Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-10-08

H'tifsW Ws lhe puohshsf' and the paper 10 not seat
70 fOfme, d ectlon; they are held TesPoasbls.
bafoSe Mol co. and ts ucb'e dseloss,iOu. IL
Woaid b. unhappy f lwon victory and fame by
the unnre' SssTy sacrifice 81 q siagie. holy. bu.
msp lie" Witness bis parental C, 70 ar the
~oJudrd. and srk, amid the iron show,rd The
battle ieid - the peslileal h rrors Of he hos.
piIai. Such Jseds. loilier ,hao glory. .-uin ina
applause Of angels. For such deeds do ask
your Vo'ss frr esub's noblrs of heroes, ,he he.
70 Of humanity, Winfield Scou.
Or his rivals claims, m this srors.. We only
know thai he denied fraRmt mary piuancs Of
sa'ary 10 the sidow OF Presidenl Hurrisop.--
TITS ehval'y regarded not her ser. bis humani.
" her all e'ons. bis gratitude hor claims; bu
he Iolled. spoke, voted and foUghl--lhis vas his
hrsl waT--rg'nsI the widows crust Ye, one
of his mosI distinguished friends urged his
claims 10 The presidency on the ground lha. hs
gave ragged boy stick Of randy. Lofty phi.
lanihropisI! No wonder that the eventful day
and ~ benevolent hero both became candyd
N"I less conclusive than Scouts claims as a
patriot, are those which arise from he platform
OF principles which he represents, as co6,ras.ed
with those OF his opponents. Ills supporters are
the friends of lrctdUm---Our nWH cherished,
American freedom, as rCcpived from cur fathers,
10 trust Tor PosIrri'y. Oar cpponeGb would
stake thai ire, dom upon rash and guilty cast
Of the die in The European game Of hazird.--
Their fhbasisrism would drive US into a cru.
sade 70 force our institutions upon nations un.
worthy or unwilling 'n enjoy them. This mad
experiment involves the violation Of lrealies-
what care shey l-sud the insanity Of wsrrne
against d world banded 10 FessI and ayenge such
aggTess m. Can We con8urr the world and
If not. what is the alternative Ills one which
the patriot must regard with horror. Where
will then be the worlds frcedcm--w where our
own The Spirits Of oIr fathers will ask US
hchere and, Standing, in shackes, upon The
grave Of the eunh's last hope. how sha | we an.
swer YET these v lid counseis contemplate the
absorption Of Canada and Mexico, Jsmaca and
CUBA, South America and The Sandwich Islands.
And Ihis remember, is not the moulhed madness
OF brawlng bachanals merely--iI is the pro-
claimed doctrine Of their chief men--procaim.
ed 10 high places. Against this, The Wing par.
ty is the couniry's sole protection; and there.
fore do we ask you TO support the policy Of
peace, right and virtue, Of Washington, Clay
and Scott.
Nor is the domestic policy Of our opponents
less reckless and destructive. Oar revoulona.
~ battles were fought mainly TO secure the in.
dependence OF American labor But the fol.
lowers Of Pierce spell the creed Of our fathers
backwards. The old lime of sacrifices ore dis.
regarded and the Declaration Of lndepend.
ence is virtually revoked We are made gain,
and more Than ever, colonies Of Great Britain.
W hat reck The free trade parIizans OF England
that protection was policy twin born with our
nation that IL was sanctioned by all our glori.
Gus line Of national paIuarchs aud that It's
" whoesome fruits were a hardy Independence,
a solid prosperity. and an universal content.
English polncians draiIcd the Anglo Ameri.
can Tariff of l849; and lis provisions we're
known earlier IN London Than in Washington.
Its consequences we're forcseen and predicted;
how leariuy those loreshadoWings have been
realized, need not be said n deceived snd plum.
red.Peuusy ylvania a-as well tell a man pom.
dering amid The 'ombs that death is in the world.
The honest sentiment of The whole lan1 pro-
tests, bat 10 vain, against the present system.
England DEGREES and Locolocoism obeys. Mr..
Pierce is pledged TO that obedience; aud there.
fore the knglish press unanimously and arro-
ganIly advocates his election, on The aVowed
ground that he is "lhe ally of English inter.
esls." The ally of England -su"h is the in.
sulUng declaration. The would be President
of The United States the instrument and ally Of
her rival and oppressor! Viii you sauclIon
this outrage and infamy! Dare you sanction il
and look your free born children in the lace-
Winfield Scott is The friend of American indus.
try, of lis procession, lis independence aud pros.
periIy. He has heretofore protected US against
English insoleOce and wong; we can trust him
with the task again .
Upon such grounds do ask your votes fnr
Gen. Scott. Are they not sufficient Whose
public career is more glorious! All his aims
n life have been large aud lofIy--all his deeds
pure and noble. True, he refused 10 murder
General Jackson by the duel, and lis imputed
10 him as grevouS fault; but | have yet m
earn thai the species of homicide is eniuined
,v our statutes, or required by your code Of
notas. i not, permit me 10 say, that The man
VINO doubts the courage oil The sacred hero Of
Lundy's Lane, is sin.ply Pi'iable idiot; and
hat he who lamenis that The right hand Of
Winfield Scou IS not crimsoned with the blood
If Andrew Jackson, is a wretch, whom it were
gross hauery TO call a miscreunG d
True it is. also, that like Washington, he is
military chehain. and that he has been gull.
y Of pouring forth his blond, like water, in dc.
ence Of his country. He has loved his native
and, aud his devotion has been certified upon
his bosom By the weapons Gf her foes; but if
his be criminal, Pennsylvania herself is no,
.ull,ess, for, in Tho tine that tried mems SOULS
ler noble breast was one vast wound. When
his is regarded as n crime, what shall We cher.
sh as a virtue! But Winfield Scott needs no
'poIogist | plead no. for the hero and patrio,.
His election is due. not SO mach 10 him, US to
il is not necessary for his Interests;
he never cared for them; but for these Of the
people; no. for his fame; it belongs 10 history.