Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-02-28

slider paramount impOTtaucs ct The present eri-
SIS
That We cherish the Unicn for one reasop
above all Others, and this reason is The same as
thatstated to be is object 10 tAs US. Con-
stitution, to Wit:..-the perunualion Of liberty.
2. That our Government ought 10 be pur-
vsd offs Pro Slavery tendency and restored 70
rs original scope, which was the exercise OF
The two powers, clearly given by the Constitu'
tiop-And slave catching is not one Of these.
3. That the Constitution Of the United
States is the irst. and il should be the only
and last compromise with Slavery. BY Il We
are cheerfully willing to abide. 4
Awe emphaticaly recognize an insist upon
the great safeguards Of our gOvernment, the
sovereignty OF the States and the people. Con-
gress possesses no power to regulate the domes.
tic affairs Of either But We war now and shall
war forever upon the bastard popular soyer-
eighty. which invented by dodging politicians.
DESTROYS Republics, elects Emperors, establish.
es slavery and annihilates liberty. True pop
ular sovereignty does not hall between tree-
dom and despotism. il rests on the inallenable
rights Of men, as defined 10 the Declaration Of
Independence. and our bill Of rights.
s. That, in republics to labor for freedom.
should never be a crime. a President who
eonnot discriminate between efforts Tor liberty
aud those for slavery, snd pronounces both e.
qually criminal evinces only his total incapac'
ity to be the chief magistrate OF a free people.
| 8. The time has come for the organization
of party truly democratic which shall be the
union Of all patriotic citSens Tor the sake OF IL
! berty, and administrative reform. Lest we
NAV, however. be misunderstood, we add that
we insist upon it that the great financial mea.
sures formerly ut issue between the Whig and
Democratic party shall be consiered as settled,
that Ocean steamer appropriations and all and
every connection Of Government with private
undertakings shall be repudiated; in short we
hereby frankly declare that we join no party
whichis anti-democralic in any Of its tenden.
cies. The tau't we find with the present ma
lonal democratic party is not democratic W.
have not hesitated to rebuke the democracy
where secret cabas like the Miami tribe and
State conventions under its control have at
tempted to perpeIuate misrge and corruption
land we will ever be found ready to yindcat'
our own individuality against any party, which
shall attempt to put its organization above Ou
principles and our rights.
7. That we hail now, - we ever have th'
vigorous existence of healthy liberal. an'
free American nationality in which man, wher
ever born. is Welcomes nationality whose
aim is higher and freer civilization then that
of Europe: and in such nationality Know
Nothingism cannot have place, either in fac
lorin name.
8. That religious freedom demands an oper
undsguised opposition to all attempts OF th'
clergy 10 what ever sect they may belong t
= interfere in politics. We abhOr all secret po
litica associations especially such as meddl
with religion, we however still more detes
religious associations that interfere with pollt
cal matters.
I 8. That the delegates appointed be and the
y are hereby directed to report IN public meelln
:. to be held at this place, Of (which meeting pun
lie notice shall be given, and which meetln
said delegates are authorized to call
CHARLES REEMELrN, E a, then took I'll
stand aml1st great apparsa. :.
: He spoke against the Nebraska bill, the NJ
s ami Tribe, and the Pro- Slavery tendencies
IS the Democratic party. He would go. TO IL
r Pittsburgh Convention as an independent ma
u for the purpose of consultation, hoping th
e the Convention would take such ground til
!, TIE liberal German Democrats could cordial
l. cooperate with it. He was frequently .appla
ded After the close Of Mr.. Reemelin's speet
spirited discussion took place, in which VA
GUS gentlemen participated, on the consstenc
OF Reemen's course in voting against Cha
and for Medll.-Mr. Reemelin defended h
e course on the ground of intimate person
friendship with Medll, agreement with him
e the most of questions Of State policy, and {
r. the ground that Medll professed to him to
strongly Anti Nebraska. The resolutions we
n than put and carried. when the meeting al
e journed The hest Of order prevailed, al
& the close and xed attention Of the audience 6
d ring the speaking, showed that the Germa
J. are thinking reasoning people Gin. Coz