The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-08-03
Whig Senatorial Convention.


10 pariiculiT. may have some knowledge Of
the motives that governed the late whig
Senatorial Convention for this DisIries
which met in Unioltown. on the Slb ult.,
we give the following communicated, which
we find in the St. Clairsyille Gazette, and
which was wrote by one Of the most ihIelli-
geat wings in the District To persecute
man in this enlightened Republic for his
religious opinions, is great stigma upon
our national character, especially when we
consider, that in our daily prayers, We
"ihank God that we can worship Him un-
der our own vine and fg tree, where none
dare to molest or make us afraid and
where the liberty of conscience is granted
unto rs.
But to the Gazete's communication:
DrnSED AT TIE SrAKE.-I believe all
parties were taken 10y surprise by the late
whig nomination Tor Senator for this Dis
uict. For some lime previous the general
expression Of the people, as understood,
in Ds,h counties, were pointed to another
individual. The Convention assem- Jled,
and tried hisca have never heard that
he was convicted OF incapa6ily, or unfit
ness for the public service, or want OF
integrity or patriotism. Nor WAS he found
guilty of any ufsoundness Of political faith.
Lh0ge heard, and such think is the gener
ally received belief on the subject, that, on
comparing notes, the members OF the Con.
venuon found that the peoples, candidate
was not quite Oft the orthodox stripe in re.
li.ious opinion. lie was accordingly con-
Yicted OF heresy. Avery clear case, nc
doubt And as The John Rogers method
. Of oealing with such individuals is no longer
fashionable, they did the next thing, they
burned him, to full extent of their ability
they rejected his nomination. Another vic.
tiH upon the altar OF bigohy. | suppose
/ there are not as. many as "nine small chi
dren and one at the breast" to weep oyel
the ante daJ Of the disappointed candidate
In the occurrence Of such circumstance
nevertheless, some grown men will find oc
casion for regret Strange that all the blool
of all the martyrs, shed by hard hear tee
and thick headed bigotry flowing through
the centuries down to this last half of III,
nineteenth has not brought for us the liber
ty of speaking OF things truthfGlly, as W.
understand them. Though direct tor ure
and burning and crucihXlon be no longer
possible, the Pharsee sill sits in judgment
: a.. 4
/ ishes.
! Bigotry offers bribes to hypocracy ant
falsehood. How easy it would have beer
for the rejected candidate to have passed fol
man # prayer and religious observance
very saint indeed amount his cuntemners
/ Easy could he have bowed his manhood tC
such meanness. Scorning to be false
and, above all preferment owing the tru,
he spoke Of mans relations to God and thi
Universe truthtqIly as it appeared to. hin
and has paid the penalty Of ms true utter
ance, AS JESUS CHRIsr DID BEFORE HIM.
No comparison certainly between the
cruclie4 Savior anl the rejected candidate
but, in the one case,; the Jews did all tina
t1Nas in their power to do; and in the othe
aEkc bigots at the Convention did the same
: 'thing.
Ihe'public tolerated burning at the stake
tor Il time; the Holy inquisitlon was pop
ular in its day; the Jews cried out, very
unanimously it appears cruelty him; cruelty
him. The Stake, the Inquisltion AID tn,
Cross-beyond expression, execrable bu
impressive evidences OF what man is capable
when he assumes the intalbility OF hi
creed, and endeavors to impose it as God
TRUTHS upon his fellow man. Thanks t,
the blood Of the martyrs and the progress o
intelligence those horrible engines of perse
cution are now numbered with the things
Of the past, but the memory Of which is
kept green by occasional outragcs upon tn,
freedom of opinion perpetrated by sectaiiar
zealots. Narrow hearted bigots! 1t isyouI
office to represent as far as it is possible anc
safe under the pressure OF the present en-
lightenment, the judges and famlliars OF thu
Holy InqusiLon and the Pharisee that cru
CITED Jesus. Burn on, gentlemen, burn on
A few more victims, and by a law as intlex
ible as Gods Justice, you are certain to be
come victims in turn. A WING.