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Read Certificate Of DR.. C. McLane, below.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-02
Democracy against Black Hepub.
liCanism.

The Democracy claim that the people o.
Kansas are capable Of self-governmcnt.
The Republicans deny the ability OF tbs
people of Kansas to govern themselves.
The Democracy claim that the privilege
of self.government is the unalieaayIs righ
Of every citizen.
The Republicans say that sclf.goyernmen
is not the unalienable right of every citizen
The Democracy would enfranchise the
people Of Kansas; the Republicans wouIl
diSfranchise them.
Which party is right! For which princi.
pie did our fathers contend?
Again, the Democracy say that majority
of the people Of Kansas are in favor Of free
State, and they are determined that the peo
pie OF Kansas shaHle permitted TO make Kan
sas free; the Republicans admit that four.
fifths Of the people of Kansas are in favor O.
freedom, and yet they are determined tha,
the people shall not be permitted 10 make
Kansas free.
Which party is in favor of frcedom?--
Judge ye.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-02
E>hG Negro Party.

The negroes-the black negroes-the Si.
mon pure, thick,!ipped, kinky headed ne
groes--recently held grand mass meeting
at Brooklyn, N. Y, and unanimously passed
esolutions in favor of Fremont. The pro.
ceedings are published in late number of
the N. Y. Herald, from which we extract the
following resolutions adopted by them:
Resolved, That in the nomination of Col.
John e. Fremont by the Republicans to the
office Of Chief Executive of this nation, we
behold the embodiment OF Northern senti.
ment against southern impudence and op.
preston, and tender it our hearty good will
pledging, as far as we are permitted (by
yet the behcst Of slavery in our own State)
10 exercise the right of American citizens
in the use of the ballot box, to remember
him and his contest in the coming election.
| Resolved, That we unite ourselves into a
political league, and enjoin it upon ouT
brethren throughout the State in their sew.
eral localities, SO that we may unanimously
and effectively pour on this, the right side
| Of the contest, our 5000 votes.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-02
Stealing the State Arms.
The Lebanon Citizen says:

The Lebanon CAtzen says:
We understand that stand of arms, con-
s,ting Of eighty muskets and a brass six
FOUNDER, was cIandestinely removed from
Lebanon few nights since, and shipped to
Kansas, by committee of Black Repnbli-
cans, whose names are known, and If it 10
true, as Madame Rumor asserts, they shall
have notoriety commensurate with the act.
We are not cognizant with the facts as re.
ported, but shall find out the truth and inv
form the public thereof.
We hope the Citizen will ferret this mat
ter out, for in these arms every citizen Of
Ohio has an interest. If the property be.
longing to all the citizens of the State has
been clandestinely carried off, for the politi,
cal purposes Of civil revolution in distant
part OF the Union, it is an act which must
bring upon the perpetrators both condemna.
ton and punishment,
We have hit upon evil and dangerous
times, and it behooves every man to be at
his post, and protect the country against tie
threatened evils. II. treason and revolution
are in our very midst, let us be prepared to
meet it.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-02
Thrcc rinhs RepresentatIon.' ;

