Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-04-16

Of each. The postmaster has looked in vain for
one bearing the suPerscriPlion "Cauoll Free
Press, and having desire TO ascertain what
our member is doing 10 the council OF The na.
ZION we "sIOlo the reading" Of one Of these
documents, BY borrowing copy from liberal
locofoco. 90.
The Ohio Picayune Of March 96, contains
the following announcement. written a, Wash.
ingIon by Mr.. Cable HIMSELF and sen, as let.
ter 10 the Publisher;
MA. PIc:-OG yesterday your member
made speech in The House. on the freedom OF
the public lands 10 actual settlers, which was
listened 10 with marked attention; and to-day
when il appeared 10 the "Globe," have heard
il spoken Of with admiration for its originality
and close reasoning"
Now, you cannot find ia all the annals OF
literature or politics, a more sickening or dis.
gushing declaration than the foregoing. We
have looked elsewhere in.Vain for any word of
commentator Of this great speech which was
spoken Of with so much admiration for lis orig.
inality and close reasonng" BAIL Such fu.
tile attempts 10 make name cannot win.
We have read The speech carefully and we
cannot, for the life Of US, find out why il should
challenge admiration" "for its close reason.
ing." All we can see in il is a tissue Of un.
meaning sentences, loosely huug together by
coDjuncIions and propositions, from which il is
impossible to extract other meaning than that
the speaker had very exalted opinion o. him.
self.
He starts of, amid great flourish Of WumPets
blown by himself and with DemosIhenic elo
quence, tells 10 listening crowds, thar "lhis am
grea. question: More greater than any ques
lion ever propounded to Rip Van Winklel One
of greater importance than all your new consli.
IuIions, or 'aS laws, or notarys public or "whaI.
ever ese." The next step The orator takes, is
to erect tower Of egolism, on whose very shar.
pest pinacle he seats about two hundred pounds
OF flesh and blood, which is described by the
rehabilitation. Joseph Cable. This is per.
haPs the most fuIsome paragraph in The whole
production. He seems TO take great delight in
retTenlng from the base Of his newly erected
Pinacle Of fame, and surveying with admring
eye the fair proportions at the head oft. Hear
him:
"lndeed, sir, II had the ambition TO attempt
a fashionable speech, in want Of certain exqu.
siIely nice ingredients, must necessarily fail.
/ For il is admitted that have none Of that Tin.
seled show of drapery which hangs around The
prolific fancy Of Imagination Of that flow
ing pageanIry Necessary TO veil tho truth or
mislead the understanding; none Of the gaudy
trappings which surround the dazzling Pagoda
Of Mammon; none Of tho glowing lervor that
marks the course Of Ihe ambitious aspir ant, none
Of the changeable dyns Of the Poliueiani none
Of the chameleon aspects Of the demagogue, by
which 10 allure the Judgement or capIivaIe The
mind. These may all be drawn upon by 9th
ers, TO I'LL their sails and wait their popularity
upon the breeze; but for my own par, choose
10 travel the path Of truth and justice, uuawed
by the ScOwl Of hOughly pride. or The jeers of
presump,ive aroganco-u unnnuenced by The
sneers Of adventurous power. or The tyranny OF
the insolent parasite -uninIimidaIed by BON.
basIic bravado, or The assumptions Of the ego.
Istical lilipuIan.
And. once for all, permit me here to remark,
that came moi here 10 pander to "lhe mighty
dollar" but came 10 represent the will, to
watch over the interest, and guard the rights Of
humanity. W.
He might, with truth have added that he
lacked cupsbility to make either fashionable
or inlashonable speech, Ior the reader will be
sure 10 come 10 that conclusion before he gets
TO the eLd.
But let US ask, 10 all sober seriousness, did
you ever see a more buueling piece Of trans.
cendenIalism than the first clause Of the second
sentence above quoledl "Tinseled show OF
drOPery which hangs around the prolific fancy
of Imagination WHO ever saw any of this
queerIy. wrought ''Iinseled showi" Who sells
III
lie talks huen,ly about his "frsnd from
Tennessee, and no doubt IL his "friend from
Tenn" had occasion TO refer to him he would
neither say tiny friend," nor ".he gentleman
from Ohio" but most likely il would come out
fhc individual from Ohio"
He lays down, with the greatest precision,
the proposition, that giving 100 ucres oflnnd TO
actual settlers would be Of pecuniary udvOulage
TO the country, andhe reasons il out as clear as
mud. We would have no objection 10 this dis.
posiuon Of The public domain, but We object to
Mr.. Gable, (aIIhough he be "our member" at.
tempting TO make The people of his district be-
lieve he ia thu great hero of this great reform,
when in fac. his dOings, 10 regard 10 it, are for
parry purpose.
The argumeu'a,ivO part of bis speech is, if
possible weaker than the defamation. For OK.
ample to prove that the Zee smpe Of The public
domain is in the people, "a fac. nobody die.
puIes,l he makes these quotations from The