Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-10-22
A mean FalSehOOd.

The Portage County Wh7g attempts 10
excuse its course upon the Convention ques-
ton, in not endorsing the Wing ticket, up
on the ground that "tbe Convention that
put in nomination the ticket, did not au-
thorize it," and adds, sand we shall not as
sumo to dictate to the Wings OF Portage
how they shall vote upon question Of
such vital Importance to the interests Of the
State" It is this very Gle low, !" say noih-
ing policy of the Wing Conventions, and
which has been followed by the Wing press
that has furnished all the opposition gainst
which the measure of revising the Consti-
tuition Of the State has bad to contend, and
which gives the lie to their professions Of
being in favor of the measure.
But the Wing, not content with the ex-
cuse it offers for its own course, makes a
base and wilfully false accusation against
those who acted differently from itself and
its party leaders upon this question 1t says:
"It is, however, in perfect keeping
with the organs in our village, which have
always some sweet sonnets to sing for the
Democracy, to thus dictate to the Free
men Of Portage ho,c they shall cote. 1t is
not the first, and ariH not be the last time
that game has been played By these jour.
nals."
The base instruction that, in relation to
this measure, or any other, we have ever
attempted to dictate to the people of Portage,
or any portion of them, is Hilful and ma
licious lie, and the editor of the Whig knew
it to be such when he uttered it. That our
course in regard to this question, is widely
at variance with the cowardy course Ct the
Wing, is true. We did not wait till after
the election was past, and then, for the first
time, make known our position upon this
question. But in what way did we dictate
how people should vote upon the question
The Democratic Nominating Convention,
unlike the Wings, were not silent upon this
question; they passed resolution unani-
mausly declaring for an amendment of the
Constitution, and that resolution was con-
CURED in and sustained by the Democratic
massesethrougho hout the County and State
Acting under this instruction, the Democrat
ic.Executive Committee of the county, who
had the superintendent of the printing Of
the votes, directed them to be printed with
the clause 9For Convention upon them
How then did ace dictate in this matter?
The tickets were printed containing the ex-
pressed will Of the delegates of the Democ-
racy, ard under the instruction Of the Ex-
ecutive Committee whom they had chosen.
The same is true in regard to the Free Soil
party. That party had expressed itselfin fa-
vor of this measure in their Convention, and
its tickets were printed with their declared
wish endorsed upon them. The great
Whig party-the party that concealed its
principles and policy at the Philadelphia
Convention, that violated its pledges to the
people, and basely betrayed those who ele-
waited it to power-was the only party that
stood in the unenviable, ,cowardly position of
not daring to open itmoutb upon this ques-
ton, and who are the FIRST after the contest
is ended and the measure trlumphantly sus-
tanned by the people, to attempt to shirk
from the position into which their coward
ice has driven them.