The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1861-03-13
Tired of it Already.

The New Orleans True Della has the fol-
lowing article on the proceedings of th'
Cotton Congress, from which it is eviden
that the secessionists ore having mucl
"haIder road TO travel" than they anticipated
Every day brings new illumination TO tht
minds Of those whose purblnd hopes lei
them to hope from the deliberations ont
schemiDgs oil bankrupt politicians the inau
guraton Of political millennium in thes'
cotton States. So long as the people judg
ed Of the capacity OF the leaders in the Mont
gomery secret league by their careers q
Washington, through the haze which envel'
opes the corrupt and mepbitic atmosphere
of the place, they naturally saw through or
exaggeraling medium; but now ,whe exh
bited through their published acts, there is
no longer a misty veil to conceal their sci
fish and vulgar shalowness, and their uttel
inability to construct ally practicable system
OF government in lieu of that which they
,DithoUt the consent or authority Of the people
have assumed to destroy. Their tariff
scheme, their postal system, their defensive
measures, in grand propositions display th'
character OF the minds of these who have
undertaken TO initiate plans OF government
for Louisiana, and to detach her in interest
and feeling from the great valley OF which
she forms by nature an important port, in
dissolu5le BY any effort which pigmy con,
spirators, enviCus of our advantages, and
aiming at their diversion, can employ or put
10 operation.
Take the foolish tariff these self-consti.
tued creators Of new nation have promul.
gated. Why, any man possessing the most
humble range of intelligence must see that ii
can have no other object or intention than The
Gnnihilation of the commerce Of this port, for
what is the extent Of interior country de-
pendent Oh any other seaport of what the
PROFESSIONALS call the Confederated States Of
America compared with it!
We suppose, of course, that the country
lawyers and half hedged statesmen who
have congregated themselves at Montgom-
cry and constituted themselves and their
associates the repositories of dictatorial
power. suppose they possess all the intelli-
gence in the world, and reasonably to be
sure, bring themselves TO believe that peo.
pie who are so unconcerned about their
es TO allow them to supersed.
their authority and control of their own af.
fairs, will be equally ready TO carry out their
crude, indigested and ruinous theories Of
finance, trade and government, as they are
sent out from the secret laboratory of these
political chemists at Montgomery.
Within few weeks, or perhOps days, the
satellites of the new masters of the people
will infest every accessible avenue of ap-
proach 10 the cotton etates, ard steamboats
must as they approach the northern frontier
line OF MISSISSIPPI take an "officer" on board
10 conduct them to port Of entry, fiatboats
put themselves under like supervision and
while upon our railroads run
ling north, as we reach, homeward bound,
he boundary between Us and the foreign
ration of Tennessee, we'll psid retainets of
he new regime will be stationed to examine
cur trunks for contrabard articles. In fact
,ur self. constituted masters are taking their
irst Lessons, preparatory TO our rehersal OF
hem, 10 the French system OF fiscal and
political espionage. Meantime oil business
s suspended here. No merchant, however
egacioue, knows how to regulate his affairs.