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Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-07-19
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His Honor, Judge Newton, in his speech
at the Court House on Friday evening
last, let out the game that is on foot Tor
the purpose of securing the vote OF the
State for the paiorous General Ford, who
has as yet managed to keep mum in re-
gard to whether he will or will not support
the nominee of the Philadelphia ''slaughter
house." There is as little doubt that the
sconscieHce; or God and liberty wings
who have boiled from the nominees Of the
Philadelphia convention, by keeping the
views and opinions of their Gubernatorial
candidate from the people, are attempting
to play as deep a game of deception as
did those against whom they complain so
bitterly and denounce so violently. The
Judge said that it was charged that those
who opposed the Philadelphia nominations,
by their course would defeat their candid
ate for Governor, Gen. Ford. This, he de-
clared was not ale case, and he assured
them that the boilers had done more to save
the State for Gen. Ford than the Taylor
men could by any possibility accomplish
that they had at their late boilers conven.
ton at Columbus; secured the cooperation
and support Of the Liberty party, which
had TO: years past been arrayed against
them as sepersts Organization, and that
they (the bolters) had persuaded the Liber-
ty party Convention, which was held in
Columbus on the day after the boilers Con-
vention not to make a. nomination for
Gorernor, and that they would all vote for
Ford If the Taylor men did not call him
out! Thus, the Judge acknowledged that
there was an attempt on the part Of these
base whig leaders and a few trucking ahd
hypocritical leaders of the Liberty party,
to cover up and keep hid from the public
gaze the position of this ualorous chief oi
whiggery. We are told that there were
those in the Liberty party convention who
were opposed to giving up their separate
and distinct political organization; but the
matter was settled by reference to the
Executive Committee, who were instruct
ed to interrogate the candidates for Cover.
nor of the two other parties, and requiring
the one who should receive the vote of the
Liberty party, to pledge himself, among
other things, that he would vote for neither
Cass or Taylor. Yet, it seems that the
committee is going to disobey instruction.
and transfer the party over TO vote for {
man who is to throw the influence of hi
vote on the side of slavery by casting it fol
Gen. Taylor, the owner of 25o slaves; fol
Judge Newton said that the Liberty mer
would vote for Ford If the Taylor naen
did not call him out. Well, what if the
Taylor men do call him outs Why, ther
Liberty men" we suppose would not &C
him. The ''Liberty party''-at least the
leaders ofit-can swallow any kind of q
dose if they are only per mitsed to shut
their eyes and ssgo it blind" They should
display upon their banners as their motto,
ssFor sale cheapi''
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-07-19
DaguerreOtype Miniatures.

Mr.. Fl. o. FREEMAN has taken rooms
in Aliens building, for the purpose of
taking Daguerreotype likenesses. We
have examined some very fine specimens
taken by him since he came to our village,
and think them the best we have ever seen.
Those desirous of obtaining likenesses OF
themselves or friends, will do well to call
upon Mr.. Freeman, as we feel confident
he will be able to give entire satisfaction.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-07-19

UThe Pennsylvania says that at
recent grand Taylor meeting the Nativists
thrashed out the Wings. They succeeded in
procuring the passage of resolution pro.
vided that all future meetings held there in
his favor SHOULD be called as sTayler Meet.
ings,' not as Wing meetings.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-07-19

G@John Tyler, of the firm of sTippeca-
noe & Tyler too, is supporting Gen Taylor
for President, without why or wherefore. :"
Bolts, will have his old bed-fellow again!
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-07-19

6FAtsa meeting lately held at Indian
opoGs, Ia, THIRTY-SEVEN wings came
out and declared their intention to vote for
CASS and BUTLER.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-07-19

