Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-08-17
"a Citizen and his FaIsehoods.

GA Citizen and his FaIsehOOdS.
The Star of last week contains a communica-
ton over the signature of "A Citizen" which is
remarkable for little else except its unblushng
falsehoods We desire no personal controversy
with any one, much less with one who makes his
attack in the dark and has not the moral courage
to come out over his own proper signature. But
we are quite unwilling that the falsehoods of this
writer should pass unnoticed; and the writer of
the article is known to us we are unwilling that
he shall perpetrate his fasehoods against us un-
der the 4guise of fictitious signature 1t is no
less contemplate for Reverend George Messin-
ger to seek to injure US by falsehoods under the
assumed name of GA Citizen than it would be
under his own proper signature, and he shall not
20 shield himself He is entirely welcome to all
the benefits which his name, his title and the
wealth from plantation of Mississippi niggers
may afford him, but let him not attempt to escape
from the responsibility of his acts under cover of
an assumed name
He says in introducing his article to the read
ers of the STAR that it is "the substance of one
E'handed to the Editor of the Portage Se7tine1' on
the 10Th of last month. This is falsehood No.
one. The article handed to us and the one pub
lshed in the Star neither alike in language or
sentiment The former alluded directly and ap-
provingly to the effort to get up coalition a.
gainst the Democratic party ostensibly upon the
subject of temperance but really for the purpose
of aiding the banks and the privileged orders, and
the whole tenor of the article went to further that
effort. Again, he says that our reply to the re-
quest to publish the article was, {" don't know
whether will or not" This is fasehood by
concealng the most essential part of the truth.
That reply was made before we had read the arti-
Gle; after we had done so, we told Mr.. Messenger
distinctly and unequivocally that we would not
publish it, at the same time stating our reasons
for such refusal. We told him that we believed
that the getters up of this movement were acting
from sinister motives, with ulterior object in
view; that to our own knowledge many of those
who have signed the call were opposed to the
principles of the Maine Law and living in con-
stant violation of temperance principles; that we
had good reason to believe that this movement had
it's origin in the parlors of the Bankers and was
designed to aid them in securing the repeal of the
law taxing the property of Banks the same as the
property individuals and the law to enforce the
f collection of such taxes and that we would moi
, prostitute our columns to SO base purpose. Af
ter this he at liberty to come to the sconclu
sion that did not design to publish the brilliant
effusion of his prolific brain, and that withou
brooding over the matter some three weeks; anc
he had the right too that account, to vent his
petty, pous spite upon US by dscontinung h'
paper and Withholding from us his valuable pat
ronage, but he had right to infer that we were
E determined to withhold the article from its author
j, when he was fully advised of the reason why i
was not returned. We were not aware that false
] hood and Misrepresentation belonged to the chris
tian virtues or graced the character of the chris
tiaa minister.
> The Editor of the Star volunteers his testimo
f ny to the character political, and personal,
the writer, and says he is ''a staunch Democrat.
But mans Democracy needs better endorse
F than the Editor of a paper who has been, sal
things by turns but nothing long; who is like tht
Paddy's flea, when you put your finger on him ht
isn't there-who denounces whiggery one year ant
lauds it the next-who processes great sympathy
with the Democracy when it ministers to hi
pocket and rails against it when the pap is with
drawn-who month denounces monopolie
and special privileges and the next sells himseI
for thirty pieces of silver to do the scavenger worl
of the Banks. Fie upon such an endorser.
1t may be as the Star says, that its writer is on
of the ''most mild and urbane men in Portag
County, Did the editor of that sheet ever dream
that men are not always what they appear, that
man "may smile and smile and be villain still.
We do not wish to question the midness or DO
liteness of this writer, but we do say that he hal
, wilfully misrepresented us as we have state
above.