The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1846-02-18
A Little Gathering OF FederaIists.

rung dstressingly for one long hour Its sad
and funeral tones led us to believe that one oil
our good denizens had "shuliled off this mortal
col, ;" but upon inquiry We learned that federal
ratification coon-venlon vas to take place. We
accordingly proceeded to the court house, and
found there some two or three dozen persous--I
all told-with countenancos most cxcruciatngly
melancholy! Their ardor was evidently below
the freezing point! A few democrats attended
the meeting, so that the Republican might swear
that it was "large and REsrEcTABLEm
Mr.. Blister, from committee previously ap-
pointed, read series Of resolutions responding
TO the nomination Of Mr.. Bobb-eulogizing bank
pictuIcs-ropudatng gold,and sjlver-donounc-
ing the constitutional currency and treasury
going against any change in the present iniqui.
tous protecting tarjf--and declaring that the
President should not barter any portion Of Ore
Gon, to which our title is "clear and unqHos'on
abe1' The latter resolution is very vague and
indefinite, moaning anything or nothing. Josiah
Scott, ESD, "a remarkably honest politician and
a consistent one withal, who never changed his
coat in lis hfa-not he but who stands now
where he stood twenty years ago, the whig par
tg all coming over to him, and the democratic
party leaving himD made four speeches, full Of
the burning eloquenco and powerful logic, for
which the speaker is so eminentIy distinguished!
The meeting listened to him with that ramar!Ia-
Bile attention old Mr. Caudle paid TO the interest
ing "curtan leotures' Of his amiable spouse !!
Seriously, Mr.. SCOTS speeches were the most
weak and disgusting string Of contemplate
twaddle we have listened to fora long time the
meeting was bored most thoroughly; and allho'
the speaker attempted several times to be witty
and roncal, he conld not raise smile, much
less cheer! His whole object appeared TO be
to prove that whiggcry is iho same now that de-
mocracy was some years ago. Hence, of course,
as he claimed to be democrat once, be has
been transformed into good whig by standing
still, and not Progressing" vita his party! How
silent, easy and beautiful process is that! MIR.
S. should take out patent for the discoyory!-
Why my dear sir, if men would not change thcjr
opinions and ''progress" from error and false
hood to truth and scionco, this beautiful earth
would still bo filed with ruthless bagbar;sm and
untutored savagcs. All the "progrcsy" il hu.
man government, in lhe arts and sltlnccg, in lii
orature, philosophy, theology, astronomy, che
mistrv, &c, &c, thai has been ellcctoi IN the
world, was unpopular at first Old and inycc-
rate preiudiccs had to be uprootcd,.-tmc,saEc
toned ElsehooIs and hoafy-hcadcd dogmas had
10 be batllcd and overcome. ST. Paul and oul
Savior were radical 'pogrcsswa'' reforncrs, and
although they were abused and yil!lfaI sans
stint by Jew and Gentle, vet they faailessly
proclaimed the truth wherever they could obtain
an audience to hcarken unto their preaching
Luther, Gavin, Whitfield, Wesley, Fox and
host Of other eminent dyines, were 'progressivc'
reformers-they brayed public opllon--rodc
trumphantly over prejudice and opposition, anc
their sublime teachings will be felt Throughout
all time. Calico "progressed" so fur in astro
nomcal science as to declare that the world re
volved on its axis, and for this he suffered all the
torturcs of Flofentine inquistion. Mr.. SEQ,
no doubt thinks he was "saryed righl'' for his ra
dicaIsm! Faust discovered tho art OF printing
and half the world at the time declared that he
was an imp sent by the devil to uprool society
and had Mr.. Scott lived in those DAYS, he woull
have burnt Faust at The stake, for his "progres
siye'' radicalism! Columbus oprogressed" acros.
the ocean, and dscovcred new world, the fair
est and loyeIies land tho sun ever shono upon
Such men as Mr.. Scott considered him hair