Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-08-17

new and living issues would bring men of like
sympathies together. We believe this to be in
evitable."
1t the Star relies on the expectation that those
who have kindred sympathies, will join its faction,
we cannot fear much from the result of its propos-
ed coalition. 1t certainly expects no succor from
the Democrats, for we have been the special OBJ
iect of it's small shot cannonade for the last few
months, and considered the very dregs of political
corruption. Hence there can be no sympathy
between and party of so much purity, as that
over whose destiny the Star presides. If there
are any Wings who had supposed there was
sympathetic chord that linked them to the Free
Soil Party, we would refer them to the files of the
Ohio STAR for the last few years, and they will
discover that they, too, too corrupt to attempt
to embrace so muchinherent purity as the colored
Democracy possessed. We not then aware
to whom this appeal is made. He says to men of
like sympathies! He don't mean the Wings, for
their platform is good and legal offset to the
Free Solers in every particular, both State and
National, and it is certainly not the Democrats
that he intends, for they are too corrupt" 1t
cannot mean the progressive men, for by his own
showing he is himself behind the times, and is just
now, where the Wings were five years ago, and
where they had been for seventy years previous;
that is s'right on the slavery question"
There is no class of persons whom this appeal
will reach, except it be the negroes. 1t is, per-
haps, sly underhanded movement to take the
culle'd gemmen unawares. We hope this will
be sufficient caution. Again we quote from the
Star: eve have said, the causes which produced
the separation of anti-slavery men have passed
away. What were these causes .! The nomina-
ton and support of Gen. Taylor. But Gen. Tay
lor is gone, Fillmore's administration has ceased
the Wings have been overwhelmingly defeated
on the infamously pro-slavery Baltimore plat
form.'
1t is very unfortunate for the country, that the
catastrophe above alluded to, ever happened tc
the Anti-Szavery party. There is no telling how
much it might have effected by this time, bu
Judging from what has been done in the last fifty
years, it would doubtless have been considerable
All this kind of clap-trap is SO transparency alb
surd that it is humiliating to allude to it, for
regular-built square-toed abolitionist, who ha'
made business of abusing the wings, on accoun
of pro-slaVery principles to swallow at dose, tn
blechings of years, and try to make the people o
this county believe that he was lying all the tim
he castigating the wings for their anti-negr
procllvities. No, we have charity enough to be
lieve he mistakes, when he says that the Wbig
up till 1848 were ant-slavery party, for w
could not believe that man would devote half
dozen years of the prime of his life in fabricatn
and issuing wholesale and retail falsehoods of
party, who had enough to do when they had onl7
the truth to battle with. But is the question @
slavery the only question that separates the Viii
and Free soil parties! No, the ssFree Democra
cy'' claim to be in favor Of free trade, direct an
equal taxation, they profess to be opposed to mo
nopolies and chartered privileges of every descrp
ton, all of which is directly opposite the Viii
doctrine on these subjects. These are some Q
the causes that separate the two parties. Ar
they removed? Does the Star accept the Ere
Soil platform as the groundwork of its party!
so, why assert that in the death of Gen. Taylor
and the going out of Fillmore's administration, al
"cause which produced the separation of the par
ties has been removed''