The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-07-30
JidGeRanney and the Cleveland
Plain Dealer Plafn Facts
Plainly Stated.

has lengthy article in reference TO Judge
Ranney. which fills us with surprise and re-
gret. We can construe it in no other light
than us an attack upon Judge Rsnney, for
the purpose of defesting his nomination at
Columbus. 1t is the last desperate card of
a desperate man thrown out on the eve Of
convention with the hope to win. We re-
spect and honor the character Of ii. B.
Payne, the candidate of the Pain Dealer,
and we hope to be informed, that he was in
no wsy privy to the article above alluded to.
In attempting to secure a nomination for
any Office we have supposed the field TO be
open to al! men, and we hold il as most dis.
honorable in the editor Of a leading and inf1u.
entail Journal to attempt to prejudice the
public against the character of a prominent
candidate for nomination. He may udgo-
cate the claims of his favorite, with as much
earnes,ness as he pleases-all right; but
when he stacks a rival with the hope OF
pulling him down, he does that which will
be condemned By men of candor every
where.
The Plain EeaLr gives what purports to
be statement of facts in regard TO a conver-
sati6n with Judge Rcnney. We have not
seen Judge Runney for months, Snd of
course, know nothing in regard to this ma;
ter. We have been informed and believe
it to be true, that Judge Runney for long
time toaS quite Indifferent as to the Govern
orship. He probably said (but we have no
knowledge of the facD that he would
nuke no4fort TO obtain it, but he has al
ways given his frieEds 10 understand that if
nominated he would not decline.
But the Plain Dtdlericuotes ain article
from the lebanon Citi:en in reference to
to Judge ROnney's position in lS4s, and
then ACIDS "if this is not entirely ignored by
the Judge, he will Find >hafd Shedding in a
Douglas, Nebraska, bred Scott Cunven.
tion." We have a word to say in reference
to this topic to which we wish to call atten
ton. We were not aware that Douglas
0rned the Democracy Of Ohio, and hence
are unable TO see why it is to be a Douglas
Convention. If Cur neiehbor means Ey
this, that Douglas is to be the sole proprie.
tor, owner and director of the State Goa
vention, and that he is secretly moving the
wires and working out his own personal
ends, We most certainly denur against any
such prerogutive. Douglas is deseryedly
! great man, and rs the author of the Kansas
r act, is entitled to high honor in the nation
but the good old doctrine of "popular sover
! eighty" forbids his interference with Obi,
l affairs. We have advocated the right o
Kansas 10 settle her own domestic ques
tions without interference from f1assachu
e sets, and we shall advocate the right of Oh
!. to settle her own concerns, without inter
n ference from Illinois. We expect to vet
. for Douglas for President in 1860, but il
t the meantime we want him to stand straigh
J upon the Nebraska platform.
e The article from the Lebanon Citise,
e we regard as poor authority. Its edito
t failed to get an appointment last spring
8 and left Washington swearing that he woul
60 home and to use his own classic languag,
she would give Geo. E. Pugh, Gov. Med
and one or two others, particular hell"-
He has been doing it ever since. One wee
l. he abuses Senator Pugh, one week Judg
n Ranney and one week somebody else. w
y look therefore upon his editorials as hayin
e more spite than reason in them.
e We have no d~ubt but Judge Ranne
:; stands fair and square on the Democrati
y. Nebraska platform. He was delegate t.
. the National Convention at Cincinnati-vo
:. ted for james Buchanan, and also voted 70
the Nebraska platform and resolutions @
: that Convention.
: But it is said that in lS4S, he tock til
y ground that Congress could interfere will
j.. slavery in the territories. We cannot So
d whether this is true or false. But suppos
# he did. So did Stephen A. Douglas! S
l. did J. w. Gray! Was he in bad company
IS 1t is q we'll known fact that Etephen A
it Douglas about the year 1878, by his vot
C in Congress admitted the right and cohstitr
e tionalfty of the Missouri Compromise
o (See Cong. Glob, vol. 16, page 1879 Th
it rule which would condemn Judge Ranney
1t would convict Stephen A. Douglas. Agail
y Where was the Pain Dealer in lS4S! an
10 where its editor? Almost gone-cIear ove
s. into the ranks of ultra abolitioHism. A
:e the friends of drunken man are compclle
to watch over him and carry him home
10 keep him from the gutter, SO the friends
~ J. W. Gray were compelled to hold ind cal
fer him, lest he slip from the Democrat
Sc platform. 1t comes then with an i'll graz
er from the PLAN Dealer to find fault wi
lg Judge Ranney because of his antecedent
a. 1t is not creditable to refer to mans al
er tecedents for the purpose OF preventing h
v nomination 10 office. As before intimate
IL we shall not follow the example Of the PA
nd Dealer in crraigainC mans former polite
ct course. Mr.. Payne is gentleman of a
lie knowledged talent and faithful democra
IN II nominated, we shall support him with O
ed our might. If SO disposed however, the
ng are some persons who could fad fault wi
Dr. his antecedents, and there are, some thin
which his friends may fnd it hard matt
l.f.