The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-09-09
WHOLE NUMBER, SAB
Hypocrisy Of fRePubIicanism-0p-.
POsitIOmtO Ihe dm1ssIoH OfPree
States.

The Republican papers oil over the Stale,
assume TO be very indignant because our
members of Congress supported the English
Bill. And the great objection they find to
this Bill is, that it accepts Slave State
with less population than d Free State
They set down every member who could
vote for such Bill as an srrant knave.--
Do they remember that their own members
without an exception GoLed fdr NaUe Slate
(by their vote on the Montgomery. Critten-
den Bill,) when that State did not contain
more than half the number requisite for
member of Cohgress, and that when the free
members applied for admission they fought
against her at every step and would have
kept her OUT had not the Democrats rallied
in their might, overpowered them, swept
away their refuge of lies, and carried the
bill for her admission triumphantly through
both Houses And now these canting hyPo-
critics, Under their sanctimonious garb have
the effrontery to charge all sorts OF crimes
upon the Democrats for supporting meas.
ure which gave to the people of Kansas the
right to decide for Themselves upon their
own institutions and laws. They vote for q
slaus State with q meagre population and do
their best to reject free State with popu-
laton sufficient for three States. What
beautiful consistency! Do they suppose
that the people can be humbugged by such
superlaiive nonsense 1t would be better
for these self.constituted apostles of Liberty
t these liberty-ioving free state men who
D vote for slave States and reject the admiS.
sion of free States, to pause in their mad ca.
} reer and examine their own record In that
g they will find abundant food to employ their
n digestive organs for months TO come.@,
Sherman, of the Richland district, who was
# selected by the Republican members to act
as master Of ceremonies in the miserable
| plot to defeat the Minnesota Bill when it
8 came from the Senate to the House, might,
i if he would, ga tale unfold" which would
= "harrow up the souls" of every honest vo.
ter of Ohio to such degree of indignation
of as to induce them to hurl every man Of them
s. from their seats. But he is too keen a dema-
II agogue to reveal all the internal schemes
's which these hypocritical freedom shriekers
II concocted in their midnight conclaves to re-
N ject free State from admission into the
Union. They talk about Democratic men,
re bers being traitors to the North, when they
pit themselves were the first to betray the North
a. by premeditated movement and an organ
h. lied opposition to keep Minnesota out Of the
ill Union They are not only guilty Of base
te treason to the North and to their own prin'
ciples, but they have proved themselves tc
Sc be the most notorious hypocrites that ths
by sun of heaven ever shone upon.
of The Democrats of the North and Soutl
tie united to bring Minnesota into the Union
ty They triumphed over the most determines
es opposition which the Republican member
n, could array against them to keep her out
ty and to the Democracy alone be all the prsis'
u for having SO signally defeated this formid
us able combination of conspirators and adding
he another star to the constellation OF fre
'se States.-C Gin. Enquirer.