Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-11-01
DEMOCRATS. TO THE WORK.

Democrat should si on his armor and 60
into the contest, with full determination
TO re~seve:e Until victory has Pc ched upon
our standard. There is no tire to he lost
Cur enemy are already in the field, ard LET
us not be idle. The sound Of Eastern gold is
chanking in our ears, ard the loud crack
Of the slave-driver's lash resounds through
our boz ders. These are the means which
they employ to carry their ends. And will
the Freemen of old Portage, be bribed into
the support of the Louisiana Slave-d'lver by
the one, or awed into submission by the
ether? Can YOU be bought into the support
of a man who places SO little confidence IN
your ability and Intelligence that he Will
not, and dare not ent.ust you with his sem
tinents? Who has felt SO little interest in
the welfare, glory and prosperity OF his
country, that he has devoted no part of his
time to the study Of these great and import
ant cues'iors upon which our national
greatness, wealth ard happiness depend!
Who Las been so grossly, needless ef his
country's well-being that he has never in his
life exercised the privileges Of an iEeepeEd-
ent sovereign by casting his vote for any
man for any civil station? Whose only
recommendation, and claim to the support
tf the American people is, that he has
served his country faithfully upon the field
Of carnage? Are these the qualifications
which commend man to your support, and
which entitle him to your sufrages for the
highest civil Office in the gift OF the lreenen
of this glorious Union? Does life of 40
years spent in the camp and on the field Of
carnage, amid the rafting of mnsketry, the
glitter of sabre ard bayonets, the roar Of ar
tllery, the groans ard shrieks of the d. ing
ard wouaded, ard al the 'pomp and Cir
cumstauce of glorions war" tit and qualify
nan for the discharge of the duties i'll
cum beat upon The Executive of a nation f
freemea who study rather tie arts of peace
than war, aid whose sentiments, reflected
through their public servants, is tile law and
rule # the ration? No! And nlat other
qualifications are reflected in tie person Of
Cen. Zachary Taylor, than these? 1t was
a gross insult to nation Of freemen to pre-
sent for their suffiages man SO lily quail
fed. 1t was down right imposition upon
the people, to suppose that they could be
d=co,ed into the support of the slaughter
house" nomination by the trappiags and
gew-gaws upon the dress and about the
person of a military chieftain." But these
federal Leaders act upon the old principle
and doctrine of the Hartford Convention
Fede.alists, that tic s'mass of the people
a-e incapable Of sel.-government" that
they are controlled b? their "passions ard
their prejudices," and rot by reason and
calm reflection. Up, tlen fleemen of Port
age, and reprl this base irdignity. Well,
might tie "Ctd-like Daniel" declare that
.sueh nomination auas not fit to be made. :"
And let tie people, on the seventh day of
November respond in thuader tones through
the ba!lot-bvx "Snnh q nomination IS not fit
TO BE SUPPORTED"
VIII you pass by such man a s LEWIS
CAsS, and allow him to be defeated, that
Zachary Taylor may be elevated to the
Presidency? LEWIS CAsS, whose life,
from early youth to manho, d and cid age,
has been devoted to the prosperity CT the
great West whose free air lie b:eathes.--
LEWIS CsSS, whose character is withl ut
reprcach whose talents are of the highest
order whose experience is unbounded-
whose patriotism is undcubted = aid who,
as Statesman, ranks among the ab!est Of
the age in any country-who Las perform
ed services of lasting benefit to his country,
which will be remen bered when he shall
have gone to rest with the patriot bald who
row sleep beneath the clods Ct the valley.
LEWIS CASS the frieid AID canfidant cf
Jefferson, Madison, Mource, and Jackson,
such nomination was net only tit to be
made, but it was fit to be supported = AID
IS LEWIS CASS, TO give way to man
like Cen. Taylor?
We canrot believe that the people of the
American Union are So lest to the interests
of the nation, upon which their own pros
perity depends, as by any means to suffer
such result. Ard yet, the whig party
(we should say the Taylorites) even of
Ohio, are laboring hard to carry evea the
Bonnie Buckeye State fer the nominee Of
the @slaughte.-house," convention. They
hope to f ID the old Democ:acy needless,
and careless about the result-t;.ey hope to
see many of them remain away from the
pols-aEd they hope by the influence oftEe
slittering gold ,fthe cotton Lo'ds OF New
EnglaAd, aid the Legro Lords OF the South
to bribe sufficient nun. beGs iLto the support
of the gun-pou de. candidate to carry this
State. And.we ask the people of Portage
if by their apathy they will help them on In
their objects! Ii not, let eve maa be up