Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-09-29


xie nomination fer the Speakers chair.-s
After eselose of t',e scenes Of violence
zsfeased BY the whig party in e1deaVoFhs
10 coeece an unconsti atienai ard uhPaf-
}iamea,ary organization upon -ihe ffeuse'
IN order 10 enforce the defeated apPofIfeh'
merit hialgof the previous winter, M Mf.hfea-
lin was chosen speaker. This, Under the
circumstances, was or nnnsual oaor. Mr.
Bresliu was a very neang man, much
yosuger than any nsan who isGs ever oc.
cupied the chair Of the II ,ase "a position
which, in certain alternative, would de'
sove the duties of governor apon hin,, ac-
cording tp the terms of oar old c}asliia-
sion. The session was ole peculiarly
stormy and vialent--p1rty spirit was unus
uaily embitsered Bu, al the close 81 The
session, no man, Of even the opposite par>
", withheld from Nj Rreslia lhe teslimo,
ny Of i,nearlialily, fairness, Industry, abll,
~ and dignity.
Mr.. Rreslln was reelected to the Hnuse
b, ths fiadsving year. plrng his services
IN both sessions Mr.. 3resl.n was animated
Av Obvious devotion to the public interests
and partic llarly 10 his Constituents. Every
public and local measure diclalcl by Wis
don and demanded by The people during
bis service, was materially aided oy his ,sc
&lgi.y and industry in lis support. Not
CESS potential lhan that OF any man since
ahe commencement, OF the reform moye-
lnenl, where Mr. Brcsliu's advocacy and
: sndlenre in favor ei constitutional lslnrm,
IL is we'll knawn by sil-esnSersant. wrh
sas history OF e.se Struggle CONNECTED With
ahu measure, that in every hour, wheii er
: i:s fats WINS trembling in the balance. OR
+. apparantly decided, MIR. Breslin was The
sans warm, earnest, constant nnd ~alchirl
friend OF the new Constitution. a=
We ask our fellow cilizeas Of Ohi,, if
q, Mr. Bresl.n does DO, appeal TO them then
.sith peculiar lsree, for their sutfra gesf--
lle kes il is true, nothing to plead Oh the
score Of wealth, powerful associations, or
iyfaeniial connections, like his competitor,
a,at he does prove fitness for the office, md
a,rosss il by his pas. services, and his liz
4osnnitabse personal energy But one fee
l.e y1ice has been, raised in all Olln, 10
s.npeac.l Mr. Breslin's Q aa'iicaiions NOR
sl!y. ana none intellectually. That one
~,lce, besides having been proved anwor;hy
ei be.Iei, is .oo c,n n.em4Aible for any fnrsh,
e. notice. a.s.....s
The Peap9o 4f o:,ie have never had a
democratic State Treasurer Under the
jtresrsss;bie $, stem of selecting Stale cfIi,
pefs BY legislative appointment, the wings
have iavar,b' y managed TO preserve The
vss,ody md control OF The people, money.
We sah.nii that in f ty years succession,
Jiai party and lis favori!es may well have
1ss5 the pabic funds for many a purpose
unknown 10 the law, and amaesed many a
PRIVATE fortune, while the people could be
4.ans the wiser, Though tie ireRsur. would
he mucillhe poorer for il Fifty years con-
tf"l Of your monsy, people Of Ohi', III the
hsrds Of o parry assger scrupuous SO long
as fhey ess no hazard of detection, is u
1sng coalinus! temptation 10 wrong, par.
t.ealarly, when in all tina, time there has
seen 10 singIe Instance oe thorough AUG
ssainpie:e Accountability.
Ae ask tie people il they do not think
!. high time there should bt IN exchange!
Should NJ. this whig party be toll that al.
lsr tiay years' free access 10 lhe public
sseasary, and The parizsn use Of the money
sS their oaiioll, lhsy should noR stand back
sud adult The hsh: Of investigation by new
.,ena The Augean stables were cleansed
by Hercules. naer thirty Yeats accumtla-
non OF tillh! Shall i, be fse;cs thirty, leo-
pie al Dhia, that your money. FURNISHED
ler force Of enormous taxt,i,n. must re-;
!. ..,ain in the hands Of the mhigs Of ibis Stale,
Niliiexyou can dlrecl your eyes 20 more
than n.oae man connected with that depart
hlent, who went into il poor, and came out
,uililonairies. Letthe cry be change, re-,
henchmeni, ref,rm g:r.s
1.-The sotera Of this State viii but ref c,
spon 1hesa matters. they camel. fail to soc
) ft,a, under every consideration of public
IssfiIs political Jlss:ce, and personal lneri,,
ley should elect Jol;L 6. hresln Treas.
Arer oil lhe State Of Ohio, b, tie mos, de.
seed u1sjsriiyl-Ib.