The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-11-01
A Indication.

of rupture between the Administration anC
the New York Softs, under the leadership OF
Prince John. Indeed, it appears that i'll.
blood is already up, and GOODNESS and indif-
ference already exists, i. e. if the telegraph
&c report is true, as it doubtless is.
The Softs of New York have been the Ad-
ministration party Of that State. In the out
set, the Administration broke with the Hards,
and made the Soft leaders the recipients Of
its favors, the almoners Of It's bountics, its
partlzan confdantes and counselors. Now
that, in the present State canvass, it has ar
ranged itself upon platform so eminently
TO the taste and procliyities OF the Admins
tration,--a platform of Free Liquor, anti
Know Nothingism, and shameless political
subseryiency,-it is an indication Of some
thing serious in the wind when the Union
saws it is ga matter Of indifference, so far as
>'the interests of the Democratic party are
Concerned, whether the ticket succeeds or
mot" We know the pretext, namely, that
all the candidates on the ticket with two ex-
ceptions were openly and warmly the friends
of Mr.. Van Buren, in 1913. But that is a pre-
text merely. The Administration has taken
umbrage at no such fact before. Why has
il done so now? The cause is patent enough.
Gov. Seymour has knet and knuckled, and
shufled on all manliness and independence,
till he is just reckless enough in respect Of
principle and has reduced himself TO a level
low enough TO become the favoritc and the
representative Of the leaders of the New York
Softs, the most graceless, cut-throat, gam
bling set of politicians that ever occupied a
respectable field in American politics. They
havs suggested GOV. Seymour for the Prcsi-
dency. The term of the present AdministrA-
ton is drawing TO close. 1t cannot use
them but little longer. They are growing in
different in respect of it, and are inclined to
enlarge their influence and extend their Gu-
thority by setting up for themselves. In Gov.
Seymour the Administration discovers RI
val. He must be crushed, and his friends
shorn Of their influence. But the Admins
traton itself has nursed this nest Of politi-
cal yipers, fed and fattened them at public
expense, and it has no business to complain.
But this is the secret Of the present attitude
of things, and the consequences promise to
enure TO the disadvantage Of both factions
and as much to the advantage of the public
A Shot at the Rag Barons.
We stated yesterday that nearly all the
Ioeofoco editors Of the State had been sub.
sidlzed to eulogize the Locofoco Office hold
Ing shnplaster manufacturers who have es-
tablished swindhng concern under the
name and style of Marine Insurance Com
pany at Omaha City. Thus far We notice
only one exception amongst the Locofoco pa
pers, but that fires hot shot into the camp of
its political leaders with a vengeance. The
Dubuque Express and Herald says:
We have been SO pressed With engagements
Of various kinds that we have not had time
to notice the Bank Circular which has been
advertised IN our columns for several DAYS
past.
We can now barely allude to it,
VIII our readers examine il carefully and
closely. The Bank" called the "Western
Exchange Fire and Marine Insurance Com
Pany"-for as the getters up head their ad-
yertisement Bank Circular''-we suppose
We do right to call it a banks situated in
Omaha City, Nebraska Territory, and is
owned by Hon. Geo. Green, late Supreme
Judge Of the State Of Iowa, Hon. Thos II.
Benton, Jr-, late Superintendent Of Public
instruction Of the State OF Iowa, Hon Bern
hart Hem, Member of Congress from the
State of Iowa, Hon. Jesse Williams, late
Commissioner of the Des MONIES River I'M
Provement, James ). lizard, late editor Of d
democratic paper in Iowa, ana Others
The individuals whom we have particular
lied have heretofore been protested demo
crats-nay claim TO be good democrats now
have held the situations we have named b,
selection Of the democratic party--they have
had the confidence and claimed 10 be leader.
OF the democratic party of Iowa That has
been ever opposed TO banks Of issue Tn,
democratic party framed the present Consti
tuition Of the State which prohibits banking
The persons especially referred to-and VIII,
are Directors of this Wildcat bank, hay,
! given the strongest evidence of their ndhe
sion to the democratic doctrine of this State
| by belonging to the party, acting with the
party, accepting Office from the party-and
stronger still,
BY swearing to support the Constitution O
| the State.
But it seems that what is good democratic
doctrine IN Iowa is not good democracy il
Nebraska. And further, there are man
reasons to suppose that "a large portion 0
the banking OF this Nebraska bank is don
within the limits of the State of Iowa.
Na a..
I'll respects conslstest with democratic prin
clples and professions whether il il not in
consistent for men who have seat Mt our ia
oies ana slept IN our beds" and denounce
banks ana paper currency IN Iowa, to get II
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