Several Of the Republican speakers
throughout the county, are laboring to con
vince the people that the three-6flhs rule o.
Representation contained in the Constitu
tion, gives the South an advantage over the
North. This is an error as every Candid
man will see by reference to the Consti,u
tion itself. The North has really an ad
vantage over the South. 1t is asserted by
| the Republicans that a STAKEHOLDER casts as
many votes into the ballot. box in addition
to his own, as is equal to three-fllhs. of the
number of his slaves. For instance, ia
man owns FIVE hundred negroes he eau cast
three hundred votes. This is false. No
such privilege is granted to the South
A STAKEHOLDER who owns a thousand ne.
groes casts but one vote, the same as the
person who owns no slaves at all.
The three-fflhs rule applies only to the
OpportOnment for Congressional Represen.
tatives. For this purpose, three.flths Of the
slaves Of the South are counted. In the
North the ,UhoIs negro population is counted
In Ohio, ninety-threo thousand negroes en-.
title US to one Representative in Congress
In Kentucky, it takes ONE HUNDRED AMI
FIFTY.FIvE THOUSAND negroes TO entitlt
them to one Representative in Congress
There are three millions of slaves in the
South. This entities the South to nine
teen representatives in Congress The
same number of Negroes in the Northerr
States, wou Id entitle US to THIRTY-TwO Rep
resentatves in Congress. Strike out the
three ffths rule, and we increase the number
o: Southern Representatives from ninJty tc
one hundred and three.
Thus it can be seen, that under the Con
stitutional rule, the North is superior TO the
South. In point of Repsesentnt, es in Con
gress We have decided advantage over oal
Southern brethren. But it is urged thai
slaves are not permitted to exercise the
right of the elective franchise. Neither are
negroes permitted to vote in Ohio, So thai
in this particular they stand on an equality
Our Republican friends, forget that in
opposing the three iiths article of the Con-
slitution, they are opposing that noble in
sirument " hicb was framed by the wisdom o.
cur patriotic fathers. They forget thai
Washington was President Of the Conven
ton which framed that document, and that
Washington's name is now appended to the
original compact. For ourselves, ,ce are
content to preserve the Constitution as ii is
1t is our guarantee of social and political
prosperity. Under it, we have lived and
the nation has grown in intelligence and
wealth and power. BY THE CONSTITUTION
OF OUR COUNTRY, THEN, WE STAND. By
ITS PROVISIONS WE WILL ABIDE.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-02
al ON a Democrnt."

In these dark days, when fanateism rms
riot in the land, when the noble tree OF civil
and religious liberty which our fathers plan.
ted is being girdled at the root, by party
OF bold, bad men, who seek 10 divide the con.
federacy, even though they trumple the
Constitution of the Union under foot, it is q
proud position for an American citizen to
occupy, when he can truly say, 81 am q
Democrat, the Constitution is the platform
npon which | stand-I love my country nnt
my whole country-I love the Union and
will labor and toll and die IL need be in it:
defense"
Brother Democrats, is not the Constitu'
tion sanctifed and hallowed by the memory
OF Washington! Did not he labor to estab.
lish and maintain the Union OF the States
aud now that Washington is gone and the
fathers are sleeping in their graves, shal
not we, their children, be faithful to the
trust which they contided to US! Shall moi
we preserve the institutions which they es
tablished? Never vas there nobler cause
ir which TO enlist our energies. Upon the
rock Of the Consultation we take our stand
The waves of sectional strife and fury may
beat against it, but in vain--its foundation
is sure. But there is WORK for US to do.--
Work which must be done, else we prove
recreant to our faith and are no longer
worthy to bear the name of Democrats.
Are we up and doing! Are we laboring
with all our ability for the triumph of ou
cause! Ifnot, let US this hour begin new
course, and in time to come may it be sal,
ofus, that we huve done something for ou
country.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-02

Look at this party from beginning to
end. One continuous system Of Plunder the
m ost enormous and barefaced is seen.--
John c. Fremont, their leader, it is found
BY the public records, certified to debts for
supporting the army in California to the
amount of $Soo,oOo. A Committee was
appopted to investigate these claims, and
they found only .obout 100000 Of them
honest and proper to be paid. Fremont
and bic associate spectators thus lost the
chance of plunderiDg the peoples treasury
sfoyes $6Oo.00O The Aboltionists nom.
inate such an INSCRIPTIONS rogue for Presi-
dent; and they get up civil war in Kansas
and shriek aloud for "bIeediDg Kansas"
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-02

A private letter to u gentleman in Spring
field, Mass, gives an account of another
resurrection in Kansas. The facts of the
case ure as follows: Robert Hill, of Jas.
per county, Iowa,went to Kansas last spring,
with an uncle by the same name. The re.
port Immediately after the Cincinnati Con.
vention, came to Iowa, that Hill had
been murdered by Missouri ruffians. The
rumor was everywhere repeated and harped
upon, and the writer of the letter says
changed the result of the election in the
county from which Hill emigrated, Not
long since letter came from young Hill, to
his mother, and shortly after the veritable
murdered man made his appearance, mel
only alive and we'll, but prepared to vote fo'
Buchanan and Breckenridge. .. .. ...
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-02
Thc nlherence.

