Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-06-26
The Abolition Convention.

The labOrs Of the Abolition Convention,
which assembled at Philadelphia on the 18th
inst, have resulted in the nomination of JONI
c. FEEMoSr as their candidate for President.
The nomination Of Fremont over Judge
MoLEAN, was terrible blow to the poll
ticians of the Black Republican school in
Indiana. Wien the telegraph announced
that FREMoNr was the man. the gloom Of
dark despair settled upon the features of the
leaders and their hopeful followers in this
city, a solemn silence reigncd in their
ranks, and they looked as if the pail of death
had enshrouded them IN It's folds. No voice
of happy response was heard; no note OF
exultation or appreciation escaped their lips !;
but low whisperings of discomfort and disap-
pointment were murmured, as, in little groups,
they mournfully communicated to each other
the unwelcome tidings.
1t was manifest that they felt as if they
were lookiAs dotsn into the damp and dreary
grave Of their political hopes, and that they
considered themselves and their party a
doomed and defunct institution.
JOIN c. Fremont Is personally without
any particular objection but politically he
is a mere cypher-a perfect nothing. A thou
sand men in Indiana have as much claim as
be had to the marked distinction which has
been given him. and thousand men of the
: State are as good, as sound, as able poll
ticians, as he is. There is no point in his
character above mediocrity-no act Of his life
/ which marks him rs a statesman-no ingre-
dient n his composition which indicates his
fitness for the Presidency of this mighty
Nation.
1t was a consciousness Of these facts which
so chilled the blood of the opposition, wher
the sound of his name first fell upon their
ears They are always ready to resort to any
5 expedient to assist their desperate cause, and
, they grasp at every straw to sustain thei
= sinking hopes but this was too frail thing
to be touched, and they shrunk back from
the idea with amazement.
+ The contrast between BUCHANAN on tn,
one side and FRENONTon the other, is toe
sell-convincing to require elucidation. Every
> man Of reason and of sense will see tina
comparisons would be annihilating to THU
{ last named gentleman. Nothing but Oh,
I widest fanaticism or the most bigoted parti
IAN feeling could or will induce any ctizel
to give Fremont preference over BucHAN
AN, for the Presidency We shall be guilt!
Of no such act Of supererogation as to at
: tempt to furnish brief of discrepancies an,
. differences rs to their relative fitness for thu
station to which their friends wish to pro
+ mote them. The history Of the country j
+. the record of Mr.. BUcHANAN's pretrnsions a
q statesman. Those of Col. Fremont ar
n unwritten and unknown.
q The man whom the Abolitionists have Sc
= le,ted as their standard bearer, is prope
q specimen Of the party. We congratulate
: them upon the propriety of their choice. |
he suits them, he suits the Democracy
h Their defeat was inevitable under any 0
: their chiefs. 1t is now rendered doubly Ger
!. tain by their selection of such candidate
e They are growing "small by degrees an,
e beautifully less.'