The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-05-12
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DELEGATES TO THE STATE CONVENTION.
The following communication, from q
highly influential Democrat Of this county,
we insert with cheerfulnesS:
To The Editor Of the Portage Sentinel:
SIR-I see, in your last weeks paper,
notice, published by the Democratic Execu.
tive Committee, calling on the democratic
electors Of Portage county to assemble in
Rsvenns, on the l4th day Of May, 1859, for
the purpose OF electing four delegates to rep.
resent said county in the Democratic State
Convention, to be held at Columbus, on the
26th inst.;" also, in your editorial, headed
"County Convention" you say that "the
Democracy of the several townships of the
county should fully participate in the send.
ing Of delegates to it"-(meaning to the
State Convention. l must acknowledge
that I am unable to see how the townships,
generally, are going to participate in send
ing delegates to the Convention at Colum.
bus, when they are appointed by Mass
Convention. 1t may be possible that you
and the Central Committee will be able to
show the Democracy of Portage and the
crest Of mankind" that the practical work.
ing or carrying out Of the call gotten up by
the Committee will amount to anything
more or less than that the Democrats oi Ra.
VIENNA township will send just such dele.
gates to Columbus as they may Designate
Now, does any one suppose that all Of the
townships in the county outside of Ravenna,
will, or can, send electors enough to the
Convention on the l4th, to vie with the 24O
Democratic voters Of Ravenna township!
1t may be said that at this busy season Of
the year, but few will 60 from the different
townships of the county. Such position
argues more strongly in favor OF sending
delegates, (according to the usual practice,
elected by township caucuses, and not leav'
ing the matter to q Mass Convention, fol
what is everybody's business in nobody'i
business. Hence, every Democrat will say
(snd right enough, too) that it will be Of nc
use for him to go to Ravenna, as the Demo
Gratis al the county seat will have it all the
own way, for they can, without any ncon
venience to themselves, 60 into the Con
vention at moments warning.
Now, Mr.. Editor, will you be so kind al
to give US light and show that the wa!
marked out by the Committee is the way t.
secure harmony, to secure the selection o.
our strongest and best men as delegates.
DEMOCRAT.
AS our correspondent calls upon US 70
light and to reconcile our article with tn
call of the Central Committee, it affords u
pleasure to say that, 10 use an Arab
expression, she is barking up the wron
tree" 1t has been the proc,ice in this coun
y for delegates, appointed by townshi
meetings, to attend the County Convention
for the purpose Of selecting delegates to tn
State Convention. This is the true Demo
cratic rule, and why it was departed from j
this instance is more than we cen say. Ou
article of May 9th, says nothing about sent
ing delegates to the County Convention, bt
it does speak Of the selection OF delegate
TO the State Convention. "The Democrac
Of the several townships" can "fully part
cipate in the sending Of delegates to" tn
State Convention, without appointing DELI
gates at township caucuses. To our certai
knowledge, as also to that of our correspon'
ent, very few Of the townships have bee
represented, strictly by delegates, for nun
Der of years past one o, two township
would have their primary meetings and al
point delegates-ot would not, and
many cases, not q single Democrat fro
such townships could be found in Ravenn
and the result was that if all the township
were fully represented, as the call require'
Ravenna had the "lion's share," so far
"fesh and blood" were concerned.
(, Whether the course pursued by the Ce
trail Committee will tend to produce and r
tain the harmony of the party, we cam
say, but in our opinion all consideration
should be forgotten and the best men, VIII
ever and whatever they are, should rePrese
Portage County in the State Convention.
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