accomplish How will they carry ou, their
rcsove 10 "iOke the govcrnmenlinlo their own
handsl"
10 one oftheir resolutions, they declare them
selves in favor OF internal Improvements, and it
i well known 10 them, that MIR. Pierce is op.
posed 10, and Gen. Scott is in favor of this
measure: Why then do they not favor The
election of Gen. Scott They will answer ,ha,
he is not 'righs' on the slavery question. Aud
II inleuogaIed, they will answer that Pierce is
not right either. Now il one or The other OF
these must and will be elected, and both are
wrong on ono daaesIion, bu, one is right on un,
other equally important question, "hS DO 'hey
not endeavor to accomplish some gOUS by vo'
ling for The man who lavors ora of their doc
lrines. and not throw their vote entirely away
We hope our free soil friends will think of
these things before they vote, aud conclude ,ha,
irthey cannot accomplish all they desire, they
will do what they can do. We think, that up.
Oh reflection, they will conclude they can ac.
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