Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-11-17
From the Albany Atlas.
A Timely Rejection.

When the Democrats of Concord waited upon
General Pierce to cheer him with the news of the
party successes in Ohio and Pennsylvania, he ad-
dressed them in speech distinguished by that
good taste and manliness which seem impressed
on all he says. There is one passage, which we
reproduce now, as suitable to this moment of
greater and final triumph. 1t is the language of
the President elect to party triumphant in near
ly every State in the Union:
"He had calmly awaited the progress of events,
and should continue to do SO, conscious that how
ever the result might affect nviduals, his intelli-
gent countrymen were abundantly competent to
take care of their own interests, under the gui-
dance of that Power to which he wished we could
| all habitually look with more humility and faith.
He trusted that his friends would not forget that
WITH HIGH TONED AND HONORABLE MEN, THE
HOUR OF TRIUMPH WAS ALWAYS THE HOUR OF
MAGNANIMITY. 1t is not to be overlooked that
there are around US SO many with whom we are
! in daily intercourse, at this moment moved by
| feelings exactly opposite of those which called
out the assemblage before him; and his friends
could well afford to allow that circumstance to de-
tract somewhat from their generous joy"
There have been some painful features in the
conduct of our political opponents, and especial
ly in their modes of conducting political contro-
versy; but they are not to blame for this We
must recollect that the wing party has acted un-
der constraint from the beginning majority
of its representatives in National Convention, and
a still larger majority of its members; were op-
posed to the nomination of the "ayailable'' can
ff1T
ballotings that the consent of the convention was
extorted from it, and then only on the most SOL
emn pledge and assurance that success was to
follow the experiment. New York was pledged
to 10000 maj'ty for Scott, and twice as many ma
jority against Fillmore; should the latter instead
of the former, be nominated.
i Teese men who gave these assurances under
took, in their own reckless way to fulfil them;
and the gross personal calumnies upon Pierce,
the Catholic and anti-Catholic appeals, and the
other responsible devices of the campaign, came
from that source The whig party is not respon-
4 sible for them
Parties are essential to republics, and the su-
] pervision of each over the other is wholesome
check and restraint against abuse. Were it not
that Gen. Pierce is sound in heart and head, edu-
Gated in the school of Democracy, and fearless
to vindicate its truths, we might regret that the
opposition party has been thus swept away. But
/ it is perhaps better that with the commencement
of new era there should be some thing like a
dissolution of the whig party.
A new class of political questions will rise with
the coming events. President Pierce will use
his prerogative to overturn the projects and crush
the combinations which have of late years mast
cred Congress. In defending the national rights
abroad, and protecting the treasury, the ma
tional domain: and the people themselves, from
internal foes, he will call to his side true patriots