The Abolition party claims that local
laws should be forced upon the people Of the
Territories.
The Democracy claim that the people
in the Territories should make their own
local laws-that a man in Territory 10 as
capable Of knowing what is best for himself
as a man in State, and should IL permit
ted by the Constitution Of the U. s., have
an opportunity 10 vote for what he wants.
The Abolition party claims that slavery
must be restricted by Congress, and for that
purpose they desire to have an Abolition
Congress and Executive. r........,
The Democracy claim that slavery must
and will be restricted by the increased intel
ligence and morals of the people-by the
majority which mons Shareholders have over
slaveholders-by the superiority Of white
labor over black labor-by the immigration
from Europe-by mechanical invention and
activity-by the inevitable workings Of de.
sire 10 make more money than can be made
out Of slave lobor-by the will Of God and
by the Colonization societies.
The Abolition party would die if there
was no slavery to howl about.
The Democratic party lived when slavery
was not an issue and will live when slavery
is dead.
Take away slavery and the whole politi-
cal capital of the Abolition purty-lts whole
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES like frost in the
sunshine.
Take away slavery and the Democracy
will move proudly on like noble old steed
who has been relieved Of a pestering gad, fly;
until it is taken away, Democracy will
work, constitutonally, against it--but its
presence or its absence neither makes nor
destroys Democratic principles.
The Abolition party is the Fremont par
ry---the Fremont party is the Abolition
party; like Eng and Chang, they are the
Siamesc Twins and the death of one would
kill the other.
The Democratic party is the Cons'tu
tiona party--the Constitutional party is the
Democratic party--when the Constitution
of the country is rent ussunder the dead
body Of Democracy will be found trampled
in the dust--bu not until then.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-02
LATER.
BooNvILLE, Mo-, Sept. 90.


On the eve of going to press yesterday
afternoon, we had conversation with Mr..
james McClanahon, who had just arrived
from Kansas. He reports that Lanes men
fred upon the u, s. troops under Gov.
Geary and Gen. Smith, at crossingon Kaw
River, wounding several, and that the troops
returned the FIRE, killing about forty Of
Lanes men, and taking ninety-five prison.
crs. ...*.E.
He said that Gen. Reid did not ccme in
collision with Lanes forces--that Law
renee was evacuated by Lanes troops, num-
brring about l500--that Reid and the U.
S. troops rode through Lawrence, and found
it deserted with the exception of few citi-
zans No property was destroyed, nor per-
sons molestcd by Reid's forces in Lawrence,
according to McClanhan's testimony, and he
was present nnd is reliable. H..
The Russell arrived OF our wharf about
the time Of McClanahan's return, pae4ten.
gers on board Of which confirm his state
mcnt, with the additional news that Gov.
Geary had cousin in the United States
army, who was killed by the fire of Lane's
men.
The United States troops in Kansas are
reported to be about 500. Some of the
MissouriaDs, McClannhan states. design rc-
mding in the Territory, as citizens, enrolled
in Kansas militia. Those who are enrolled
will leave-or, in other words, will not e
permitted to remain in armed bodies.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-02
Scction:.Iisull Confessed.

Extract from speech of Hon. Geo, w. Ju.
tian, of Indiana, al a Fremont Meeting al
Greenville, Darke county, Wednesday eUen.
ing, September 10, 1856.
"ft is no uee to deny it any longer. our
Republican party is a sectional party, be.
cause the South has forced US into il. The
stumpcrs Of this old line, horse stealing De.
mocrdcy not knowing the fear OF God before
their eyes. charges us with being sectional.
1 tel yOu 'se are a sectional party. 1t is not
alone afght between the North ard the
South, it is o ight between freedom and
slavery. between God and the Devil, be.
tween Heaven and He'll" cloud applause. }
Mr.. JULIAN is more honest than some ol
his desperate copfederates, but still no bet.
ter. He only openly avows what others are
too cowdrdfy TO admit. He asserts that
which everybody knows, and which all ad.
nit, except few who are afraid Of the con.
sequences 10 their Woody Horse, cow.sel-
lingcsndidate.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-02

