Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-02-22

We dislike personalities may say Ne
hate ~ H, especially when 10 lulgsd in 70 the
exclusion 0l argument We islike controversy
unless for the maintena zee Of great principles
or ~ defence Of undOubted right. But notsith.
standing this. We cannot resist the temptation
10 copy the following description Of Gen. Cass.
which we find embodied in letter from one Of
the Washington correspondents Of the N, Y.
Tribune: We cannot resist, because there is SO
much truth mixed up with the cutting sarcasm
Of the writer. In short, il Is one Of the best
descriptions Of the General which we have ever
seen, drawn in bold lines it is true, almost
amounting to carcature; yet the Likeness is per
feet, and could only have been skelehed by an
appreciative genius. ln'politics, the General is
a Vicar Of Bray-a doughfaee-a Sc material
squatter, whose presumtOn may be questioned
on his own showing. But to the letter Of the
7Tibrne's correspondent o. s. Journal
Mr. Cass is on old man, and dead man,
and we hate to disturb the ashes Of the depart.
ed. But when their remains lie superhuous,'
we can't help the desire to characterize and
shovel them out Of the way. Cass Is \ most
valorous man in circumstances where it costs
him no exhibition of pluck. But under other
circumstances, such, for example, as at the
Chicago Convention, it is vice versa with him.
Cass was afraid 10 say what he thought on In.
Lernal Improvements, at Chicago; he was af
raid to say and vote what he thought on the
Wilmot Proviso; he vas afraid to do his duty
on the Nebraska bill, but he is not afraid to de-.
fy the Legislature Of his own State, and say
No to their proposition for him to resign
His vaor in conduct reminds US Of the man
whom his wife put under the bed, but who in.
sisted upon looking out through the cracks in
the counterpane, When she child him, he re.
sented it, and declared that while be had the
spirit Of man he would peep cut.
But we do not wish to be hard upon the soft,
spongy, old man. He has good qualities. and
his notes are A !. But he is no sort of man
to hold up as a model for the youth Of this great
country. On the contrary, nation of Cases
the thought suggests parody.
Nature could form but one such -
And broke the dyo in moulding Cass.
Perhaps his may be thought personal and
severe, but we do no; so intend H. We have
none but the kindest feelings of contempt for
his moral qualities There is really no stand
up to him. He is not the man who is known
as an animal who stands erec; on a perpeudlc.
uar Veitebra, lie does not 90 upright, but
HOPS through the world II you bit such a
man, you don't knock him down; you only set
him spinning You might as well talk of
knocking down a football. He is the natural
advocate of squatter sovereignty, for he is
professional squatter himself. He never does
anything else. He always squats. He squat.
ted on Slavery, squatted on internal improve.
ments, q latted on the proyiso, squatted on Ne.
brasEa, and was never known ia any emergen.
cy to do otherwise than sqLat He is a squat
man Of himself; and at length, through the
action Of the people of Michigan; he has been
reduced to a Senatorial squatter, He is occu.
pyrug territory thar docs not bslong TO him,
and which the owner thereOf has ordered hlm
to quit But he doesn't 90; he still squats.
Indeed, Mr., Cass is, politically, all putty
and dough. The wonder is, he has ever ex.
hIbRed aay powers of ocomotiOn. Men gen.
eraRy need bones to do this. But Cass has
not one He is purely nucaglnous. He is
human blanc mango with the havoriug omitted.
Doubtless he is Nirtuous and pious after his
own standard But it is virtue and pelv
get him at last. So shaky, so timid, so filed to
the brim with all manner of apprehensions,
from the frown of STAKEHOLDER up to the imag-
inarv scowl of Satan, he breads to fall into the
hands Of either Such man must be pious--
very.
Mr.. Cass enjoys the high honor Of standing
at the head OF a class. THIS is the political
mock auctioneers of our times--men who keep
the red flag flying continually, and perpetually
expose their brass and pinchbeck, declare them
to be pure gold, and try to impose upon every.
body Heis the head and front of the whole
breed of doughfaces, of which il is to be hoped
this generation will see the last; but perhaps
net. 1t is hard to eradicate an entire breed,
especially when it is bad. Foul weeds need
perpetual uprooting, The signs Of the times,
however, denote that most of them will be
brought to the stake for their crimes. Let us,
at least, hope so. If we only could get rid of
the troublesome rsscals, and bring the North
and South face TO face on the Slavery question,
we should have peace and harmony. The
question would then be settled once for ali
But the doughfaces and compromisers thrust in
their time serving interference and make all the
mischief. The Lord deliver us from the whole
doughface race-timid, hare-like, trucking,
spongy, prevaricating, backing out, selling out
crew. If such a thing existed as a polite, al
Jew w-shop, the whole tribe could not be pa;Sned
for enough to replace the wig of TIE venerable
head of the order upon whose Enerts we have
descanted.'