Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-03-24

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exclusive hands Of the thread barea " whitsissFs
fanatics, like Garrison and CART Smith, 1ais
and those of lie negroes who belong 10 thess 81
Fed Dong lass order Of runaway patriots. -
The unwarraufed agitation HAT prssaiIeds hes
1ihas been productive Of one most ssalufarysgsz
result, and that is 10 arouse The POI ular lcaaf
attention of fbe SOBER quiet, patriotic nssss stR
es Of fhc free states TO the character and .alq
Adanger Of Sthess abolitioh machins TONS ,rs ~
The moment they arres ed public notice 2Sal
that lEoment they were destined toS bsiiiiS
fcrushed We see the process saily going ef'i
Eon; the Union movement is heaving upsso-5l I'd
ciety from its greatest depth Of feeling, and sea
abolition fanateisn is vanishing before ifssa %
mighty power, as 'ch4ff is driven before the iau
wtirlssinH,, The action Of " Ver,hont tooks a.
place during The extreme violence of sihezsf
rianstcaF fefers'in her legislative bodies; has
and, even as j. was, the act passed4 BY a. eos
ifra udulent trick and since its exposure bass sea
excited in The breast Of the people the most ss;s
determined hostility. 1t is bellies ed theyssalg
will bastei TO repeal il, and 10 wipe S6otit
the disgrace il lsa entaled on The Statel-eSiN
So far as Massacnnsefts is concerned only asssg
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Gen. Hamilton S femafk, and no well in-tsaSE
formed citizen Of hers believes that in will sas
very soon be followed by another Of Iikes11
mature. There are three ether points Inc 7ss
these extracts deserving of consideration. 3tes
Gen. Hamilton thinks Virginia should 'ieadsysa
foff at once 10 favor Of Southern sConsen1s1
ation Is be held at Richm md that a 'eon-iesii
senion OF 1tle States ond be the fruiteSsO
sot this niov eefnent; and that the FederSisiiss
Constit ution should be amended so asito h!s'a
secure new guar Rtees for The rights OF fhsndt
south, and a fresh understanding of thssfW
ba re ain sSsss9as Tgz Efsis6l siss g3Tesil
tas Now to all and singular Of these ahingszios
III object, becausethey sare totally unnsces-=I
snry. This Southern C0nsenioh sisf tie gYa
ibanlling of the abartive Nashville ConsenasEs
iton, ,sand could secure no good cnd bat.stoS ui
iprotract git9tien and furnish safety yals eJsid
tor the overchargsd patriots OF South Gar-' ass
polinia md Mississippi to let off .heir estraa'ss
gns This 'can,be Just as vel done inaow1ss=
meetings Legislative assemblies, Foorth tofc
Jaly aorati6ns, and on all.otber suitable ec.i -
fcasons, for these pyrotechnsc displsys-- go
If n Southern Con veniion should be- held sE
n, Richase;f,d. cor elsewhere. ita@ouldabei %
likely tocontaine large porton Of the.viss sss
lent and activs ultfaiss of the Soulkafsi
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idustri ,us, md sweuld seek a Ilace amohgsA
ahe members for thescoHvenieat opponoai-==%
iaty il would aff5Fd them to create disturhaa- IS
ices, 10 pledge allse peorle in advance toaEo
some extrenlel ineasaresy nats to orr sanizs & ~
body OF CO oPerdsofs, wtio'mig.t cmtrotths -
slegislativeassen nbIies 7ani their respectissaas
and watch pc rtiu fotthe uae.iiE
amefit aNhen they could sgRes the Union0 he -
rdeath.bl6w aSfahis is4their only hope --thisst
lis their real design. And shoald a Con-ssis
sventiofi oisulls tho States utter ards lpssenss
sble, ,1what could its'hcconla aishsa ltE c,uidseg
Fme meetwith9noavaluabie parposes,in7s view b6pss
To- amend ahen federal constitution. 6il<ndasa
now let me candidty and seriousysask anyssf
gnnns sin isasehses, &C. lie believesia generais.g
convention could besassemLled in tkesssag
times dftarn5ail and excitement aofssector-f
al jsa!eusy and aninesty, ,fron whchunpaT
neal good could Vbes eSpecteda9 if,t in Fths q
lda yssotsouf fatiiers.wben ourzterrifofysIeas
small, r.aconditioa tdis-sss
laracted and anaTebial, our confederation a
sloose and frailsieagde, observed or violated,
as interest. or rprejudice dictated, there was
60 much difficulty IN forming constitutou
by a Convention presided over BY w ashing-
aon,s and composed ofs many of the most SilAai
ilustrfous statesmen and patriots Of the resssa
solution. what could we hope for now, when
levery cause 'of reptlsion aud Aantagonism
assBeer d augmenfed'a "a thousand fold? ?ai Butos
IN addition 70 this, the sonth needs neither ~
r gdarrantissr nor @rtcogntions Of the bafsai
ea m. "s" TIE cohsiitutionsis ample gusran-sst
lee for ler rights already and staads in need 70
lof neither ne readings nor new sancti6ca-
sion. This great palladium Of freedom and
tbe rights Of every State and Of every citis
zen ia ia the Union, cannot be FILTERED away -
1by speciaf pleading, nor ovefthrown by open
force Both means have been tried, and
both have ignominousIy failed. its eternal
and imnniutable principles rise up with res
lnewed sigor after every, assault; and The
nj ore they are condemned and denounced by.
fanatics and denagog;ies, the deafer do
they become 10 every patriots heaft.-AS
What wrong can be inflicted on The South.
crn States, without equally woupding as
constitution None absolutely none.T,
And what nece ssity can there be for amend