Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-08-04

ut "Long John" in Convention; the one
thinking Of his private, and the other Of his
political fortunes. 1t was this mixture Of Pc
cuniary, with political elements, that formed
the anonymous compound, the "Chicago
Convention" and the profits to be derived
from the speculation, were what nominated
fifty delegates from the federal city of Bos.
ton alone-a number exceeding somewhat
the delegation chosen by that same city, to
sit and deliberate At Hartford, during the
adninistr l;ion Of James Madison.
There never was filter time, or more
suspicious moment for Boston to pay her
compliments to Chicago, or federal Massa.
chusetts to democratic Illinois. Another
great political contest was shortly to take
place-any injury to the administration OF
james K. Polk would weaken the democrat
ic party, and strengthen federalisn. Have
Greedy, Corwin, and the leading men of the
Miami, or Boston delegations, any object
paramount to these in their estimation!
Are they, or have they been ever, any
thing else than politicians, working inces-
sanity for party, in ali their operations9
To swell the national debt ut this partic-
ular juncture, by creating and urging de-
mnnds upon the treasury, is one of the first
objects of these political brokers. The
supposed embarrassment Of the Treasury,
some months since, and the imagined troub'
les of Secretary Walker in effecting loans,
we're almost set to music in their newspa.
pers. But they shortly left off huming that
tune. The Treasury would keep full
Hence the Chicago convention; cunning.
ly devised scheme to 'sbamboozle" demo.
Gratis, and build up the sinking fortunes oi
whiggery.
The administration is willing to be chnrg-
ed with all the expenses resulting from the
necessary, and just war with Mexico, in
which the country is involved. But it asks
to be indemnifed from the mendacity and
malevolence Of whiggery, which seeks to
drain the Treasury by every conceivable
demand, and then tax the accumulated bur-
den Of debt to ''the Presidents war with
Mexico" 1 do not know wherein they
have reformed since 1910; and should ex-
pect that one million expended this season,
in the improvement Of Luke Harbors, would
appear in the whig statistics Of ls4a, Us
fire millions expended in ''this abominable
and cursed war for slavery"
But see the "huge swarns'' Of editors,
governed of course by their editorial inter-
ests, vending their way to Chicago, upon
those very waters SO much neglected: and
where so much danger is incurred-ventur-
ing to ride in those magnificent palaces Of
the Lakes" which have been so vastly en-
larged since james X. Polk was made Pres
ident Of the United States. See them, at
one time, staring with astonishment at the
magic growth and prosperity that every
where met their view-and at another,
when recollecting tho object of their mis-
sion, sec their eyes suffuse with tears; and
hear them mourn over the ':Polk bars"
HPolk guide boards" the monocrat "yeto'
power, and the "blessings whiggery would
have conferred-upon the coast and country
if Henry Clay had only been elected Presi-
dent.' Read Harris lamentations from
the mouth Of Black-river, until off Milwau-
kie, where every Cleveland man ought TO
be allowed to weep; and Greely's COM
plants on Lake Superior, when lying in
that old Propeller independence, behind
Keweenaw point, on account Of head winds
Look at oil the stuff and spleen which the
machinery of this convention has manufac-
tured to be circulated and read by the vot-
ers Of the N orth and West before another
election takes place; and who will hesitate
10 say that the purposes, tendencies and re-
suits Of that Convention, were, and are to
be, mainly political? What other inter-
pretation can be given to every scratch it
has made, than hostility to the administra-
ton ofthe present chief Magistrate and to
his measures generally.
- RIPARIAN.