The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1852-10-27
Tne ResuIf In Portage.

The Result ia Portage.
We give this week the official canvass of the
votes gvea in this county at the election on the
18th. 1t will be seen that the entire Democratic
County ticket is cted, though portion If il by
small majorlties. TINS result is owing patty 10
disaffecton in our ranks and parity to The
fact that a large portion of the Frsesoilers gave
their supro,t The Wig caniiiflaes. We hope
every Dem crat will note this f-cf AID tear 1t IN
mind when the Freesoilers are hGas'i0g OF their
straight forward Independence OF the od poiit cal
organizations, and urging them to abtndon lhelr
old party friends. Every year since tie organ
.ton of that party in this coun y 1t has co-oprraf
ed with whisee,y TO defeat the Democracy, until
it would an ear to be mere nrpe"daee 10 The
Wing party, sympathiZIng with than IN tleif irn-
cip+s and I.b3iin5 iot ttier success. we knnw
there are many ia that party who desire to main
tain il rs nn independent organization; but there
ere Others too, who in Tie very midst Ui their
! hoastings of Independence, are trying To drag ii
! {! jwn to the meuial posliIon OF an "PpendaEe 10
] viii iLgery- This fact, instead OF lnincIng any
| D=mJciut to unite his destiny with that org MIA
II n should bind him more firmly th"n ever TO his
old party and lis chei lied rrincip!es.-Po'tags
/ Scnt mel.
/ Thus liscourses the Sentinel, and cory Gre we
that it has any ground for thus disconrsing. OF
course, the desire Of the Sentinel is 10 re"il its
/ own numbers undmnished, to persuade the many
/ 'O''S
as they can, that nothing is 10 be gained by joining
/ the Free Democracy. that being hut '' an appen-
dage TO whggery." If that be true, the exhorta-
tlon of the Sentinel is just. Were we Of the old
Democracy, woull not join the Free Democ
| racy, if by so doing We were 10 be sold out to
annther bunker party.
| But the .Seatiaa elrs in ths-it reasons from
particulars TO generals. The mass of the Free
Democracy are men Of a true and honest purpose,
Of a determined answering aim. True, we have
had thoss among US who hankered after the flesh
pots; but most or all of such have already g1no
back iuto Egypt-but we deny that the Free De-
I mocraey, is, Or be an appendage TO any hun
i ker party. However much individuals my
bsunder the mass is right and can be safely hu't
ed. We invite the closest scrutiny of our posit on
and that position should inspire cor idence.-
Let ii be remembered that permanent
party acting upon our own distinctive principles,
and enieavoring to carry out those principles
through the candidates of our own party The
Pittsburgh Platform declares:
| 30. That the Free Democratic Party is not
organized to aid either the Wing the Demo-
critic wing of the great Slave Compromise Party
q of the natiou hut to defeat them both and thar
> repudiatng and renouncng both as hopelessy
rupt and utterly uuwoIty Of confidence. the pur
pose Uf the Free Democracy ls to take Possession
of the Federal Government and administer it for
the protection of the rights und interests of the
whole people" e. -s..
! The Free Democratic County Convention, held
in Ravenna, Aug. 19h to ratify the proceed ng4
of the Pittsburgh Convention, declared,
/ &c That we are ORGANIZED PERMA-
I NENTLY for unyieldng pol t cal Hostility in
every constitutional munner, TO this system Of
teri itle Gtrc ty; aud we warn the Two hund ell
and fifty thousand southern slaveho lers and their
northern tools, by the seven thousand frae votes in
1S4U. the sixty thousand in 1914, and our three
hundred thousand Ia 1848 that manifest de5-
tiny" and theirs, written upon the sky in The
4 'sfinaty" of ''bigher law e;einal AMI unchnng
4 able Us God, which dec.ees that Right shall fri
: umph over Wrong; and that the promise daws
nigh its ful6lment in the day when the sound of
our feet shall be heard upon The seps OF the Capt.
toll and from the halls of National Legislation shall!
Il be announced oItr terms of final settlement, and
last compromse, sno more SfdUe States, more
.ldre territory, no ndtionatized siaucry. Gad
ti0h0l legis[uii1n for the er:rGdtion Of slares."
10. That henrtiiy accept the nominations
made by National ConV ut Pittsburgh
with the resolutions annexed" mot because it is
expected of u.s. as party men, but because our
heroic leaders JoHS 2. HALE and GEORGE w.
JULIAN. the men of our first cimice, worthy to
lead the furIorn hope Of Liberty against the train
bands of Slavery allied with sham Democracy
aud degenerate Whgsery. md because the plat
form adopted .'comrsnntls the appreciation OF cur
judgment fairly and trnly setting forth fnr rs
it. goes, our sentiments, and purposes, Z Z r
;. MANENT NATIONAL PARTY"
This idea Of Permanency ought to inspire conf
dence and does inspire confidence. 1t was
this idea OF permaatncy, as expressed in the twent
eth resolution of the Pittsburgh Platform, quoted
} above, upon which Gerritt Smith and his party
! united with the Free Democracy. 1t is upon th:
idea that thousands uniting with US. Our par
fy IS permanently organ zsd-no man will be de-
ceved in that With and in our platform, live
the true principles Of genuine drmocracy-p -princi
Piles which will be faithfully maintained. Our or
ganizaiion then, deserves, and should receive pub
lie confidence.
La local matters. little irregular, limited
spasmodic action, beyond control, may at times un
fortunately and unexpectedly occur. But some
thing may be pardoned TO tho spiit of liberty
especially when consider, that such action, i
individuaI and not coHtctive-that it does not re
ceive the sanction of tine mass, AID consequent,
5 will not. and cannot affect the organization.
We therefore urge all men, 10 act with patrioti
! candor-to be not deceived, disleartened dis
> mayed-bat fearlessly, brave'ys with generou
confidence, rank themselves with the ermanen
:, and grolviag party of Free Demoeracy-the tfu
d and only true Democratic party of the country, il
The best sense of that term.
0 PENNSYLVANIA OFFIclAL.-The Democrat
1t majority for Judge is 1850. The Democrat
. minority for Canal Commissioner is 15,747-tw
x | Counties to be heard from.
OHIo OFF.c1AL-The official vote of Ohi
i shows a Democratic Majority Of 1862.
y The Split Tic2<ets.
The following is extract from letter re
- ceived from Free Democrat, esdiag in