The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-03-17
With respect, &C., Yours.
j. NJ. s.


q The New York Times saws Of Mr..
Filhnore's nomination ''We do not sup
pose the Southern States expect 10 elect him
alone; and yet it is not easy TO see what
Northern States will come to their add The
Tribune says: .'The Know Nothing candi-
date. had he been the right man, stood a
chance Of carrying this State in the Presi-
Dental election. But Mr. Fillmore stands
no chance at all.o Again it says ''Not on
" is Mr. Fillmore VIGOROUSLY Southern and
sectional candidate, nominated on Southern
and sectional platform he is VIGOROUSLY
nominated, not with any expectation to elect
him, but rs the mere bob to the tail Of an
other sectional kite and as the means of help
ing in that capacity TO elevate Wise. Pierce.
/ Douglass or whoever the nominee Of the Gin
i cinnati Convention may be, to the Presiden-
/ tIai chair" The journal of Commerce is
! enrartured but dubious. SHE will command
large vote, but whether sufficient to carry
| him remains to be seem" The New York
! Herald considers ''the American party de-
moished and the Wing party galvanized p
and thinks Mr.. Fillmore 'shas no chance from
present appearances, of solitary Northern
State, and but a sorry show for more than
three States in the South.'' The n. Y. Cou-
rier and Enquirer says: "The party that
dares not 90 into battle under leader and
with standard of its own, is no longer a
party-it is a mere collection of mercena-
ries. IL no longer fights for cause; spoils
are its only object" 1t says again
"Not even his strongest friends can count
securely upon his receiving the electoral vote
OF any particular State in the Union, for
the very good reason that they cannot Sc
cureiv count upon the position he may finally
take in reference to the great issues which
will inevitably divide the two sections of the
country during the canvass. Miliard Fill
more's horoscope would be the last one any
sensible seer in the Know Nothing party
would undertake to calculate.'' The Enc
ming Post says ssThe nomination made yes
tcrday at Philadelphia does not in the least
change the nature of the great strife of
opinion which Is going on in this country.
lhcre are but two great parties in the Uni
ted States-those who seek the extension Of
Slavery and those who resist it. The friends
| OF extension are now divided into two fac
/ tion~-those who support the administration
and those who support Mr. Fillmore. 1t re-
mains for the enemies Of that policy to pre-
pare themselves for contest with BOTH,
ABSENCE or MIsp.-I heard Of a clergy
man, says Sidney Smith, who went jogging
along the road till he came to turnpike.
"What is to pay 2"
Pay, sir for what?'' asked the turnpike
man.
"Why, for my horse, to be sure.''
~ our horse, sir what horse? Here is no
horse, sir.'
"No horse? God bless mer' said he. sud
denly, looking down between his legs, 81
Thought | was on horseback
i)R. kANE's CHARTS. The British Board OF
Admiralty have notified our Government that,
they have adopted DR.. Kane's charts, thus
throwing overheard the charts of Capt Ingle-
held and other Arctic nav igators belonging
to tie british Navy, as well as the works Of
al u Dr. kane's predecessors on the coast
u Greenland. II anything could add to the
Falue Of this compliment, it is the fact that
i was awarded almost by acclamation, with
out hesltancyor dispute.
+ CoNsoLING.-The Boston Chronicle saws,
speaking of the proposed war; with Eng
land:
Suppose the English should burn New
lork-that is no more than the New Workers
DO themselves once in every five years; and
when they should have DESTROYED that village
they would have the satisfaction of knowing
that they had burned 800, DOC, 900 worth Of
property belonging to their own country
men,"