Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-12-03

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a fair and impartial popular vote Of that
people, Is one we fully believe sympatbi.
zsd with by nine tenths Of the citizens Of
the Free States, including men of all par
tles; indeed so obvious was the fact upon
the hrss presentation Of the facts that many |
OF TIE Democratic organs IN the North, in
eluding no small number Of those little
accustomed to seruple at prompt endorse
ment of any project Of iniquity, however
barefaced and odious, which the all pow |
erful dictum Of the pro-slavery powers at
Washington may indicate--have declared |
% unequiyoeal terms the whole scheme to |
be one Of tyranny, usurpstion. and wIoug. |
1t is quite evident that these journals, not |
withstanding the thorough nature ftheir |
past experiences, did not anticipate the pre- |
else extremity to which the doughfsceism |
Of the President, and the exasperated, |
greedy, imperious domination Of the Slave
Power has determined to demand. Al
though the devitries Of the SlaVocratie
Democracy are subjects Of too serious IN
terest to the American people at The pres
ent time to be viewed lightly, one can
hardly prevent smile at the nervous and
frightened manner 10 which some OF these
lceofoco editors, who, thinking that for
once something had turned up which
would allow them to vent little first. class
baHkWm, spoke "right out" rs Brother
Jonathan would say before getting the
cue from head quarters, but are now eraW-
fishing into line, with very much the ap-
pearanee Of sneaking apology with which
a halftrained setter comes up to be thrash
ed for "going in" on forbidden camel
| The whistle Of the official "whipper-in' at
Washington has sounded loud and shrill (;
snG every dog who wsnts bone to gnaw
must come in with bis deprecatory tail be-
tween his legs, aud the fawning eage' ness
Of the baser curs. and the surly hesitation
of some Of the nobler sort, ia truly edify-
ing.
Now that the telegraph informs US that
Gov. WALKER, who is ut Washington, and
has been closeted with the President, can
not agree with that august functionary-
, that the latter takes the ground that the
Convention was appointed by Congress,
; and that its action must consequently be
D binding aud fiDal--thst Congress will be
obliged to endorse the action Of that body,
, which itself created--and now that the
Union has issued its "bulP' upon the sub
ject, practically accommodating those
: members Of the party who do not justify
a the last swinde-it may be we'll to run
0 through list of Democratic papers which
have denounced the trick, in order that
their future conduct may throw some light
! upon their real character. We find that
the Chicago Times DoUGLAss organ ),the
Detroit Free Press (GeD, CAss' organ J,
. the Providence Post, Albany atlas. Phil.
adelphia Press. Buffalo Courier, Roches.
ter Union, Seneca Observer, N. Y. Her
aid, Ohio Statesman. Cincinnati EngUi-
rsr, MiIwaukee NelOs, Boston Posi-, Cleve
| land Plain Dealer, save the mark J
. Louisville Democrat, Pittsburgh UaiOH,
D together with many otEer prominent Dem.
!. ocratic journals in the North, which do not
occur to us at this moment, have taken
8 ground against the action of the Conven
ton, denonncing the attempt to force up
! on the inhabitants Of Kansas a Constitu.
ton without submitting the sams to a fair
vote, as an act oftymnny: and boldly at.
! finning that such Constitution, so enfor
, ced, will have DO binding or legal charac.
ter whatever.
1t is important that every man in the
nation should understand the precise posi-.
tion of the present executive, and oonse'
quently Of the great National Democrat,
ic Party" upon this momentous question.
The telegram which came over the lines on
Friday, contaiued this passage.
"The President insists that, as the Con-
. vention was authorized 10y Congress, he is
bound to saStain lis action, wherever Il
may BE-"
This is the ultimatam of this Democrut-
E 10 President apostle Of the popular
sovereignty Of the people, who secured
I the votes Of the freemen of the North by
the lying and hypocritical promise that
he would do all that could be done con,
J. stitStiOnally for freedom in Kansas. He
; would force upon the peuple Of Kansas a
State Consultation formed by COuven.
: ton, which Convention was previously
also forced upon them against the popular
: will, and at the same time deny them all
right to have one word to say in the mat
ter; aud bis excuse for this monstrous usur-
: patton Of tyrannical power, exists in the
: fact that Congress authorized the Conven-
: tion;--aye, more than all this, he makes
a clean sweep, and mounts the throne Of
despotism at once, by declaring that ne il
Q lbound 10 sustain the action of the Conven.
ton, VkateVer ii is"!!! Thus it will be
ssen that lUhdtsver may be the diaboica
i nature Of this Constitution, which even
Gov. WALKER has not seen, and of which
the public are still kept in ignorance, the
President will sustain and consequently
|, enforce it upon the citizens of the new
State, il necessary, at the point of Mc
bdyonet, and aOih the whole force Of III.
National troOps!W Ii we have come tC
u this, il is indeed time to "wake at once, OF
u sleep forever more" Look at it, fellow.
: citizens, Democrats, Men! A Convention
b Of banded desperadoes, elected without law
q aud against the will of the people of free
+ territory OF this Republic, form Constitu.
i ton to the provisions Of which (as indica
> ted iu the schedule) they have just, by an