Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1858-02-18
THE LEGISLATURES

THE LEGISLATURES
Of New jersey and Iowa have passed
resolutions instructing their members il
Congress tu vote against the Lecomptor
Constitution and the extension of negro
slavery. Hao, the lamented Henry Clay,
Webster, Calhoun and others of that noble
band of conserva tive statesmen-who have
gone from us without leaving their like
| behind--been now H. existence aud in the
councils Of the nation, as they doubtless
would be, this yexed question of Kansas
would long since have been settled. But
| the demagogues who now rule in the as
cendant, seem more desirous to perpetuate
than to alIay difficulties; and anxious to
attain their own selfish ends, they are ac
celebrating the downward tendency Of the
republic, and unless the sovereign people
inteposa their omnipotent fiat to the dc.
structivo measures of blind and infatuated
partisans, we may soon exclaim with Byron
--"My native land good night. Citizen
democrat.
Although it is at almost the eleventh
hour when orr neighbor becomes conscious
Of the fact, "thatthe demagogues who now
rule in the ascendant seem more desirous
to perpetuate than to allay difficulties,
yet it is better to see this late than never.
But why did the Citizen not see it before
the lth. of February? Had it not sufIi.
cent evidence months ago to convince it
that our Democratic President, our Demo.
cratic Senate, and our Democratic Con-
gress-"the demagoges who now rule in
the ascendant, "--were "anxious to attain
their own selfish cnds," at whatever cost.
This was not concealed fom the public
view. 1t could not be. 1t manifested It.
self ia their every act; and the most care
less observer could not fail to see that with
whip and spur, they were "accelerOli2g the
downward tendency of the republic. ."-I
Yet no murmur--no word Of discomfort
was uttered by our neighbor.
The news from Kansas brought us the
melancholy intelligence that the rights of
property were insecure in that Territory,
that freemen had Leen robbed Of the elcc. !
tive franchise, that wives had been mur.
dcred in the presence of their husbands, |
and husbands by the side of their wives,
for opinions sake, that justice in every
sense had been outraged, and that freedom
of speech and of the Press was tramped
under foot. All this occurred under the
eye, and had the sanction, "ot the dema-
gogues who now rule in the ascendqrt;"
aud while they occurred, we are told, the
Citizen was as silent as the grave. No
word was lent in behalf of justice, no SYM
pathy extended to the oppressed, and no
appeal made to "the sovereign people 10
nterpose their omuipotent fiat to the de-
struc.ive measures of blind and infatuated
partisans" But why was this SO thea!-
And why does our neghbor noaO, make
such a stirring appeal TO the people to sin,
.erpose their omnipotent fiatT Has he
Too, discovered that the Lecompton Con.
sitution is the great villainy of the age1-
Or has some newer and greater swindle
on the part of "the demagogGes who now
rule in the ascendant" burst upon the gaze
of our neighbor, and caused him to in
lulge in the above just and patriotic Ian
guagel We pause for reply.
Illness ofhe W,doV Of President Har-
Cincinnati Gazette of tho
llth says:--
We a.e panied to learn that the Venera'
ted widow of President Harrison has been
for considerable time confined to her bel
at the residence of her son, j. Scott Harri- |
son, near North Bend. Old age, rather
than any particular disease, has asserted
its influence upon naturally robust organ
ization. The venerable lady is now over
80 years of age.
MEETING In New YoRK.-A meeting
called by many of the leading Democrats
of New York City, who are opposed to the
Lecompton Swinde was frustrated few
evenings ago, by the Buchanan Democrats
securing the Hall in which the meeting was
to he held. They refused then to let the
Douglas men have it. Hon George Ban.
croft, who headed the call for tue meeting,
has however, published the address he in
tended to deliver At it. lie takes deci
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