Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-07-28
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The Height of RIGHTEOUSNESS

I1G HeiSnt vi NiutCutUuSutSS.
1t cannot be forgotten that the wings
under the lead of their Central Committee
and the monopoly influence Of the State,
opposed the adoption cf the New Constitu-
tion, and by all manner of falsehood and
trickery endeavored to secure its defeat.
They have lcng opposed all the leading re-
forms which the adoption Of that instru-
ment is designed to secure. But they were
defeated in their opposition, and the people,
by over tu enty thousand majority, adopted
the New constitution and condemned the
course Of the wings. Notwithstanding this
voice of the people, the wings, still intent on
continuing tteir system of favoriism and
Debating those reforms, have nominated
ticket composed entirely Of men who oppos-
ed the adoption Of the New Constitution,
carefully excluding every man of their par
ty who was in favor of it, and now come
before the people-the same people by
whom they have been so emphatically con-
utmueu- ouu aSh thot luC nCW vi Soul0 Ia"
may be entrusted to the Interpretation and
control Of its bittsrest enemies-to the hands
Of those who have been and still are hostile
to lis provisions, and who would give it the
most unfavorable construction in order to
verify their gloomy predictions previous to
its adoption. Could any thing be more
absurd and ridiculous? Certainly nothing
unless it be that the people should listen to
their entreaties and grant them their desires.
The following article from the Sandussy
Mirror, Is to the point, and we ask for it
a careful perusai and candid considera-
ton: .-.
ssThe candidate for Governor travers ed
his, own region oflhe State in opposition to
| the adoption of the New Constitution, and
we recognize among the members of the
Convention, the most embi,tered conserva.
1 tives Of The State here was no chance
Of nomination to office for any Whig who
was understood to have dlssented FROM the
hostile policy the State Journal and its
Columbus committee Witness the late Of
Judge Peter Hitchcock, who is dropped
from the list Of Judges, because he did not
choose to hold the position Of Attorney
General Stanbury and General junto.-
The Wing party thus seek TO honor the
fourteen members of the Convention who
voted against the New Constitution, while
they visit with the reprobation Of the party,
those delegates who united with the Dem.
ocracy in recommending in 10 the people.
The friends Of the Constitution are deep
| ly interested in The defeat of this ticket
The Wings should not be entrusted with
power, much less with the control of the
Legislature, until the new instrument has
had fair trial and been vindicated from
the nspersions of its enemies. The Wings
have not relinquished their hostile attitude
of the 17lh of .ldne-they yet retain it,
! They have been forced to retreat, but do
not yield the field, they linger in ambush,
as the proceedings of the Sd abundan,ly
testify. A majority in October represent.
ing the same elements Of opinion and equal
| in emphasis to that obtained in June, is in
Gispensable, in our judgement, to the har>
Honious and efficient consumation of the
great work Of Constitutional reform. The
success of the Wings in their present utti.
tude will impair the force of the late popu.
! lar verdtt-will be claimed, in fact, as an
arrest of judgement The taxation OF banks
| by the whole power Of the State would not
be enforced. The necessary laws for The
regulation of corporations would not cor.
respond with the in teniions of the trainers
of the Constitution. The important ques
tion of law Reform would be entrusted 10
commissioners pledged by their prejudices
| against radical execution Of the constitu.
.ional clause on the subject. In these and
other respects we desire and shall seek the
same combination at the polls MS was wit
messed in the Convention-an alliance OF
the liberal minds of all sections and parties. %