Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-10-26
written for tine coming Elect

o. the biIows of tim I've continued to roll,
Till its surges have brought to the Pol
I come to entreat to exhort and advise
All parties to vote for the COED and the wise;
They're ths buwarks of freedom, the salt of land,
The to obey aud the best to command.
IT'S wisdom and virtue exalteth the nation,
But vice is degrading in whatever station.
They call Democrat call me Wing
For u choice in the titles Ide not give Ag;
taught in the Jefferson Democrat School,
When measures, not men: was the cardinal rule
When Democrat measures have had the CONTROL
I've the needle that points to the pole;
But when they've conteDded about a mere name,
I've left them to shuttle and play thcr own game;
As with the Democrats, 80 with the Wings,
When wrong, they fiddle and dance their own gs
When Taylor fighting our battles for peace,
Each action his fame and his merits increased;
He prudent in council and brave in the field,
No numbers barriers induced him to yield;
He unappalled where the heralds of death
Were kissing around him. above and beneath;
With eyes of discernment he viewed the dark foe,
With wisdom and frmness directed each blow.
Though bold and intrepid still he was kind,
And would not leave his disabled behind;
The arms of his country to glory he raised,
His wisdom and prudence each Democrat praised,
But when it rumored that he was Wing,
They set him aside rusty old prig;
1 thought such indignity rather unfair,
And welcomed him into the Presidents chair;
But God in his Providence called him away,
To receive his reward in tn" mansions of day.
Our new Constitution mainly approve,
To gain its adoption conscentiously strove
1 readily voted for Governor wood,
l knew he candid impartial and good.
1 trust that Ohio will shine in her station,
The brilliant star in the great constellation;
But still there some, it grieves me to say,
That would barter our peace and our union away
They profess great concern for the African Slave,
l fear their concern is more ambitious than grave
If their plans successfully brought to close,
At q legal election each candidate chose.
: And sworn into Office according to law,
oouIdn frnna slave tyVa9 hon
Their efforts vain, they under restriction
The slaves still remain beyond their Jurisdiction
If they into fragments our wise Constitution,
Involve in anarchy, and confusion,
Before they liberate twenty-five slaves,
thousand brave reemen they'll send to their graves
After this fearful and bloody disaster,
The slave will obey commands of his MASTERY
know they are human, but still aver
= That nature has placed them grade below par;
If the blood of ancestors ran in their veins,
How soon would these Africans throw off their chains;
They'd rise in conjunction and this be their cry,
" Like freemen we lve or like heroes we de!'
This bold Intervention would spread such alarms,
would bring their naughty oppessors to terms;
1t was wrong to entiee or to force them away
From q country that nature had formed for their stay
u The wrongs of my country deeply deplore,
n No northern Freesoiler do any more.
. am no friend to slavery, far be it from me,
If owned slave would set him free;
, And when released him from under my hand,
II would transport him back his forefAhers land;
q Until this can be done, freely declare,
willing the slaves should remain where they are
q 1 have oft been reminded that we all brothers,
But Isaac and Ishmael had two different mothers,
o One gendered to bondage, the other was free
Thus the immuabe All wise Decree
Z Again they refer to some higher law,
e l appeal to the highest that man ever saw.
if On the page of Divine Inspiration find
The duties of master and servant defined;
- St. Paul and St. Peter repeatedly say
e That servants should always their masters obey.
n st. Paul found a runaway servant at Rome,
With a friendly epistle he sent the slave home,
- With solemn injunction that he should thereafter
a Observe and obey the commands OF his master
n The examples and precepts of that highest law,
, The vision of angels never saw.
believe a STAKEHOLDER may be as good
q As any Freesoier that's lived since the food
Else where the Patriarchs, where the good Seer
That punished his covetous servant severe2
- Behold st. Elijah, the first of mankind,
J. He left obedent servant behind;
k He passed over Jordan, threw off his old lcaven,
o IN chariot of glory ascended to Heaven.
Many texts of the like affirmation,
Is l could readily quote from Divine Inspirations;
lr When the Savior his banner of mercy unfurfed,
He told us his kingdom not of this world
; He come redeem from the bondage of sin,
n His kingdom is virtue implanted within;
His redemption included the whole human race,
The master and slave have access to his grace;
He taught his Deciples with diligent care,
To remain in the situation they were;
t. If any called being bound with a chain,
They the Lords freemen, let them remain;
=. If others were called, being legally free,
They became the Lords servants thus the decree
OH the depths of the wisdom and knowledge of God
l. Let's bow to his throne and submit to his rod;
. His ways unsearchable, past finding out,
" In the means he's appointed to bring them abouI
: He takes up the islands very small things,
IT He holds in his hands the devices of kings,
- Like rivers, he turns them wherever he will;
" His DEGREES to enforce, his designs to fulfill,
l. His ways may be dark to the offsprings of dust,
e His mercies sure, his judgments are just;
! He comes in his glory to le and to reign,
H, solves the enigma, the mystery explains
= Our God is the author of union and peace,
J. May his kingdom advance and subjects increase.
O Our Union has raised us to that high renown,
From which the kings OF the earth VIC look down;
Our empire extends from the cast to the west,
With peace and with plenty nation is best;
The flag of union proud DER the world,
Respected and honored wherever unfured
These the blessings Union has brought,
The blessings for which brave ancestors fought
l. What lovers of freedom court the dark hour,
= When of freedom possess regal power;
a If disunion prevails and blest union retires,
~ On the plains of Pnnppi freedom expires;
II and stripes will be struck to the foe,
2, And the tree of our liberty fall by the blow;
Our eagle receive incurable wound,
sickened, and covering, descend to the ground.
l call on the Statesman, call the Printer,
To advocate Union through summer and wnter
# 1 call the doctors of eminent skill,
:. To administer Union with every pilE
- 1 call the mechanics, call on the farmers
d To cultivate Union with plows and with hammers:
It call the Laity. call on the Priests
- To advocate harmony, union and peace.
Let the fair the anthem of union prolong,
e Till the wide arch of Heaven reechoes the song;
= Let all hearts and voices in unison mngle,
Till they make every of disunion to tingle
Let the great Washinetons last admonition,
L And frown the that would name disunion.
e Let union and freedom in harmony run,