SENATORIAL ELECTORS.
LEGRAND BYlNGTON, of Pike county;
SAMUEL STARKWEATHER,of of Cuyahoga
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
1st. Dist. Jacob Snyder, Hamilton;
I'd do. George Kesling, Warren;
Sd, do Francis A. Cunningham, Preble
4th, do G.Volney Dorsey, Miami;
5th, do Charles M. Godfrey, Putnam;
9th, do Samuel Myers, Crawford;
18th, do John W. Bell, Highland;
sth, do Daniel Cockerill, Adams;
9th, do Daniel Diffenderfer, Pickaway;
10th, do Theodore Carpenter, Delaware;
18th, do Daniel .swinney, Riehlana;
18th, do Lewis Anderson, Lawrence;
18th, do John Lidey, Perry;
44th, do William Lawrence, Guernsey;
18th, do William G.. Walton, Monroe,
10th, do Joseph Burns, Coshocton;
18th: do VIM. Mcdonald, Jefferson;
18th, do David A. Starkweather, Stark;
10th, do Joel B. Buttles, Trumbull;
goth, do Henry B. Payne, Cuyahoga;
21st, do Abijah Ives, Huron.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-07-19

C. We wish every whig in the county,
and the democrats too, could have heard
the powerful and eloquent addresses Of
Messrs Bierce, Ranney, and Spalding. at
the Democratic meeting on Friday evening
last. But though the democrats generally
went in to fill up the house, and to see the
Taylor men and boilers show their teeth at
each other, the bolters-and they comprise
nearly the whole Of the wbig party of this
township-not only kept aloof from our
meeting themselves, but got up meeting
OF their own in the public street within
hearing of the Democratic meeting, and
got C. c. Burleigh, a hair-brained timer.
ant Disunion lecturer 10 address the crowd
There can be little doubt that these two
factions are together in sympathy. They
are both driving at the same odject-tht
dissolution of the Union-but by differen
means. One thinks to accomplish the ent
by the creation ofa sectional party, ,endeav
oring to create sectional jealousy and dis
sension among the States of the confedera
cy; the other, throwing off all disguise
boldly goes forth proclaiming their object
and seek to effect it by abstaining from al
participation in the affairs Of government
1t is little strange that the American
people who have enjoyed so much Of tn
blessings OF our happy government shoul
be found in the ranks of these factions rath
er than needing the advice of the immor
tai Washington, to frown upon every sue
! attemDt
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-07-19

THOMAS CoRwIN, the Mexican Senator,
has h, announced his intention to support the
Taylor ticket heartily.
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Disnnien SymDathizers.

Burleigh & Co., the Disunionists, after
laborlng with the conscience wings and
"Liberty men, in Ravenna last Thursday
and Friday, were in haste to go to Ran.
dolPh Friday evening, to fulfil an appoint.
ment there for the next day; but finding
that the Democrats had meeting appoint
ed for the evening, Burleigh consented to
stay and hold forth in the street, on the
Prentiss House corner, to draw away as
many as possible from the democratic
meeting. They, however, had so great a
sympathy with the "consience" wings the
evening before, that they were willing to
forego their own appointment to attend the
whig meeting, and assist in cheering whig-
gerry! sBirds of feather!" &C..
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-07-19

o. The Indiana Tippacanoe Journal,
leading wbig paper of Indiana, boists the
name of Judge Mclean for the Presiden-
cy, and strongly urges his nomination by
the Buffalo Convention. 1t urges that
Judge Mclean cannot refuse the nomina.
ton.
The Cincinnati Herald also claims that
the Judge is not bound by the Philadelphia
Convention, and that if nominated at the
Buffalo Convention, he is under obliga,
tions to accept.
Should Judge Mclean receive and &C.
cept the nomination of the Buffalo Con-
vention, he will carry the entire strength
of the boilers in this region. The great
enthusiasm that was gotten up for Mr.. Van
Buren but a few days ago is fast dying a.
way, and the number who would vote for
him is few and daily growing "beautifuny
less" The wings supposed that by affect
ing an attachment for the little magician,
the northern man aviM southern princi-
loles,' Us they used to call him, they would
be able to divide and distract the democra-
cy; but they no sooner found that their ef:
forts would fail them than they lost all
their attachment for democratic boilers and
went back to their own ranks to find their
candidate.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-07-19

g Some Of the whig papers are COM
planning that Gen. CAss did not treat Ger.
Hull with proper respect. Gen. CAss
never could show respect for traitors.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-07-19
Abolition Movements.

