Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-11-25

tive slaves Notwithstanding in and
out the whole ,iEe-fugacious men. who
nigh, justly be included in the enactments
of fugitive bill-nnd no note taken of
that! But, Ben,oni the closely watched
and daily followed Bsa,on! lot himsbe mis-
sing one time, upon one bill, though he
voted upon il five times before--and in.
stantly loud dis,ress breaks ferih! A cry
OF lam enta,ion rises from the Wings, Null
liners and Rottens. They exhale in grief,
like nephew thai has just heard OF the
death OF an uncle who has left him an es'
late; and no cause can be imagined tor II,
Except the base desire to avoid vote. and
so conceal his sentiments. We'll, the
time has been, when Benton was supposed
To have courage enough to show his sent''
,nen,s on every subject, ne matter what
wi,ness the tifty.iour controversy, and
on some other occasions. Flight to con-
ceal hi. sentiments, is n Nv the only ic,ag.
Unable motive for one absence, OF one vote
on one bill; and that a bill on which he
had spok ell and published his sentiments,
and voted OH il live times! Oh, ye Wings
and Ro,tens! Now. dn not complain oi
this in the Ro,tens. |, is their vocation to
lie upon mo; and it is their misfortune not
to know how to do it. Bat | do think
hard of the Wbigs-that part of them
mem which is not Of the long-eared spe.
cies-who, though they may have good
stomach to blacken up Benton, ought 10 be
ashamed to d. i, in foolish, bungling ahd
un-workmanlike manner. They ought TO
know how 10 do i: and not be caught in
such trap rs this-''conceal his senti.
ments.' Well, l happened to speak my
sentiments upon the subject, and publish
them; and these are they: ,5 - $3.50
1--WE have bill now-an independent one
for the recovery Of these slaves. 1t is one Of
the oldest on the calender, and warmly pressed
at the commencement Of the session. 1t must bs
about ripe fer decision by this time l am
ready to vote upon it, and'to vote for anything
| under the Constitution, which will be efficient
| and satisfactory. It is the only point, in my
| opinion, at which any of the non-slayeholdins
| States, leave out individuals and societies
| and speak Of States, in their coporate capacity
and say this affair Of the runaway slaves is th
| only case in which any of the non-slaveholdini
States, in my opinion, have given just cause o
complaint to their slayeholding sisters. Fo
one am ready to vote at once for the passage o
| fugitive recovery bill; but it must be as sep
arate and independent measure"
| This is what said the 9Th day Of Apri
before the omnibus committee was rals
ed-and when the fugitive bill nigh, jus
as we'll have been passed rs five month
afterwards. was then ready TO vote 70
any bill under the Constitution, whi.
would be effec,ual AMI satisfactory. Th
whole Senate was ready TO vote then: bu
it was evidently kept back to go int III
omnibus, and swell the number cf tn
'speace measures" spoke and publish
ed my sentiments upon ii! and that is call
ed "concealing sentiments. voted upo
it five times, and twice upon vital amend
ments, (the jury trial and habens corpus.
and upon every pant Of it, on motions !
strike all out, and insert q substitute, ar
. every time with the friends Of the BILL
/ And this is called "concea!ing sentiments.
and great enquiries about il, while no in
i quiry nfter the sentiments Of those wh
never voted, though delaying the bill, I
conver, il into one OF the 'pence measures
But did not vote upon the engross
menl. Tha: is true. neither voted 70
4 1t, nor against it, and will tell you the rea
son why. | deemed The bill injudicious
Z but was willing for its friends to try it,
voted with them. There WINS no consllu
tional objection; and was willing 10
them to pass it, ii they pleased, wi,hon, an
drawback from my opinion Of il; and sue
would have been the case, il it had not bee
Tor the silly and false attacks on me, 70
missing one vote, by those who are so in
different to The conduct and motives Z
those who missed nearly all. AID now
should be glad 10 know. how these sapien
editors feel, who have been SO dis,resse
about me, and SO Indifferent about others
think they must feel something like tn
spor,smen did that Hudibrns writes Of
the gentleman who aimed the gun:
THAT missed the mark, both duck and plcvel
And kicked the holder sprawling over"