The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-04-18
The New Anti-slavery Paper In
RaVenna.

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RaVenna.
The lSst humber Of the Democrat (?) has
several columns f6iled with denunciations Of
the "Independsnt Press and fss Editor:-I
We also come in for share of abuse. We
are charged Of having stated falsehoods inre-
gard to the Prospectus Of the new paper &c
&c. We do not deem il worth the time to
enter into any lengthy abatement Of the mat
ter, but will only say, that the chstge of the
Democrat is without foundation in fact, and
Mr.. HALL knew it to be so, when he wrote
it. There never was but one Prospectus
for the Independent Press issued from this
Office. The Democrat says there were four,
and that good men csn be brought forward
to prove il. We would like to see those
men. We hope they will call at the Senti.
mel office at their earliest Tonvehiehcs.--
Perhaps they know more about what is done
here, than we do, ourselves.
We cannot see what honorable motive
the proprietcrs Of the Democrat can have in
the bitter persecution which they wage
against the editor Of the Independent PressS
and those who are engaged with him in the
enterprise. The new paper is to be anti
slavery in sentiment. Are HALL, HERR1cK
and WADswoRrH opposed to the spread of
anti-slavery doctrines! We can conceive
of but one reason for their opposition, and
that is this: They are conscious Of having
made m attempt to barter away the Free
Soil party and substitute in its stead, the pro-
slavery platform of the Know Nothing or
der, and they feel afraid lest the Indepen-
dent Press by being consistent snti.slavery
journal, will draw away their support and
thus injure them in their business. For sev-
eral weeks past, the columns Of the Demo-
crat have contained certificates Of persons
who have withdrawn their names from the
new prospectus. Now, nearly all Of these
certificates are drawn up in Ravenna by
HALL, HERRIcK and WADswoRTH or their
immediate helpers, and sent out to be signed
by the persons whose names are affixed to
them. They III. H. and W. are certainly
| putting themselves to vast deal Of trouble
in this matter. IfMr. Oavts and those whe
aid him, are CORRUPT bad men, what need il
there of making such Tremendous effort te
put them down! Why employ ao many
agents and expend so much timer Have
not the people sufficient intelligence to dis
tinguish good from evil!
4 Were an individual to come into the towr
of Ravenna for the purpose of engaging il
the mercantile business, it would be regard
ed as highly dishonofa able for the other mer
+ chants to combine against him and by false
hood and Misrepresentation labor to injur'
his credit and character. and If possible de
feat his plans. The course pursued by HALL
, HERRrcK and WADswoRTH is precisely sim
liar. and in our judgment equally dishenor
able.
We have been charged of having an in
terest in the new paper. This is faise.-
We have no interest in the establishment
and shall have no control over ito column
in any way Whatever. In many Of the doc
trines which it proposes to advocate we ar
opposed to it.
We have oftentimes doubted whethe
three newspapers could be well sustained j
} Ravennas but this does not change ou
views of the right Of Mr.. Orvis to publis
paper here IL he chooses. He has th
same right thai any one Of our citizen
would have to establish sn additional store
II the "Independent Press" should prove t
be better paper than either the De"'ocrd
or the Sentinel, then it deserves and vi
probably get better support; If Oh the con
trafy it fails to advocate correct principles
and its managers prove themselves unit ft
the station, it will 60 down. II it posses
merit, it will work its way into publ
5 favor; II not, twill sink. Time alone ca
7 determine the measure Of its success.