The Cincinnati Herald contains a let.
ter from SAMUEL LEWIS, Esq, dated at
Washington, in which he lays it down
as a fixed fact that the abolitionis cannot
consistently support Mr.. VAN BUREN, nor
can they 20 into the Buffalo conven-
ton with friends Of the New Yorkers up.
ON the platform of opposition to the abo,i-
ton Of slavery id the District Of Columbia.
This, he says, s'seems to be the general
feeling with our friends wherever have
conversed with them."
So the great Liberty party, it seems, has
grown to such an enormous size that d.
vision is necessary. These are surely days
of strange events. The old parties oppos.
ed to the democracy are tumbling to pieces
of their own rottenness and corruption.
Their opposition to the Mexican war, as
was we'll remarked by one Of the speakers
at the Democratic meeting the other eve.
ming, is the magazine that has blown them
to pieces. The opposion to the war Of
1882 blew up the old federal party ofthat
day, and they are now experiencing the
same results from their opposition to theil
country in the war with Mexico.
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The Mountain gone over to Mahamet.

The last relic of the late whig party in
this county, has gone over to the no party
party. The nsgger baby has swallowed
the alligator. The last number of the
Ohio Star announces change of propri-
etors, Mr.. WADswoRrH, the former pub
Usher, having disposed ofthe establishment
to company. Messrs. DARIUS LYMAN,
LYMAN w. HAIL, JNo. E. JACKSON, AL
BERT AUSTIN, S. FoLJAMBE, and OLIVER
c. Die KJNsoN are announced as the Pub.
lisi,ing Committee. All of these gentle
men, with the exception of Mr.. Hall, have,
until since the nomination Of Taylor, been
among the leading men of the whig party;
Mr.. Hall has been the leader Of the tLiber.
ty Party in this county for number of
years past.
1t is generally understood, though no
such announcement appears in the last
weeks nurber, that LYMAN w. HALL,
Esq is to take the charge Of the editorial
department Of the paper. Mr.. Hall was
some years ago connected with the Star as
editor, and afterwards conducted the wv es.
tern Reserve Ca binet and Family Visiter,'
neutral paper, published in this village
for several years.
The address TO the readers Of the Star.
leaves no doubt as to the position which
the paper is to occupy in regard to the
support of Gen. Taylor for the Presidency.
The publishers say they "can give no sup.
port to Gen. Cass, or Gen. Taylor So
it seems that the Star, which for years
past has been denouncing the ''one-idea''
party, has now become the exponent of its
principle, and Taylorism, the little rem
nant that is left Of whiggery in this coun-
| tv is wiihort an oro,n
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-07-19

sP The Young Mems Mass Conven-
ton which was to have been held in the
city of Dayton on the 24th Of August, has
been postponed to the 21st of September,
the anniversary Of the Battle of Monterey.
@ The New Orleans Bee, is trying to
sting Gen. Cass for being an advocate of
the Wilmot Proviso! That is the South
ern face of Whiggery.
Our neighbor Of the Journal, had better
publish that letter Of Ford's, and not keep
all the intelligence for the favored few in
the Estate committee room" The peo.
pie are not to be put off by insults, that
they have no business to know General
Ford's opinions He will not be voted for
under such nsuks!--,Statesnaaa.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-07-19

