Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-04
Prom the New EatIcn-FremOht Organ.
presfdenfistIr ouveutious.

Contractors. generals, and the whole tribe of
over gorged parasites have as their candidate
honest Abe Lincoln, or another person who con.
trolls him, and who hopes to take his place at the
last moment The politicians and place hunters,
whose aspirations are as yet unsatisfed, bring
forward as their candidate ,Mr. Chase the skilful
Secretary of the Treasury, who seems to have
managed the banks better than the national reve
nue..
The people, according to traditional usage.
bear all the burden, and receive the least consd
Grafton Were it not for the voices of few in
the far West. calling for peoples candidate.
we might fail TO perceive that the people have
any direct interest in the nomination and cleo
ton of their President.
Every one seems TO do as he pleases with the
people, who are paTceled cut according to the in
huence interest or ambition OF this or OF that
manager; but no one thinks Of consulting them
gravely in order to ascertain their views, or sub
NIT to their choice
We have heard of Convention to be held at
Baltimore. but this Convention is nothing less
than the instrument Of party The choice OF
locality, aud the influence directing the move
ment, show that this is a local convention, per
sonal instrument that has been for long time
engineered under Washington influence, and by
no means the genuine expression OF the popular
will The people have nothing to do with such
convention, further than that its promoters
quietly sell them aud divide the spois among
themselves, did Joseph's brethren of old; and
they will not know of il until they begin to feel
the dire effects of the barter, of which they are
the unconscious object.
We NAV add that as Baltimore is situated on
the Atlanti: coast of the United States, men res
ident in the West would be obliged to incur the
expense and inconvenience of long and tedious
journey to attend it. Every convention, having
for its object loyal calling together of the great
est possible of the people, should besheld
near the center of population.
In opposing the candidacy Of Messrs. Lincoln
and Chase. or rather in exdmining the candidates
themselves, we simply follow them on the ground
that they have taken.
The very fact of his being a candidate obliges
each one to declare himself competent to fulfill
the important duties OF President, and to be bet
ter fitted than any other tn solve the great qGes
tons that are now jeopardizng the very existence
of the nation. to maintain its honor and assure
its prosperity; il is our right and our duty to ex-
anime their past and their present, aud conscien-
tiously to give the people, for whom alone we
labor, the result of our Investigations and i'm
pressions We are animated by no personal
sentiment; we belong TO no party. We blame
equally the haste of Mr.. Chase's friends, and
that of certain Western journals. which have
proclaimed that even should they be obliged TO
labor for the election of their candidate unaided,
they would run the risk. This is premature. and
they go 900 far. In naming candidate, each
faction of the people not only exercises right,
but evinces good policy; when more than this is
done, We are reminded of the proyerb too often
applied: There is no worse enemy than an
awkward friend
Ii seems 10 US that the whole attention of the
true friends of the people should be given to the
best mode modes of directly consulting the
will Of the people There are two principal
modes Of accomplishing this: local or general
conventions and meetings for the appointment of
delegates intrusted to express the popular will.
For instance, it three conventions should be held
| st Louis. Cleveland and Pittsburg, at differ
ent dates between this and the 10Th of June, to
manifest the popular will it seems 10 Us that the
Baltimore Convention would be an absurdty.
If, a are informed, the Germans intend to
hold meetings in each State to designate three
men in each State in order to publicly declare
their wishes, we can only applaud, and receive
with all the respect and Difference due to the SOW
ereignty of the people. such manifestation of
the will of worthy portion of the American
nation.
| But when we read such documents as the
/ Pomeroy circular, we cannot but be shocked at
the presumption of such procedure and deplore
that the respect due to the people should he so
/ far forgotten as not even to consult them before
speaking in their name.
In order to put each one in his proper place, to
render Caesar the things that belong to Cse-
sar, and in order to give to the great mass of the
people the readiest means OF meeting together
and of expressing their will, we respectfully sug-
gest to the public the idea of calling monster
peoples convention at Cleveland, Ohio, early in
May-say on the 18th of that month.
Politicians gave to the Presidency, Buchanan
and Lincoln; the people chose Washington,
jackson and Taylor.
1t is for the people to determine which of these
two modes OF choosing President is to be prefer
red The people never err when they act in full
freedom. No can be a better Judge than
they of their interests, and now. it ever, the
adage holds good: VOx populi, vox Del.