Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-08-22

the sssemblage, the odds and ends and
cliques and factions soon began to
quarrel and fight among themselves
like 30 many kilkenny cats.
Grimes. Morris and Company. by in
ssting upon what they had begun to
consider al insliensblo right-a sort of
kingly prcrogatiye. to govern the State
rs they in their wisdom should see fit
and to select such men as they chose
to fill the offices, like the Car Of Rus
STA, being answerable for their doings
only to their own consciences, q have
at last met with an organized opposi-
ton and the result has been a wide
and irrcpa,able breach truly alarming
50 the spoil hunters. and prophetic of q
speedy return of the State to an honest
reliable democratic administration.
In addition to this split which cx-
tends throughout the State, there is a
distinct split in each of the two Con
gressional Districts. In the first Dis
trict, by packing the convention which
nominated Col. Curtis-or AS he is
more popularity known $40 Curtis
al extensive bolt has been caused, and
much bitter feeling is expressed by
others who, although they will not
openly bolt, will secretly vote for the
democratic candidate.
In this district, the sharp figuring by
which the political existence of the
Hon. James Thorington was terminated
and the celebrated Surveyor, William
Nandcver, was brought forward from
his. native obscur'ty,to sustain the honor
of being defeated by Judge Leffingwell,
and tho very natural hard feeling
which it produced, are too well under
stood here to need a repetition.
Each of the eleven Judicial Districts
also has its scperate muses. and diff
culties.
In the Judicial District composed of
Des Moincs and other counties, at a
Convention held a week or two since,
Crimes, Morris & Co., by thrusting
their fingers in the pie and endcavoring
to procure the nomination Of their own
personal pets contrary to the wishes of
the people, have organized difficulty
truly delightful to contemplate. In
this instance they were unfortunate
enough to burn their fingers in at
tempting to pull chcstnuts from the
fire; but the effect Of their wire pulling
will be lasting.
In this District, the seventh, it is
unnecessary to recapitulate the unfair
means used to jump the claim of an
honest, faithful judicial officer and to
nominate John +. Dillon.
In the tenth District, at convention
held at West Union on the 9th instant,
similar means were used to oust judge
Murdoch Of Clayton county and to
nominate Judge Williams, Ia man so
crazy and fanatical in his advocacy of
abolitionism as to he Objectionable even
to majority of the republicans in his
District. The result was that two edi.
tors and numerous delegates, who were
inadvertently allowed to get into the
convention went away swearing VEN
geance and declaring their intention to
bolt the ticket.
In some two or three Districts
which we have not now time to men
ton particularly, the same state Of af.
fairs reigns.
But the difficulties do not end, with
the wide split in the State, and the
splits IN the Congressional and Judicial
Districts, but hard feeling exist in every
county aud township and each school
district has its own little private muss,
until rePublicanism in the State, in bean.
tiful conformity with its principles of
universal philanthropy and brotherly
love-has become one quarrel within
another ad in8nitsm.
Indeed 70 mixed up haA republican.
lam become In this State, that amid the
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