The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-09-24
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.


States. To the Black Republicans belongs
the honor u of advocating the doctrine Of
negro citizenship now put forth as the main
plank in the Chase and Blickcnsderfer plat.
form.
" In addition to the testimony Of VIM.
H. Gibson, Gov. Chase, Auditor Wright,
Alfred Kelly, R, w. Taylor and their assn.
ciates, all going TO prove thu t Gibson is de.
faulter to the amount of $547 .OoO we have
now the affidavit Of Attorney General VOL.
cult, and an indictment of a Grand Jury o
Franklin county. In the face of this over.
whelming evidence, can any honest man
preterd thet Gibson is innocent!
OF The General Election in PennsyIva
MIA takes place on the 18th doy of October
On that day it is generally conceded thn
Gen. VIM. Packer, the Democratic candid
ate for 'GorerDcr, wifi be elected by tri
umphant majority. On the sau-e doy the
general election takes place in Ohio. Henry
B. Payne will be chosen TO The 'Gubernato.
rial chair by The people of the Buckeye
State, us surely as the sun snail rise ON the
morning ofthe election. Mark thatl
OF 1t is thought that no Further attempt
will be made this season to lay down the At,
lGiitic Telegraph. There is talk tTlat the
whole Of the cable will be sold to tie East
india Company, who want to establish di
rect communication between London and
Calcutta.
~ Under the administration of Salmon
P. Chase only $2l Of the pOblic debt Of Ohio
has been paid. The payment Of the debt
has been postponed for period of not less
than 10, nor more than 80 years. In the
course OF the next thirty years the interest
alone which will accrue, and which the tax.
payers will be compelled to pay, will be
s26, 900, or $4,000 per year. After
the people have paid $67O,Ooo annually for
period of thirty years, they will find them
selves still in debt as deeply as they are to-
day-not cent of tke principal paid--the
burthen still hanging like fnllstone on
their Eecks-still cru,hng them into the
dust. This is Repcblinan "retrenchme mt
and reform"
0- The leading idea in the opinion Of
Chic Justice Taney upon negro sufFroge, is
that this Government was made '5y white
men tbr white men. This is our idea exactly.
We have no desire to Cypress or trample on
the negro, but we cannot and will not ac-
knowledge him as the equal Of the white
Neither our interests nor his own require
that lie should be endowed by government
with social and political privileges in CON-
mon with the white man who framed the
government and for whom it was framed
" During the last three years of Demo-
cratic administration 10 tho S.hte 1854 ,sC6
OF the principal of the public debt of Ohio
wus paid off. This causes decrease in the
Interest to be paid Of more than $4,000
annually. Had the same policy been purau-
ed stree the Republicans ceme into power
the load of taxes would be lessened every
year.
0|7~ Gov. Chase says in his public speech.
es that not dollar of the public money now
lost to the State, has ever touched Gibson's
fingers. C. p. Wolcutt, the Republican
Attorney General, makes solemn oath that
GIBSON is guilty Of stealing half a million Of
money. Wolcutt swears that Gibson shall
GO 10 the penitentiary. Chase declares that
if sent to the pententiary he will pardon him
out. How are these contradictions tu be
reconciled?
Ut About two O'Clock on the morning of
Sep tember first, large American ship, the
Western Star, OF Boston, came in collision
with strange vessel off the Old head OF
X nsaic, Ireland, sending her TO The bottom
with every one Oh Board. The meeting of
the vessetS and the sinking of one was SO
sudden that nothing could be learned of the
name, character, or destination of tie lost
ship. Some supposed her to be q Genoes
ship; but it is only suppostion. How sud-
den the destruction Of vessel and crew! A
few days and the occurrence will be forgot
ten except with the merchant who wned her
and the hearts that beat anxiously but in
vain for the return OF the lost mariner.
CT Three young ladies', named Sarah b.
Oils, Harriet Hunt, anr Anna Bartlett, were
at Ellensviile, Ulster county, New
York, on the 10th inst They started in the
morning for an excursion ut HouEs Falls.
Not returning in time, search was made and
their lifeless bodies were found below the
falls. They were lovely girls and beloved
by large circle of friends.
GT One hundred and fifty old line Wings
OF 4 Ilnesville have published card in which
they express their determination to vote for
Payne and the Democratic State ticket at
tho coming election.
U. S. SUPREME CoURr-A Washington
Of the Charleston Mercury
thinks it probable that President Buchanan
will, within his term of four years, have to
nominate more than one member Of the Euz-
prcme Court. Judge Curtis has resigned;
Chief Justice Touey is about 80 years old,
and is infrm; Judge Daniel is far from
promising lie of many years; and Judge
Mclean is 49, years old, very rich, and tired
of hard lobor. Judge Taney and JUDGE