Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1852-11-18
NO. 20.

q II is exceedingly amusing well entertaining
to read the views Of leading Whgs to the of
their disastrous defeat Tho original friends OF
SCOTT in the Northern States attribute his defeat the
opposition Of Webster and the nkewarm support which
the General received from Mr. Fillmore and his friends.
James Brooks, an original Fillmore maR who him.
self unexpectedly defeated thus gives his Of the
causes: ~. ,-....,.., t--
All is lost except honor; and to Franklin Pierce,
quite and almost unknown man, is committed the
mighty trust Of twenty five millions OF 10 their for
sign and domestic relations. He cannot he said be
even tho chosen Of his party because the twothrds
systems o selection threw overheard in their Conyen-
on, all their really great He is however, elect
ed, II may be- said, by acclamaton Gen. Winfield
SCOTT is not so much defeated as routed The hitherto
invncble soldier has at last his Waterloo. II is
not so much defeat of the Wing Party of this gal
liant soldier himself, who has carried down with him
nearly all his subordinates, and in this quarter left
scarcely survivor in the field.
The of this are obvious and the result
hes been apparent and irresistible from TIE start Gen
Scott, at time, certainly the available candi-
date became at last the least available by the peculiar
.sfuences under which he was nominated The People
became impressed with the idea that these influences
would surround and govern him, and though no man
who knew him personally believed it, yet effort could
persuade the People from this dangerous belief Hence
since his nomination with occasional exceptions the
history oil the Wing Party has been continuous rout.
rather han defeat The October elections tbs great
States of Ohio and Pennsylvania indicated approach
ing and inevitable DOOM the doom is upon US
| We have no doubt that the Northern Wings. who
nominated Gea Scott in Baltimore, nominated him un.
der the belief that he the strongest candidate the
North, and that Mlard Fillmore could carry even
his State bat they laboring under delusion
which deeply regretted at the time, and which we
have not ceased to regret because their action
tain TO lead 10 the depOrabe upon Against
that constantly impending and yet irresistible doom
have struggled with zeal and energy, indoors and
on the stump and at the desk, which would
have expended upon candidate of our selection
In order to demonstrate that il was principle which
we were devoted, and nct a We sorry 10
and TO say events have justified foresight and
allied our apprehensions beyond what dreamed
Of but claim nothing for that foresight except again
claim the confidence Of our readers for our opn-
ions, when unfortunate differ from them.
In this great city and its popuous suburbs the Presi-
Dental nomination has failed to- concilate either the
American or the foreign population, and hence II has
dragged down everything connected with it, Federal,
State, and Municipal The Wings here have never be-
fore suffered such rout There are but two Survivors
believe, at the present writing, among all nomi-
for Congress, Mayoralty, and city officers, tel
the tale of existence even and they the Assistant
Alderman and State Assemblyman in the Fifteenth
Ward. Six Congressmen lost, and the City Gov.
erRment is gone, now, from top to bottom The
whelmng majority here threatens swamp the Cover
nor; Canal officers, and all and the indications that
other popuous places in the State have done almost
badly its great city In short all is lost and there
is not even a squandron saved here hereabout.