The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-02-14
DeInoeratie state TIcket.
Mr.. Burr.s lecture.
A. HART EDIroR.


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Mr.. Burr's Lecture.
On the first page, will be found an anti
Slavery lecture, delivered by Rev. WILLARD
Burn, at the Town Hall, in this place, on
last Wednesday evening. With the lecture
we received a note, Of which the following
isa copy:
RAvESNA, Feb. Sth, 1855.
,-MR. HIATT: Dear Sir-The accompanying
anti-slavery lecture was delivered by Rev.
WILLARD BURR, on last Wednesday even
ing, and large number of his friends are
desirous to see the same in print.
-, The editor Of the Portage County Demo-
erGt has refused to publish it. You will
therefore confer favor upon the undersign-
ed by giving the lecture an insertion in the
columns Of the Sentinel.
Truly yours, WIN. FRAZER,
sa,R 4fr STEPHEN D. WOLFE,
% saaf .f. +. w. SEYMOUR,
Is>.g-, es..E & KEENE,
es orc sra. CURTIS HATCH.
We are in favor of free speech; and it is
with pleasure that We comply with the re-
quest of the gentlemen whose names are
appended to, the above note. The lecture OF
Mr.. BURR, is plain, candid and able pre-
sentation of his views upon the subject Of
American Slavery. We do not coincide
with him in all the sentiments expressed
therein. but they are worthy Of careful Pc
rusaI, and we would say, let every man read
and Judge for himself
Ave are not little surprised to learn that
the editor Of the Domocrat(O paper which
has'allalong prOfesscd to be the anti-slavery
Organ of the County, should refuse to pub
Iish lecture which advocates the abolition
of slavery. Has hesforgotten his former pro-
fessions in favorof human rights! or is he SO
jmbued with the despotic spirit o. the Know
Nothing party, Of which he is an active
member, that he is willing to barter away
and betray the principles he has defended,
and the party whose members have given
him food and raiment for number Of years
past!
With regard to the question Of Slavery in
the churches, it is not our province to speak,
and we have so frequently expressed our opin-
ion upon the subject in general, that we
need not remark at length upon it now.
a One of the resolutions adopted at the late
Democratic State Convention, in January, is
fair and frank exposition Of our views upon
the subjet. 1t declares:
-s," That the people Of Ohio, now, as they
have always done, look upon slavery as an
evil, and unfavorable to the development oi
the spirit and practical benefits of free insti-
tutions, and that entertaining these senti-
ments, they will at all times, feel it to be
their duty to use all pcwer clearly given by
the terms Of the national compact, TO pre-.
vent its increase, to mitigate, and finally tc
eradicate the evil"
This is one of the planks in the Democrat.
ic platform; and as there set forth, we are
willing to use all constitutional means tc
mitigate and finally eradicate the evil oi
slavery.
While, however, we regard this as an i'm
portant question, and one which it is appro
pirate for every party to take ground upon
we would not forget that there are other sub
jscts of immediate and pressing interest
Homes for the homeless, equal taxation, and
economy in the public expenditures,a ,all these
are matters of importance. "
Religious freedom, one Of the fund am ent
al doctrines Of the government is also put il
issue in the. present canvass. Prescription
like a black cloud, has risen in our midst
and threatens to enshroud the whole natiol
IN it's gloomy folds. This, joined wih Amer
lean Slavery, is the strong wing of despo
tism in our country. Unless something car
be,done to ward off its terrible consequences
persecution, internal strife, and civil war ar
the inevitable results.