The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-08

upon the borders Of the two slave States,
cannot trife with this grave question, as the
States of the remote North and East may DO
The negro element is and must be larger iBI
your State than in Maine or. Massachusetts.
Its increase from abroad should be discour
aged rather than invited. The history Oh
the South American Republics, of Mexico,
and the Empire of BrOzl, holds out fair i'm,
pressive warning of the Object degradotoni
which never fails to overtake the white race
tolsrating umalgamation with the negro.
Nor does the history of the world furnish o
single instance in which the political equali.
ty of a large negro element was established
with the whites, but there followed annals
garnation on the heels Of it with untold evils
in its train. The barriers Of organized pub.
lie sentiment once broken down BY the po.
litical enfranchisement of the negro, the
gradual decay Of individual pride and self
respect ensues; the public sentiment is more
and more debauched as the relations of the
races become more intimate; and the social
intercourse betweenS them, which was, at
first, confined othe vicious and degraded, at
last obtains Throughout the community .
The repeatedly declared sentiments of the
chiefs and leaders of the Republican party
of this State, the avowed determination of
it's candidates for Governor, Lieut.. Cover
nor and Supreme Judge, and the recorded
and reiterated publications of its leading
journals in favor Of establishing the equality
of the negro with yourselves, justify the
Committee in cautioning you TO interpose
against their insiduous designs, which if &C.
complished, more surely result in,"strikihg"
Ohio out of tie great brotherhood of white
communities. It is your duty to Illustrate
their monstrous purpose. ~,
| The Committee point with pride to the firm
and siatesman-like attitude Of the President
and the Administration in reference TO the
affairs of Kansas. The dctcrm nation of Mr..
Buchanan to use all his constitutional power
to secure to the people Of the Territory, the
free exercise of their suffrages upon the ad-
option of the State Constitution, meets the
unqualified approval of the whole National
Democracy, North and South. In the North
it could demand no more; in the South il
could claim no less. The position taken by
! Virginia at This juncturc, is sufficient tc
arouse the etrlta,ori other sons, wherever
they may be found within the limits of tht
Union, and should be enough TO excite the
emulation Of Ohio to take stand Of equa
patriotism. In the clog rent language ofont
other democratic organs, ,"Virginia will pra,
that the Union, as its a(flrs are now admin
istered, may, in ddration, exceed that Of tn
Egyptian Pyramids, which, after the lapse o
forty centuries, still stand erect and unshak
ell above the foods Of the Nile" The OF
stacles intcrposed to prevent peacrubl
Y settlement of the affairs of the Territory, b
the people at Che ballot, box, in order to cre
e ate capital for the toltoring Republican fax
tions in Ohio and New York, cannot be to
h severely reprehended.
d The almost daily failure of blnks to met
a their engagements, furnishes concusy
). argument in favor of the Democratic mea
n ire of ain Independent Treasury. Had sue
h an act been in existence heretofore, the Ell
;, ormous defacatjons in that department cou
>. never have occurred. "Locking the do
3, after the steed is stolen" is all that is argue
C. against the measure. If Ohio were ncv
d. expected to have money any more, the
G. would be some force in the saying; as is,
i. only serves to exhibit tho childish ia alfaci
,e resorted to by the adversaries of the ind
70 pendent Treasury, for want of sound arg
nj ments, with which to resist it. The Dem
he cratic party stands before you, the advoct
nd of measure sure 10 prevent losses by M
n feasance, or default of bank depositar
,Iv hereafter. If not able to obtain indenin
rn for the past, it is resolved to exact adequ
ur security for the future. The Republic
ne party, instigated and governed by the bank
he and money changers, insists upon the c.
on tinuance of the system under which all 10
he es have occurred. That guilty party, e,
in the hour of its detection, and while end
r.. voring to obtain remission of the puHi
w. ment due to its crimes, impenitently refu
,io, to say "lead US not into temptationw If
md the Repub licans say, there was no lack
the vigilance in guarding the Treasury, it eff
en-. tually disposes of their case, against
ent measure we advocate. No vigilance Of
of kind they exercised will suffice. 1t is
fe;r. that of their Governor, who according to
ian own account, locked up the empty va
q of after Gibson's resignation, and sat up
The night watching the key hole. Their '
ent lance prevented nothing and detected n
n of ing; and their own averment of it cuts t
ned up root and branch, upon the chief Stat
the sue OF their own choosing in this campo
low The frequently occurring losses infii
ner upon the most Industrious and provident
tern pie, by failure of the manufactures of r
,ria. money call for the initiation Of a pc
,irty which will in tine, furnish an abundan
orth the precious metals as circulating met
n all The Democautic party looks forward to
first is determined to bring about, the time,
the the wages of labor shall be paid in golt
slant silver, and the farmer may ride home,