Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-06-16


The aaitsm ore Csayeusiou and a..
surroundings.
Our highly es,esmed. energetic and patriotic
Governor is delighted 9Th the character and &C
ton Of the Baltimore National Republican Nom.
mating Convention. In his ratification speech
on Saturday night last he moss emphaticaIly de-
ei.res that the Convention .fores aid 1.-The rep
resentstive Of the real intelligence. wealth and
strength or the Governments II such be the sse
IL II very strange thar the men whom ve have
heretofore looked upon az the leaders Of the Re-
publican purity we're not present upon an occa-
sion of so much magnitude. We do not fnd the
names OF Frs<ExDsx. of Maine. HALE. Of New
,mp.hir>. CoLLaxEa Of Vermont. DixpS. of
Connecticut. HANS. Of New York. CowAS. Of
Pennsylvania. TsuxsULL. OF Illinois. and MANY
Others Of similar character. "a participating In
. Convention of so much real importance not
only TO the Republican party. bu, to the country.
Il not the absence OF such men a fact OF DO little
sgnifcsneef
A correspondent, Of the Cincinnati Gazette. the
leading Republican organ of the West. in sun
ming up the "odds and ends of the Conuension.
remarks as follows:
WHO WERE THERE!
have said that on the vhole. the Conv entiDu
was made up OF small men The fact that Gen
Jim Lane virtually iis leader. is sufficient
evidence that few crest men we're there.
Mr. Thurlov Weed mtde no active demonstfa
ton ia il; and he left town after the frat day
Hs came on TO kill Dickinson Gin order to save
Seward ia the Csbinet.) and To secure the nomi
nation Of Gen. Hancock. 10 the first no was
successful the delegation going p Tor Dickinson,
for H,mlin and - for johnson. Ia the Han
cock project he found be could make no Roadway
az ali, aud 40 he lett.
Gov Andrew II. Reeder. of Pennsylvania.
noted some years ago for his change OF heart IN
X ,nsas. VAS one OF the active members. appar
emily CO operating fully with Cameron and
Stevens.
These, Geo VIM Curtis, Henry J RAYMOND.
Senators Morrill, aud Henry ). Lane, Preston
King and = very few others. embraced all the
men Of national reputation among the delegates
present.
Gen. JIM LANE. of Kansas. was the leader OF
the Convention. the m IN Who was slapped in the
face few days ago by young lady in Wash
ington for insulting her with infamous proposal;
and yet we are told by His ExceIlency, o NJ.
that the Baltimore Convention represented the
"reai intelligence. wealth aud strength of the
government" Could there be greatu
burIesque upon "re-pectabilits" aud ell
telligence" than the fact that At con-
vention of the zeal intelligence. wealth an
strength of the government" 10 use th,
language OF the Cincinnati Gazette. Gen
.eral JIM LANE was its le,dery" When such ~
man is iis moving spirit. the people can have ~
very exalted idea Of the virtue and respectable,
Of the assemblsge II a man like LAxr Is n
fair representative OF the Lincoln party. and thu
Gszet,. admits that he was the leader of III,
Convention. IL has but little to commend !, {.
the honest people Of the country.
word ss to the platform of party. which
Governor Mogros saws represents the real it.
tellieence" OF the Government. We quote agar
from the Cincinnati Gazette. The leading repre-.
eensa tive of republicsnism in the West:
The strangest feature in the platform Is th'
eleventh resolution. IL grtvely approves the po
sltion taken by the government concerning ef
forts by European powers 10 overthrow Tepubll
can institutions in anv country on this continent
One cannot suppose the government, meant 10 b.
sarcastic: but II IL dlcn't, Whist did IL mosug |
indorses and quotes the precise words of Ne
Winter ID svis' resolution. for which the govern
rnent apologitod 10 France. and then tOmmepd
the government for having affirmed toe policy .
that resolution.
But. tn pass by this unfortunate makeshi6 TO-
preserving an appearance OF consistency with th'
administration. an inevitable partisan nece-
sity. the public will do we'll to uptcc the signih
cant fact that. next 10 the resolution for the 40
lition OF slavery this was the point that arouse
the intensest enthusiasm in the Convention. Mr
Winter Davis well said in a speech on his resou
luton, that the Administration can't afford I,
take any other ground. VI nfcstly the Admin
isirstion party has no intention Of taking an,
other.
We have presented the evidence from Repub-
licsn sources. that the Baltimore Convention wss
a body OF very small men. and that. too. in
crisis Of the country when its ablest and puresi
men are called upon TO shape it, ces,iny. The
Bible Gays. "despise no, the day OF small things
aud bearing in mind this injunction Of Hpl,
Writ. We forbesr the comments which must sug
gest themselves TO every man Of sense sud hon.
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