Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-07-21
A New Coalition Proposed.


new coa tion is proposed between the " higs
and Free Sol ers. At the head Of this stands the
Messrs Medi ol the Forest City, who was at and
made no objections TO the nominations Of the
Whips pt the State Convention. VIII at new light
they have obtained since, we cannot te ut
they 90 a lengths row Tor the Goa itiol. We can
not tol ow them nor counlenanCe this scheme
Nor do we believe that any sound or re lab wing
canlo ow them To merge the whig party oi ONO
int, the rec Sol party is utterab y impossb =
il can nrver be done. The free soil party have
adopted in their atiorm the ocoocO doctrns OF
Free Trade, Direct Taxation and opposition to
Banks Jon such party, ,--neVer never Such
a course wou be suiytda The Medi may 60
Two canno, --CaHton Repository.
Were il not that friend SAxToN is an old ac-
auainance, we should suffer the above 10 pass
without notice. Father Saxton seems TO have
Just awakened from lip Vanwlnkle sleep
and Justly cries fire." when the edlhce is past
exlinguishmg. In his fright he has got the
whole subject jumbed up, and wrong end for
most. Local and State elections are confoun
ded together. The subject, and D'odaS Qperdn
G of the coalition" are not understood, and
our good old friend imag;nes that he sees trea
son stalking forth, and that the Medills are
plotting to bind him hand and foot, and deliver
him over into the tender mcrcles Of the ungod-
ly Phstans!
Fear not Father Saxton, we would rot touch
a hair of your silver locks, nor infringe on a
single principle which you cherish and revere.
No whig rtainIy wedo rot ITO
merge the wing party OF Ohio into the free soil
party. The attempt would be as preposterous
as Jonah trying to swallow the whale. Should
the feat actually be accomplished the free soil
party, after the "merger would simply, be the
whig party before its schsm IN l848; for the
greater must contain the less, and after the
merger the same antagonlsms of Anti and Pro-
slavery, would exist to part it again in twain.
The attempt would be folly followed by failure.
! The Medll's, who attended the Whig State
convention, have said very little about the State
ticket one way or the other, in the Forest City.
But for the informal on Of Father Saxton we
may as well state, that at the time we objected
TO part Of the nominees as improper men to
discharge the duties of the offices for which thew
were nominated The platform is far more OBJ
itctionable. 1t is perfect caracature, and a
gross insult to the party. We ,pudiatcd it at
the moment, and ever since. 1t is no more
like the Wing platform of l847-8 in spirit or
word than turkey buzzard resembles the A
merican Epge.
Our ancient friend has got some sad ideas
sticking crosswise in his brain, touching the
positions of the Free Soilers on the questions
OF the tariff and banks The Pittsburgh Con-
venton, which is the Free Soil chart, avows no
such doctrines as those aledged by Father
SaXlon.
Some malicious locofOco, or inveterate rogy,
has been pracllcing on the old gentlemen $ cre-
duhty. The Free Soil State platform says
nothing about banks. Their National platform
says nothing about "iree trade or direct taxa
ton, and their State platform resolves for free
trad0, only with those nations that will trade
free with us-a doctrine long held by leading
Wing Statesmen. The direct taxation clause,
introduced by Mr.. Spaulding, has not met the
appreciation Of II single Free Soil paper in the
State, SO far as our knowledge extends. By
the same rule, we can charge that Father Sax
ton advocates the eighth resolution of the Bal
tmore platform, dlscountenancing the avowal
OF Antl'Savery sentiments, and endorsing the
"hnallty" OF the Fugitive Law-ifhe did which
would lose him half of his circulation in a
month.
Inc Dank system OF l8l5 was secured thro-
ugh the corporation of men elected by Free
Sollers," and the whg bank law of 1851 re-
celved the entire Free Soil vote OF both Houses.
In the Constitutional Convention the Free Soil
ers acted with the Wings on all the prominent
issues Can these facts be SO soon forgotten?
As to the horror Of coalition" expressed
by our old friend, We are sorely puzzled. Fol
Len vpars nASL The RgouxjI,ru has M Vncnt.d ur
assisted IN forming coalitions with locolOcoS
solts, free solers, and every other party or fac
tlon ior The purpose OF beating the regular loco
ticket. Ana many an honest penny" has our
old friend pockeled rs his share oil the spos in
the shape oI sheriff sales, lreasurer's blanks,
and Authors exhibits &c. Had he not bet
'er' Remove the beam from his own eye before
plueklng AT the imaginary mote in his neigh
bOr's'