Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-08-31

&C Some books are lies fra end to end,
And some great lies were never penn'd,
Ey'n Ministers, they hae been kenn'd

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(" Some books lies fra end to end,
And some great lies were never penn'd,
Ey'n Ministers, they hae been kennd
In holy rapture,
Arousing whd, at times to vend,
And nail,t wiz Scripture.'.-BukNs.
The Reverend gentleman whose name heads
this article is out in the last Star in what he In
tends as reply to our article of the week previ-
but in which he neither pretends to deny or dis
prove the charges we were forced to make against
him in order to refute the falsehoods in his unwar
rantable attack upon us. His main effort seems
to be to justify himself for having the avails of
"plantation of Mississippi niggers," which he is
enabled to loan out at high rates of interest," with
all State and local tares paid, and thus add to his
treasures from the labors of his fellows. IF he
finds consolation in that this price of blood came
to him by way of legacy left his wife, we GER
tainly shall not object, the strong probability is,
however, that Mr.. Messenger never knew that the
ttcash'' with which this legacy was paid was de-
rived from the sale of slaves, or that he ever con-
sented to their sale for it cannot be presumed that
such simon pure anti-slavery man as he would
soil his hands with such polluted stuff! No snch
thoughts will ever disturb the quiet of his repose,
but, deriving consolation from his creed, he
&c draw the drapery of his couch about him and lie
down to pleasant dreams!'
Mr.. Messenger did "intend to publish a reply
in the Sentinel but nduded to alter that in
tention, by the 'sungentlemanly manner in which
we treated him. Now it is great pity that our
readers should be deprived of his brilliant defence
on account of plain talk to his Reverence, but
so it is, we have no more respect for falsehood
coming from the lips pen of priest, than of
; the most humble individual, nor have we any more
regard for it's author. In this we may be consid-
cred irreverent, but we can't help it.
In another place, the Star publishes, at the re-
quest of Mr.. Messenger, the article handed to US
on the 10Th ult., and that which appeared in the
Star purporting to be the substance of the former.
For what purpose we cannot divine, unless it be
to prove their dissimilarty in language and senti
ment. The former asserted that "many citizens
of different opinions and different political parties,
have resoved for to lay aside those diferenc-
es," &c. Now this is the gist of the whole arti-
Gle which we refused to publish, and which was
designed to mislead the unwary into the snare set
for them by the Bankers and Free Soilers, for the
sole purpose of conserving their political ends
twas the assertion of an untruth that "many'
had made any such resolve, for the Free Soilers
have united in the matter for the sole purpose oi
aiding their political fortunes by securing vote
for Salmon P. Chase for u. s. Senator, while
Bank ers have joined the movement to secure the
I repeal of the law taxing them as the people are
taxed. The only ones who had manifested any
disposition to lay aside their political opinions
were those Democrats who were misled by the
willy devices of the opposition leaders, but there
are few of them who do not see through the mis-
, erable deception. There is no such sentence OF
sentiment as that quoted above, in the article pub.
lished first in the Star. In that there is not the
most distant alluson to the efforts of the "fusion
ists, :" while the former was directly intended tc
give them "aid and comfort" Mr.. Messingel
must be blind indeed not to see this difference.