Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1858-10-27

\ tne s0uth Nlnd. II you want Tree State
!. IN this country. do not sit 10 your par
Q Ions and talk against Slavery, but 20 :
> work and make them. If J ou want l.
extend Christianity, 20 to work aDd extent
It. You cannot legislste men into hea
ven; they must get there by othe
means.
Now, then, what class Of men do | de.
sire TO raise up in this county to work
against Slavery or any other eyiI7 Work
ingnen, and not class of sentimentalisIs
| have 10 sympathy with that pbilanlbro,
py which cannot endure the priyations and
hardships that men must encounter in or
Ider TO extend free principles aud free iDsti-
tutions. | neysr have been one to SHREK
for feeedom," or complain of The agrees.
ions of Slavery, and l never will If the
slave power, having but a 1.-THE Of the
strength Ofthe free States, is able 10 tram.
pie US under foot, am one to be tramped
under foot But say to tba! power, aWs
are willing to meet you on your own
ground, With whatever weapons yon choose
to enter the conflict, We are willing to
meet you in discussion on this matter by
an appeal to the economical interests Of
this country. We are willing to meet
you by political action, and decide the
question of Freedom or Slavery in the
Territories; or, if you please, 1--WE will set.
tie the question by prayer and Testing. -
But tell you there is nothing in good
wishes, nothing in the exercise of senti-
mentality, and giving way to emotion and
feeling That does nothing except to
make dwarfs and cripples Of US all, unless
It leads TO action. 1t is work that man
needs to develop his energies; It's work
be must have, il he would be free. And
so say that 1 never have been the man
to de,recate the bardships our brethren in
Kansas have endured, for without them
they could neaer have been the heroes they
have become. Where did you ever see
such class Of men? Go into any mud
howell, and you will find men ready to dis
cuss the laws. the constitution, and the bill
of rights, or any political question of this
day, and will be astonished at the extent
OF their intelligence and shrewdness. -
Why, every man in Kansas has a pocket
constitution be bas made for himself, and |
every child sixyears old can say something
intelligenLly to you about the constitution |
and laws. Half the people of Kansas
ought to have LID, opposite their
names.
The operations of this Government have
compelled them to study the Constitution
and the laws, and the mea Is by which |
they could resist the encroaehmeDts of
Slavery and secure their freedom. | say,
then, meet this question Of the extension J
of Slavery by the might and power of
freedom. What is Freedom, compared !
with SlaveryG Freedom is stamped with
authority by the God of heaven, and will
go forward, in spite Of any opposition, the
world over. 1t started on the sterile hills
Of New England. 1t has crossed the con.
tinent; it is now returning and going tri-
umphanty down the South. Nothing can
resist it, 1t has had the opposition Of the
Government, of the Executive, of Congress,
Of the judiciary, and it has had the mis-.
fortune to begin in the most forbdding
part of the country, but still it moves ma,
jestically forward, and cannot be stayed
But how is it with Slavery? Beginning
in the richest part ofthe country, and hav-
ing the support of the Government, it has
hardly crossed the Mississippi. 1t hss at
best contemplate power, and must soon
60 to decay. 1t could not stand up alone
in Kansas, but had to be held up by Blu.
chauan on one side and by the Supreme
Court on the other.
Understand me, bate no jot ortittle of
any former feeling of hate against this in~
and, in advocating tue adoption
of the principle, contend that by so do
ing we are taking the surest ground Cor
The speedy emancipation of this continent 3
from Slavery. Let us have a fair field
and an open fight. That is all we ask .
Freedom is strong, Slavery is weak, and !
all we need is, that the energy and strength )
Of these Northern States shall be practical.
ly directed towards this result. !