Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-07-31


OF Pierce. Douglas, FOrney. AtchisOn, String
fellow d Co., which we're re re.afirmsd at Gin
cinnati and endorsed by James Buchanan
IN the discussion Of the great questions invoV
ed in the present issue, we are compelled t.
say seemingly harsh things Of one whom ",
formerly esteemed as good aud pure man
the fault is not ours. We shall discharge ou
arrows from the same bow used and the sam,
political point occupied by Mr.. Buchanan year
ago, and il they chance to bit him or bis friend
he had no need to Fly 10 the face Of his owl
weapons. 10 1919. and so late as 1928. b,
brought the strength of his artillery to bear a
gsinst platform similar to the one be occupie
and il shots from the guns trained against it By
himself chance to bit him, he must blame hi
own weakness in yielding to the sycopbancy
the false friends and spurious democrats who
placed him thereon. ......
We never printed line in these colums. mol
uttered word any place else, against Mr.. Blu,
chanan. until after the publication of his sli
dell letter. in which he planted himself square
ly upon the Kansas infsmy of Pierce aud Dou
glas. by endorsing the prominent measure o
the present administration. We then publish
ed few of bis political antecedeDts, for which
we were intemperately denounced by bis home
organ, The AateRgencer, which made whining
appeal to temperance democrats to withdraw their
patronage from The Express. In doing this, the
Home Organ virtually endorsed the principles
OF the ruffan Brooks, who undertook to use
brute tolce to crush the freedom of speech
which is characteristic Of the Slave Power, as
endorsed by the Cincinnati convention and its
nominee. That we, even as temperance men,
were justified in our position, the history Of
the past two years, and more especially of the
last two weeks, will abundantIy prove. The
"modern debauched democracy" has, as a par
ty, almost invariably courted the influence OF
Rum power whenever the temperance question
has been in issue and we regret to say. that
Mr. Buchanan, discarding and outraging the
example and precept ofsuch democrats as Pres.
idents Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Van Buren,
and Polk, has resorted to the same influence
and converted his beautiful mansion into one
of the vlest grogshops that blights the county
OF Lancaster. 1t gives US no pleasure to speak
thus-but the debauchery of the times de-
mands the truth at our hands, We had sup-
posed that James Buchanan, already tottering
on the verge ofthe grave. and aspiring for for.
ty years TO the most honoled and digni6ed DO
stion in the gift of people boastiug the capa-
billty ofself-government, would have been the
last man to tempt his weaker fellow citizens to
degrade themselves so low as to be utterly in
capable Of ntelligently exercising the highest
Of freeman but we are mistaken,
The scene addressed at Wheatland last week
was one of the most disgraceful within the
memory of those who were present. And Mr.
Buchanan cannot plead ignorance of the con-
sequences. He was prepared for it--having
tent to this city for a load of ''liquid democra
~" besides getting an invoice of more aristo-
,ratic brands by express. The man who thus
deliberately applies match to powder mag
zine dare not plead ignorance to the result
Let us compare this conduct of "Not simply
lanes Buchanan standing on the platform Of
he party which have tied his tongue, with the
precepts and practiceo of the Demo
ratio Fathers.
Thomas Jefferson declared that if he had his |
erm of office to live over again, the first que s. |
ion he would ask of every applicant for office
would be--Is he addicted to the use of intox;. |
ating liquors ?-that this habit had given him
more trouble in his administration than an y
'ther. And yet Mr.. Buchanan, a professed
lisciple of Jefferson, commences his march to
he Presidential chair BY opening grogshOp in
lis mansion The following Declaration,
igned by fourdemocratic Presidents, is on rec.
'rd at Washington. rf zaar-l
being satisfied from observation and expe.
fence, as well as from medical testimony. that
rdent spirits, as drink. Is not only useless but
argm; and that The entire disuse of IL wouldI
end to promote the health. tie 0irtue and happs.
'ess of The community; We hereby express
'ur conviction that should the citizens of the u
lited States, and especially all young men. dis.
outenamce entirely the ase Of Il, they woald nos
'nly promote their osOn personal benefit. but tie
rood ofthe country and the WorId. [Signed
JAMES MADISON MARTIN VAN BuREN,
'JoHN QUINCY ADAMS, JOHN TYLER, ~
'ANDREw JACKSON, JAMES K. Polk, |o
ZACHARY TAYLOR"
Such we're the opinions of seven Presidents
ofthe United States, Eve of them distinguished |
Democrats, aa to what would promote the
health, the virtue and happiness of the commu-
nity the good and the world but James Bu |