Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-05-17
Pisus Falsehoads.

The leaeling Editorial Of last weeks Por
tags County Whig, headed Tho People
will Think and Act,' demands a passing
notice at our hands, although We had hoped
that the willess dolt who presides over thai
filthy sheet, since he has ''taken the church
in,'' would possess sufficient moral sensibil.
isy TO, at ,sasL keep ssmblance of truth
on his side, but he has so lorg INDUCED in
his natural propensity of lying and misrsp
rssentaiion, that we fear being .'born again"
will have 10 hs repeated very frequently to
make even decent man of him, TO say
nothing about the hopeless prospect of
making an outside Christian Of such spec
linen Of a brainless hypocrits. Wedislike
TO be compelled to speak of our neighbor
in SO mild manner but when an Editor
sinks SO low, and becomes so destitute of all
moral feelings, that to tell truth would
sicken him-at the same time making such
pre,entions to purity--we feel compelled
TO expose his heartless hypocricy.
The following are few of the many
base lalsehoods which caracserizss the article
in question.
Lie No. 1.-t'ln several particulars
has the Legislators violated the ayowed
and open declarations Of the New Consti>
tuiion."
Wherein, SIT? Come tell US.
Lie No. 2'--''Scarcely an important
law has passed the present session, but was
SO full Of imperfec.ions that it has required
more time, and consequently moro expense,
to remodel and correct, 80 that the people
might understand them, than was necessa.
ry to do the entire work of the session"
Over 100 acts were passed at the late
session, and yet but three or four of those
have been amended, if, indeed, SO many
have. The Tax Law, the Probate Law,
were not amended but supplemental bills
were passed thereto.
Lie No. 3.-"Create Offices of no
especial use in the State, merely TO satisfy
fayorites.
Where is the Office which they have
GRATED? Come now, walk up and pros
nounce.
Lie No. A." Destroy the salaries Of
important Offices Of counties to make new
created Judges perquisites, moro than com.
mon honesty allows, hoping, no doubt,
some of them, to step into the shoes Of those
who now hold the posts, at their will, or
after three years;-and many other things,
for which the people will call them to
strict account"
The above charge is rather obfus!lcaled,
and meaningless, as we'll as false.
Lie No. 5.-"Our worthy Legislators
saw fl. TO violate the New Constitution, in
spiri. at least, by adJourning over to next
November, after. a refusal on the part of
the Governor to call an extra session"
This lie is not original with our neighbor,
but as he is desirous TO stand godfather to it,
we grant him oil the cfedi. he Gun gain
from propngating the vile slander. Heis,
indeed, wise expounder OF Constitutional
law, who is able TO show from our Constitu.
ton that the Legislature has not the power
to adjourn as it has done. The assertion
that the Governor ever refused to Gull an
extra session is an unmitigated falsehood-
he never had the opportunity 10 refuse. -
The Legislature determined TO hold an nd.
journed session and not an extra one, be-
cause the former would add nothing to the
expense, while the latter would largely in
crease it.
Such are few Of the falsehoods with
which that article nbounds, and by which
the brainless hypocrite and falsifer seeks
to poison the public mind against the action
Of the Legislature. Let him pursue his
base calling to its bitter end.