The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-09-13

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Every person writing from Kansas asserts
in the most positive terms that slavery will
not beintroduced into that Territory; and the
case the same with regard 10 Nebraska.--
Notwithstanding this evidence, however, all
the free soil. papers, and large portion Of
the northern wing press, perseyeefe 10 ex-
pressing contrary OPiniOn-hoping, doubt
less, by q continual reitaration Of ayerments
that the newly-organized Territories will
certainly be slaveholding, to induce belief
to that effect id the hihdsof some Of their
readers--their object, in pursuing thiscourse,
being to advance the accomplishment Of Ger.
tain political objects. That: some foolish
people will be gulled by their. confident as.
sertions, is highly probable; but that any
person possessed Of cohimon sense wild be
deceived by such evident misrepresentation
is hardly within the ,range Of possibility.
The following extract from a st. Louis
correspondent Of the New York Tribune-a
paper entertaining the most rabid, abolition
views-exhibits in true light the feeling of
the people Of Missouri relative to the intro
duction Of slavery into Kansas: ....
"Here let me say word to the men of
the North " ho intend to settle in Kansas.
"While l would not abate one jot or tit
tie OF MY principles. nor, sacrifice, them to
any time serving policy, and while | would
not hesitate to, proclaim them boldly and
earnestly, when the occasion shall demand
it, Of which each person must Judge for him.
self, yet my advice is, by all means, forbear
uttering hot and angry words, They effect
no good whatever, but tend only to exasper-
ate the feelings ofthe STAKEHOLDER and south.
ern men generally. II is my earnest convic-
lion that a,lqrge majority Of The people oj Mis-
sours are not only ,ciling but eage''that Kan
sas shall be secured to Freedom. But if they
once get the idea that organizations are
formed in the East for the purpose oiainter-
fering with what they call their legal rights
fmthe State Of Missouri, such an intense de.
rgreeN Of Excitement will be raised as must
necessarily defeat, or postpone indefinitely,
the accomplishment of our objects. II Is
part Of the plan Of tie tew .fre.eaters to excite
this belief among the well disposed citizens,
and the' utterances of some few impetuous
men Of the North in regard tb the1 assistance
which they mean to give to runaway slaves
in this vicinity, have made the story proba-
ble.o1 11sI go, gaiaatae- ..t @lsttr4'
SHOW, freemen Of the North, come into
this Territory peaceatly and Quietly" enter
taining your own sentiments, and acting up
to them; but interfere not at all, nor pro-
claim that you are going to interfere, with
the legal rights fany citizen ofany State
Come as citizens of the United States, with
all'ihe rights aappettaining to that charac.
ter, determined to enjoy and defend them in
a legitimate manner; then you will be sUel.
coined by those very men who, you may al
first suppose, would oppose you to the
death.naJ >ll't:rfa +oa 81, f~sa >ae7a
The Milwaukee Sentinel, also sheet with
free soil predictions publishes communi.
cation from gentleman who has recently
Travelled over great portion Uf KANSAS and
Nebraska, and who, the Sentinel states,
stakes great interest in seeing them set
tied by free population" We give an
extract from this communication: 4&s
'"'The Missouri Stakeholder, are not or.
gonizing societies for the settlement of Kan.
/ sas, AID very few slaves will be taken from
either Missouri or Arkansas to that Terrific.
~. conversed with many slave owners in
Western Missouri, and, without an excep
ftidh, they told me that they desired Kansa:
to be settled as free Stale" -" = .,
| Does this testimony look as though Kan
sas is certainly to be a aslaveholding Terri
tory!-DetrOI Free Press. !. .,.,agtS :, .
On Wednesday last, loving S;oiiPle' fr8n
the upper part ofthis county, desiring to bs
united in the "silken tie whiEh binds 'tt%E,
willing hearts, or, to speak more plainly
to get spliced, started to Pomeroy, for tba
purpose. On the, way however, the worth,
husband in prospect in the exuberancs q
his spirits, could not resist the temptation t,
'take little wine foSr his sstomach's sake !
T. 81
and, having "imbibed"', rather freely, upol
arriving at this place, a complaint was en-
tered against him for violation of the hq
gor law, he was tried, found guilty and i
, now lying in the Jail in this county, Will
his lady love is lsa to mourn over hopeg de
ferred aud prospects blasted--a victim .
cruel disappointment.--POmeroy Fountaia
s: .y4o,----4- ~ = ----E aaE
From the minutes of,the General Assem-
bly, ofthe New School Presbyterian Chdfcl
1 we gather that during the year past, ther
has been an inSfhase ofchurches, Of, s5, ma
king the total number 1851. Ofeommun
cants, the increase was l,O25, making
total ofI4l ATT. In contributions the ii
crease has been large. The Commissioner
fund $47s more than last year--doinest
missions @lOl $685. an increase Of $s9, 40
: over last year: Nearly $4,000 are know
I to have been pledged to the Church Ere,
ton fund; and not less thdh $6O. 900 to d
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