The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-09-24
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
A GOverO,n emt of w hite MEN

Because the National Democrats believe
, In the doctrine enuncated by Chief Justice
TGney, that the American Union was franz
ed fer the benefit Of white men, they are
denounced by their opponents as devoid OF
sympathy and humanity. The cdious doctrine
Of negro equality, advocated by Gov. Chase
10 repugnant to the sentiments of the best
portion of our citizens. We repudiate it be-
cause it is Inconsistent with the design of
the founders Of the Republic-because it is
antagonistic to the instincts Of our nature
and sentiments of our hearts-because nei-
ther the good Of the black race or the white
race would be promoted by its adoption
While we say this, we most emphatca!Iy
deny the proposition that Democrats are dc.
void of sympathy or humanity. We can
prove by the records of the National Gov
ernment and by the records of every free
STATE in the Union, that the Democratic is the
only party in the country which has ever
extended the area of freedom in America.
Let US refer to facts.
At the time of the Declaration there were
only thirteen States in the Confederacy. All
OF these were slave states but one. Since
then, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey,
Massachusetts and Rhode Island, have abo!.
ished slavery. This was done in each and
every instance by the people Of The States
themselves, without vote Of Congress upon
the subject. In getting rid of the evil they
adopted and carried out the Democratic doc.
trine of popular sovereignty. They regulat'
ed their own domestic institutions without
interference from Congress. Had the Black
Republican idea Of Congressional interler-
ancs been adopted, these States would have
been been bound in The chains of slavery
even to this day.
Look to further fact. There have been
seven free states added to the Union since
the adoption Of our National Constitution. |
These states are: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana,
Illinois. Wisconsin, lowe, and California !
Every one of these states BY its constitution:
prohibits slavery forever except for the pun.
ishrnent of crime. Every one of these con.
stitutions was framed by convention in
which the Democrats had large majority.
What, then, is the conclusion! Simply this:
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wiscon-
sin, Iowa and California owe their free in
stitutions to the Democratic party. Point
ifyou can, to single foot Of ground within
the boundaries OF our Union, made free by
the opposition to the Democratic party
Point to single measure ever adopted by
the opposition. which gives freedom to a
single elave or ameliorates his condition.
When the Republican party has doas
something TO test and prove it's sincerity,
when 1t has originated some measure of
State or National policy which tends to ad-
vsnce the public welfare and better protects
the lives and liberties Of the people, then.
and not till then, can its members claim to.
be friends to the negro, or friends to the
government and the country. AS matter
ofhistory they have done, and are now doing
infinitely more to make Kansas a slave
State than any and all other parties combined.
Democrats respect the rights Of the black
race. but they believe that the welfare Of the
whites 10 equally important, and they are
unwilling to to sacrifice the liberties or lives
Of twenty-five millions of white men, in un.
nstural and impolitic efforts to elevate to the !
same level with them, three hundred negroes
IN Kansas.
CHARAcGERfsTIc.-The Black Republi,
can mangers, at Lebanon, Warren county,
efused the use of the county Fair Grounds