Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1843-11-21
Sfafc Convention.

They iavite however the whole democracy to down
The first weok Of he session. and promise plenty Of
and pro.endcr If there has vet been good
signed fr delaying the Convention ll next summer
acknOw ledge ourselves very dull of apprehension.
principal otec; Of such Convention. Is determine for
whom the vote Of Indiana shall lie given in the National
Convention, and how that be done after the
ton shall be madel- Goshen Dem2craf. l6r9
Lei US answer Tie question of the Demo
crat. first. lie must well remember, that
when the State Convention Of last winter APP
pointed delegates to the national convention,
IL WAS done subject to tic ratification aud re-
vision Of district conventions in the several
districts. This course was adopted, as we
understood il, for The very purpose of ovoif-
inc any appearance. as well rs any actual OK
crcisc. of that ..ccntral dictation.'' about
which 50 many unfoundcd imputatons are
now being made. Ii rests, therefore, with
the several districts. to ..dctcrmine" for them
selves, how the vote Of their delegates shall
be given in the national convention. or. II
they choose. to send them uninstructcd rs to
men. II, indeed. seems not little singular.
that some of the very persons who arc most
loudly crying ont against .'ccntral dictation'
should at the same time be still more vocifer-
Gus in their calls for such intcrrosition
Some of the Districts. in accordance with
the policy adopted by the last State Ccnvcn-
ton. have taken positive and Independent
action the subject. Can this action be
nullilicd or set aside by new State Conycn-
ton Or would it be safe or prudent to at
tempt it
If such determination was impolitic
in the State Convention a year ago, in our
view il would be much more imprudcnt now.
1t would be difficult, if not an impractica-
bic thing to accomplish. But if it were done,
the utility of the act might be doubtful :;
while an unsuccessful attempt might produce
the most unfortunate consequences.
But notwithstanding these considerations,
the Central Committee have not, rs the Dem
ocrat seems to infer. positively determined to
''delay the Convention till next summer.
They have only DELAYED action until they
can obtain the advice of the Democratic mem
bcrs of the Legislature on the subject. If
this is '.dictation, VIC have never before cor
rcctly understood the term. We know that
their course is approved of by some of our
members of Congress. as well rs BY other
gentlemen in whom the party have conf
dcncc. and who can be influenced by no 9th
er motives than those which are worthy of
respect if not of confidence.
As IRE understand the matter, the .'princi-
cal object of the State Convention is to
nominate Presidential Electors and not, as
has been minated, TO determine for whom
the vote of Indiana shall be given in the M
OF the second of these objects we have al
'cady spoken. OF the last, VIC have only to
ay here. that it is beginning organization at
he wrong end. We tried an experiment of
hat kind few years ago, and were soundly
beaten for our pains. Organization to be
loncst and effective must commence with the
'eoplc in the several counties. and not with a
central body of any kind ; which last should
'nly exist as the representative Of county or
,anizations. If counties not disposed to
'rganizc of their own volition, they will not
&c very likely t, do so at the bidding of a
state Convention. or any foreign influence.
I'm Impulse in favor of organization may un-
or favorable circumstances be given by a
tate Convention but that is the most It can
aicly attempt to do.
If then these latter objects cannot be ac-
omplshcd. with any prospect of success or
tility, nothing else remains to be done. that
&c are aware of but the nomination of Prcsi
entail Electors.
Now the question comes up, as to the best
me TO nominate these Electors d? They can =
c nominated on the Sth of January perhaps. L
well as at any other time, and to that time ,
e have no in>uperablc objection. But we g
lould labor under the disadvantage of not II
moving who our candidate would be. which
oui not assist US in making iudcious selcc-
OH OF electors. If the absence of that knowl- n
ige should not in fact operate to our disad- to
lntagc in making such selection. The at 81
ndancc at Il winter convention is also. for c
lrous reasons is not likely to be so full, as e.
&c held in plcasantcr weather. On the 9th Isl
hand. if we delay the convention till after a, a,
C nomination. we should not only have the he
'ility of making the best and most appropri- III
c selection of candidates for Electors, but vi
nat Is FIR more important, avoid the evils uc
nch might grow out OF personal prcfcrcn- ca
:. and be able TO exert all the means in our rel
wcr to conciliatc every democrat, and pro- cir
'tc an enthusiastic union of feeling and cx- vic