The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-09-22
he Poiitic1t DemaEOgucry OF
IOhn A RinchnIa


bingham IN the summT Of IstS Ashs is naS
itheespdilate oftheh hAbSlit enists IN N;his dis
iries forr elecl on ID COusscss. we VIII enaeav-
or . give our readers 4 full sccouhs Of the dit
'ersEt plAsIOrur tiiat his poliiieal rOuatebasl,
has II sOeatdd ros1 tbas time 20 the present.
/ Atthe time Of our irst knowledge Of this ma
Wc find him in tn, philadelphia Convention that
l5.a.aa,eI Ggr Taylor.
Z 1T. We tfat him in tl5 rLiiaJol lpl.ia Nation
ii Convention offering strong anti slavery 70
Oiadoa, and opposing the nomination. Of Gen.
Taylor be'aH-e he owned 800 negroes, and
having hts coat pulled OF Of hin Tor his opposi-
ton to Gen. Taylor.
{ 2ud. We find him coming home in the same
: year, advocating the erection Of this same Gen.
Taylor (ne4roes and all, } and blackguarling and
teratli,g'S. A. Russell. :. s. Thomas and others
6r their anti slavery principxs.
a.d. II lS5Owe And him advocating tie cOul-
prohise measures OF that year, Nthg Fugitive
Slave law included, and declaring that they
were Constitutional
4th. In 1851 we fnd him running 70. Judge,
and IN his speeches sailing free so;lers and all
other anti slavery men all kinds Of hard names,
and accusing them of being traitors to the Gov
eminent
5th. In 1859 wo find hlm advocating the Bal.
timore Platform, which fully and cordially en-
dorsed the fugitive Slave law. The Hale men
that opposed it, and would not go for Gen Scott
were traitors and enemies to their Government,
in his opinion.
9th. In 1858 we find him still cliugng to
the old Whig party and denouncing every free
soller in the country, as being traitor and an
chemy to his gov rn4ent
7th. In 1854 we find him joining the Know
Nothings, and advocating 81 years residence for
every foreigner before he could get to vote.
9Th. In the same year we find him denoun
eing the Fugitive Slave law as unconstitutional
which he had declared over and over again was
constitutional and advocating the most ultra
abolition doctrines, as will be seen by re ference
to his letter to Messrs Lukins and Finney,
which was published in the last number of the
Sentinel. '"
9Th In the same year we find him striking
out Of the Know Nothing ritual that part which
excluded foreigners from joining the order SO
that as he said, the English, ana others that
had been wings could join the order and trying
to make these persons believe that this fart O.
the ritual was stricken out by the Grand Coun
cil when it was done by him and his man fri.
day.
10th. In 1856 we Still find him advocating
the most ultra abolition doctrines, and denoun-
cling the Know Nothings whenever he would be
in the company fold abolitionists and all 9TH
crs who were opposed the order.
11th. In 1856 we find him virtually voting
for Dun's bill, which legalized slavery in Kan
sas. This he done BY pairing of with gentle
man who would have voted against it. --
18th. In the fall Of the same year, after ad-
vocating Frcmonts election with all the energy
he could command, we find him going to lead
ing Fillmore men in Cadlz, and pledgng himself,
that if the election Of President was thrown in
to The House ofReprcsentatiyos, he would vote
ior Fillmore in preference to Fremont; and dis
patching messengers to Fillmore men in other
parts Of the district max ing the same pledge.
18th. In 1857 we find him still advocating
day by day the most ultra abolition doctrines
and declaring that he would never vote for the
admission Of a slave State under any circumstan-
ces, so help him God.
1tth. In 1858 we fpd him voting for the
Crittenden Mont gomery bill, which said that
Kansas could come in as slave State, if the
people Of Kansas ratified the Lecompton Consti-
tuition.
18Th. In this same year we find him voting
against the admission OF Minnesota and Oregon
as States iu'o the Union, because their Consti-
tions prohibited negroes from having the right
Of the elective franchise.
Soch is some Of the political platforms and
doctrines that this political mountebank has ad-
yocated within the last ten years Was ever
any charatan more changeable? Is such man
fit to receive votes oIhonest and consistent men?
We leave these questions to the honest voter to
decide. The above u items of political histo-
fy need no explanation. They explain them
selves to the understanding Of every honest
man.