Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-05-13

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resuitsso marked and culpable; for the hnsiot
smiles and insinuations Of female feloSuanee.
attend them not to drive their poison To the
heart. The after and the gown, and ll,bs
holy emblems cherishedby the church; made
sacred by the seal Of Christ, stampsd on them
by his death upon the icress, only serve as
forts on which they charge the heaviest
force of their artillery;-in short, sll that 10
fair and comely, and Of good report among
us, il by them cond emned, while Vice, In all
its hateful hydra forms escapes unscathed and
unopposed. But trying times must coma, ss
we are told, when the chaff shall be sifted
from the wheat; for 10 thoSesonly is the prom.
Use, who stand firm through all tribulation,
who are not led asttay ~ the teachers of
false doctrines, and who have not itching
ears, ever learning, but never arriving st ths
knowledge Of the truth. If 1 mistake not,
some Of the lighter chat is now being blown
away by the wind Of a most fatal error, and
may be seen turning this way and that;' run.
ming first to this and til en- to another church;
and always present, and perhsps presiding,
at all the conclave meeting 60, where are held
forth the doctrines aid solemn arguments Of
the agitators. ,.,.Ds''s .'o4's~e "" -
AS was to be presu med. these spirits, Cog
and Magog, afrom, going! TO did fro in the
earth, and from walking UP and down in it,"
again appeared in the presence. chamber Of
Tinnicum. At the sound Of Their coming,
the "celestial," one Of the elements through
which flow out the literary effusions, er the
city, sent forth the summons, and on the day
aPpo inted, the eager people were gathered
together, to receive the lsssons ihculsatsd by
these illustrious teachers >. Great CONNIE.
tions, and agitations, and heart- urnings, were
creatsd, ,-the people reproached, the Union
(in prospectl dissolved, the church tried and
condemned, and the God Of heaven insulted;
dark and indecent pictures were portrayed
cruel epithets promo unced, and al declared.
and some pursuaded that they were guilty Of
all, and many more than tho black aud dlabol.
ical crimes enumerated IN Paul's dark ,sata.
logue. or Oh =. ggd, leaa. y6r
Human nature 10 weak, and ambitious raen
are easily made the dupes Of this folly and
weakness. This is all the apology which sau
be offered for those citizens who have been
led astray by theee deluded fanatics, II is
now hoped that their reason will ssain re-
turn, and that eventually many of them will
become ornaments and blessing 10 society.
That the doctrines they teach ssrs sdeluslon,
and the spirit they cherish and inculeate 10
fanaticism, I apprehend may belmade to ap-
pear. But as it is not my purpose 10 sntsr
upon discussion in this eommunication, I
will return to my subject. ,sa2 ,''rA@
Having thus agitated and alarmed the pso.
pie, and exacted from them hve eagles ss thsi,
ransom money, these teachers left the city;
and then the eche came: and still lie loud
reverberations are nightly heard. in the halls
of public convocation, and, the piercing,
charming eloquence of those knights Of l,ber-
ty,is yet poured forth like sweet incense. upon
the alters Of the people. ,srnoi n4fo sid
The first Of these agitators which Il shall
notice, is man Of medium stature, fair COM
plexion, open countenance, and good INJURED
mien; possessing a saDguine. nervous and
lymphatic or vital mental temperament whose
first appearance is calculated TO produce no
remarkable impressions, more than ID nstu,
rally produced BY large prominent and Ian.
guild looking eye, sdllow countenancs, ssnd
noxious breath, resulting from supsrabund-
ant use Of tobacco. Like other sublunary
creatures. he is distinguished BY some msrks
and habits which are peculiar 70 himself, and
by his cOmrades in life's warfare, lie he's ap.
piled to him peculiar names and epithets.
His common garb 10 one with stri2sa and spots;
his most distinguishing characteristic., OK
cessive loquacity; and the epithet most CON-
monty applied to him, 'tthe striped hyena."
His profession is the law, in which he is q
brilliant star, and Of the consttution, until Of
late, he has been styled firm and inmozabls
pillar. How must our national fabric totter,
where such pillars and sundry other the like
his comrads, withdrew their support from ito
now too feebly supported sarcbitrave!!l AZ
his profession would indicate, he 10 senae>
what addicted to public discourse. .sfi The 'dis.
tinguishing beauties Of his oratorY appeafiia
his manner and his voice From his seat.
with feet gracefully poised on G table iCr chair.
back, he rises suddenly AZ II 4 Z fl,S,,ght ih.N