Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-06-28
THE BLACK REPUBLICAN NOMINAL
TION.


The various champions of the various par
ties into which the American people are
divided are now fairly in the field. 1t is not
our purpose at present to undertake parallel
or rather a contrast between those several can
didates. The times are so sadly out of joint,
and some of the men put forward as leaders,
are of SO little mark and consideration, that
we feel as if labor spent in picturing them
would be thrown away.
Before the imposing ticket presented by the
| Democracy to the sufragans of the country, all
the other tickets sink into insignifcance. OF
all the opposition tickets, the one that excites
the greatest degree of ridicule, is that just pro-
mulgated by the Black Republicans assembled
in convention at Philadelphia Claiming to
be the greatest, most enlightened, and most
patriotic body of men in the country Boosting
as they do of their scholars and their states.
men, they have given us as their candidate for
the Presidency man unknown as a scholar,
unstamped as statesman, and, save brief
and accidental service in the Senate, unprac-
tced as politician. The great promulgator
Of the "higher-law" doctrine, Senator Seward
the cruc6ed martyr, Senator Sumner-the
arch-angel who, not content with the serene
enjoyment of heaven, 1.-THE Supreme Court
seeks to rule hell, 1.-THE Abolition party of the
North,) Judge Mclean, were all passed by,
and Colonel Fremont, the explorer, the snow
navigator, and the Rocky Mountain trapper,
has been declared the candidate of the Black
Republicans!
The philosophy of this nomination, we
frankly confess, is not understood by US. That
Colonel Fremont is hardy, and Industrious
explorer, we will not deny. He understands
as well as any man, the habitudes of wolves,
bears, and Indians. He can 90 long time
without eating, and in an exigency can walk
chin deep in snow. But we are even yet to
learn in what other way he stands distinguish
ed. The choice of the Black Republicans for
President he is yet late convert to their doc
trines. The successful competitor with the
hoary Aboitionists of New England, he has
brought as much disaster on their grizzly locks,
as he ever brought on the grizzly bears he was
wont to hunt in his long and tedious journeys.
What avail all the long continued thunders
of abolition wrath what avail their loud out
cries against slavery and slavery extension !;
what avail the ponderous protests of the
three thousand and fifty New England clergy
men what avail the sermons of Beecher, the
books of Madame Stowe, and the thousand
and one meetings condemnatory of Preston
Brooks what avail the martyrdom of Sum
ner and the stupendous herosm of valiant
Senator Wilson? Nothing, nothing! A wolf
has strayed into the sheep-fold and the pious
lambs have been swallowed, flesh, Shack. bone"
and all. An intruder has eaten up the por-
ridge and stranger has carried off the palm.
Israel is discounted, for Philstine has plum
dered her treasury of all its gold and Jewels
We hope that Senator Sumner is better this
morning, and that his grievous wounds are
fast healing-but we fear that the nomina
ton of Fremont inflicted upon him worse
wound than he received from Mr.. Brooks gut
ia percha cane. We hope it will teach him
this lesson-that abolition martydom brings
the pain and ignominy, without even the re-
wards of sin. But Fremont is a Coloncl-a
military man; his competitors were civilians.
Perhaps the sheep of modern Israel felt the
need of a warrior to lead and command them
therefore they chose Colonel Fremont. Mr.
James Watson Webb advised lin his well re.
membered letter. the Northern members Of
Congress to 60 armed, and he advised the
Northern constituencies to turn out all towards
and send brave men to Congress. Perhaps
| the nomination of Colonel Fremont for the
Presidency, is the first m ovement in that direc-
ton. If so, well, for brave men are usually
generous-cowards, never.
The candidate Of the Black Republicans for
the Vice Presidency is William L. Dayton, of
New Jersey, man of far more intellect and
political consideration than Colonel Fremont
In this instance, all will agree that the cart was
put before the horse, and that backing ticket
can make but little Roadway.
When we consider the boosted influence and
power Of the Black Republicans, and the
pitiable weakness of their ticket, we cannot
refrain from applying to it the old simile-that
the mountain that was in labor hath brought
forth mouse. The mountain here spoken
of we presume, is the Rocky Mountain.
Now that the whole piebald opposition has
announced its several tickets, we may con-
graduate the Democracy and the country on
the impregnable strength Of our platform and
our ticket We have nothing to fear. We
have for our standard bearers an old states.
man and young statesman, whose characters
are unsullied, whose political records arc with
ont blot, and whose platform is the Constitu-
ton. Allied to no isms, infected by no heresies,
the one honorably identified with all the great
measures Of the past the other with all the
dominant issues Of the present, we may, like
the Scottish chieftain, plant ourselves upon the
solid rock, and defy our enemies to the combat.
They are divided, we are one and indvsible.
God and the Constitution are with us. The