Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-11-06

from their own showing to Democracy. II
any Of them ever were democrats. they have
apOst dsed. or now are LypOcriles.
Were tteir motives good, would thank
them for the publication Of my former SrlIng''
so far a, they refer to political opinions. Bat
the garblsd and incorrect quotation gwen
emitting the premises and incorrectly g'vlng
my Arguments, prove the baseness OF heart IN
the transeribeIs. Yet still it proves my eOnsis-
tency and their ysnallty,
On the first page Of that nice, refined and
chAste specimen Of democrat. purporting TO-
be, edited by an migrate opostats, there is an
effort. though lame il is. made to misead che
reader as u sentiments then and now held by
me. IfIhe car load Of purehasabls stock who
seem 10 control that sheet, had given the ba.
sis Of my argument with what they did, they
would have avoided the conviction of dishOu-
esty. Why did IheJ not publish in connection
shat part Of my speech delivered On July4, 1887,
against slavery 1t may justly be answered, be-
cause thereby it would be c fsr transaction and
no garbling. Yet | am somewhat gralifed to
have even that much truth and argument sp
pear under the appreciation of the car load
from the old 10 .heyOuug inebriste. The SEN
timeuts then held on Modem Aboitonism,"
! still hold, and so does Mr.. Fremont, and
those generally who support him; and until
convinced Of error, will still so hold, but
when convinced Of error there shall be no hes
iaion so 10 declare. There is regret that
truth requires me TO note two OF the three
fasehoods, contained in the five first lines over
the extracts from my Attn Of July speech. The
degenerate says; "a calmly labored article"
This never did, 10 all the writing lever have
done, no ''calmly labored article" ever emau.
E atsd from my pen-always impulSire. The
second falsehood is, "Joseph Cable, now col.
a Iector Of tolls on the canal" am not col
Iector, neither have l ever been.
On the second page Of that delectable print,
are over three columns enriched with extracts,
abating the errors from my pen, or rather pen
Gil, which aim to falsfy the true position Of the
Democratic party there. as may be seen by
reference to the columns Of the Jfersonian Of
the years in which it was published, the ad.
dresses and publications Of the organs Of the
party in other respects. The object Of these
more than three columns is to disprove what
Isaid in reference TO the position Of the demo
cratic party there in the years mentioned, and
mske it appear that the democratic party d
Carroll had been and were 10 favor of slavery
and its extension. which nothing could be more
false. Touching political matters and advo
eating the cause OF democracy in all they have
copied, cannot for::the life Of me, see single
senlimen. that do not now adhere to; and these
blind guides admit them to be democratic still
As to the personal filings at the wings, mea and
measures even to individual personalities, par
p AIDED before the public and vamped up anew
q bstween me and others, some Of whom are M
0 more, VII 4 has the greet ause Of freedom
I now al issue, to do with them What has
either Fremont or Buchanan to do with them
Just nothing at all. Yet, they go to show the
dspraved heart Of The editor and his equally de-
PRAYED and equally egotstical "CIifton' lone
of those dotards who never could LOOK at rea-
son or canJor when they conravened his mo-
tives of detracton. shall not stop to say
more at this lime in regard to the personalities
between myself and others, IN gone by days,
and now In distant countries--yes, of some
beyond the valley of death, who departed With
out the least unkiud feeling on my part-as l
forgive hope to be forgiven. Let those who
review these things take peep at their own
depravity. But, be who was Land Reform
er and had been initiated into the principles Of
the BRoTHERHooD OF THE UNION, a1d then turn
over to their enemies, = Arnold like, nay rant
and rave as it becomes traitor TO liberty, dig
up the bones oflheir parents il possible, vote
for Scott and do whatsoever they choose, and l
shall not follow them. Those who are traitors
to justice and right, cannot be friends of De-
mocracy.
"He that can think one thing, and another tell,
| Ny soul delests him as the gates OF hell,
The last thing of all is the publication of mn
extract from my speech cfJuly 4, 1887, which
they assert to be "a prophecy" l had refer-
encc in my minds eye, that just such state of
affairs as now exist might happen. The antic-
paion of the Democratic party falling into the
hands of base and corrupt leaders, was then
wildly before my mind. raised warning
voice. time after time | sdmonished the party
for which had spent SO much time and labor
to return to the fundamental principles Of our
Government as advocated by its trainers, or
the diyersiugs therefrom would result in our
disgrace and overthrow, and in the abandon,
nent Of all our principles. The Cincinnati
platform in which Mr.. Buchanan has euvel.