The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-08-30
The Resolutions Of the Fusion
Convention.

ty Committees, and would be of no interest
TO our readers. The resolutions are as fol-
lows:
Resolved, That we regard the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, as the perpetration Of
a great wrong; wrong giving evidence of
unscrupulous corruption on the part Of men
| in power, in their endeavors to advocate a
stupendous over.shadowing Sectional inter-
est
/ Resolved, That we regard il eminently fit
/ ting, and the solemn duty of freemen TO
unite without regard to former party differ
ences with cordial goodwill, and without
distrusting each nther, in perseyering and
patriotic effort to restore the national gov
vernment to its original priciples of liberty;
TO repeal the Fugitive Slave law; TO restore
the prohibition OF slavery in Nebraska and
Kansas, resist the acquisition of of Slave
Territory or the extension of slavery into
I Territory, now free; to refuse the admission
of any more Slave States into the Union; to
abolish Slavery in the District Of Columbia.
ReSotved, That our State Legislature should
not be Of a narrow partisan character, but
should be based on sound and enlarged prin-
ciples of public policy and of universal ap-
p'cation.
ResOlred, That our Senators, Messrs.
Chase and Wade, for their able, manly and
fearless bearing, during the late session of
| Congress, in the great struggle between
! freedom and slavery, are worthy of the high
est commendation.
! Resolved, That the State ticket put in
nomination at Columbus on the 18th of July,
is worthy Of the support Of independent free
men, and as foes to the extension of des-
potic system, and as the friends of inst and
equal laws we will give it our hearty support.
ReSoeuad, That we here pledge Our cordial
| and unanimous support TO this ticket this day
nominated, and earnestly call upon all our
Democratic Republican fellow citizens, in
the country to unite with us in its support,
| and in the genera! cause of universal free
dom against sectional dcspotiSm, and parti-
zan corruption.
Resolved, That the Central Committee in
in connection with the township Committees
be authorized to fill any vacancies that may
occur in the ticket this day nominated.
/ Now will anybody tell US what these reso-
lutions have to do with the real interests of
Portage County! Had stranger been pres
ent during their reading, lie would have sup
posed that the business Of the Convention
was not to nominate officers for Portage
county, but to regulate the domestic affairs
Of the District of Columbia and Nebraska
territory. They have no reference to mat
tiers here at home, but are confined to things
entirely beyond our reach-to an issue which
the leading Fusion papers of the country uc-
knowledge to be unsound and impracticube.
The subjects Of taxation, banks, Railroad
and other fearful monopolies; schools, the
management of our financial affairs, and all
those matters which really concern the in.
tercsts Of tn people of Portage county, are
left out Of the question, and neglected. Is
not this strange proceeding! 1t muy be
we'll enough to pass resolutions in regard to
measures ofnOtiouaI policy, even though we
cannot effect them tne way or the other
But why leave ont all those questions which
are Of practical Importance to US! Why did
this Free Soil convention do it! The an
swer is evident They left them out be-
cause they were afraid to insert them
They knew that the very moment they put
those subjects in issue there would be divis-
ion in their ranks. They had not the NOR
al courage to rest their hopes Of success up
on the merits of their cause, but sought rath-
er to force a useless and "impracticable"
issue upon the people and then trust to ig
norance and misrepresentation to carry them
through the contest.
Can any one tell us what the Probate
Judge, Auditor, Clerk or Sheriff of Portage
county has to do in his official capacity, with
Slavery in Nebraska or Kansas! Were the
people Of these territories to hold conven-
lion to nominate their local officers. and at
such meetings, reject their own affairs, but
pass strong resolutions in regard to the do
mestic policy of Portage county, their pro-
ceedings would be just as consistent as the
acts of the Fusion Convention in Rlvenna
on Thursday las. They have precisely the
same right to regulate our affairs, that we
have to control theirs.
We hope our readers will examine the
above resolutions carefully, for they develop
somewhat, the plan of action adopted by our
opponents. All the people want is light.
Let them fully understand the motives Of the
opposition and we have no fears of the re-
suit.