Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-09-06

tnumph snty established IN ths territories OF
the United States? And secondly. shall man
|. be compelled 70 pay taxes upon what be has
SoT And whilst upon this last proposition
: he put case that would practically illustrate
the false principle upon which the present rev
} enus law is based Suppose an individual
should loan him . thousand dollars and be
should re-Oau il to another. and 50 on til every
Individual in the State should owe a thousand
dollars, BY that process. and not permitted
10 deduct the thousand dollars that be owed
from the thousand coming to him. there would
under the present law. come upon the tar du-
picate Two Hundred Millions Of dollars Of
fictitious yalua,iOn, and against such princi-
pie Of taxation be set his face. and would con-
tinue to do SO until the peoples burthens we're
removed, even il il required a change Of that
provision Of the new constitution, that has 90
far been in the hands Of its friends,'
In short he replied 10 Governor Medil in
saeh gentlemanly and dgnl6ed manner, as'
TO cause bis Republican friends to feel proud,
and al the same time commanded the respect Of
bis opponents, save and except the Sancho
PsnEa, George W. McCOOk. who next address
ed and distressed the audience for about one
hour. A more insulting and personal attack
i upon Mr., Chase, could not we'll be conceived
by any person not present to witness the true
If demagogueical performance of the great AM
u Attorney General Of the State OF Ohio. He
x arose. very much excited, flung himself into
y passion at point that made his friends pity
and feel ashamed Of him, and bis former adm.
rers feel sonOWiul, whilst bis opponents eEulted
over him for his indomitahle impudence, after
sc his entire downfall in the estimation Of the au
d. dience. He became furiously uprOarious be-
IS cause at one time whilst his political friends
1f applauded him. some one Kissed, thereupCn
the Col. was going TO jump right over and
blister that fellows lips, and after a general
tirade against the Know Nothings in particular,
and mankind in general, he sank back into his
seat under cover for his neck Of huge spotted
Handkerchief we'll folded for the AN occasion.
After which, Hon. ]. A. Bingham, opened
his battery upon the poor Col. and such an ex-
post facto, post mortem examination of the po-
litical carcass ofths Mexican Colonel ii has not
lbeen our privilege to witness in the dissection
of any dead body in third of century, Du-
ring the operation, every muscle Of the Colo
uel's face worked convulsively, although the
scalpel was applied more sparingly than the
circ umstances Of the case would have warrant.
led
After Mr.. Bingham took bis seat, the gal
vanized body of the Mexican Colonel dashed
J. the huge handkerchief, (highi in air, and with
fresh bound alighted upon the rostrum,
where, with arms uplifted and hair disheveled,
he poured forth in strains terrific, whilst the
terrified crowd retreated in good order from
the scene, for, said they, the dead is alive
and at the apparitOu were afrighted and Of
course retrsated. WhereuPon the already fu-
rlous Colonel, made one more effort, and a.
R. bused the runaways in gallant sye-charged
them with being old rotten Wings, and cut
: throat Know NoIhings, whilst those who stood
heir ground he ssld he knew to be genuine
Democrats. After this last discharge Of posi-
tive electricity, he was evidently much more
: !, negative, and gave way to Governor Chase
Immediately upon Mr. Chase taking the
stand, the people returned in mass, and
:. such withering, sCorching, burning re-
buke as the Col. met with in the honorable and
digpihed reply Of Mr.. Chase. would have
A brought any honorable man to his feelings; but
= the Col. still continued 10 stick up' along side
!, pushing himself into notice until at last. like
'hopped chicken he retreated back under
a. the cover of that huge spotted hand cloth; ant
q. in the mean time his antagonist felled sucl
strokes upon the servile Administration and its
IN slave extending fllibusterS, that it carried Ter
n ror and dismay to the hearts of all the Ad
70 minisration men present.