Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-06-21

long to the National Democra, party. Wei
shall 60 into this conflict with our armor on
and our weapons in our hands,"
For the Portage Sentinel.
Democrats to the work-Repel the foul
SIandererS.
The campaign opens-our prospect is
brighten. Tory Slanderers commence their
dirty work. They slandered Jefferson and
Jackson, no less than they now SANDER and
belle Cass. Indeed, that is their trade, their
living. They have slandered every prom
inent democrat since the days of the Revo-
luton, and the more prominent, the more
he is assailed. We see these SANDERS in
most of the whig and other opposition prints;
and from the mouths of their orators big and
little the ISLANDERS. continually burst forth
against Lewis Cass, because indeed, he is
the Democratic nominee for the highest
Office in the world. And we may expect
the same abuse of William O. Butler, as
soon as the s0ise ones have time to concoct
the Roorbacks: for his nomination took
them by surprise, before they had their SLAM
der popguns loaded.
But, Mr.. Editor, l took my pen 10 no.
tice a short paragraph which l send you,
found in Young America, a paper profess
edly devoted to Land Reform, but which
occasionally steps over to vent its bitterness
at Polk and Cass, and to do other dirty
work. for the piebald Tory party. This
short paragraph appears to embcdy the
quintessence of all bitterness. Each clause
of a sentence may form text fit for great
and glaring Roorback. Indeed, the writer
should claim the prize offered by the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer, for the greatest Roor-
back Of the campaign.
Why, ye piebald opposition, win you
thus bedaub yourselves in attempting to be-
spatter the greatest and best characters of
our country? Our democratic cause, thank
God, needs no such dirty work. We
would scorn 10 assail the character of Gen.
Taylor, who whether or not he is qualified
for President, has done his country good
service in the field. We stand upon the
Democratic platform of sound and correct
democratic principles, and the measures tc
carry them out. We also go for Demo-
cratic Progress, as says Lewis Cass in his
letter accepting the nomination. We are
ready to explain and defend our ground, but
not to belle and slander our opponents
Thank Good, truth needs no such weapons.
1t is only error and falsehood that appears
to need falsehood to uphold it.
If Evans of Young America, who in cop.
ying endorses, the invectve, expects to
make any political capital for the opposi.
ton by such vituperation, he probably mis-.
takes the character of the American people,
To demolish the whole trash, need only
to refer to few circumstances. Gen.
Cass has been before the people of Ohio and
the west, fer more than forty years. And
his course as civil or as military officer,
was never assailed until be was proposed
as candidate for President. His charac.
ter and qualifications were so universally
approved, that even political opponents
were mute. For eighteen years that he
was Governor of Michigan and Indian
Agent for the whole Northwest by appoint
ments and re-appointments, under every
Administration, from Jefferson to Jackson,
there was never an objection raised against
his re-appointment. His diplomatic course
while at Paris, was applauded by patriots
of all parties. 1t saved our ocean COM
merce from the control of British Cruisers,
who claimed the right to search eur vessels
on the ocean-as they had done before the
last war with Great Britain and probably
saved us another war for the freedom of the
seas.
Gen. Cass was. elected to the United
States Senate about 3 years ago, by the al
most unanimous vote Of the Legislature Of
Michigan, and was since nominated for
President by the united democracy Of Mich
igan, and indeed nearly all of the Western
States. And at the late Baltimore Conyen-
ton his nomination was confirmed by the
unanimous vote of nearly every State in
this enlightened Union. Such dsnunciation
therefore as Mr.. Evans endorses, is SANDER
on the intelligence and honesty Of the Amer