TThe following extract we clip from
the GAINESVILLE Courier, Taylor whig paper:
"At Hudson, Summit county, on the 23d
inst, a large whig meeting was held to ratify
the nominations. An eloquent address, says
the Cleveland Herald, was delivered by
Hon. Van R. Humphrey, in support of the
Taylor ticket. Judge Humprey has been
Democrat of high standing with the party
ON the Reserve, but he now goes for Rough
He was elected President Judge of that cir
cult by locofoco legislature, and has ever
stood up in their ranks. But he can sustain
them no longer"
The Wings are welcome to such bolter
as Judge Humphrey! There is not in the
Reserve or State man possessing as little
political stability as this changeable dough-
face. No man who has been acquainted
with him for a number of years would even
pretend to call him democrat or whig, he
has been regarded for years as having
no fixed political principles, ready to join
and shout (after the election) in the ranks of
whichever party might have the power to
distribute the loaves and fishes. A friend
who has known him for fifteen years has
given the following history of his crooked
course: In 1928, an Adams man; in 1882
Writ man; in 1886, Van Buren man
in 1910, a Harrison man, and in 1874, a
Clay man. The Judge addressed Taylor
meeting in this place few evenings since,
and instead of claiming that he had bolted,
he labored to prove that he had always been
Consistent" whig. The Herald and
Courier are welcome to all such "bolters,"
but itseems to us thai The editors of both those
sheets are too well acquainted with his po-
itical history to claim that che has ever
stood up in the ranks" of the Democracy.
That is all intended for foreign consumption.
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lISIIQNEsT MnND TtAfEasEKvING
HQIfipiANs. y
Jujas alier begnyilig Christ epentcd Of

