Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-09-20

Woffh bad forged The letters. and heRse they
F,lied uDon ths North for their safety Would
fksy den dissolve the UniOnf There were
obly $4,000 Shareholders, Of whom not less
Aal I4y, 900 we're widows and orphans: and
10000 the sham aristOeraey Of the South /;
snd would these, with Breckenridge at their
hesd. form an army 10 be feared South
9sfolns kicked out Of the traces once, but
poop kicked back again. and yet the Charles
tqn Mercury had said that S. O. would dis
eolTe The Union unless kanEas became slave
tatsl Yet look at the State and her prospect
tcg SUCH project With four or Eve negroes to
enc vhite man. He had told the lials man
of The Mercury, that Il South Carolina was
tpnoed of By itself the slaves would eat them
pp 'rulrp and stump they could not keep
them IN subsection. Massachusetts might
talk about the chronological Developments Of,
ths negro, and Virginia do the same, and
eogth Carolina get little refractory, but il
would be like the sPunky little ram, that being |
tied to gate post, butted itself away until
pothing but the tail was left. and that kept
bobbing. Let Us as men be resolved to act as
men, TO do right, 10 labor for Freedom, and
those who do not do so let them be brought to
The gate post.
Let US proclaim to The South that we will
Jet Slavery alone where il Is, and that it shall
not come where it is not. Everything posi-
ble has been resorted to by the opposition, in
order to distract the people of Ohio. They
told them that they were fused, and every ar.
gument was met by some cry as woody head
lNAgur. wool and ivory &C., Medary, that
leech OF eternal suction upon the public treas
pry, told them they must not fuse But the
people saw the necessity, for some fellows lank
and lean when they went into Office, had come
GUT fat, and people wanted to know where the
porn came from that fattened the millers hogs
And the Public Works that once yielded 5000.
poo or 500, 900 to the State Treasury, were
truitless, and the Board had gone to the Poor
Housel The speaker here said he had some.
thing amusing to read, and producing Govern.
or Medlll's Message stating that the expenses
pt the Judiciary in 1914 was $50 900, and in
l664, $4,000, that the Stationary in lS44 was
about ST.OOO, and in 1854 $22, 900. Mr.,
FORD then read from the Message-which he
tnought probably born in due time, but per-
pePs not--in substance; From these happy
Eesnlts attending the changes made, it was to
Pc hoped that everV effort would be made to
continue the policy and give il the right di.
Iectlon. The speaker SAID. God send that
that direction may not be toward the peoples
Pocket. Those treasury eaters were the men
Who told the people not to fuse, who called
Salmon +. Chase woody head and him
know-Nothing lie then paid a very hand
some tribute to Mr., Chase. for his manly and
pPrlght course, and thought if the Democrats
bad enrolled him seven or eight years ago, the
Republicans could do so now. Sam Medary
Eas down on Mr.. Chase because he would
nos serve his purposes, but thought Medary's
glory had departed, yet the glory had not de-.
parted from Israel.
He had another hltle matter to talk about :.
knoW-Nothingism, the animal that had boofs
pnd horns, and he wished the folks to stand
py and hear themselves, and not depend upon
thpse raseally reporters. He said that he was
en American, and had no disposition to deny
IT, pecanse he was not ashamed of il. Amer.
lcanIsm meant more than prescribing foreign
ers its principles we're higher and deeper and
broader; the irst plank in its platform was
freedom. The Americans invited The foreipn.
ers to partake of the banquet afforded bv Our
country, but did not wish them to sit down ot
The head Of the table at once This country
held out the greatest inducements to the neo.
pie OF the old world, and they were cordially
invited 10 come-to Till the soil, build them nm
houses. enjoy the privileges of the churches
ena Ine school houses, and, when thev be.
game Americanized, to participate in the affairs
pl government. He knew that place of birth
vas mere accident over which men had no
eonuoL and that principles and character
pnould Dc The test OF citizenship. He knew
mat there were foreigners with American
peats as pig as a tea kettle, who, when thew
same over here and renounced allegiance 10
lore'gn powers, and became acquainted with
american institutions, were good citizens, and
ne vas with them, He knew that foreigners
were becoming members of the American Or.
GER Much had been said about its secresy.
Inc old parties had the people by the SCALP.
epg .he H. Ms only resorled to secresy as a
polite step; they wanted Ii tile talk together:
klnd OF class-meeting, but low they were
Niliiag and ready 10 come out and make Che
th'ng public, They had there heard him in
public, and ne was ever willing and ready TO
speak bis sentiments.
Let those other fellows say what thew would
and II they could, carry the foreigners with
them. would any man there support the nre.
sent weak and impOtent administration? Tcries
Of mol mol An administration that had done
put one great thing, and that was to make
John Tyler's respectable! Would any of the
American party support that administration
direct or indirectly, That had hun ted down ev.
cry mail agent and messenger and boy clerks
that we're suspected Of being inclined to the
American party? An administration that had
sent such men as him from Louisiana. and
ptber Ike him, to represent us in foreign
courts, men Who, il gathered together, would
form perfect babal. Would any Wings lend
their support to the administration Could
lhey, though Sam Medsry and others, did say
thsa they killed honest, old, upright, Henry
Clay Wings. He remembered that Medary,
he the ass in the fable that kicked the dead
Jon, bad assaied the Sage of Ashland with
the E:lsst abuse, and now only only fattered
the Wings to win thei. support Would any
one auppOrt an administration that ra,nnd