The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-04-10
The sfnfa on PnrtIes.

IL tnerc ever Nas SouHhy -hhtiS euo
people in their opinions were divided, and
where in Politics and Religion every man had
a platform and creed book Of sown, that
country most truly is ours. In every COM
munity you will find at least half dozen
different Religious sects, and any number OF
party organizations scattered along nom the
"old, never changing Jeffersonlan Slave De-
mocratic Party" down to the Wing and
milk and meIasses Know Nothing, dyed-in
the. wool Niger worshpper. Never before
was such 'fusion,' and at the same time con-
fusion manifest as at present. Men scarce
ly know where they are or to what party they
belong. Those that were rank Americans
yesterday, repudiate the order to-day, and
those who would never vote for Southern
man for Speaker, organize a Republican
Convention with Slave propagandist for
leader. Consistency Is lost, and bargain
and sale with trickery and cunning super.
cede it. The old line wings, whose grave
long ago was dug, and over whose moulder-
ing bones the death Knell'' was rung, are
trying to resuscitate, while the Americans
are forming in line fora deadly conflict on
the Presidential field. The Republican OF
Fusion ranks are held in reserve; the lead
srs in the strife not daring to turn their soon
fused and confizzled ARTILLERY upon the en-
emy. The old Jeffersonian Democracy for
saken of its followers lies quiet and dormant
But its principles, like mathematical Hxiomi
will secure for it never ending existence
Its unity Of sentiment make its national, sc
that liz followers, whether living in Maine
or Florida, can "ioin hands around common
altar" it embodies those ever living pr!ncl
Piles for which the Fathers OF '76 strewet
the plains of Lexington, and crimscned the
Bunker Heights" and which in the lapse o
half century have raised US from an infan
tile Nation to one Of the mightest Empires
on earth: its policy stands as the centre
around which all other policies reyolve; ant
its acts, save the blot OF the Fugitive Bill,
fill every page on our National Statutes.-.
1t has ever been the "cloud by day, and th'
pillar of fire by night" to conduct the worl'
from the ocean of error to the harbor o
truth; it contains no principles it canno
nail on its banner and unfurl to the world
its hostility is deep and lasting to all secre
amalgamations and midnight caucuses, cal
culated to control the nation; its motto is al
untrameled press-and while it delights L
see christianity flourish, it offers the protec
tion of its giant arm alike to the Jew, tn
Pagan and the Infdel; it is unchangeable
and to-day the "vessel Of Democracy" float
in the Republican wuters of '76, yet chain
Y ed to the rock of '89--it is now passing
fiery ordeal that has already purged it q
those lying leaders that clung to US liL,
s cornorants while they could fatten on tn
Il spoils of office--but who deserted whe
0 came the Battle of life and the tug of war.
: Our foes, although they number legion
: still contain in :her ranks arger horde q
e those whose patriotism is office, than wer
= ever let loose for public plunder before, an
n who now doating on their late success, n,
e only declare the Democracy vanquished, b,
u 'that they have been driven to their hidin
places and carried their holes with them."-
Friends Of the immortal Jefferson, awake
put on your helmets and once more fight ft
VI the "eternal cause. justice and huma
e rights."' In the language of another leru
say
"Let US man with brave hearts and Sta
wart arms the proud old Democratic Shi
that in safety has rode o'er many storl
and tempest tossed sea. and now hangs hig
on the arching billow, laden with the hope
Of nation, and fraught with the dcstinie
i Of the world" A stormy conflict is befol
:. us--its distant coverings darken every hor
zon, and its convulsions shakes our unic
from centre 10 circumference. Let Us the
arise and shake off whatever of error m,
. have clung to US in the long march of ha
I, century, and once more battle for Il
right! We may be defeated and driye
. from our station, but like our fathers. we
take refuge behind the "ramparts of anotht
y Bunker" and never give DER until our vi,
torious arms shall have consigned all ignc
. miny and wrong to an eternal doom.--Ma,
> tua Erening Journal.