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

pursue in electioneering was OF that na-
ture, that it would not do to say any
thing about temperance till alter the e.
lection was over, did not temperance
meetings all stop at once! did not nine'
fenths of the temperance men go INTO
the hard cider operation with all OF their
might-they dare not say one word
against drunxenness! Why, sir, they
were afraid if they did they should lose
one vote for old Tip! A friend ofmine
in conversation with q deacon on the
course pursued by the wings for elec'
tioneering purposes, asked the deacon
If he thoDght that God would bless such
means as they were pursuing! yes, said
the deacon, he will bless any means,
no matter what, if by so doing they
could get the government out OF the
democrats hands, and said he, 'lhen
we can keep it OUT And were there
not other great deceptive measures en-
tered into knowingly to be so? Was
not Mr.. Pollock's speech. made IN the
Ohio Legislature complete farce! lie
said that Gen. Harrison was in the front
Of the battle at Fort Stephenson; he
was asked by a member who saw him!'
IL said the brave Mr.. Pollock: Il was
BY his side, we were where the balls
flew thickest and where steel met STEEL
: Now, sir, was not that a lie? was not
General Harrison at Fort Seneca, pill
ing up his pork, flour, and whiskey,
with combustible matter, that it might
burn quick? Was not Crogan with his
few brave men fighting the British and
Indians? Sir, this was the fact! AT the
same time Ogle's gold spoon speech
was spread before the public. Was there
essentially one word Of truth in it! Did
not the Rev, Mr.. Goode know when
he took that speech into his district and
on the stump, that it was a fabricated
matter got up merely for the politica
: destruction Of one of the worthiest mer
we ever had in the nation. Mr.. Goode
used it for fwo purposes, the first TO de-
stroy Mr.. Van Buren's election; the
second TO secure his own. | suppose
you must be well aware Of the previ>
Gus conduct of the federalists towards
Mr.. Van Buren, which was wholly un.
justifyable, and take the christian COM
munity at large in the United States,
Lutherans and Roman Catholics ex.
cepted, las think but few of them il
anv had and hand in those anti chrirtian
and anti democratic proceedings) were
not three fourths of them engaged in
these unprincipled and unhallowed pro.
ceedings, deceiving and being deceiv-
ed3 Why, sir, look at the proceedings
ofthe hard cider wings the morning Of
the day that was to decide the fate of
the Presidential candidates; all early up,
some praying, Lord give us the victo.
ry today others blowing the bugle
and thousands hooting and shouting 'go
it Tip and come it Tyler and strain.
ing every thing to still conscience and
cover up the depraved nature of the
human heart; even false swearing was
considered harmless.
The democrats charged upon the
wings as their intention to make Ma.
tional Bank, and it was as often denied
as charged; and the democrats were
referred TO Harrison's and Tyler's
speeches in Congress against Nation
al Bank, to show that they were sincere
when they denied the constitutionaIity
of the Bank! The governing principle
spread before the people by the wings
was, give us change of administration,
for better times, two dollars day and
roast beef; thus the weakness of human
nature was so played upon, that the eff.
fects secured to the wings the election
OF President, Vice President and both
houses Of Congressl Immediately after
that was ascertained, the hue and cry
began 10 sound through the Union by
the federal part Of the wings that they
had secured the great objecl!-that was,
a National Bank! But, sir, sometimes
when we think we are in the midst Of
lfe, ,oe are in death! The federalists de-
pended on the sanction Of Gen. Harri-
son TO National Bank, and in the case
Of his death, was it not discovered how
easy it is for the Divine Being, who has
ever watched over our good, to over
throw the tables oflhe money chang.
ers9 With all the, demonstrations Of
the disapprobation Of the Divine Being,
in the death Of Gen. Harrison and Ogle,
and many other circumstances, it is ev.
ident TO the candid mind that God was
not pleased with the doings of the
wings; and although there had been
such plain manifestations Of the disap,
probation Of the great. good, and All.
wise Being, yet the wings did not heed
it. At the opening Of the next and last
Presidential campaign, did they not
manifest a determination to carry their
points at all hazardsl Did they not O.
pen The campaign by endeavoring to
deceive the people wherever they tho't
II a possibihty2 But the bank question