Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-10-07
From the Washington Union.
The Campaign in Ohio. !


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f -9 The Campaign in Ohio. i9 a1l
The political conflicts which have for
years agitated the people Of Ohio, have
been to us a source of no little interest.
The bold positions assumed and never de-
serted by the democrats ofthis great State,
are Of themselves sufficient to awaken
feeling of enthusiasm in behalf Of the
courageous men who possessed the intrepid
ity to lead the van, in the cause Of progress,
and the moral heroism to bear aloft their
banner no less proudly in adversely than in
prosperity vanquished than when
victorious.
Never shall we forget the admiration
with which we witnessed the efforts of the
democracy of Ohio during the memorable
campaign of 1910. With the whig candi-
date for the Presidency, citizen Of their
own State, perambulating almost every
county in the Commonwealth, harangueing
its adherents, and inciting them to action,
with the most popular orators Of Kentucky
and the other adjacent States turned loose
within her borders, infaming the minds OF
the people, and some Of them declaring the
doctrine, that If defeated at the ballot-box,
resort must be had to the bayonet to hurl the
democracy from power-when the worst
passions Of men had been appealed to, and
menaces substituted for persuasion, and
bludgeon for facts, then it was that the un-
terrified republicans of Ohio, regardless of
the odds arrayed against them, barred their
bosoms to the storm, needless Of its ruthless
peltings. Able orators,-led on by the
dauntless Allen, whose heart has ever
throbbed in sympathy with the toiling mil
lions--penetrated each nook and corner,
and braved every danger in their efforts to
stem the torrent Of deception, prejudice and
passion-while at the same time corps oi
editors, with Medary's "Ohio Statesman
at their head, unintimidated at the frown.
of power and the threats Of violence from
I phrenzied partizans, fought the battle witt
a fearlessness, energy and ability unsur.
passed in the history Of the government.
The result is known, The democracy lay
prosprate. beneath a whig majority Of over
twenty.three thousand. But such a body
Of men could not remain defeated. Ere
the enemy's shout of triumph had ceased
to echo in the hills, they were again in
arms, equipped for action, and dauntlessly
facing this whig majority Of 23,O0e, they
charged upon the opposition, and before the
expiration Of single year, majority Of
republicans was returned to each branch Of
the State Legislature. A party such as
this, may be defeated for season, but nev-
er permanently vanquished. We designed
however, not to speak of the past but to re-
fer to the present and the future.
The signs of the times in Ohio, are big
with hope and promise; and it is to US d
source of sincere qualification to witness the
harmonious action of our friends in this
great empire Of the west-nore peculiarly
SO at this time, as the wings had prognosti-
Gated our defeat, in consequence Of schisms
in the republican ranks. From sources en-.
titled to respect, we learn that for many
years the prospect of democratic victory
has not been as fiattering as at present.
With candidate for governor-the honest
and able ToD-who possesses not only the
confidence, but the hearts Of all who know
him best it is not surprising that each MEM
ber of the party, should feel personal in
terest in his success. We have heard it
intimated that the only real danger Of de-
feat lies in the too great confidence Of our
friends, who imagine that the popularity Of
their candidate and the justice Of the meas.
ure they advocate, taken in connexion with
the odiousness of several monstrous laws,
enacted by the whig Legislature during the
past two years, will insure victory, with
out resorting to the labor Of systematic
organization. If such dangerous sent
ment does prevail, will our friends pardon
us for saying to them in a spirit Of the ut
| most respect and kindness, that this reliance
may prove fatal to all our fondly cherished
hopes. What boots it however favorably
settled may be the opinions Of our voters, il
4 from the absence of an efficient system oi
action they are not brought to the polls
Organization is the grand secret Of success,
and it is from belief Of their superiority in
this respect that the whigs in the city o.
Washington boast so fippently ofthe victo'
ry they are about to achieve in Ohio, claims
ing that their party is being placed in q
thorough state of organization, and sneer-
ingly asserting that the democracy are in a
condition of listless ipactiop Z.
It must be borne in mind that o grand
central system Of whig electioneering has
already been organized at the seat OF gov
ernment, and next to Pennsylvania we are
informed that the main effort is to be di-
rected against Ohio, when the mails are