Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-07-01
For the Portage Iseniinsi.
PALMyRA Jun 4 25th ii


d William Bebb was here to hold forth tod
Ipeople and electrify his counryinen BY his.
eloquence on the rascally coon tar law, 10
give you brief account Of the wonderful
doing here onthatday. The wirs.worker,
OF the party in this county thought that a.
Bebb was Of Welsh descent that the Welsh.
inhabitants Of this township and, adjoining
country might be wooled BY a low species
| OF demagoguism to vote for him.
j This party appear 10 be very religious
at present, thought believe they do NOT take
the sacrament .now,.in leg-cabins, out Of
Igourds Of hard-cider and Jonny-cake, az
tthey used 70 do when William Bsbb, of
Butler county, in le4O, was appointed to
carry the hard stuff at the log-cabin Bac.
chanalian revels. So the notice Tor the
Ravenna meeting was stuck on the Meth.
odist church close BY the door. and this
note in pencil writing was appended be.
low:-'MINrsrERs OF THE GosYs. ~
REQUESTED TO NOTICE TINS MEETING yaox
THE PULPIT, AND ALL GOOD CHarsTrAsa
ARE EXPECTED TO PRAY FOR THE succrss
OF BEBB.' When the handbill notifying
the public that Bebb would be in this place
on last Wednesday arrived here, a noted
coon crawled over to the church looking
down and ashamed, as though he had been
in the yard stealing Or taxing chickens, and
nailed it to the door Of the meeting house.
while minister Of the Gospel was preach
ing. This disturbed the congregation, and
one went to the door and opened ii, when
the coon dropped his tail and fed.
Mr.. Bebb came according to the an.
nouncement. The wings had done all they
could to get a turn out, but all to no effect.
There were not over one hundred and fiity
present. A majority ofthose were demo.
Gratis who come out TO see the live cham.
pion Of the coon party. ~
He first commenced with an allusion 10
the Welsh nation and language. He said
the democrats were ridiculing him on &C.
count Of his Welsh descent and had asked
why the great whig party should select,
Welshman to be their candidate for GOV.
ernor, and tried 10 work on the national
feeling ofthe Welsh 10 obtain their votes.
But think that they are not 10 BE- Be-.
trayed by kiss. | saw some Of their
faces crimson with Indignation III the
thought that their suffrages should be 50.
licited forsrch q demagogue because he
had Welsh parents. Those Of them who
are democrats, and the most Of them are.
go, like the rest ofthe grea: Jefferson school
in politics, for principles and not men. e
Theperpetuity ofour glorious institutions
depends on the principles and measures of
hose who obtain power. No man ougI.
10 vote even for his nearest relative, This
policy and measures were ini,nical Is ti,e
welfare and happiness Of the peopls.
Z He next alluded ID The currency a,,e.. (
ion; and was base enough 10 repeat shsof.
en refuted charge that Buchanan and ths
iemocratic party were in ihvsr of reducing
wages to llcents per day, and insinuated
he promise ofthe Coon party Of, 40 thu.
you'd give ''two dollars day and roast
'eef." Thewhigs received all hs said. BE-.
alse ne was their party leader, for truth
hey shut their eyes, tllrowed back their
eads, and opened their mouths, and, like
oung robins, were crambed with fl,h by
lilly Bebb. .,1 g. .ss'ss4
Next he took up the tar law, and Ma
nat It was the best law ever the isdsrsl
arty passed in the State of Ohio. ie said
lat the State debt was All caused BY the
emocrats. He.attempted to show tho rea.
IN Why the State Stock was NOT taxed, ana
'ad from the Statutes of Ohio d show chat y
was one Of the conditions on which L
as loaned % the State. He nade III
higs believe that this law applied soali
% State debt, but forgot 10 tell thern thas
e twenty millions which the States owes
'cumulated gradually, and that each loan
at was made was obtained on certain con
tons specified in the act authorizing tbs
an: He did not say anything about The
'o,oeo dollars that Alfred Kelley, Ii.
mig leader Of Ohio, il one transaction po-
ically swindled the State out Of nor !
ord regarding The Stats housS which sl,e
J. Shig assembly voted b build, which
U increase the debt $500, 900 dollars
ore-he forgot Y tellshs people tsas III
q Of carrying ont the tax law u sIis
ute would 20 over THREEHUNDREp
DOLLARS. Tbsyo ~