The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-10-04

s'"ad he was born; and, with Il, th,. i5yu,,s
yTrs of happy youth, the cares and .trug.
G e'e'Uof mahhoUd, the foda, affection OF
9, and uit the teiiderest ties that cluster
ai1'Ind the family uifar all are Unidentified
Every riS0let'si iSurmur. every f,wret's
bloom, every forest path, fnseparably blend.
I ed withihe sunshine Of lie, appeals to his
heart with touching and Irresistible eIu-
yqueIIce. Sir, upon soil hallowed by such
memories beneath the sacred shidts where
dwelt his father and his mother, in the pres.
encc OF those old oaks, and tlms which re-.
call the tenderness OF his wife and the af.
fec:ion Of his children, the most cold and
calIouShtart become enthusiastic, and the
trail and the feeble heroic That spot is
not alone his home, it is his world, his uni
verse! Constituting at .ouce his, father.
tomb and his chldren's hopes, with him ii
i consecrated to the past and the future
The true security aud happiness OF cDun-
try must depend upon the virtue and intrlli.
gence OF its people; and what more power
fully contributes to this virtue and intelIi-
gance than connecting the citizens with the
soil! Greece, Switzerland, and Scotland
have had their Leonidas, Tell, and Wallace;
and history presents her countless lessons to
teach US that men become heroes upon their
own soil only. S.. ..-....
mo What constitutes Statef ....a =.
Not high-raissd battls,nent, or laborcd mound,
Thick wall or moatcd 2he;! ~ e. 2 -srl
Not cities proud, with spires and turres crowned.
Not buys and broad armed ports,
Wherc, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride.
Not starred aud sprangled courts, Is .s. .
Where low-browed baseneSs waits perfume to pride.
Noi Men high-mndtd men,
With powers as far above dull brptes endued,
'' In forests, brake or den, +" J..
: As beasts excel cold rocks or brambles rude.
/. Men, who their duties know =r i'r ta
But know their rights. aud knowing dare maintain,
Preyept the ,long-aim u blow, gAr ,aGf o.,
And crush the tyrant Will, they rend the chain: /.
1 THESE constitute State.'' '" -tN" ""'-
td' rd bssia- !-L-tl---- t,i' Ft
+ The lEiccfi0Mss-'Ehe Reaction. -
II lib 20 sriy- Hia - 80 sGa .s.'sllu ,
r. The Who's hr,o oo.n,;ct !, Tho on,on :,
an eitiction is over in anv State. bowever
distant, they commence braycino Of fri.
umph over The Democracy. The Democr,,s
keep quett tIl the returns are all in, and the
truth fully ascertained They do not wish
to deceive the people. Let US mention few
examples. '.''
Th,. Vermopt elac,;o, w,s tr,mno,oJ Ia,
Whic or,,.ns a. an Anti Nehra,ka ,r;om,l,
and ar, buk. of the adminis,rat,n. p. II t.r,.
out that the reynlor Nebraska Democt,,.
bolled over two thousand ,rore vo,.s tbi.
wear thun Gen Pierce rpce ived n tho eloc:
ton OF 1859. The Democracy has tins
gained two thousand votes in two wears. NOT.
wuhstaudipa the hunbur cry of, fusion and
anti. Nebraska On The other hand. Scot,
and Hale had over 30 900 votes in Vernon,
| in 1870 In 1884 the c,mhined vota / ,,,,
thousand less than in 1852 .n .sr,.. III. -.
Where then is the ,ripmph oC Wh;yoerv1
What means this! Drn,ocratic Fr.c.SnI
,ers refused to be sold The WAjus, and wen,
hack I, their ori,.in,l Marty. And -. i, wit
he in P4nn,yIvania. =. Cheer nm namocr.,s
Again : The next duy after the election
in Maine. Whiu pancrs' naraded the false.
hood that M,rriIl. ihe lasi,p candidate wa,
elected Governor bv several thousands of
mia iori,y. The Democrats waited for tn,
truth. and i, now ,urps out that he has b,c,