Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-03-10
Repolt of ,the SeIect .ronluittea..


i'll, "ihe Son of man coms!h in the clouds
-s II Report of the Select taaniass,,.. :,
He ehich had sbeea fsysnsa a petition
lpraying q Disco oiuiion IF tile Uaioa. ~
III Senate, Feb. 8, ls4f. A i'ae .4i ~ +
The Select Committee, 70 which was refer
b. red the memorial Of certain inhabitants
-Nofthea counties Of Columbiana and, Ma
honing--Praying the General Assembly
saof the State Of Ohio, to declare the Fed
eral Union dissolved, now report:
II didnot need the instructions of the
Senate to induce the Committee to report
adversely to the prayer of the petitioners.
,ThepropositIon is traitorous and disloyal.
It is not thing to be entertained, or rea-
soned upon, The perpetaity of the Union
should be- assumed-regarded as a fixed
fact, not to be, debafed OF questioned. At
tachtnent' to the Union should be a feeling
"a sentiment n avery breast. 1t should
be instructive. fhe American should i'm.
bibe II with his mothers milk. 1t should
grow with his growth and strengthen With
hisstrength--7bethe confidence OF lhis youth,
theppfide of his manhood, and the solace
OF his old age. Next to the duties which
an American owes to his Gcd, are the du.
ties he owes to his country. The first Of
these is, preserve the Union the second,
preserce the Union the third, preserve the
Union. a,s.sl "a IS
The value of tho Union cannot be cal
cnlated; ifit could, Ohio could show how
vastly important that Onion is to her. Gen.
trally situated, her citizens sending the
products Of their industry at one season,
through the artificial channels of the North,
and at another, by thesgreat river of the
South, finding access to the ocean at points
1900 miles apart, what portion of the
Union could Ohio spare2 Where would
she draw the dividing line? Shall the
beautiful river which forms. her southern
boundary, now teeming win peaceful COM
merce, free as the air we breathe, and
witnessing no hostilities but the generous
competition Of enterprising people, shall
that be the boundary line between inde-
pendent and unconnected States? Then,
may we expect to see arrayed pom the op.
posite banks the hostile armies ofthe divi.
ded nations. Bristling cannon shall sup.
plant the waving wheat upon its hills--the
march of armed men tread down the pro,
ducts of its vallies, and the waters OF the
Ohio be discolored with the blood of her
sons. Arc our citizens prepared for this!
Can the memoriulsts, many Of whom be-
long to the gentler sex, averse to civil CON-
motion and bloodshed ministering angels
to man when pain and sickness districts
him, tempering with their soltness The
rough asperities Of mans nature--can
they willingly sec such possible consequen,
COS with complacency! "fz5
When the first President of the Un TED
States, the father Of his country, was about
retiring from that high office 10 which the
partiality Of his grateful countrymen had
twice unanimously called him, lie address
cd to them an alfectiona,c letter, prompted
only by the great love he bore 10 the peo.
pie he had saved, and containing sentiments
which should bo perpetually cherished by
the American people. This paper, usual
ly styled Washington's Farewell Address
and bearing date September II, 1916
should, next to the Bible, bo the daily
reading Of our people. His warning voice
must bo forgotten, his councils condemned
and disregarded, before any one can bt
willing to raise parricidal hand agains
the union Of these States.
The committee recommend the adoption
ofthe following resolutions: n,
'fyss,a9h CHAs. j. GODDARD,
JOHN MARTIN,
~ea. A. P. EDGERTON.
Resolved, That the memorials have lib
erty TO withdraw. their memorial.
Resoired, byiks General .assembiy, o
The State Of Ohio, That the Secretary .
State cause 10 be printed, an edition 0
Washington = Farewell Address, and dis
tributed to each school, district in the State
GRAND REMoNsTRANcE AGAINST SLA
vERY.--It is proposed in the London "Peo
ples' Journal" to get up kind but faith
ful remonstrance against American Slave
ry, to be signed BY s,ooo,ooo Of the Peo
-pIe Of Great Britaina number equal t
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