Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-08-04
The Wings al their Old Tricks The
Double Game.

AnV "hs6S uA0 USuiu ~ tAolI olu Sohc
of deception While the Northern papers
Of that party, such as the New York Tri>
bsns and its penny Whistles are splitting"
upon the Wing platform and striving to
win the support Of the Free Sellers by
claiming that Gen. SCOTS sympathies are
entirely northern, the New York Espress,
and that classpf Wing prints North, with
The entire Scott press South, are citing 10
his Speech at Castle Garden New York,
and to the iaetDf his using his personal in-
fiuence, while acting Secretary of War,
as furnishing proof incon,estible Of his f.
deity 10 the Spulh. But not content with
playing this ds.estabe deceptive game with
their own candidate, the saobems at Wash>
ington are busy msrepresenting the posi>
ton and defanling the fame of the Demo-
cratic candidate. To this end they have
gotten up at The Washington Republic Of
ice, phamphlet copies of the life of Gen
Pierce, one designed to circulate in the
North makingout that he is an ultra South
ern pro.alayeryte and designed to prejudice
antislav cry men against him. The other
intended for the Southern market, and de-
signed to prejedlce him IN that section.
These Northern phamphlets are sent by the
cart load under the frank ofsuch mon as
Seward, Wade and N ewton, into the
North, and the Southern edition are scat.
tered broadcast in the Slave States by such
| men as Jones. Mangpm & Co., who are
acting in perfect concert and harmony with
such Anti Slavery men at Seward, Wade
-,
though on more extensive scale, as that
practlced in ls46, when Thomas Galphin
Cerwin traversed this State. claiming
that he had letter in his breeches pocket
from Gen. Taylor id which he declared he
was in favor of the Wilmot Proylso, while
his Southern friends pointed with conf
dence and assurances 70 his 800 slaves to
show that his sympathies were entirely
Southern.
1t would be laughable indeed 10 see with
| what zeal and assurance they work at this
game, if it were notlhat 1t manifes,s total
depravity of heart lhatls without parallel.
These hsartiess moantebanks seem to think
! that they can continue year after year to
sport with the public credulity without the
danger of being oyartaken with re,ribu.iye
justice. But few months will undeceiye
them.
The following from their phamphles de.
signed 10 circulate in the South will serve
| to show what kind Of game they are at
tempting TO play. Read and compare it
with the articles which appear in the Col
umns of such papers as the Wing from
week to week to prove that Gen. Pierce
is an ultra Souiherner in sentiment, and
then help defeating with supreme con
tempt the men who are attempting thus to
sport with the public creduiity:
From1be Washisgton.. Telegraph.
Gen. Pierce Home views on Slavery!
Of all tho sNorthern men with Southern
| principles" we have ever known, the South
ern principles Of but few have ever survived
political defeat. The unnatural part is
hard to play, and The mask is always
thrown down rs burden as soon as the
actor has passed from before the spectators.
! We need not point 70 tho instances Of this.
There is numerous and melancholy cata-
logue Of them. The South IS much given
to the cherishing Of snch politiciansand the
South must endure the penalties the custom
entails. In givingits support to General
Pierce at the present moment, it is but bit
ing again at the gilded bait, and it must
again endure the penalties Of its gullibility
The Republic of this morning has done
/ good service in bringing to light the home
rtews Of Gen Pierce on the subject Of ala.
/ very and the fugitive slave law, by quoting
/ the articles of which the following are the
essential extracts.
/ IFrom the Independent Democrat, published q
Concord New Hampshire.
At a meeting appointed at New Bosto1
Centre ON Friday afternoon, Of January ID
/ by Gen. Franklin Pierce, to address th.
citizens of that town in regard to the diff.
culties between himself and q portion Of th,
Democrats of that section, be occupied th,
hour in defending his military character
be explained the circumstances of his faint
ing, and declared that, with the excep
tion Of single occasion, be had led hi
command in the blaze ofeyery battle.
i After this he commenced speaking upor
the fugitive slave law. He said that it diff
fered in no important particular from th'
law Of 1898. A clergyman who was pres
ent said, that as tho inHitation had beer
given, be would like to make an inquiry
sDo you regard the features Of the fugitiv,
slave law as consistent with common law?'
i Gen. Pierce Immediately replied: "y
must ansper the question, sag no, I d.
not II haze besn asked if Hike this fu
git;ve slave law dnsscered no, Iloath
ed It. Ihdps most reuotting feeling q
] the giving up of slaus; the iaw is op
posed to humanity"
/ Here Mg. Foss inquired, aN it was, no
opposed to right as well as humanity ?'-
i General Pierce replied: sYes, il is op'
posed to moral right"
The above is the substance Of Genera
Pierce's remarks upon the fugitive slav,
tlaw. The quotation marks include the yer,
language used by the General, as taker
down at tho timeit was uttered.
/ The T'allest Pole.-The Democrats 0
Perry township, Columbiana county, raise'
Hickory pole short tim since one hun
1 dred and eiphfu feet h; OH &as straiph