Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-06-14

A
Iliyered IN Grafton at For. w WayDe, Innana,
/ on the completion Of the Wabash md E-
RE canal. In this ornfion, while copirosts
Ling the condition and prospects ofthis conns
Try with the M sons otthe 0.d Aorld, he
Isnys:
81 have stood upon tIle plain Of Marss
Rtho The batte.f field Of liberty. Ia is silent
and dssolate. Neither Greek nor Persian
is there 10 give life and animation to the
scene. II IS bounded BY steril hills on one
side, and lashed BY the eternal waves sf the
Egean sea on the other. But Creek and
persian were once there, and thnt decaye6
spot was alive wilh hostile armies. who
fought The great fight which rescued Greece
from the yoke of Persin And have stood sss 9
| upon the hill Of Zion, the city of Jerusa. 2
!em, the scene OF our Redeemer's suffeifags 3
and cruciticiion and ascension. But the
scel ire has departed from Judah; and It's
| glory from The capitol of Solomon The g
Assyrian, the Egyptian, the Greek, the Ro.a -
man, the Arab, ,,lhe Turk; and the Cfusad.
ers have rdssei over This chief place Of Isl =
rael, and have relt il Of its power and beau- :
tys In those regions of the East where so-
ciety pnssed its infancy, it seems 10 have
| rencied decfepilude. If the associations q
which ihe memory oftheif past glory sex-l so
cites are powerful, they afe meancholyy e
They arc without qualification for the pres.
lent, and without hope for The future. BIT 1s'
here we are In the freshness Of youfv and 81
can look forward iih rational confidence q
to nges progress in all thar gives power 2
and pride to f,uh, and dignity 10 hahidrY
nature. 1, is better to look forward To pfos-
perity, than back 10 glsfy." - ~. -
| In the summer Of l843, Gen. Gass fecsis- fi
ed the following letter from Gen. Jackson. =
HERMfrAoE, July, .1s43s~t 3
! Mp Dear SIR: have The pleasdfesfo
acknowledge your very friendly letter Of
the 18th OF Ainy last. 1t reached mo 1ifi
due course Of mail; but such were my de-
bilty and Affections, thai have been pres
vented from replying 10 it until now, and
even now it is with great difficulty that
write. In return foryour hind expressions
with regard to my sell, | have to ten,ark,
that shall ever frecolecf; my dear Gene,
raj, with great satisfaction, the reationsy
both private and official, which subsisted
between us, during the greater par Of my !.
Administration. Having full confidence
4 in your abilities and republican principles,
| invited you 10 my Cabinet; and l cdn new y
er forget with whnt discretion and talents
4 you met those great and delicaie questions ,
which were brought before you whilst yo,i
} presided over the Depafttnsnt of War,
which entitled YOU to my thanks; dh3 will
be ever recoliccted @itir the most lively @
feelings of friendship by me- sas
) But what has endeared you to every true
] American: was the noble stand which you e
; took as our minister at Paris, against The
quntuple treaty. and which; by your taf,
ents, energy. and featless responsibility,
tdefeated its ratification by Pfanee-a treu-
~ intended by Great Britain 10 chahse our
J, international laws; make her mistress OF The
Seas, and destroy the national Independence,
| not only OF our country, but of NIL Europe
!. and enable her 10 become the y rrht on ev.
cry ocean. Had Great BritaiH obtained
the sanction oflFrance to this treaty, facith
j. the late disgrdcefal treaty at Washing
, ton-so disreputable to our national char
, acier and injurious 10 our national safety,)
then indeed we fhfgfit have hung our hhrPs
upon the willows, and resi- sred our naton-
! al independence to Great Britain. But =.
i repeatito your talents, energy, and feat<
less responsibility, we are indebted for Tho
) shield thrown over us from the impeding
! danger which tire ratification ofthe quin.
luple treuly by France would have brought
: upon us. For the act, the thanks Of eve.
ry true American, and The applause Of ey-
! cry true republicans are yours; and for this !
noble aci ltender yo my thanks. Hs.s Aa
i 1 admired the course of DR.. Linn in
The Senate, in urging his Oregon bNl; and =
| hope his energy will carry it into law
at the next session of Congress. This will g
speak to. England atlanguage which she
will understand -That ace toa not submit =
to be negotiated o1its ofgsour territorial
1rights hereafter. pu45 {zes sslsssSslf ' & 81
: Receive assurances of my friendship an
esteem ttsu A NDREW w JAG KS On: sAt
Is To HoN. LEWIS CAss. af'e saasel4A 4 Asf'Hat
In the spfing ofIS44, Gen Cas-, in re- -
ply to the nierrogatories upon that sub. ~
jects wfots letter declaring himself in fa- ~
tor of the annexation Of Texas.
!, In the month of May following, tie
J Democratic National Convention met at
d Baltimore. to nominate ca nd dates for Pres p
ident and Vie3 President. On the first ball
loting Gen. Cass received elghty.threS
i votes, and continued to rise till on the sew
enth, hereceived one hundred and twenty
three votes. Had another ballot been takeh
that day, Gen Cass would, without doubt,
hive been nominal 3D.. Before the assem- f
bling Of fte convention on the following
tday, Mr.. Polk wus brought forward os a
Icompromise candidate, and, nfier two bal,
lotings, received the nomination.
+ On the day that the news. Of the non1inn-
ton Of Mr.. Polk, reached Detroit, a meet
ing Of the democracy was held, at which
Gen. Cass, in an able and eloquent speech,
i gave his warmest support to the nominal
ton, and declared his reniiness.to enter tho
contest to secure its success. In pursuance
of this he accepted. The invitation Of the
Nashville committee, and was present at
the great Nashville convention in August
HIS arrival,was annOunced by the firing
/ of cannon, and he was received with every
demonstration Of popular enthusiasns OF
bis speech. there, a leading paper says.
"We did not attempt sketch of the ell 6
oquent and powerful speech that was made