Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-08-23

have I think, some rig I'd expect less inter.
ference than heretofofeE e shall am
, confident, for some tiIIa af least, have nc
, more foreign agents to- 4hHg ghfeh on the Sub
iect. Recent results hete aHa the discus 8.
ions with which they been sattended
cannot fail 10 attract attention Of the
reading and refecsing fpn Of The foreign
public. By thessfnsea 4 ey will be made
: to ounderstand real = zIIea IN this res.
Il RHt lfat fha
a1bfe law Of that conditioaffs, that al
question must be left to the control Of The
sloreholding states themselves, acithout
molestation or interference from ang
quarter; that foreign Interference of every
description can only be injurious to the
slave, without benefit to any interest, and
will not be endured by any section Ct our
country; and that auy interference, com
ing from the non-slareholding portions Of
our oavn territory IS calculated to endam.
ger the peypetuity, and, If sanctioned by
the general government, acoesld ineritably
occasion the dissolution Of our happy
Union."
June, lS4S.
"Our ancestors signalized the commence
ment of this glorious government of eurs,by
rescuing from subsection to slavery, a te.-
ritory which is now covered by five great
states ard peopled by more than four mill
ions of freemen, in the full enjoyment of
every blessing which industry and good in
stitutions can confer. They did this when
the opinions and conduct Of the world in re-
gard to the institution ef slavery were very
different from what it is now. They did
so before Great Britain had even commenc-
ed those gigantic efforts for the suppression
of slavery, by which she has SO greatly dis
: tinguished herself. After seventy-fcur
years enjoyment Of the sacred and invalua-
be rights of self-governnent, obtained for us
by the valor and discretion of our ancestors,
we their descendants are called upon to
doom, or if that is too strong a word, to ex-
pose TO the inroad of slavery territory ca
pable of sustaining an equal number of new
states to be.admitted to our confesleracy-a
territory in great part of which slavery
has never existed, in fact, and from the resi-
due of which it has been expressly abolish
ed by the existing government. We are
called upon to do this at a period when the
minds of nearly all mankind have been pen-
etrated by a conviction of TIE evils Of slave
nv. and are united in efforts for It's suppress
sion at moment, too, when the spirit Of
freedom and reform is everywhere far more
prevalent than it has ever been, and when
our republic stands proudly forth as the
great exemplar of the world in the science
of free government.
"Who can believe that population like
that which inhabits the non-slaveholding
states, probably amounting to twelve mill
ions, who, by their own acts, OF by the fore
sight of others, have been exempted from
the evils cf slavery, can, at such moment,
be induced, by considerations of any de-
scription, to make retrograde movement Of
character so extraordinary and so painful?
Such movement would, in my view of the
matter, and l say it with unfeigned defer
ence to the conflicting opinions of others,
bring reproach upon the influence of free
institutions, which would delight the hearts
and excite the hopes of the advocates of ar
bitrary power throughout the world"
The change is palpable and marked.
1t is not to be disguised, that lust pow
er, the long continuance in Office CT profess
ed politicians, living upon the peoples mon
ey, and claiming public emoluments as a
matter of right, have been productive cf
fearful evils in our national progress; but
never in our history has more daring and
reckless scheme Ct political intrigue been
srarted, than that which has been set up as
fro, i &c ,rfu hoe
upon sectional views, and hostile to the gem
eral welfare. The trainers of our consttu-
ton, and the organizers of the glorious
Union under which we have prospered,
were well aware of the sectional differences
which had been finally compromised in the
sacred instrument which they gave to the
world. In knowing the evils which must
necessarily result from disturbing those COM
promises, and also the proneness of unprin-
cipled seekers after Office to lay their worth
less hands upon things most sacred to the
people, as we'll as to the cause of human
liberty, reckless of all consequences, so that
mean and sordid lust for a meretricous
'notoriety can be temporarily satisfied the
statesmen Of that period were careful on
every and all occasions to enjoin vigilance
in guarding the constitution, and the most
watchful anxiety for the preservation of the
sacred instrument. Washington was par
ticularly solicitous on this point He has
told us in his farewell address, that "While
experience shall have demonstrated its i'm
practicability, there will always be reason
to distrust the patriotism of those who, in
any quarter, may endeavor to weaken its
bonds. The mode most likely to..be adopted
for this object of weakening bonds," was
clearly perceived to be the formation of par
ties having geographical" distinctions.-
TO irritate and renew those heart-burnings,
and that supposed incompatibility of inter
est between sections that had manifested
themselves in the formation of the Union,
but which had finally been soothed, were
by the actors in those scenes felt to be the
most ready means by which unprincip pied
politicians would attempt new political
combinations with geographical distinctions
On this head the father of his country re-
marked;
"ln contemplating the causes which may
disturb our Union, it occurs as matter of Sc
rious concern that any ground should have
been furnished for characterizing parties by