The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-06-22
Temperance and Whiggerv.

1haC staatlch ola democratic journal, the
Ashland Ohio Union, of recent date con-
tans the following we!l-tmed article on a
subject which demands the seri GUS consd-
Grafton Of every Democrat. Read, Demo-
Gratis, and steer clear Of the gull,traps and
humbugs of Federal Whiggery:
Gone of the latest devices Of some of,
the politicians who were saved from the.
wreck of the late whig party, is to intro
duce The temperance question into the poll
tlcal canvass. Whiggery, per Sc, and upon
its old issues, and with its old political lea
ders, is, tor the present time, at least, de-
iunct. 1t can only hope for success by lug
glng extranerous questions into the poiti-
cal canvass. 1t matters little what the ma
ture of the questions are, or towhat extent
a good moral cailse may suffer damage, il
the eaders can only succeed in breaking the
Democratic phalanx, and eIecting their can
dldates. The game is not undertaken in
those localities where whiggery happens to-
be in the ascendant; it is only agitated in
districts where the Democracy are in the
majority, and where the Wings stand a
chance to make something by it.
No conscientious and intelligent friend of
the temperance cause would desire to see
that question introduced as an element in.
our politics, Demagogucs have often tried
the experiment, and in every instance the
temperance cause has suffere reaction
Whiggery, in its now desperate dilemma,
will resort to any act OF aacriege by which
to obtain votes. IL would be well for Dem
ocrats to keep an eye on the movements Of
the enemy. The scotch'd old party are
famous for getting up great old humbugs."'
TIE LATE ANrI-B1BLE Convention. "A.
Hartford correspondent of the Springfield
Republican says Of this Convention:
'As an effort against the Bible, it was
contemtible. Asfar as we heard, there was
not an argument Of any force adduced that
was not stale with age, and that has not been
answered again and again. There was fish
ing up from the stagnation and putreication
of Paire's old arguments and they were
brougb. out all seething with his foam. AS
matter Of honesty, however. itwould have
been more creditable to have recognized the
paternity of the ideas. Hours were spent
on assertions that tyro in theology and
theologic history could have answered, and
The speakers must have calculated on a prct-
ty wide margin of auditorial ignorance
Judging from appearances, as their own fol-
lowers were concerned, they did not reckon
without their host.
"On the whole, we do not feel disposed
to regret this convention. The Bible will
survive it. It has survived shocks compar-
ed with which this isa musqueto bite.--
More than fifty yerrs ago, Paine closed his
examination Of the Bible thus: Il have
gone through the Bible as man would 90
through wood with an axe on his shoulder
'and fell trees. Here they lie, and the priests
If they can, mayreplant them. They may,
perhaps, stick them in the ground, but Aey
'yltt aeoer make them grow'
paine has gone; but the Bible stands.
And Paine saw the hour when he would
have given his soul for stand upon that
Bible. We commend the lessons for the re-
hecGol ofothers."
DEATH OF A MrsER.- An old female mis-
fer died ct Richmond, a few days ago, and on
searching her premises ii Is said that $500
in specie, and $4,000 in bank notes many Of
them ruined by worms and bugs we're