Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-23

HIS Nomination az the Cincinnati
Convention.
wHEsrt.SD. sEAR LAScasrrRl
May II. 1865

7. the Editors Of the Evening Post
Ia the New York Tribune OF yesterday read
9th no little surprise an extract from the Even
ing Poet (Which do not see) stating in suo-
stance. that the Cincinnati Democratic COnven-
ton Of June. 1856 foot Mu"J AID come "a
dead lock " on the evening before Mr. b.
chaDan's nomination. and "a adjourned until the
nert morning. +" with fair prospect that IL
-ould meet to adjourn sine dr. nut that. in the
me,ntime. arrangements were m,de TO secure
his nomination, a. sooe as the Co sven,ioB shouts
reasonable 10 consequence OF the pleige gwen
by bis friends The nature OF these pied re-, a.
c,rd Ing to The article in the Evening Pa. rs
openly avosei by Judge Black. on the aopr
be convention. Immediately after the nomint
ton had been mide According q It. "a silence
ensGed tor a few moments, as II the convention
VA anticipating something PREPARED. when udge
Black. OF Pennsylvania. ,fter~srd Att0rnes
General under Buch,nau) rO-e IN his pl zee. and
made set speech N whisn he o pcee tel to de
npuuce AoOlitioui-m anl Black Republic ,n-
ism Very freely. ani to argue that the State
po- se-sed, under the Constitution, the right OF
secession he went further. aud told the con
vention that II the nominee WIS secteI. and a
Black Republican should be elected hi. sue
cessor be Mr. Buchan4n) would d. nothing to
interfere ~itn the exercise Of il. This Piled se
was ample. aud was accep.ed or the Southern
leaders
You will doubtless be a.tonished to learn that
Judge Black. after~ards Me-. Buchan an 5 attor
ney general, by whom this pie ige - said to have
been made. aud through whom the evident pur
pose nov - to fs-ten t upon Mr. Buchanan, was
not delegate 10 toe Cncnn,u C1nsention. nor
was he within i've hundred miles of Cincnn All
during It's session. Insreld OF this, he was AT
The very time performing his high official du-
ties as Judge OF the Supreme Court of Penn
sylvania.
liz may be aided th Il from the 4 lte Of Gene al
Jacksons M ssage OF January, 1888, against
South Carolina notification and secession until
that Of his own message in December 1860. and
indeed ever since. no public man has more stead
lastly and uniformly opposed these dangerous
and suicidal heresies than Mr.. Buchanan. Had
any person. in or out of the convention, dared
to make pledge in his behalf on this or any
other subject, such an act would have been con
demned few days thereafter by the terms of his
letter accepting the nomination. In this, after
expressing his thanks for the honor conferred. he
saws that deeply sensible of the vast aud varied
responsibilities attached to the station. especially
at the present crisis OF our affairs, have care
fully RETAINED from seeking the nomination,
either by word deel, - and this statement il
emphatically true.
A few words In regard to the alleged dead
of the adjournment, on the evening of the 9Th
of June. after fourteen ballots had been taken
for a candidate Ii appears from its proceed
ngs as officially published, that on each OF these
ballotings Mr.. Buchanan received a plurality
and on the sixth attained majority OF all the
votes OF the Convention, but not the required
two thirds. On the fourteenth and last ballot
of that evening the vote stood 1925 for Blu
chansn. sexenty five for Gen. Pierce, SKY three
for Judge Douglas. and i've and halt tor Gen
Ctss This being the case. when the Conven-
ton assembled on the next morning, the New
Hampshire delegation withdrew the n ,me of
Gen. Pierce. and the Illinois delegation with
drew that OF Judge Douglas, in ODE Hence to in
structons received from him py teIe sraoh on
the day before the billotng hid commenced
After this. the nomination of Buch man SCENE l
10 be IN after of course He had never heard
OF a dead lock" in the Convention until he
read the article in the Evening Post
IL may be proper t. state thai Col Samuel A.
Black. o Plttsburg, was deleg,t tie @ the Gin
cluDai Convention; and being well known NJ a
ready and eloquent speaker. "shputs were rails
ed" IN the Convention for speech from MIN i'm
metiatelv after the nomin alton announce
To these he briefly resp 'nde in apls an en-
'hu.iistic manner From the len ~ OF these
>urnames, had this respo1-e. repprtsi with the
proceedings of the Convcniipn cont ,iuet the in
{ nous pledge sttribl ell to in e. ok or any
IN ng like It. We IN ght chat, have iu'erre l
IN Il the author OF the arlcl- nj n r,lv n STA
ken the nnme for IN o h.r Blu ther. il
hing in what Col. Black il which .ffHd,
the least color for anv surh mistake
Cnl Black Afterwards sc lie his hostility -
&c 'ession vito his olooi At IN etriy stag o.
tn war he tell mort ,lly wpunde Oh the Il Id
battle. while gtlltntly lie ,dlng on his regiment
against the rebe forces
| d,ubt not YOU will cheerfuly do me JUSTICE
by publishing this letter. and would thank you
Tor coy Of the per.
Yours, very re,2ectfu'iv.
J.xEs BUCHANAN.