The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1851-07-30
The whig Candidate for Governor.


The AshAbula Sentinel, the we'll known
personal organ Ofthe Hon. J. R. Gfddings,
contains the following candid but truthful
home thrust. at the Wing Balloon Candidate
for Governor. Mr.. Giddings has been in
Congress with Mr. Yinton long enough to
know him well, and what he says Of him is
below is fully sustained by the Journals of
the House.
Hon. .SGnanel r. TiRton.-This gentleman,
is now the whig nominee for Governor of our
State. His political acts therefore become
important, as they constitute part of his
character. Personally we are acquainted
with Mr.. Vinton; but we have noticed some
of his votes while in Congress, which lead us
to doubt the propriety of sustaining him for
Governor. We allude particularly, to his
vote upon reconsidering Mr.. Colts resolution
at the last session of the thrtieth Con-
gress. The resolution was in the following
words:
,'Resolved, That the Committee on the
Districtof Columbia be invited to report bill
as soon as practicable, prohibiting the Slave
trade in the District of Columbia"
This resolution was offered on the 2lst of
December A D. 1848, and on its adoption
Mr. Vinton voted for it. The passage fthe
resolution by majority of ten votes sent a
thrill of joy to the heart of every friend Of
humanity. 1t was regarded as a sure har-
binger of the abolition of that traffic in human
flesh which has so long disgraced the ma
ton.
Consultations were had. Party drill was
resorted to. If the resolution were permit
ted to remain in force and the slave dealers
driven from the District of Columbia it was
plain that the Southern wings would no lon
ger sustain that party. A motion had been
made by democratic dough-face, (Mr.
Stuart, of Michigan, to reconsider the vote
adopting the resolution, and unless the mo-
ton were sustained by northern wings, the
democratic party would obtain all the adyan.
tages resulting from servility. Some of those
who voted for the resolution must face about,
change position and vote to reconsider the
question. Mr.. Vinton assumed the servile
task, became supple tool for the slave pow
er and voted to reconsider the resolution
The vote was understood as equivalent to
voting for continuance of the slave power
with all its crimes. The casual reader of the
Congressional proceedings may have been
deceived; butevery man of observation muSt
| would operate as total defeat of the resolu.
ton. 1t would require the same number o.
votes to reconsider that were necessary tC
postpone its consideration. Accordingly as
soon as the motion to reconsider was carried
Mr. Vinton moved to postpone the further
consideration of for two weeks. The mo
ton prevailed ofcourse, and the services were
drilled to the work The subject was agair
resumed and discussed for an hour or two
when the House adjourned, and the resolu
: ton was placed on the calender under The
rules, and has not been seen or heard o
: since.
Mr. Vinton had long served in that bo1y
! was familiar with the rules, and must hay,
:, seen clearly the result of the reconsideration
! and postponement which he moved.
l By his vote and efforts the resolution wa.
G defeated, and the slave trade continued anc
maintained. The responsibility of that traffic
in the bodies of women and children nov
carried on in the District of Columbia, rests
on him more than any other naninou State
Had he come out boldly and avowed himsel
a supporter Of the slave trade, and endeavor
: ed to vindicate its propriety, weshould hav'
regarded his course as far more honorable
: than that which he pursued.
Again, our readers will recollect that TIN
free territory and ten millions of dollars t,
Texas, was defeated on the question of or
) dering it to third reading. A motion wa
made to reconsider, and it succeeded. Or
? the next balloting the bill was again defeat
: ed on the same question, and the friends o
, freedom felt their victory was secured. Blu
> Texan stakeholder, Mr.. Howard, moveo
reconsideration This was palpably lyrepug
nant to all parliamentary rules, and to thu
entire course of decision and the practice o
Congress from its first session to that day =
So conscious was the speaker of these facts
that although STAKEHOLDER, and exceeding
ly anxious for the passage of the bill, he fel
constrained to declare that second motor
to reconsider could not be entertained by TIL
: chair. From this decision an appeal wa
I taken to the House 1t would appear to tn
: unbiased mind impossible to find northern
> men sufficiently servile to descend so low a
: to commit an outrage in favor of SLAYER,
u which a slaveholding speaker dared not per
petrate But the facts teach us differently
: The House overruled the speakers decision
y reconsidered the vote second time, drllle'
the dough-faces to the work, and passed tn
F, bill. This vote in favor of a second recon
d sderaton of that bill has been regarded a
y the most infamous that was ever given b
that slave ridden body Among those VIII
: disgraced our State and the whole North b
IL sucha vote was Samuel r. Vinton. We ar
!, now called upon to vote forhim forthe high
g est Office in our State. In our opinion, Hop
u ii. Slater the great slave dealer in Wash
9 ington City, is as worthy the confidence (
. our people as Mr.. Vinton, or any of thos
;, members of Congress who sustaind tn;
fcnd in human shape in his hated vocation
n He and they stand upon the same level I
2 morality; and we would as soon vote for th;
IT execrable wretch to the Executive chair
: our State as we would for the whig nomine
Is -1shtdJala Sentinel.
n Deserves the Gallows.
1 A letter from New York of the 7th, Civ