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

vi dlt Lne Du2S anu lHhCCtb WIN WHICH tnlS
world ID infested, haalbugs are the most numerous,
and most mischieyous; bed bugs and cock-roach-
es to the contrary, notwithstanding 1t is our
business to deal@ith political humbugs occasion.
ally, and apply 10 them a little caustc truth and
hlcw them up, They are not hard to destroy, if
taken while young; but they are bred SO fast in
In the fertile brains, of our political opponents,
that ii fafaishes almost constant employment to
prevent. the ,yermn from becoming as per9adng
and ,as ,loathsonle as the frogs and the lice %:
Egypt adnb The days Of Pharaoh, A fewof the
most transparent ofsthese political humbugs we
propose to point out t'a'@' '@' '83 ,4s'sa.'h
The pretehce that the present national admin
istration, fayors, the extension Of slavery, and
would giFealo. the slave holding portion Of the
Union annndle controls in our rnationa affairs, is
an arrant hambags gNo-ohe act of the admins
traton or Of Congress affords the slightest coun-
tenance or justifcutiYp for such charge. n, Very
tewmen can sbefoupdl at the North who would
desire that slavery besextended over more territo.
ry than it aoYi occppies;. nor has the eprescnt ad
ministratien dyhe one act 70, favor It's Increase,
The sPresideptrissa northern man. A majority Of
his Cabinet are Northern men,. The North has
majority oft@5 jn'ule Sehast; and II majority Of
about sixty III the House Of Representatives,
Three-ffhs Of all tie Offices of honor, profit or
trust la the republic are nov held by Northern
men. Almost the entire active naval force is
now''employed.in protecting the commerce Of the
North, A tariff that produ, 81 about sixty million
dollars annnaly, had its origin in the desire to
foster and protect the manufacturers Of the coun-
try. which are principally owned at the North. to
the extent Of sixty million dollars per year
Against this the, south has eyer protested. But
the northIRas the majority in Congress, aud the
South submits. Almost all the time since the
formation Of our government, the North has had
the benefit of protective tariff against the will
ofa great portion of the south. Three4ffths Of
the foreign missions and consuates are now filled
by Northern men. Four-fifths, of the nppropria.
tons to the steam mail service are 10 Northern
lines Of steamersa iOf appropriations for interL-
al Improvements sfor custom houses, for mints,
for forti6cations, navy yards, and contracts for
building ships, and furnishing army and navy
supplies, the North has got.more than half. s'ha
We do not say there is any wrong in this
Nearly two thirds Of the population ofthe country
is found in the northern States But these facts
certainly show that the clamor about southern ag
gresssonis ahumbug The south will get as much
as il can of government ipAnence and patronage
and so wilIthe north. Botit does not appear,
and cannetbe made to appear, that the south now
enjoys, or even claims, an sn undue ahare. Two
things the south claims, andsthe north comedies,
The claims are equal right the north to. migrate
: to and occupy the new territories withher prop
efty. The Constitution, they say give the south
at thatFights The Nebraska bill recognizes i,
butit provides thatth peopieaof ench new terri
tory may determine for themselves whether one
species of southern property shall exist among
them The southern people may take their slaves
TO the new territories; but they do SO at the risk
of losing them flight, witfsmali chance of re-
capture, by the decisionssof the Courts, and by
the popular vote Northern immigrants run lio
such risks, and in that respect have The advantage
of the south. ,Fhe south then. elaine and now
has but the barren constitutional and legal right
to any equal use Of the territories she has equally
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contributed to7aeauire. But the practical advan-
tages, iniallethe new territories, the north will
doubtlessssscure, as is uready the case in Cali
fornia and New Mexico. fzqFf saFF tt,.1stgGi2
The other Claim Of the south is, that fugitive
slaves bs. nderea pp s Claim ana proof pf own
.ership.sd The constitution sFecognizes4 the claim
sRd sseasss' 'ths4ghf q; The SFugitive Slave Law
etnsfeIy provides the smode andith6 meansiofgenI
,Foisssiinnss ths SslaR Sha eohstipiional right.
This, too, has become right Of little pactitcilal
rsai,esa Rewnlaves who escape are eversrercap.
tdsga; and, those few atuigreat expense and peril
Soch.a them arg the two claims of the South
and such. thsir practical, value. From ell the
facts, above stated, Il not apparent that ths
Whig and Abolition hue and cry about ;oatsers
& aggression, and Northern dough faces" ID all