Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-07-26


The Fusion Conve nliOa hssing formally ad-
journed, the delegates met In The evening Of
Thursd.1h ht The City Hlll. Whea We entered
the hal large, unviedly, excited Individual
who was mono other than ex.Auditor Woods, was
hammering away, In order 10 make Tie fusion
sure while the iron was hot. Acting on the pFn-
eiPle that fnsing Il more easy while the ohjecis 70
be fused are very warm, the fat orator poured out
his lava Of eloquenee % keepths ealorie up 70 ie.
yer heat He turned TO the Wings. and sddreee-
ing them, said that thsy ought not 70 feel hurt by
this arrangement. They had nothing 70 lose by
ii. They had received nothing but kicks from
the people. They had been kept oot Of ~rsalh
and po,oer ,--that was the expfession. He wanL
ed to know II there wac not azehKnce 70 get
wealth aud power" -nowi and whether the
Wings would not sei1e the opportunity Well,
OF course the Wings all applauded
When 6xIng the Wings thus, By an appealsto
their love OF "wealth and power, he turned upon
the refractory Free Soilers. l.siog j 80 as
Refractory, we say, for We learned before the
evening was over that a large body Of the Free
SoiIers considered that they had been badly ytreas
ed-their resolutions stiHed In committee, and
the sentiments Of their hesrts-dearer, to them
than newly-Aedged love for Wings. who year
ago, regarded union with them "ss the most i'm
pudent thing of'the dsy"-kicked out Of the con-
vention!S These refractory Free 6oilers needed
the curb in their mouths and the lash on their
lanks; and ex-Audtor Woods proceeded to hold
them up to ridicule as being 30 very tenacious
about their Principles. Mf. Woods himself
seemed willing to 60 as far 40 any OF them for oil
the isms of the Aboitionists; but he thought il
was not polite, in order to get "westh and pow
err" that all his thoughts should be expressed in
resolutions. .-e1p.' l..s4. SIS, ..idsl--t -
After the unwiedly orator had spoken himself
dry, or rather wet--or II was perspiring even
iDg--a timid Free Soiler got up and said ssmt-
thing about some suppressed resolution. ora
WhereupOn, Mr. Briggs, of Cleveland, ia the
imperious style Of an old whig stumper Of is40.
got up and cried out-"Haye you done with your
resolutions!" and proceeded in strain very un.
comfortable to concliators to arraign those who
wished full and honest expression Of their sbo-
tion views. 90 -rs..l. ..-r s--f-l
Of course, this could not bc we'll tolerated.;
and Mr. Baldwin, OF Mahoning, smartng under
the indignites of the day, rose and asked leave,
to read the resolutions which the committee re.
fused to report lie said that the committee had
not expressed the sense Of the convention. He
appealed unto the meeting from the committee, q,
and read his resolutions. The following are the
resolutions, which We print from the originuf,
furnished US by tho author: fa5 e "a 80
Resolved, That we hold these truths to be self.
evident, that oil men are born equal; that they
endowed by their creator with certain inalieL.
able rights, among which are life liberty and The
free pursuit OF happiness; that governments are
instituted for tho projections Of those rights, der.
wing their just powers from the consent Of tbs,
governed.
Resolved, That the practical application ei these
truths in the legislation ofour country, is essen
tial to the prosperity Of our people, and the per-
petUity our free institutions. egar, ssert
Resolved, That our fathers gave evidence Of
their appreciation Of these self evident PROPOSE
tions when they enacted the good cid ordnance
of 1887, extending the fundamental principles OF
civil and religious liberty by the guarantees Of
that ordinance, and by the prohibition forever of
slavery in the great Northwestern Territory o.
the then United States.
Resoiued. That the repesl Of the Missouri Con-
promise has relieved Us from all responsibilify
for the support of the siopery eompromise Of Con-
gress, and we will, therefore demand the exien-,
sion OF the principles or the ordinance OF 1887 10
all the territory OF the United States. Hs a'ye
demand the repcsl Of the Fngitips Stare Ac3, bel.
cause it violates the humane sentiments of
Christian people, and many OF its provisions srr
inconsistent with spirit and inteLton oil some nf
the plain provisions Of the Constitution intended
to protect the just rights Of all.
The first Ui these resolutions bears remarka.
BILE similitude to the Decarutoa Of Indeptude nee;
and as that Delarssion has been declared 10 be al
sbolition document, il is not littls wonderful
that this fusion committee choked the resolution,
But there were certain conclusions, drawn froEtt
the Declaration Of independence, az TO the FuPi-
tive Slave Law and the compromises of 1860,
which Woods, Eriggs, and others secretly favor.
but which their co-tusionists dstest worrs than
Nebraska bills. Such resolutions were unpalatea-
Bile. And on motion of Mr. Briggs, the "nomina-
tions were confirmed, "ot6ce being still uppermost,
and principles under foot; which motion taking
dependence, the meeting adjourned.
Free Soilers gathered around Baldwin. declsr4
ing loudly that they would not submit to the ac-
ton of the convention II woald seem from his.
that our prophecy is at least in part fulfilled, and
that somebody has been cheated.--Stdtesman