Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-07-01


all voluntary aid in prosecuting the ,oar
and manfnlly expressing our opinious as 4
its injustice and ruinous tendency, zoe hav.
arrested its progress, and driven back IL,
authors 10 abandon their intamoss schemes
and to look anxiously for peace. WIN
then if we now lend them money? Then
l,O,H not make peacs--they viii still hankel
far Canada; they will assemble forces, anc
shed blood on our frontier. Mere pride. 4
nothing else, will do it. But some say
will you let the country become bankrupt
No, the country will never become bank.
rupt But pray do net prevent the abusers
oftheir trust from becoming bankrupt!!
Do not prerenl them from becoming odiou,
10 the public and REPLACED BY BET.
TER MEN. And fsderaiists who loaa
money to the Government must go and
shake hands ,oith JAMES MADISON
and claim fellowship with FELIX GRU.N
DYM Let him no more call himself a
Jederalist and friend to his country!!! Hi
WILL BE CALLED BY OTHERS lNFAMeusiI!'
/ s. The next charge Of mn colleague is
that we are engaged in war of aggression
and plunder, one object of which is the CON
quest of California. We are making wal
for purposes Of territorial aggrandisemenl
ne thinks. And, pray, what did the peace
party men OF the late war say as to its OBJ
lject! You have heard, sir, Just now, in the
extract last read. "What then if we now
lend them money? They will not make
|peace--theg ,oil still hanker for Canada. .
So spake the Boston Gazette, referring to
MIR. Madison's administration. But here is
higher authority still; far higher, sir; it is
no less than the Senate of the Common.
wealth ofMassachusetts, declaring that ssthe
war was founded in falsehood, declared
without necessity, and its real object ,oas
srtent Of territory BY unjust consuesls y
And this, I understand my colleague to
think, is precisely the object Of the present
war.
o: Reaching the highest point of denun-
citation at last, my colleague, Gaping his
climax, declares that the war is an ,snhohu,
na,7ghteoas and damnable ,oar.'". Not
only is it dishonest, presidential, unconsti.
tutional, ,disgraceful, dishonorable, Infamous
aggressive, intended for conquest, but worse
than all, if worse can be, it is ssunhoiy, I'm.
righteous and damnable." And not con.
tent with denouncing the war Itself, nv col.
league warns its authors, (who, according
to his views, are the administrators Of his
own Government, that they have a terrible
responsibility to bear, a fearful accountable
ity to meet. "
9 Well, Mr.. Chairman, this is hard TO e.
quail, much less to exceed 1t is not every
Day such cannonading is heard. But there
are precedents for it, sir, nevertheless. Lis.
ten to another extract from the Boston On.
zette' Of 1914: -
sLet no man who wishes to continue the
war by active means, by vote or lending
money, dare 10 prost,ate h,mseLf at the altar
J" Me fast day, for they are actually as
much partakers in the war as the soldier
Who thrusts the bayonet, and the JUDO
NENT OF GOD WILL AWAIT HIMvp
Again:
'Will FEDERALISTS subscribe to the
pan! Will THEY lend money to our nation.
rulers! TO what purpose have federal
rs exerted themselves to show the wicked
ess, TO rouse the public sentiment against
!, and to show the authors Of it, not only IA
be unworthy Of public confidence, but
IcHLy CRIMINAL, ifthey now contribute
le sums, without which their rulers must
e compelled to stop--must be- compelled
return to the policy and measures under
'hch this country was once at peace and |
singular prosperity" |r
Next, sir, lot me introduce YOU to the i
3oston Centinel,' (another federal paper. ! i
January 10, 1918, holding forth as fol.
WIS, In order to prevent loans from being S
ade to the Government with which to car.
on the war: VI ~ a
"My brother farmers, If you have mon- v
to let, let it lie. If the war continue II
u Will purchase your stock at four wears h
! cheaper than you can raise il. So un-
ST is this offensive war in which our rulers oI
We plunged US, in the sober consideration u,
millions, that they cannot conscientiously fa
proach the God olarmies for his BLESSING
on it. ~,
Now listen to ''Honest John Dayis's'' Ia
per, the Wooster Spy in 1914:
"We hope and believe the people will a,
IN be convinced that Mr.. Madison is to. O
" incompetent to hold the reins of Gov. tr
nment. 90
III the people have not become stocks ist
q stones, 50 as TO bear anything, thew ar
lst feel ashamed of their President. and re
'lf indignation will never subside till he Of
and the Government commit, p,
to other hands. -
This wanton waste Of property, this w
rverse neglect Of duty, is sufficient to It
and any administration with eternal irfa. er
w y9 - .'A :. -
You are now no doubt prepared. Mr. 81
'airman, 70 hear the 'aierrimack IntelH.
ncer, in the following strain: i;
III James Madison is to command the :" ~
ces that are to sabjugaie the Eastern ~ -;
'tes, we would suggest to his Excellencv e., e.
most salutary caution 1t is that he sbould "
wide himself with horse swifter bv far !.
n that which carried him SO gallantlv 90 ~
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