The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-08-06

Dem ocratS, down to tho avowed advocates
of treason and rebellion against the COnsti-
tuition and the laws Of the land.
Both these parties were arrOyed sgainst
the National Democracy. There were the
two wigs of the army, led on to the contest
BY reckless, desperate leaders, and animated
solely by the thirst for plunder. The Re-
publican party at the North and the Ameri-
can party at the South, though differing in
some particulars, are entirely similar in all
their leading features, and are part and par
eel of a common conspiracy against the gov
ernment. Each is opposed to the spirit of
the Constitution and laws; each is Proscrip-
tive and narrow, and If carried out would
tear down and destroy the noble fabric which
our fathers have erected. We regard the
election Of Mr.. Buchanan rot only as most
signal victory over an unscrupulous and
powerful enemy, but as the saving or The
country. His administration thus far has
been marked by Judgment, prudence, potrilQ;.
ism and energy and we believe FIAT under
his guidance the nation is s.fe--the govern.
ment is secure.
But aside from coitics, the nation and the
country las Deen highly favored. The year
Just gJne has been unusually free frem these
epidemics which so often devastate towns
and villages along the great rivers and sea
boards OF the continent. 1t is true, in some
localities, the crops have not been SO plenti-
Gus as in former years; but with few excep.
tons there has been u sufficient supply for
both man and beast. The present year is
every where year of unparalleled abun-
dance. From Maine to California, the hills
are heavy with .lipeniug grain, the Vallies
I are rich with waving meadows and cornfelds
nd the orchards ere bending beneath their
burdens of fruit. The granurles of the land
will be full to running over. 1t seems as
! though our. Mother Earth was about to dead
so bountifully with her children that none
need ever feel The cravings of want and
hunger, and that poverty should never again
find home among our people.
There ore many pleasant associations for US
connected with the history of the year gone
by. Within that time our subscription list has
largely increased, and onr acquaintance more
widely extended. We are beginning to
know our readers, and though personally a
stranger to many yet We feel at home in the
midst Of every household group where the
Sentinel is read. May our intercourse with
the patrons OF the Sent;nsl fer the coming
year be as delightful as the past has been.
, We look forward with pleasure and hope
to The year upon whish we are about to EN-.
ter. As in time past, we have aimed to be
truthful and impartial advocate of correct
/ political principles, SO during the ensuing
year we shall devote all our energies to Sc.
cure and present to the public, reliablere'
cord of the passirg events as we'll os just
exposition of the living questions Of the y.
! We are about entering upon an important
political campaign. Our HOME INTER-
ESTS have been sadly neglected OF late
The people are not only called upon, but
COMMANDED by the stern exigencies Of
the occasion to protect themselves and their
money from public plunderers. The rights
and interests of nearly three millions Of
people, here within their own boundaries,
ask protection and are of infinitely of more
Importance than the affairs of two hundred
negroes in Kansas. An empty treasury, an
increasing debt, broken credit, are these
not serious evils! In Ohio, during Repub.
lcan administration pledged to the reforma.
ton of abuses, has occurred larger and
more disgraceful defalcatiCn than was before
known in the history of any State in the
Union. To these LIv ING ISSUES, will the
Sentinel direct public attention, and we ear
nestly call upon the friends of economy ant
honesty in the management ofpubic affairs
everywhere, to join with Us in our work o
practical reform.