Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-09-27

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beauties sand by that innocent artifice got
her to release number of American citizens
taken prisoners in the Canada instruction,
apaSXho had been sent to Botany Bay,
plaaS among the British convicts, and
| trea{e anost cruelty. Although Louis
Rhilippe had no American citizrns in chains
and bondage to release, as Queen Victoria
fhad yet the compliments of Mr.. Cass to
the French Monarch and Court, were not
without their effect. A person must visit
| France to become appraised Of the nigh in-
fportance. attached to empty complimentary
words. Such compliments with the inteIli-
genre, ness,<fas stitenaass ID gent Aeman-
Iy bearing of our Minister in Paris, gave
him so great an influence with the French
people, and authorities, (who at that time
were highly delighted with their citizen
King0 as enabled him to render a most
signal service to his country in opening the
eyes of the French to the sinister designs of
Great Britain, in regard to the Quintuple
treaty. The French saw no harm in the
thing-they supposed it was all owing to
| fOWttNttC ttt6 Vi tut DIItlSu lO1 lHC African
race, like that cf the fair Desdemona for
the sable Moor-unti Mr.. Cass demonst:a-
ted in most able paper, what Great Brit
ain was after-the right Of search, par
ticularly the right of searching the Ameri-
can vessels and thereby c'ippling American
commerce. Under the caption OF a Quintu-
pie alliance to suppress the slave trade, he
| hot lave
the negro which actuated Great Britain.
That she was trying, by feigning love for
the negro race, to make France an unsus-
pecting party to the inquitious scheme of in
terpolating in the laws Of nations, the 1e-
pudiated doctrine of the right of search,
which thirty years before she had struggled
to establish by force Of arms with the Uni
ted States. Failing in that, Ghaaks to
Gen. Jackson and our hrave soldieIs and
tars, thanks to the President If this Asso-
ciation-one of those tars, } she tried to be-
/ guile France into an alliance with her, but a
! thousaLd times ten thousand thanks, and
/ three millions of votes for the democratic
nominee for Presidency, for securing to A
merica and the world the freedom Of TIE
seas by defeating the Quintuple treaty. One
of tie last acts OF General lackson's life, was
, to thank Gen. Cass in tie WaTmcst terms
for Defeating the ratification lf that treaty.
Had the treaty been ratified it woud most
assuredly have involved the United States
in a bloody war with Great Britain Ii
| General Taylor, Scott, Butler, Quitnan,
/ IW1gos, and others have ended the NeXi-
:, can war gloEieusly, by force of arms, Gea
Cass has prevented much moe bloody
and expensive war with Great Britain by
the wisdom of his diplomacy.
! [ have come back to the democratic par
ty because I could not stag auay, when
my country is calling with trumpet tongue
for union Ct the democracy for the sake OF
the Union and calling with voice, as if she
would awake the patriotic dead, for union
of all her true sons at the polls in Novem-
Der next for the sake Of American glory,
honor and justice, impeached By the Corwin
wings.
| have come back to the democratic par
ty because [ see it standing on its princi-
pies, and, without fear or favor, hurting
from Its midst into the gulf of political i'll
fanny and disgrace; Van Buren and his
barnburner followers, with heavy impreca-
tions On their heads, for violating democrat
ic principles in di disturbing the compromises
of the constitution, and putting in jeopardy
the union Of these happy States BY nelarious-
ly bringing the proviso-frebrand on the po-
litical arena ard have left the wings be-
cause Gen. Tay lor tacitly permits large
portion of his Whig followers, north and west,
to use that unhallowed instrument of mis-
chief, the proviso, as political tool, acith-
out aUord Of f'rebeks [ have come back
to the democratic party because the whig
leaders, distrusting the intelligence of the
people, and believing they can be led to vote
against their principles, "by blind and
needle SIS enthusiasm for mere military re-
nown," have chosen candidate whom they
suppose to be more available on that ac-
count, being lately brought into notice by
the noise of his cannon Ia candidate SO very
destitute of political experience as never to
knows nothing about the temPestuous and
troubled waters of politics, having never
made voyage on them in any capacity,
and refuses to give pledges about what par
ticular course he will steer the vessel of
State, acknowledged that he does not knoaU,
but let it be understood that if put at the
helm, the whig crew may aun the craft, or
let her drift, as they please.
have come back to the democratic par
tv, because the wings. in full view of rocks
and breakers, in tempestuous political sea,
have thrown overheard the Palinurus of the
ship of State, their great helmsman, Henry
CLAY, who on several occasions OF imminent
peril, has, by his wisdom and experience in
making adroit and skillful tacks, called
conaprouises, got the good old ship out of
tbe breakers into smooth waters and a safe
anchorage, much to the joy of his friends
and admiration of his enemies, and have
chosen pilot to fill Mr.. Clay's place, re-
commended to their notice only because he
has lately won great eclat as military
chieftain.
Ard finally l have come back to the dem
ocratic party because the wings, in choos-
ing a leader, who has no definite political
nrinciples, which he has seen fit to make
known on any of the great questions divid-
inc the two political parties of the coun-
trv. (the veto question excepted } have them
selves deserted whig principles, and pulled
down, with their own hands, the whig plat