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For the Washington Sentinel,

The Whig Party Disbanded in Indiana.

A convention, consisting of the odds and ends of all parties in Indiana, was held at Indianapolis on Thursday the 13th instant. Ex-Governor Bebb, formerly of Ohio, but now of Illinois, was present and made a speech, in which he opposed the Nebraska bill, and "expressed it as his opinion that Thomas H. Benton or some other good anti-Nebraska man would be the next President. He said no man in favor of that measure could by any possibility be elected to either House of Congress from the free States." Henry L. Ellsworth, a freesoiler of 1848; Schuyler Colfax, a freesoil whig of the Greeley school, who wishes to oppose Dr. Eddy for Congress; Julian, the free-soil candidate for Vice President in 1852; Henry S. Lane, ex-whig Congressman; Judge Wright, of Logansport, a freesoiler of 1848; Jacob P. Chapman, a disappointed office-seeker and independent candidate for Congress in the Indianapolis district, of the Van Buren school and of anti-Texas-resolution memory; Reuben Riley, a Maine temperance advocate and disappointed office-seeker, repudiated by the democrats of his own county in 1850 for the constitutional convention; M. C. Garber, of the Madison Courier, an Ishmaelitish editor, who opposes all men and all things to gain subscribers; J. A. Hendricks, who wishes to run as the anti-Nebraska candidate for Congress in the Madison district, &c., &c., &c., were the leading spirits of the day.

The following are the preambles and resolutions as adopted:

Whereas, We, the freemen of Indiana, without respect of party, and actuated by a common devotion to our republic, and a common reverence for its founder, have assembled ourselves together in commemoration of the passage of an ordinance of July 13, 1787, making the northwest territories free forever. And

Whereas, The unanimous adoption of said ordinance by the representatives of all the States in the Union at that date, clearly indicated that opposition to the extension of slavery was then the fixed policy of the country, and the founders of our government.

Whereas. We regard the recent repeal and abrogation of the Missouri compromise as a gross and wanton violation of the plighted faith of the Union in reference to the extension of slavery; therefore.

Resolved, That we are opposed to the extension of slavery, and that we deprecate and repudiate the principles of the platform adopted by the self-styled democratic convention last May, held in this city, to further the Nebraska swindle.

Resolved, We will waive all party predilections, and in concert, by all lawful means, seek to place every branch of the federal government in the hands of men who will assert the rights of freedom, and restore the Missouri compromise, and refuse, under all circumstances, to tolerate the extension of slavery.

Resolved, That we regard intemperance as a great political evil, moral and social, and a legitimate subject of legislation; and that we favor the passage of a judicious, constitutional, and efficient prohibitory law, with such penalties attached as will effectually suppress the traffic in intoxicating drink.

The convention then nominated the following candidates for State officers: Secretary of State, Dr. E. B. Collins; auditor, H. E. Talbott; treasurer, W. R. Nossinger; judge of supreme court S. B. Gookins; and superintendent of public schools, Prof. Caleb Mills.

The convention then adjourned with thirteen cheers for freesoil and free labor.

Lieutenant-Governor Willard, who has recently made speeches in all parts of Indiana, and who is the eloquent and enthusiastic advocate of the right of the people to make their own laws touching their domestic institutions in the States and Territories, and who is now in this city, gives it as his deliberate opinion that this mongrel ticket will be defeated by a majority of more than thirty thousand. He has information, which he deems reliable now, that the whig party is disbanded in Indiana. that national whigs, all over the State, will unite with the democrats in putting down this union of abolitionists, freesoilers, whigs, disappointed office-seekers, &c. So mote it be.