The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-12-09
SeWard's Programme.

The policy OF Senator Seward and other
leaders Of the Republican party, is ere euting
somewhat OF commotion in their camp
The abolition ground assumed by him meets
with decided opposition from the more con-
servative members of that organization, and
cannot fail to drive many of them to the
Peoples party" The leaders of the Re-
publican party are, and have always been,
much more ultra and ianatical than the
masses. At this time, at least one.half OF
the Republicans approve OF the principle OF
popular sovereignty, and when they have as.
certained beyond doubt, the true position o.
their leaders, If they remain longer in the
party, their integrity may justly be ques
toned.
A number Of the Republican presses have
exprtssed themselves decidedly in Gavor oI
popular sovereignty, and will follow no lead
er who breaches different doctrine. The
following, from the New Hampshire States.
man, Republican paper of influence, exhi.
bits the feelings Of this class. The article
i. in reply to portion Of Stewards speech :
snow let me inquire, in the name Of com.
mon sense, of what avail is it to prove by
statistics that we pay three.fourths OF al! the
revenues Of the Government, while South.
ern consumers are our largest customers =!
Of what avail is it to prove, to the satisfac.
lion OF every politician, that we supply the
South with all that they wear, from a ton
Knot to shoe latchet; with all that thev use
from s'eam engine to a friction match.
when this very process feeds our manufac.
tUrers ! The South is as necessary TO the
North as the North is'to the South. Massa.
chusetts annually makes six millions O: dol.
lars worth OF shoes. The South is her best
customer. When the shoe business declines.
gaunt hunger stalks through the streets OF
her fourishing villages.
"New England is extensively engaged in
the manufacture OF cotton. We buy the raw
material OF the South, and pay in goods
Wnen our splndies cease to whirl, the ope-
IatiVes are threatened with starvation. Itis
the spirit OF hyena that bites the hand that
feeds 1t. 1t is high time to cultivate frater.
ma! feeling between different sections of our
country. Neither commerce, manufactures
ron agriculture can flourish while the two
hostile portions of our country endeayor to |
cripple and iDjure each other. Supposne we
succeed in convincing the South of their de-
pend. nee on US for all they eat and wear,
and use and thus stimulate them to estab.
liSh manufactures for themselves or divert
their trade into other channels, are we gain
ers by the process
"Suppose we prove that they are indebted
to US for all their literature and all their
teachers, and thus rouse their hostility to our
books and teachers, are we benefited in any,
wise No good has come or ever will come
from this mutual elimination or recrimina-
.lon. 1t neither strengthens the party nor
hastens the downfall of slavery. We hold
that every State has right to determine
what Institutions it will adopt.
"Why, then, hoist the banner of "No
more slave States" when the very corner
stone OF our political fabric rests upon the ,
principle that majority of the people of! {
every State, new or old, shall decide that i
question for ITSELF" q