Fusion IN A Fix The Chicago Times
some time since, proved conc lusively tha,
Col. Bissel, the w.Nothing, Black Re-
publican candidate for Governor Of Illinois
wus Ineligible to the Office, he having ac'
cepted q challenge to fight duel. Thai
paper of the 18th inst, says: owe huve
information which leads US to believe, tina
Col. BisseI has announced his determine
tion not to continue before the people as {
candidate for Governor. We, Of course
have not seen the letters of Col. Bissell, no
have his confidential friends communicate,
the fact to us, yet our information is Of tha
character which leaves no doubt on on
minds Of the fact"
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-02
rho sfnfc lEIecfion.

In the short space Of twelve days, the
Democracy Of this county will be called
upon to exercise the right of sovereignty,
by casting their votes for the candidates,
presented BY their party, to 6ll the different
State and County Offices. This election is
important. not only IN the re assertion OF
the principles Of the Democratic party by
the people, in the choice OF our candidates
on the State and County ticket, but also in
the weight and influence which our success
will have on the Presidential election. Our
pos ition Os a State is a commanding and an
influential one, and it behooves every Dem
ocrut who has 1T heart the best interests Of
his county ard the success ofthe principles
which have made and will make US a great
and mighty people, to be up and doing
We admonish Democrats, by all they hold
sacred and dear, to be on the alert. Be ac.
tive--be vigiant-see that the whole Dem.
ocratic vote is out on the l4th. Indulge
not in the delusive hope that the opposition
are inactive or ukewarm. They are usirg
every exertion and stralnng every nerve to
defeat US. They see the advantage aud i'm
portance OF success in October and are re
sorting 10 all the means that cunning can
suggest and money accomplish to secure
| this result.
Our cundidotcs-both State and County
ure in every way worthy Of our ardent and
earnest support. They are tried and true
men, whose honesty, intelligence and cupa-
bility to discharge the duties Of the Offices,
for which they have been nominated, cannot
be questioned or denied. 1t was in consid-
Grafton of their merits and fitness fo- these
Offices, that they were selected as our stan
dard bearers.
The candidates on the opposition ticket
were nominated from entirely different mo-
tives. Their NOMINATION w0s the result of
combination and hickery; their selection
was not the result of inquiry into quolifca-
tions, lut the Vaccinations of designing
men and desperate factions, who favor any
thing calculated to defeat Democratic men
ard measures.
We appeal, there fore, to our Democratic
brethren, TO rally their strength upon the
State and County ticket Though the seven
hundred majority, cast against us in this
county last fall, my appear formidable, yet
We Ieel confident that if the Constitution
and Union loving patriots ofold Portageha We
once resolved to bury Black Republicanism,
Know NolhDgism, and all other isms oppo-
scd to the Democracy, in one common tomb
of oblivion, no earthly power can prevent
them. Let nothing be lett undone, in fair
and honorable way, to insure this desirable
result Let every Democrat, in the lam
guage Of the sage o the Hermitage, "put his
shoulder to the wheel, prqy to God for sue
cess, und push or the column," and all will
be well,
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-02
"THOUbIc in the ca EllD

The New York Herald, the leading Black
Republican organ in the United States, re-
pudiates the nomination Of John r. King
the Fremont candidate for Governor in New
York. 1t supports Judge Parker, the Dem
ocr.tc nominee. in his stead. A large por'
ton Of the "North Americans as the abo
litionized Know Nothings are termed, dis
satisfied with the action of the Convention
that nominated King, bave resolved to sup
port the Fillmore ticket. This dssatislac
tion and secession in New York is olarm
ing to the Disunionists, and affords corro
borative evidence that the vote of that pow
erfu State will be given to Buchanan ant
Breckinridge in November next.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-02
There is Danger ia thc Dark,

