Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-12-01
LEGISLATURE.

the city which could be procured, and the owner
asked one thousand dollars rent for year. The
resolution was reported by Mr.. Finek, as chair
man of the committee. Some of the Democratic
Senators opposed it, on account of the expense,
stating that, although the present room was very
uncomfortable they preferred enduring it, to throw
ing themselves liable to arepetition of the charges
of extravagant expenditures made by the Wings,
during the last election campaign; and referred to
the Wing handbills circulated by the thousand
throughout the State. This brought out several
of the Wing members, who denounced the tracts
issued by their own party, and argued that the
Democrats need not fear any such result; for the
result of the last election had demonstrated that
the people were not to be gulled by any such lies
1t was really amusing; and, at the same time
highly ereditable to the candor of those Wing
members to bear them thus, in their places frank
ly admitting that their own political friends had,
during the campaign, resorted to such contempti-
BILE falsehoods for the purpose of making political
capital against their opponentssv and giving the
lie direct to statements made by their own stump
speakers and editors. Mr.. Cox and Mr. Cushing
stated that they had, each of them, exposed those
false statements in their own districts, and that
the tracts headed g Legislation of last Winter''
instead of doing the Wing party any good in their
districts, had absolutely injured it. Mr. Cox said
when one of those tracts was first handed to him,
after he had read it, he g dropped it like hot po
tatoe." Finally the resolution was amended, d-
rectng the sergeant-at-arms to procure some i'm
provements to be made, SO to make the present
fo,+ lo,
NoU. %. r.
The EeoEst OF tEae vgh;g Party.
The New York Tribune publishes the follow
ing extract from letter of coincidence, addressed
(not for publicatioh) to the editor:
sit is certainly very vexatious to think that the
people should have paid SO little attention to The
many good things that you and all of us have said
during the campaign,-and that 100000 copies
of the Life of Scott should have no other effect
than to give Pierce % States out of 80. Never
theless, we may as well take it quietly, as Soc
rates drank his hemlock 1t vexed me considera-
bly, at first, but when found there was not a SIN
gle plank left,no chance existed for the reforma-
ton of the Wing party, was consoled.
81 had long since become tired of being cheated
by Wing great men at one time, and ridden over
by them at another, and it is quite comfort to
me nosstAat we are rid of them. Five years
since made up my mind that, next to electing
good Wing president who could be depended on,
the best thing would be that the party should be
annihilated. And now, though I have failed in
my first wish, am sure of my second .
"I rejoice that, as Scott could not be elected,
Pierce comes in in such way as frees him from
any necessity of looking to any extreme of his
party for support. Wing opposition is at an end,
and the external force being withdrawn, the inter
nal one will have full play, and the party will be
shivered to pieces, after which will come new
combinations. Take comfort. Things will come
right. I have not seen Wing these twenty-four
hours, and the last did see were buying Salt
river tic kets.''
A VETERAN VoTER.- Michael Grenncll, Of
Clinton, Pa, rode with one of his sons, aged "a,
on the day of the election, and voted for Franklin
Pierce. Heis himself 100 years old, and has voted
at every Presidential election since the adoption
of the federal constitution. His votes have been
as follows: .z - s4 ..te. s
For George Washington, in 1888 and 1892.
Thomas Jefferson, in 1876, 1900 and 1904.
James Madison, in 1903 and 1912.
james Monroe, in 1916 and 1920.
Andrew Jackson, in 1924, 1928 and 1882. 4
Martin Van Buren, in 1886 and 1910. = n
James K. Polk, in 1874
Lewis Cass, in 1S48, and
Franklin Pierce, in 1852.
The Honesdale Herald says, that in consequence
of a cold he was quite unwell few days ilnmed
ately previous to Nov. Cd Fears were entertain
ed that he would not be able to attend the polls.
On being asked the day before election whether
he intended to go, he replied:-'s Our Government
mast be sustained, and one vote may turn the
scales"
(ET The following are the resolutions passed
at the whig meeting held on their arrival at the
head waters of Salt river. They are taken from
the Hartford Courant, (whig.)
l. Resolued That, after mature delberation, we
come to the conclusion, that 1se are roped up Sat
River. s..
T @ Resolpcd, That we are not alarmed.
g. ResolUed, That every rooster of the settle
ment that crows shall be Immediately, decapita-
ted
f. Reso1ued, That, in the investigation of the
causes of our defeat we do not think it is owing
to WINFIELD ScorT's splendid services, or to
FRANKLIN P1ERcE's littleness, but to the fact, we
had not uotes enough.
5. Rssolved That we stay here until We go
down again.
g. Resolued, That in the words of the poet, we
say, ''H nil never do to gipe IL tup SO, Mr.. Broon
T. BUTLER KING WITNESS AGAINST HIMSELF
At the last session of the Grand Jury of San
Francisco county, T. B. King appeared as an IN
former. and stated fact, which exhibits, at the