Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-10-30
Confusion in Pennsylvania.

Politics, with the opposition Pennsylva-
mia, are very much mixed up. Parties are
in most woful ENHANCEMENT. The different
factions of the opposition have laid their
heads together to defeat the Democracy, and
the chances are two to one that the principal
battle will be a Kilkenny cat fight among
themselves.
The whole history of this most precious
gambling maueuvre is worthy of record. The
Republican State Committee, the North
American State Committee, and the Fillmore
State Committee, respectively, held meetings
in Philadelphia, to consult upon union of
all the opponents of the election of Mr.. b.
CHANAN-aEd, on a single electoral ticket
The Republicans and North Americans were
unanimously in favor of fusion. The propo-
sitiOn of a coalition was rejected by the Fill
more Committee by vote of % to z. The
minority of seven then withdrew from the
committee, and united with the Republican
and North American Committees in forming
an electoral ticket to be voted for by all who
are opposed to the Democratic candidates
and the Cincinnati platform.
The ticket thus agreed upon contains the
names of twenty electors, who pledge
themselves to cast the electoral vote of the
State for FREMONT and FILLMORE, in proper
ton to the number Of votes cast for them re-
spectively by the people. For instance, if
FREMONT receives two hundred thousand
votes, and FILLMORE one hundred thousand,
eighteen electoral votes are to be cast for the
former and nine for the latter. For the pur-
pose of ascertaining how many are cast for
FREMONT, and how many for FILLMORE, the
tickets of the FILLMORE men are to be head
ed by the name of WILLARD FILLMORE, and
the tickets Of the Fremont men by the
name of JOHN C. Fremont. With the ex-
ception of the names of the two candidates,
the tickets are in all respects id entically the
same. After the ticket was agreed upon, the
leaders and wire-pullers of the factions held
union convention at Harrisburgh, ratified
the nomination, and issued an address to the
people of the State, rallying them to its sup,
port So much for the msodus operandi Of this
triple alliance of the abolitionists, the FIRE..
MONT and JOHNSTON know nothings, and &
portion of the FILLMORE know notkings
against the supporters of Mr.. BUCHANAN
Now for the result.
This desperate game of set of desperate
political gamblers threatens to be two gee
sword in their hands, that "cuts both ways
1t is met at the Threshold by a regular STAN
pede among the German Republicans. They
repudiate the coalition and the ticket which
is held out to them for their support. They
pronounce ats success hopeless-its existenc.
a disgrace-a base desertion of FREMONT
betrayal Of the last hope Of the country
The German vote alone that will be lost Il
Fremont in the State, will, probably, very
nearly if not quite equal the FILLMORE vote
that will be drawn to him. In addition tc
this direct and absolute loss, there are large
number of the most active and jealous sup
porters of FREMONT who denounce in I'M
measured terms this corrupt and disgracefu
proceeding of their party leaders. The dis
affection and i'll feeling thus produced upor
the eve of the election, will go far to weaker
and disorganize the party, and render its bes
efforts comparatively fruitless.
Instead of being "fusionn of wise and
prudent men for honest and worthy purposes,
tbs the last resort of set of juggling dema.
gogues to save themselves from impending
defeat. They saw themselves routed, "horse
foot and Dragons" at the October elections
They knew that any experiment however
rash and fatal it might prove, could not in.
jure, if it did not better their chances. With
them it was "neck or nothing" They shu
their eyes and leaped the precipice. The
result is just what any sane man might have
expected. Confusion and CONSERVATION ex.
ist in their ranks. The blows which they
held in reserve for their Democratic oppo
nents, are freely bestowed upon one another
Where disorganization is thus permitted tc
enter, defeat and disaster is sure to follow.
We regard Pennsylvania as out of the list Of
debatable States. If it was sure for BUoH.
ANAN two weeks ago, it is doubly SO now.
o. In our elections, in this country, PEG.
pie generally know for whom they are voting
but under the new order of things which the
opposition leaders have instituted in Penn.