n a.H| -. ~.
his treachcry, and not only fcfiifncd his ac-
curscd.gains % HIS lsmplerss hui placed him,
sclf beyond doing further wrong, by hanging
himself on tree. Political Judases rcsenl.
Bile their Proloispe in eEegythng save bis re-
peniancc. Not that they have not mock re-
penianca 10 ofss, bot II is lonly that afier
they haye. betrayed principle and warrod .ap:
on Tho pnlsy,s advocating il, end used
their connec'ionlwitII patty yon!y to destroy il,
they come forward, and sill tetalhips lhe
ocails Of thcr1 h{Gcit5y, 4 p misc key
"won'i do SO any more y This iss Of lalc. at
least in this State, held 10 wipe out The re-
cord oftheir treachery, and 10 return ihem
again into the bosom Of tbc parry Be,iayed,
to betroy il anew. wherever il lakes a,siep
forward, and hereis prof, 10 80 gained by u
dishonest course, \ I. n .
We believe there is but little good scnse
and less policy in flattering and prais'ng dis
honest men, because they offer a pretended
repentance, in the hope oipro6ting by it,
We think that the press oflbe party can bc
better employed than in euiogizing such men.
Easy Eorgivness only increases transgressors,
and we would much prefer TO see such mon
spoken Of, as the following article from the
Ohio Press speaks of Samuel ,Labm:
"SAMuEL LAnM 1.-The principles Of demo
Gratis are the life Of the democratic party.
Democl ats who are true and honest Them
selves are apt TO carry this feeling SO far as
TO think that all is right whenever The right
principles are adhered TO, and they are apt
10 pardon political, treason, whenever the trai-
tor Processes to sustain the true cause. Ii
The democratic party have any tanlt, il u that
filth in the .conquering powers ofdemocracy
leads them 10 be careless about
a;he men in whom they place confidence
II can too frequently be said Of them as was
said at town election once: awe 20 for
principles, not for men---ior proof Of the fact
see our ticket" But we are glad TO see that
a disposition is manifested 10 be more care
fal in this particular, for once at least. E
Samuel Lahtn has done more than any
other man 10 distract, divide, and defea. the
radical democracy Of Stark and Wayne coun.
lies: although The evil iuAcence Of bis trait.
oroYs course has beer by no means confined
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<Vtfiu*n '<F pr"S' 1'f>' ~. '~-
| no personaI interest ID ihe agent. kis an
appointment, an authority, merely during the
| pleasure ofthe principal.
"a difficulty has arisen IN she sninds oI
some persons as 70 the power Of the people
over a Constri,uion In which there is provi-
ded mode Of amendment BY The Legisla-
ture---no other mode Of amendment being
forbidden.
aIsis contended that slich q Constitution
can only be amended in the mode pointed
out BY ihe inslmmenf itself that the people
By adopting that mode, have necessarily pre-
|cluded any other, and that Il is nothing shori
Of revolution 70 call convention in ssch a
case 10 semodel the fundamental law Of Che
State. "a sfid "a bsbR6a ilns i,aA,t ..aN .
aThis difficulty can scarcely Be consider
led serious in tho case supposed since ihe
Constitution does NOT expressly negative q
| ny other mode ofamendment than the one
| pointed out BY that instrument ytke ~
preme poper 81 ~ State rcsids u fts people,
and Skcir criginal right 10 male and amend
| fksir fsndamentaI lars be eenscded, as Il i
L by an the American Constitutions, then the
obiector msss fsss ,anniRiIase Skis ssprems
pc,ver suk;ck y isxsrenf n sks peopye. before
he can have any ground 10 stand upon.---
This he may attempt, perhaps, BY showing 9
case where The people have adopted clause
in their Constitution prohibiting any amend
ment exCept in mode diFected BY that In
slsumeht. This brings us back 10 the old
question. whether people eas bind them
selves ineyocably 10 any form Of Government
or mode OF adminisssaiioni ! have sappos-
ed |. impossibIe-because the sovereign pow
ar Of the State cannot be bound in such a
manner as 10 diminish lis supremacy: and
because ibe moral laws Of ihe Creator inter-
fare n apnul the OBLIGATION wheneye, the
minority az thc people perceive that il works
|in;.s,ice. A regards tbe administration Of
M morsl laws. neopIe can only oblipe
tbemsaIyes 10 walk hv such liebt as they
NAV en;uv 5or The time being. The mo.
menta ihe, msioriiy perceive a better
lioht. Ills their duty TO direct
eonrse by Il. and their poor covenant.
written IN ioporauce and darkness 10 abide
nv error must hll 10 The ground. uNo en-.
oscement. y saws ya,,el. scan obliee. or even
au'hy'Aa n.'n.o ',.a 'Io a"s ~ ,ssr aa
'u,e. saese sa"s s,S !. 'ess h'',.. ~....1 'sn
Pn,.'os., .:n Inu s'S 80 o''s''o'' =" s'aS -
a,.u.'uia ~ v:n W. -. r.,-,:,...,.,. .,.. -,
~. = s1., @.''us.. ~ ns . t...J I ..sa ~ go
,ess'u 80 s ~ naan,s Th~so ~ IT, a~s,a..l, s
81, al . ~ C,ns,;,r.;o, r .oosen, ~ & ,.nd
