Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-08-09

When Goyernor Reeder is threatened with
q halter, aud assaulted with intent 10 kill, the
representative of the American sovereignty
and Franklin Pierce, who was very manly IN
summouing the Nations power to the recsPture
Of poor, trembling fugitive from slavery. re-
pudiates his own government and plunges the
sword Of justice into the heart Of his own stan
dsrd bearer. il cannot be expected that can
advance, opposed to the vanguard Of the Re.
publican army in the midstofits enemies. see
noW-I have long seen the meshes gatheeed
around me. Let no man, therefore, too harsh
ly reprOve me If the instincts Of self-preser-
walton have caused me to cry out too wildly,
for the composed ears Of a self-deluding na-
ton, against the ever onward march of Des-
poIism When Douglas & Co, repealed the
Missouri Compromise, how could l refrain
from pronouncing them unworthy Of death p
Not from me comes the imprecatiOn, and
mine will be forgotten in the greater issues o:
this crime, and my voice will be silent amid the
eodAo-bhO OlVOO-bh0 W. WniVu tOllON III bo
wake, and the lamentations with the widows
and the orphans, which it will have made J.
Now, to all America the time has cOme-lib-
erty or despotism
The Courier at Louisville found us quietly at
our wOrk-it called upon its myrmidons to
initiate the deeds Of Atchison, and Douglas
and stringfellOw; ready with pistol and bowie
knife, they sllenCed John G. Fee, the fearless
martyr spirit of our party. in'religion. If lie
had not followed fast in the footsteps Of this
execution, this had not been the land of slav-
cry He is falsely accused Of distributing
tracts to slaves, and exciting insurrection l.
Mr. Fee sends his denial to the Courier with
the programme of his action, laid down in the
annual report Of the American Missionary So
ciety. Did he retrsct his calumny? did he
publish his refutation |? No, that would moi
have been like the mercenary tool of despotism,
Unheard he is condemned and slleuced
came to the rescue of my friend, the de-
fender of my cause. Now once more against
me, also unheard, he published libellious let.
ter, and Jesuitically invoked bloodshed! The
resolutions passed at the JessamIne meeting
and published in the Cincinnati Gazette, were
read at the Assemblies at Bushcreek and Scaf'
fold Cave that there might be no question
about our motives and actions, know too
we'll the scoundrelsm of that party to trust
myself to their msgnanimity. l aatter myself
that my name is placed beyond the sphere
of Calumny, and my past history gives assu
rance that my friends may have cause to mourn
my fate, but never my principles.
l call your attention once more to my lette
to the New York Tribune, after the Nebraska
crime, / ask of you the favor ofits re-publi
= cation. am cheered that find myself i
sympathy with the great minds and herOi
hearts Of the Nation. Thank God for his fore
taste Of the good time coming All hail, 0
: hio !-all hail the 'North!'--all hail the Re
publican Party
Go on, then, with the sentiment of the l3tI
of July inscribed on your bsnners-July At
and July 18th; may they both be eras ever
be remembered among men!--When the asp
; ratiOns of the great Jefferson shall be fulfilled
and the revolution begun in '76 shall com
mence being completed in 49,
But we shall not have a peaceful triumph
Deity vindcates and expiates the violation c
His eternal laws. Blood consecrates even th
remorse of great wrong. Standing here unde
the acknowledged responsibilities of home an'
country, which no man can at will put off,
calmly look destiny, whatever it may be in tn
face, out living or dying, my aspirations sha
be immOrtal-may our country yet be free'
' Your obedient servant
d G. M. CLAY.