The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-01-17

ever be holisst in the he.r.s Of his country
men. .8
ID. TAsDs.ssrssy goLss-Bsisused bat not dis
"wins issues from the srodsb srndei 2
Irons bHstered into sieel,o q
Hon. Geo. E. Pugh was called upon
His response was beautiful. We cannot do
justice 10 the eloquent manner in which he
reviewed the history ofthe Democratic pa =.
ty, and portrayed the future. His peoration,
in which be reviewed with touching elo-
quence the revolutionary services Of gener-
ous foreigners--Koscuisko, Lafayette. &c.
twill long be remembered by ali present.
He was enthusiastically applauded.
4fA. JefsrsOn ths Sage Of Monticello Without Wis
dom like his the arder OF the patro and the valor Of
the sOIdierWould bat mock the hopes Of mankind.
To this exquisite sentiment Mr.. Cox re-
piled by an eloquent vindicntion Of intellec-
tual greatness, unattended by the prestige of
military rank or achievements of which JEFF
fersou is pre-. .emihently an example be allu.
ded also to the mockery Of the hopes of men,
in every ancient or ideal system of popular
commonwealths, and pointed to the entire
career of Jefferson, first in his own State of
Virginia, and afterwards in the arena OF the
Nation; as the greatest indiyidual agency in
founding the Democracy Of the new Contin-
ent. a
9Th. The Democracy efthe Old World and the Ne~
TO triumph is their desert and their destiny.
Mr.. s. w. Gibson answered to this toast,
in the true spirit of"Youns Democracy
He spoke Of the sympathies and relations
between the Democracy OF this country and
that Of Europe, and closed by humorous
annecdoie. illustrative Of the present ridicu-
lous position of the Fusion party.
1h IE religion, accountability alone to Cod in poll
itics, to the peope.a s
Judge Ranny was expected to reply to this
toast, being absent the next was read.
9Th. True Rspubheanism- form which taking life
from the spirit Of Democracy, is developed in the
sovereignty Of the people:
Hon. G. w. McCook, in brief speech,
drew parallerbetween true Republicanism
and the SO called Republicanism of the pres
ent day. The Democracy Of Ohio approve
the doctrine of popular sovregnty--it should
be applied to the Legislators who make the
law--to the Judges who construe them, and
the Governor who, clothed with the veto
power, is charged with their execution.
10th. Liberty Of the Press-ssAl constraint, save
that which wisdom lays on evil men is evil"
H. H. Robinson, Esq, said he was more
accustomed to exercising the great goose
quill than his oratorical powers, he throught
the toast should have been responded to by
the Old wheel horse who sat on his left
As they had assigned the pleasant duty to
bin, he would close with the sentiment
The Democratic press of Ohio, true men,
true principles, and true advocates ofradicial
Democracy. ~-s
1ith. The memoryaf WasAinGs son-- Drank in silence
--staRding. ~
18th, Women
"Without her smile our pleasures were but pain,
Without her tearb our meroies Were but vain.
1fshe approve, thea are we armed with might,
II she condemn, our purpose is right
Mr.. Burns was called upon, and spoke
briefly to this sentiment--he closed with a
beautiful tribute to the mothers of the
Revolution, and those pioneer women of the
west, who had, in the first days of new civil
ization, shared the hardships and trials Of a
frontier life.
After this, Capt. Johnson and Mr.. Parrot
of Kansas, were called out. They gave
a full! and satisfactory history Of the
, troubles in tkat Territory, and stated that
the people there, whether from Massachu-
setts or Missouri, while opposed to all in
reference from without, were in favor OF
the principles OF popular sovereignty as en-
bodied in the "Kanaas Nebraska BILL
Their speeches were received with the CREST
est enthusiasm, and after health to "mine
host" the gentlemen who had participated
inthe festivity retired to their homes.