Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-08-18


On motion, the thanks of the Convention
were tendei ed 10 its officers for tho efticienl
manner in which they had discharged their
duties.
The Convention then adj,urned, giving
three heartyscheers for the ticket
= Attest: EDSONsB. ULDS, Pres.
G.. l.. WELLER, .Sec'y.
Extensive Land Money Travelling Agen-
cy. 80 -
Mr.. Fillmore and his cabinet had better
advertise themselves as travelling agents
for The collection of newspaper eaims, and
solicitation of subscription and advertising
for the laseliigencer and Republic. Their
extensive tours to and fro every point Of the
compass. give them great facilities for do.
ing "a land Office business in such employ.
ment. We suggest that they had better
lake up the agency Of some patent medi>
ciffe or eoiher, known as n great remedy
for fractures, so that they may plaster up
the wounds Of The Union-this ssunhaply y
counlry.o Webster had better take the ex.
elusive sale Of that nostrum-he visits his
patients SO offer: and has access so easily
and ubiquilously all parts Of this ''jeop.
arded Union," thu. he could apply the cat.
aplasm aud spliniers with his own poten.
hands.
Verify the whole administration has >en.
dangered the business'of,he Yankee ped
dlers. Time was when this worthy class
Of raiders could furnish you with any known
article of household OF kitchen furniture
or personal apparel, and would invent oil
unknown afticles, at q moment warning
The prolific Minerva was no tehaf 10 them.
But s.lhe glory of the Chaldees has gone
down foreyer!"-or rather, the Yankee
peddler's calling and success IRE sdimmed
by the magnificent -triumphs Of lheCabinel,
-in detecting the ranking sores of the
country, or q rent.in solhe of its garments,
and applying the patch TO The one, and the
s'maichless sanitiyen 10 the other, under
the itnneaiate.counsel and presence of the
Cabinettco-ps OF quack practitioners.
For instance, where have not the Exec
utive and his out riders Of the Cabinet been
already, TO what accessible spot Of the
Union have they not gone--one or more
or alIef them, as the momentousness OF
the local elections seemed to dictate? To
ALL Nos:a single local election, Or impor-
tant Convention has been held in this whole
Union, since the Hon. Milliard Fs Web
ster acceded TO the presidency, but that
about the time of its occurrence, out comes
trolting some member Of the Cabinet, "to
has home e"--.:ato The Springs !" --.ior on a
toar.f for health, and when the thing closes
off 70 some other scene of intrigue, or some
olher State election. with 'healtil improved
"with his visit homeward closed,'' or in
continuance of his ,our among the water
ing >places.o Such, the faithful, and full
history OF the brilliant civil achievements
Of the present administration. Such are
tho magnificent triumphs of their Suites.
exercised at home-7Mhile our
concerns, have been perhaps
less unfortunately left 10 take care Of them
selves. .ts
But is their presidential travelling agency
of the government never to cease Having
drawn down the universal ridicule and dis.
respect of men already, cannot the cabine,
stop now, without carrying their local in
lrigue to such extremes as to sacrifice all
pretensions TO dignity, personal and Official,
and end with The utter contempt and disgust
Of the nation, for the .'powers that bes sn-l
From the following short article 10 the
Union Of the 9th inst. i would seem that
De Quincy never was so intoxicated with
opium. as are these men of Washington
with the fascinations, public dinners, Tul-
some speeches, and heartless laudations TO
the only saviours ofthe Union, with which
thew have been tfented, since they put
themselves tin general calculation, = rs a
Of travelling agents for the be-
hoof of the whig party. Hear the Union
ofthe 5th: s. $.-tz 90. ..zs,s:
Orr AGAIN.-Mr. Fillmore, accompan.
led by the Secretary Of the Interior and the
Secretary bfsWar, leaves the city to day
on visit 70 Western Virginia. The inn
portant ramors from Mexico and the out
break In Cuba indicates this asa most un-
suitable time lur a presidential excursion
But, on the other hand, the. Virginia cleo.
lions will come oftin October, and after
the present month the. medicinal virtues of
Virginia Springs would hardly serve as an
excuse for three healthy and hearty men 10
leave posts ofhigh public trust.
AT last accounts Mr. w ehster was in
New England: SO that the affairs of the
government lef, in the hands ofMr. .Corwin,
who has just returned from Ohio, and Mr.
Graham, who has just returned from
North Carolina where congressional elec>
tions are TO be held next THURSDAY. Mr..
Crittenden has not yet returned from Ken
lucky; but we presume me may venture to
announce his speedy arrival in Washing
ton, inasmuch as the Kentucky elections
took place Yesterday, atfarding him leisure
for his official duties 50
The elections W i'll soon be over, and
then We miy hope ut least that The cabinet
will settle down in w oshipgtoh TO enter on
its official dulles, satisfied with months Of
trayel and sa,ed with adulat ion. Statesman.
The; .,Neao York SHIRT ,Seacers-The
Shirt Sewers Union,' of New York, make
an appeal 10 the public for aid, from which
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