Portage Sentinel

Outward and Upward.

The friends of Human Progress have reason to congratulate each other on the recent evidence presented by the Ohio Democracy at their recent State Convention of their fixed purpose to do their part in the great work of ameliorating the condition of man. It will be seen by the proceedings of the convention, that the important and time honored doctrines of the republican party on the great questions of Currency, Trade and Finance, have been re-affirmed without stint or qualification. Having done this, the convention might have paused, and the conservative spirit of hunkers would have pronounced it well done. But another spirit prevailed. It was a spirit which scorned to be tied down to the musty decrees of the past. It was a spirit which sympathized with the regenerating influences of the age, and went forward undismayed by the raven cry of interpolating new doctrines into the democratic creed. The convention by a unanimous vote recognized the great doctrine of man's inalienable right to a share of the earth which God created for the common benefit of all. Acting on this important fundamental truth, the great measures of Land Reform and Homestead Exemption have been emblazoned on the democratic banner. We give joy to those who have long desired and patiently awaited the period when a Democratic State Convention should take ground in favor of these measures. The genuine friends of Progress have now renewed reason for the belief that these wholesome reforms if ever successful, must be carried into effect by that party whose efforts have always been directed towards the protection of the many from the encroachments of the few. Ohio Patriot