Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-07-05
NJ The federal marty has arrayed

Vi tHo IVA oAiCan war, aIu oohooiiSoo - w
an unconstitutional and an 'unholy and
dan,nable war; and yet they present the
rare consistency Of having selected as their
candidate for the highest Office in the world,
a man who has been the chief actor III the
drama and who recommended the very
movement which they say brought it OH.
This has the great National Whig party
done. The different branches of this con-
sistent party are following up the lead al
ter the same manner. The wings OF the
Pittsburgh, Pa, Congressional district have
nominated the Hon. Moses Hampton, the
present Representative in Congress from
that district, for reelection. The federal
papers in that district have been as vlru-
lent in their opposition to and denunciation
of the war, as in ally other section OF the
country; and yet the wings Of that district
have nominated Mr.. Hampton, who is the
only whig in the present Congress who
voted against the Mexican whig resolution
declaring that the war was "unco1iintio
ally and unnecessarily" brought on by the
act of the Present; and who also intro
duced series of resolutions in favor of &C.
cupying and retaining possession of the
whole of Mexico. The wings of the sixth
district in Illinois have nominated Col. E..
D. Baker, who has been an active partici-
pant in this war, as their candidate for
Congress. There is an unmistakeable sig
MITIGATION in all this. The great Whig'
party of the Union nominating man who
has been the chief agent Of the govern.
ment in carrying on the war, whose great
name and fame have been acquired in the
prosecution of this war, which they have
characterized as unconstitutional, unjust,
and damnable,' who has no acquaintance
with the affairs of government, and who
will not pledge himself to the support Of a
single measure of the party which has made
him its canddate-the wings of Congress.
sional districts choosing as their standard.
bearers men who have taken part with
their country either in the council or on
the field of carnage, is a commentary upon
the course of the wings which no one can
fail 10 understand 1t is q confession ol
their unwllingness to be put upon trial be.
fore the country for their reasonable con-
duct in opposing their country in just
and honorable war-it is IN admission that
they dare not take issue with theDemocratc
party upon those questions which have
heretofore divided the two parties-it is an
acknowledgment that those measures OF
the Democracy which they have denounc-
ed as ruinous and destructive Of the best in
terests of the American government and
people are poductiye of no such results.
1t is an admission that they have no prin.
ciples. no measures, no governmental poll.
cy which are worth contending for, and
that they GO into the present contest with
no other object than to obtain the sposls Of
office. Can any one doubt as to the course
he should pursue? Can any one hesitate in
choosing between the two parties?
New PoTAToEs.-Mr John Harmon, oil
this township, has our thanks for basket
of fine new potatoes, sent US on the morn.
ing of the glorious 4th. Few, indeed, have
the pleasure of enjoying dish of these pal.
ateable vegetables at this season of the year,
except those who are supplied with hot
house to raise them in, which article Mr. H
has not been obliged to use to grow his thus
early. He puts the seed in the ground under
the broad canopy of heaven and applies to
them the necessary culture, and receives, as
We trust, therefrom plentiful harvest. We
regret they were not raised on the free soil
that Mr.. H. advocates with the frmness and
tenacity, that a man should, when engaged
in that benevolent reform that will bestow
innumerable blessings upon his fellow man,
and keep of good cheer, for we read in a Ger.
tain eastern paper, shat there as good
time coming"
IFA good story is told, says the Detfoit
Free Press, of Senator Allen, at Philadel-
phia. When on board the boat, and about
to leave the city, Gen. Cass being fatigued,
requested Senator Allen to return his ac-
knowled gments to the crowd which had &C
companied him to the wharf, Mr.. Allen