The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-07-14
At their Old Games.

IL mas always Ortn a part OF The policy ol
the whig leaders in Ills county to hy and
hUmbug the people, and make them believe
that the Whig party i tie only true free soil
party, and the only party that is opposed to
slavery in all its various forms. By playing
that kind of game, they have always been
enabled to catch some two or three hundred
voters whose religious tenets would not al
low them to vote for a man or support any
party but what was opposed to slavery
Their late national convention, that nomina-
ted Gen. Scott, blocked up this game in part
by passing resolution more favorable to
slavery than any that had ever been passed
by any party. To keep up their old game,
the leaders in this county concluded that
something must be done TO deceive their
free soil friends. They called a meeting on
the 5-k inst, 10 ratify the nominations of
Gen. Scott and Gov. Graham. At this
meeting a committee of five were appointed
to draft resolutions expressive of the sense OF
tie meeting. This committee consisted OF
John A. Bingham. John i.cCormick, John
Hammond, John c. Kerr and John Hastings,
all Johns, and JohnDy set of resolutions
Ithey made, as We shall see Aller renal =
ing out some time they brought forward the
following resolutions to be approved by the
meeting.
The first on. reads as follows:
/. Resolved, That the action Of the Ma
tionM Wig Convention, whereby Gen. Win
field Scott and Gov. Will am A. Graham
were put in nomination for The offices OF Pres
idcnt and Wee President of the Uniled
States, merits and receives our appro al,
and we hereby heartily confirm sail nomi,
nations, and pledge good majority in Har,
nSon county 10 the support OF the same
Whether lie nominations will receive a
good majority in Harrison county" is a
matter yet to be decided, as ourwhig friends
will find out between this time and next
December.
The second one reads thus:
2. That in the judgment Of this Conven.
Ition, our candidate tor President recognizes
and acknowledges the Constitution of his
country as his chart and platlorm-that il
clearly prescribes the duty of the National
Executive to be that he shall approve the
laws and take care that they are faithfully
executed and that any act on his part tend
ing to shape ol control legislation (Which
power is vested exclusively In Congress,
would be a usurpaton of the rights of the
people.
Just look at the cheat in the above rcsolu
ton. The say Sin the judgment of th
convention, our candidate for President, ;
, says this, that and the other. If they haC
/ left out the first line and commenced the re
solution thus, "our candidate" &c, the
cheat would not have been quite SO visible
Their candidate for President does not say
: what these humbuggers say he recognizes,
DC, in the second resolution. 1t has al
ways been the aim of Gen. Scott to usurI
power, and if elected President, he woul,
carry out his ambition 10 the fullest extent
: The Sd reads thus:
} Sd That as all legislative power is vestet
IN Congress-the peoples repre- resentatiyes-
II Is therefore the duty OF the citizens of tn
: Republic to elect only such men as will carr,
out their wishes in accordance with the Cor.
sdtuion, regardless, and, if need be, in de
tiance of any dispenser of honors or cmoIu
D ments.
p The above is very good resolution--on
that all will sui scribe to.
The 4th reads:
H. That the use of Executive paronag
for the purpose of influencing members c
: Congress in the discharge OF official duty i
gross system of corrup ion, al war with on
free institutions, which rest and depend up
on the virtue and independence of the peo
pie.
The 4th one is pretty good also, and if
had been carried out during the last fou
years, it would not have taken fifty million
: annually to keep up the expenses of the Go
: vemment. There would have been n
' Gardner claims, &C., and Tom Corwi
: would not have made his hundred thousant
In single case.
Now comes the beauty of the resolutions
Read it carefully, and see what grand Sc
of humbugs those FIVE men are who france
il:
5. That we are infcxibly opposed to sla
very, and will use all honorable means unde
= the Constitution to prevent its introductio,
into Territory where it does not now exist
that we will also use all constitutional mean
,, to prevent the adj ission OF new Slave State
into the Unlon--also, to prevent the acqui
sition of additional Slave Territory, and t,
: abolish slavery in the District of Columbia
+ and that we are in favor of such amendmen
to the Fugitive Slave Law as good policy
and good faith to all parts of The countr,
F.. may require.
f Gen. Scott in accepting of the nomination
+ says he accepts of the nomination, and alst
ofthe resolutions passed by the convention
l Now what does the resolution adopted b,
l the whig nationa! convention in relation t.
slavery and the compromise measures say
Read the following carefully, and then com
pare it with the one passed by the whig con
venton on the 9TH inst:
8. The series of acts of the 3 1st Congress