Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-03-25
The Reason.

We copy the following paragraph from
the last Summit Beacon, the Taylor whig
organ of Summit county:
"Messrs. Lyman and Cooke have both acted
with the Free Soil organization; the former hav-
ing been long known, however, AS A WHIG,
In REFERENCE TO STATE POLICY, and
the latter being supposed to entertain procliyi-
ties towards locofocoisn. The wings nominated
Mr.. Lyman as a peace offering to their friends
from whom they had been separated in the late
presidential contest. There ,oas no G,persiiy of
sentiment bet,ceen them; and as the Free Soil
party of Portage was made up almost exclusively
of Wings, the latter had reason to anticipate Il
cordial acceptance of the protfered mark of con-
fidence. 1t consorted not however, with the
pleasure offs small faction who desire to transfer
the free soilers to locsfocosm and the convention
adjourned over to Thursday without nomina-
tion."
The Beacon is unquestionably well posted
in regard to the motives which induced the
Wings of Portage to go into the ranks of
the Free Democracy for their candidate for
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
1t was because Mr.. Lyman had been known
as "a Wing, an reference to State poll.
cy," and it was hoped that this "peace-
| offering," of man who differed with the
Wing party in its action upon the slavery
question but agreed with them upon ques-
tions of Estate policy" would be eagerly
caught at by the Free Soil party, which has
upon a number of occasions, with great u
nanimity, put forth its platform of princi-
Piles in reference TO questions Of State policy
so diametrically opposite to the doctrines
and practices of wbiggery.
The Beacon is entirely at fault in charg-
ing desire on the part of faction to
transfer the free soiers to loeofocoism.' The
very reverse is the fact. The free soil par
ty had co-operated with the democracy in
securing the vote for Convention; they ad
vocated identically the same measures Of
reform, and there was no reason why they
should not act together to carry them
out. But to defeat the adoption of those re-
forms faction of the Free Soilers who were
tied to the Bank interest, had determined
in the very face of the high resolves of their
party against chartered monopolies and
special privileges, just fresh from their lips,
to prostitute their party to the base purpose
of carrying out whig measures of Estate
policy"
And what are the wbig principles of State
policy? What measures of reform do they
wish to engraft upon the organic law of the
State? Have they not ever been the firm
unyielding advocates of special privileges,
vested rights, and chartered monopoies
the very principles against which the
people are now seeking protection? Have
they not for long number of years stren-
uously refused to grant to the people the
privilege ofsaying whether they desired
any reforms! And when the people came to
decide upon the question of Convention,
were not the wings, as party, found op-
posing it? Look through the proceedings
of their nominating conventions and into
the columns Of their press, and what reforms
do they propose? Nothing. They desire no
change, and if they obtain the power there
will be no reform that will be of any advan-
tage to the people.
We ask the friends of Constitutional re-
form, to whatever party they may belong,
Are you in favor of continuing the meas
ures of whig policy? Do you wish to still
longer invest the Legislature with the pow
er to legislate for the interest of capital at
the expense of the people? If so, it will bs
to but little purpose that the people of Ohio
will expend some forty or sixty thousand
dollars for the purpose of calling this Con-
vention!