Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-08-23

0c NOtWr0b lOnSc9 uo~0CrS 81 . SCCs
tiOssMi Nomination.
Colonel Fremont now actually lives in
New York. and Mr. DAYTON in New Jer.
scv, both Northern States. Ii 10 the
first instance Of o political party, hoping
Tor success, nominating NJ national
convention its candidates all from me
seotioS Of tho union. Il is sub tantiall,
saying they expect support only from one
section. Should their ndvcrsnries follow
this example their candidates wOulI also
Nil DO selected from the other States.
This Of itself would create sectional
feelings, AMI tho prevailing candi,latcs
would, in truth, he the representatives
Of ono section Of tho cnnfedra Y only.
Elcc,icns thus conducted soon become
contests, not between political parties,
hut between geographic divisions Of the
U.ion. The nomination OF Fremont and
ipny ion, from their lucation, naturally
tends to this result. This is not all. Il
was clearly designed TO produce Vt, and
IFS only hope Of success, rcs's on tho cx-
peceation Of nrrayin2 thr North and West
IN solid phalanx against the South. Tho
convention expected 90 the KaDsss aucs-
ton alone TO unite the free against the
slave States, and thereby sccnr" . tr,.
umth. ri IL is; neither conacale,l nor
denied. S.nce tiovernor Seward = speech
at Albany lat year, abandoning bis y hig
friends wh2 ceased to poas-H tho power
- contsnus to elevate him, tl,e uoccnsing
ctt"ris has been " atouss bitter AMI vim
dict'v3 sfeeliRR against tho sSouLh. No
sp'tbet calcslated to itritate has been
spared q ~ appeal hssg been omitted
which tended tn creale feelings OF un-
conquf,sble hostility against our a. u. :.
crn ttethren. They ,have been called
WHO werr xorse than thieves aai
robbc1s. To render The Plan .6tSessful,
they have nominated candidates for
whom! in fifteen states. II IL not expected
that there vii. be an elect nra al ticket. .ant
In which no voter will wish them suc.
cess. For what purpose was such a
ticket framed exeep, 10 array one portion
OF the Union against the Other, in def.
ance OF thu warning soicc Of the Fathes
81 bis Country? Is there friend ~
tientraI Jackson VIM inesNut rene e,l,sr
the ear"eetNess' which ne IN riorci hi.
eonnirsmHna 10 sAvn1L ther fatal error. of
eestion" hs,n? Every patriot. from, tho
Foundation Of our cohssitutioS to the
present time, has raised his voice gninss
this fatal n,adp"ss. Int what do we
now witne.eP To such an excitement
and agitation brcn carried that the more
tsn.tical are Calculating the yslue Of
the Unions thing in General Jack
sons time denounced ~ al ~ moral
treason. Nav. more: when deeply excl.
ted, como Of Fremont political friends
openly declare themselves il favor u
disunion, while ono ~ thoae most prom
incnt,in prccag;ng, his nomination rub.
iiciy announced that in . cersain esent
ne would "let the Unios Glide" When
! asow such sentiment may Heaven
ol,ster my tongue in its utteranco.
Instead OF that affection which ought
TO exist, men are daily becoming enea.
ged, some from the repetition Of bitter
and cporohrious epithets, AMI others
from real injuries aud serious iosses sns-
tanned. Some Of the leaders Of the Pre-.
mont party actually engage in spiritipp
swsy'ssashern slave property, sad at