The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-08-27
PORTAGE SENTINEL.
LoOAL AND PERsONAL.

application be made In person Immediately.
The REPUBLICAN RALLY AT THE Tows
HALL.-Ths Republican "Grnnd Rally" at
the Town Hall, on Saturday evening, did
notmeet the anticipat:ons Of its friends
1t was fnilure 10 numbers, in enthusiasm
and in moral effect. For several days be.
fore the meeting, notice was given and ex-
tensively circulated throughout the county.
The Portage Democrat eloquently urged the
necessity of a full attendance upon the first
meeting Of the canvass. Hend-bils were
distributed freely among, the Townships
From all these preparations we were prepar-
ed to see the ball open with unparalleled
enthusiasm. But in this we were dissapoint
ed. The Town Hall wos from one third to
.one-haf full. The exercicea CONNIE need
about half. past eight O'Clock. Hon. DARIUS
LYMAN was called to the chair.
E. B. TAYLOR was the first speaker who
took the stand. He stated that he was com.
PEELED to speak without much preparation,
and that he could not do himself, or his sub.
ject justice. From this apology, he proceed
ed to speak in a candid and earnest manner
of the important issues involved in tho con-
test. He affirmed his complete and unquali.
fled appreciation olthe administration OF Gov.
Chase-said that he had done his duty fully
and faithfully-that he had been vigilant
and true to the public welfare. He claimed
that Breslin was the defaulter for the whole
amount of money lost from the Treasury
that Gibson was only guilty OF conceaIing the
offence and of committing perjury in swear.
ing falsely to the several committees. He
cared not how many receipts Gibson had
given to Breslin acknowledging the pay
'ment of the money, for it wos now proven
by tqe Report of Sparrow and Wright, that
Breslin ,Oas the de'uulter. He passed from
this to the question of slavery-claimed that
this was the great and vital question of the
conflict. He denounced the U. s. Supreme
Court-said that it destroyed the Nebraska
bill, that it was unjust and tyrannical, and
finally closed by an eloquent eEhortotiou and
entrsaty 20 the people not to let Salmon p.
Chase te defeated. !,
We presurne PR. Taylor was honest in
The expression of his views; but how he
could arrive at some of the conclusions which
he did, is to us mystery. The administra.
tion of Mr.. Chase canno! be successfully de
fended. He cannot deny that he advised
Breslin to deposit o,0OO with the City
Bank of Cincinnati and caused the whole to
be total loss 70 the State. He canuotlle.
ny that he utterly failed tc make fathful
and thorough examination of the State
Treasury under Kelly's law of 1856, which
aot only permitted, butrequired the Governor
to make such examination. He cannot deny
that he fuiled to report in his Message, the
1ctual result of the investigations of the
State Auditor, to the General Assembly "
In, all these things he is guilty of greyious
errors. e
.. ?. Brown followed Mr. Taylor. Ills
speech was just such an one as he always
makes. A part of it consisted, as it always
does, of a series OF bomba6tic sentences, pro.
baby written out and committed to memory
beforehand, and delivered ina style, in which
grandioquence and agony were strangely
mingled. The other part of his speech con-
sisted of bar.room anecdotes end vulgar al.
lusons, in which he seemed ambitious to
initiate as far as possible; tae style and man.
ner of a circus clown. His ideas were dis.
connected. He said that Breslin was de-.
faulter TO the amount of more than million
and half OF dollars; but did not attempt to
Prove it. He said all the Democratic War.
dens OF the Penitentiary were defaulters,
But gave no evidence to su bstantiate the fact
He said that two hundred and fifty Thousand
dollars was squupdered by the Democrats
in and about the Lunatic Asylums-that as
much more had heen thrown away about the
New State House-and that man by the
name of Price was paid by the State for nurs.
sng Governor Medill. Brown has stated
these falsehocds in every speech for two
years. Are they not nearly worn out! But
the loftiest: sentences and most astounding
announcements were upon the subject of
slavery. He said that James Buchanan was
the last member of the Hartford Convention,
and that Chief Justice Taney was an old
Federalst Unfortunately for the truth
Of his statements, Mr. Buchanan was vol.
unteer in the war of 1912, and Chief Justice
Tpney was sta5hch Democrat, and ap-
pointed Chief Justice, by General Jackson.
He said that Gov. Walker was coward
and thafthe drunkea administration o Shan
non was made respectable when compared
with it, and that notwithstanding Walker
stood over Lawrence with seven hundred
troops, yet the Free State men voted in spite
OF him and cast from twelve TO fourteen thou
sand votes. We never knew before, that
Walker was opposed to their uoting They
may vote as much they please, he has never
attempted to prevent it, but is determined
SIMPLY to prevent any official action on the
part OF the pretended officers of the so.called
State OF Kansas. The actual number of
votes polled was 625, or about one twenty.
third part as many as stated by Mr. Brown.
The story of the "Habeas Corpps" cases
was too ridiculous to be believed by 'aDy man
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