% ,hosa ,,ho ar,sra,srJ ,;ve ~ con,s,,sd,v under
- !. ,ss;.,,, .asss., - /, .s ,hs s.,nre,,o lsw
A.. ,.hs,sra, -. s,s;o,;, of IL ,,so,,ls "a.
rs asd demand q rsIyrmcd Coa,t;tui;o,,. r.
rs THEIR RrcHr TO NAVE 1T--apd thew will
have il. since the consent which gave all the
vitality 10 the existinr Constitution Is with
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. ~. .t .f<tt
0.r Gen. Scott has taken leave Of the army,
having been recalled by the Government, and IL
succeeded by Gen. VIM. 0. Butler. Gen. Scott
has been removed from command in the hsppiest
hour for his fame, before his excessive and sensi-
tive vanity had embtoiled him wiih,every Office;
Of distinction in the army. He has n hand q
quarrel Of years with Gen. Gaines. HeProvokcd
q quarrel with the President before he went 10
Mexico. and ihe first period Of rest from ineess-
ant toll tow in victory brought quarrels with his
eldpfellov soldier, Cen Worth, and with Gen. Pill
low, Cola Duncan. and we known who beside.
Withdrawn now, his victorious career will only be-
remembered by his grateful countrymsn. Had
he remainsdlonger, hs would have sunk in ibsir
sstsem BY psrseysriag cxhibitionslef .himselfay
the heroofPstty andinterminab!s Squdbbleswish
those who aided him to win the honors he now
wears Il. iaf gle s1sA s9t3 I3se ssl is,
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the wing party.) AllHT MS, we say that Mr,r
Lahm is perfectly, welcome to come back and
vote The democratic ticket as long andas faith
fully as he please. Ba, we hope that no por.
tion'of The democratic party will place him
again in any situation Of the slightest respor-
sibiiity until he has been for at least twenty
years, a democratic voter and nothing more.
& bgt t3 --------------------.- : u f.Gfl1 ys NJ,
fTIfK FAcULTY OF aINvErrIoy. I'VE give
.he following as the chronological view Of
what mental facullies. are essential 10 iinyen-
ton. eit is fiom an article by 0. s, Fowler.
descriptive Of the mental character af Pro-
fessor Morse, the inventor Of the Magnetic
Telegraph. 4 e ''7ss. u ..- q
Amateurs might think immense Causaliy
is ,reGuis.. Not so. Causality discover
principles and reasons, but il is the percept-
ives witch bArPLy principles already kaown t,
PRACTICAL life. Causalty, Of course, aids
such applicalior, yet predominant preceptiye,
SEE how 10 apply ihep much more readily
and frequently than Causalisy THINKS. how
,oraRply them. tCausality makes Inventions
by reasoning from ycelpse 10 effect, YET not
one in fifty Of our new and useful inyentions
have this origin. Most of them are pERcEsy-
ED, iDstead Of being thought out. of these
the telegraph is one. No new law is work
ed out only a,wslliknoyn one is practically
APPtlEpss ,hiaBgi3 a. .iesssg, sga Il "a.
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GEN WoRrH. "A Washington crrespond.
ent Of the Herald says that letter has been
received from Gen. Worth stating that he
goes the Democratic doctrine in all the par
y ;ssues--bank, tariff, distribution Of public
lands, internal Improvements. the war, &c.
&c. On the Wilmot Proviso,, he says his
sentiments are the same as General Taylor's.
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4 NEW ,NoNS1I1O1IUNf eVH CAahv. ny y tNnf
not refrain from congratula,ing the country
on the failure of the proposition for a Con.
vention TO reform The Constitution! Under
the good old Consultation, Ohio has ddson-
ced a. no State susr before adpasced and
has imprpred; aud we rejoice that we are
permitted TO move on under il yet q little
while longer. --Ci ncinnat Gazsife. i.,s;', i
The Gazette nigh, as well eopgratulate some
ovorgrown bey, whose feet and arms were stick
ling out of his worn jacket and panialoons ON q
Fdetsfmina,ion 20 wear the ont. grown garments,
and sssuss him that '.undes these dear old clothes
be had grown % no boy ever befcrs had grown,
and that he shouid Fejeies that bs was able TO
pull the cawping old rags over his lusty limbs a
little longer, shessh they did leaye his body ma
ksd from, elbow and kBesp ~ ,,s. 4,l
The cid clcshes, il might be replied, possessed
no particular quality differing from any other
Jacket and psntalsons, calculated 90 ADJ % the
boys grcwsh--nor does eur Oh5u Constitution,
which Burnett 10 his notes, tells US is nhiniy .
copy Of that Of the State Of Tennessee, Pessess
any pscular provision to which ihs rapid growth
Of Ohio beyond other states can 30 reasonably a,-
sibuisl, 90 that We cannot see geod reason why
its inadequate and violated previsiens ,sheuld
sramp the growing prosperity of she State any
In speaking Of the claims Of laws long enacted
the Rev. sydney Smith well remarks, s'if the law
10 good is win support itself, ifi is bad il should
NOT be supported. Pause before you alter an in
sttotion which has bseh deemed 70 be of much
era. 4