Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-03-04

" i0dtc tfom lnc place tna ne mas nlled with Y
10 honor to himself. or advantage TO bis con
'tituents, he must needs make last effort to
pull the wool still more closely over the eyes of
bis deluded constituents.
IL will be recolleeted by most persons, thai
when he was FIRST a candidate for nomination,
n 1898, he was. opposed by Isaac Atkinson,
Esq, and Dr.C.sX-l -lIeAlllens II viii be rec.
Olected also that he, with The aid Of his min
ions. succeeded in securing the nomination by
a fraud. Thus the very FIRST step was fraudu-
lently taken. r.. q. ....
It so happened that few visionary men
about The edges, who were too lazy to work
and ashamed to beg. had become, within very
short space Of time, clamorous Land Reform
ers." They could not, without envy, look up
on their fellOw-men around them, who had by |
industry and economy acquired competence,
enjoying that competence, while they were
doomed to wander through the world homeless
and penniless. As before minated, they had
become great friends Of Land Reform" and
" Our Member" who was willing to make any
pledge, or stand on any platform that would
secure vote for him, espOnsed the cause of
these Jewelers." and had himself posted as
the champion Of "homes, vines and fgtrees
for all" Not that he cared much for the doc
trine, but that it afforded him hobby to ride
into Congress upon. This was his main hob
by, and what has be done to further this mea-
sure If we we're dependent upon the Plea
yune for our information, we could not but
conclnde that he was the only man in Congress
calculated to take charge of such measure
and put it through; for he takes good care that
nothing shall appear in that paper on that sub
ject that is not furnished by himself We hes
tate not to charge that he has not received one
word Of commendaton for his official conduct
during the four years he was member of Con-
gress, that was not instigated directly or indi
rectly by himself Week after week has the
Picgyuae been filed with letters from Wash
ingtOn in praise Of the acts of "Mr Cable
when in truth and in fact they we're written by
himself. This fraud he has practiced ever
since he went there. We would be glad to
read brief, comprehensive, weekly statement
Of the doings Of Congress, provided they were
furnished by an impartial pen, but we have no
patience to read fulsOme selfpraises week after
week
"0ur Member" has been there four years,
and what has he done for the benefit OF his
constituents We say, and we challenge sue
cessful contradiction, that he has not done a
single thing within the range Of his duties as a
Representative Of the nth Congressional dis
Irict, calculated to promote the political, reli-
gious, social or peCuniary interests of his con-
stituents. His time has been employed in frank
ing public documents to partisan friends, skulk-
( ing about the departments seeking vacant pla.
, ces for lOs6ng politicians, and writing "uncer.
tain," libellOus, egotstcal letters to the Home
stead Journal and Picayune.
All the measure before Congress he seems
to know anything about is the great " Land
Reform Bill" What little time he can spare
from the above enumerated duties, he devotes
. to the interests of this bill,-that iS he writes
+. letters to the aforesaid papers concerning the
. " Bennett land swindle," as he is pleased to
. term the bill that will become the law.
!. Thanks to the lapse of time, he will soon
y cease to be disgrace to the people Of this dis
il trict. He will retire to private life with little
Q money, but no more Of the respect or esteem o.
y his fellow men, than he enjoyed before he was
O elected
O We have no personal malice toward " Oul
4 Member" We would not lay straw in his
way in social life, but we must be permitted to
enter our protest against the course he has pur-
sued in Congress.
We will conclude with an extract Of letter
published in the Pittsburgh Gazette of Febru-
ary esd.
II seems that certain EDWARD HARTE wrote
. letter to the Pittsburgh Gazette, in which he
commented freely on the course of /" Our Mem.
ber," and kindred spirits This gentleman
; seems TO be a regular correspondent Of the GA
zette, and enjoys the confidence and respect o
his acquaintsnces about the Iron City," a,
well as at the Federal city. In reply to the
remarks Of Mr.. Harte, "0ur Member" sends a
y communication to the Homestead Journal, y
. published at Salem, o., in which he abuses
. Mr.. Harte as hired scribbler," &c Now
j. why did he not publish his retOrt in the Pitts
. burgh papers, and not seek an obscure county
. journal through which to vent his vitupera
n ton? He knew too we'll that it would not dc
to publish such things where that gentleman is
!. known.
v Mr.. Harte handles him without gloves, ant