The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-08-14


The NationaI Democratic Greed.
10 the foregoing sEticIs We have given the
creed OF the Republican party How wide
ly different from this were the connsels OF
our fathers. How solemn and impressive is
their warning 10 their children! How seri. !
Gus and full or instruction the lessons they
have taught us. WAsHISeroE, JEFFERSON,
and JACKSON are gone from the stage Of &C.
ton. While living, the American people,
were wont to listen 10 their words Of wisdom,
as children to the cOunsels Of father and
now that they are dead, shall we not treas
ure up their words and warning! Standing
upon the brink Of the grave they looked into
the future and saw as with prophetic vision,
the dangers wlrieh would threaten the gov
ernment. Listen to the warning voice ofthe
immortal WASHINGTON. Ponder long upon
his dying counsels;
" The unity of government which'consti.
tutes YOU one people, is also now dear to you.
1t is justly so, for it is the main pillar in the
edi6ce of your real independence-in the
support Of your tranquility at home, your
peace abroad of your safety, Of your pros
perity, of that Osry liberty ,chich you so highly
prize But as it is easy to foresee that, from
different quurters, much pains will be taken,
many artifices employed, to weaken in your
minds the conviction of this truth as this
is the point in your political fortress against
which the batteries of internal and external
enemies will be most constantly and actively,
(hough often covertly and insiduously) di-
rected, it is ofininite moment that you should
properly estimate the immense value of your
National Union to your collective and indi-
vidoal happiness and you should cherish
cordial. habitual, and immoveable attachment
to it /; accustoming yourselves to speak of 1t
as the palladium Of your safety and prosper
ity, watching for its preservation with jeul-
Gus anxiety; discountenancing whatever
may suggest even suspicion that it can, in
any event, be abandoned, and INDIG-
NANTLY FROWNING UPON EVERY
ATTEMPT TO ALLEVIATE ANY POR-
TION OF OUR COUNTRY FROM THE
REST, OR TO ENFEBLE THE SACRED
TIES WHICH NOW LINK TOGETHER
ITS VARIOUS PARTS.
In contemplating the causes which may
disturb our Union, it occurs as a matter oil
serious concern, that any ground should have
been furnished for characterizing parties by
geographical minations-Northern ant
Southern-Atlanhc and Western whence
designing men may endeayor 10 excite belle
that there is real difference of local inter
ests and views. One Of the expedients o
party to acquire influence within the particu
lar districts is to misrepresent the opinions
and aims of other districts. You canno
shield yourselves too much against the jeal
ousies and, nd,heartburnings which spring from
these Representations they tend to ren
der alien to each other those who ought to b.
bound together by fraternal affection"
THOMAS JEFFERSON the auther of the De
ciaraton ofIndependence, Of whose name wi
be bright upon the pages Of history whe
others have grown dim, on the 9th ofApri
1920, deprecating the establishment of tn
Missouri Compromise line, regarding it a
the beginning OF great evil, as the germ frol
, which local and civil dseord would spru
forth, used the following emphatic language
: Listen to the words of
JEFFERSON:
e The old schism of federal and republ
S can threatened nothing, because it existed i
every State and united them together by til
fraternalism of party. But the coincidenc
Of marked principle, moral and polticu
with geographical line, once conceived,
feared. would never more be obliterated frol
!, the mind that it would be recurring on e,
: cry occasion, and renewing irrtations, unit
: it would kindle such mutual and mortal h;
y tired as to render separation preferable t
d eternal discord, ! have been among tn
s. most sanguine in believing that our Unio
o would be Of long duration. ] now doubt
much, and see that event at no great distance
and the direct consequence of this question
not by the line which has been so conliden
ly counted of--the laws of nHture contrC
this-but by the Potomac, the Ohio, an
Missouri, or more probably the Mississippi
;, upwards 20 our northern boundary. My or
y ly comfort and confidence is, that shall M
!, live to see this ; and | envy not the preser
: generation the glory of throwing away ii
= fruits Of their fathers sacrifices of life al
fortune, and of rendering desperate the e1
pCI iHcHl NHlCl was W ueClue ullluiutcl
>, whether man is capable of self-governmen
This treason against human hope will 81,
?, nalize their epoch in future history, as Il
if counterpart Of the model Of their predece
sors."
l. ANDREW JACKSON whose strong arm d
n Tended us in the hour of danger, whose ire
will governed the affairs of this great n
If ton for two presidential terms, and who
i name is cherished and venerated by Il
e whole American people, in his farewell a
dress warns US against the dangers ofdisunio
n Reads his farewell counsels and study we
Z their meaning:
J. Z" But the Constitution cannot be mai
tained, nor the Union preserved, in oppos
ton to public feeling, by the mere exertit
10 of the coercive powers confded to the &c
eral Government The foundations mt
be laid in the affections of the people /;
Y the security it gives to life, liberty, chara
K ter and property, in every quarter of Il
is country and in the fraternal attachme
:. which the citizens of the several States be
- to one another as members of one polite
'e family, mutually contributing to promo
l. the happiness of each other. Hence the G.
Is izens Of eUery State should studiously auoid e
n ery thing calculated TO ,Oouad the sensibilttg
: attend the Just pride of The people of 9th
Nfofoc mud fLeu oh o9ylJ fros,o, nm m, no, -.