Democrats, you cannot guard yourselves
too much against the influence Of secret po-
litcal societies. Remember that John C.
Fremont stands upon the platform of a Sc.
cret, proscriptive party-the Northern Know
Nothings. Remember that he and his sup.
porters are ready TO sacrifice principle, hon.
or ard honesty to secure a triumph. Re-
member that here in Portage county, two
years ago, they achieved victory over the
Democracy, by the basest fraud, Treachery
is the first and primary article in their creed
True, the Republicans tell US that their Sc.
crct societies are a6nndoned--that their
councils are dissolved. When they tell you
this, they lie. They are not disbanded.--
They still meet in secret, and they are now
plotting against the Constitution and the
laws of the land. No man who is honest
no party that is honest needs to hide its
principles and movements. 1t is only when
the deeds of men will not bear the light, that
they perform them under cover Of darkness
Again we say, beware of secret political So
cieties. "lhe wolf is on the walk" There
is danger in the dark.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-02

FRAUDULENT VoTNG BY an cxamin-
alton of the official vote at the late Maine
election, it has been ascertained that there
are over thirty thousand more votes polled
than in 1852. Such on incredible increase
of votes in such State as Maine, can be
accounted for only in one way. There ,caS
fraud in the election. There is abundant
evidence 10 induce US to the belief, that a
general system of fraudulent voting is to be
carried on by the Republicans this fall
In most Of the Northern States, they have
the judges of election, and if disposed, car
do great injustice by the commission o
frauds upon the ballot box. They are de-
termined to carry the election at whatever
cost. Democrats guard the polls.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-02
The Backbone Counties in Ohio.

The ridge counties in Ohio, known as
the backbone" which formerly gave ten
thousand Democratic majority, last year did
very poorly, aud their "caving" in was the
cause Of the election Of Chase. This year
we have good news from ih,se counties, and
it is the opinion of the best calculators that
in RichInnd, Ashland, Knox, Holmes. Stark,
Wayne, Coshocton, Mahoning, Morrow, Sc.
neca, Crawford and several other counties
in that vicinity, Buchanan will gain votes
sufficient over Chase to give him the State.
He certainly will. !Iess all indications
prove deceptive.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-02
LATEsr PROM KANSAS.
Missourians Returning Home .
Peace Fully Restored.

The steamer David TOtum arrived yester.
day afternoon from st. Joseph. She lef,
that port on Wednesday last. At KanssSs
she took on board about $50 citizens Of Mis-
souri,, who, in obedience to the proclamation
oil Gov. Geary, had given up their military
organizations and returned 10 Missouri
They we're principally from the counties Of
Howard, Boone, Saline, Cooper and Frank
lin. Lawrence was in possession OF U. s..
troops, by whom 90 OF Lanes men had
been made prisoners. Lane fled from Law
renee with the remainder Of his rugamuffins
and was in Nebraska.
The train from Jefferson city last even
ing brought down several gentlemen direct
from Kansas. They were passengers on
the Aubry, and bring the latest news. From
one OF them we learn, that the whole force
had been disbanded, and had returned to-
their homes. Gov. Genry was at Lecomp-
ton with 1000 U. s. troops, and determined
| to maintain the peace and execute the laws.
| Under his orders 80 men had been taken
krisoners at Lawrence. The report OF Lane
and his band having fled to Nebraska is
confirmed. They are said 10 have stolen.
property sufficient for them to live on du-
ring the coming winter, if they can keep to-
gether so long. ........ .
There was report last evening, that
several lives were lost, on each side, ut
! Lawrence, but this is believed to be incor-
rect. 1t is very gratifying til hear these ii
dings, and to know that the violence which,
has so long prevailed in Kansas is at an
end. Gov. Geary began right, and like
frm purpose to preserve law and order, and
to punish all offenders against it, will soon
make life and property as secure in Kansas
as in any State of the Unicn.-S. Louis
Rep, Sept %.