The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-08-24

"Thc war OF the Roses.,,
Under this caption the National Era refers
to the conflict now going On between the sev-
eral factions Of the harmonious democracy.
Each chieftain has his followers ssnarshsll-
ed in battle array" ready to ssdo or dis', IN
his cause, under the stimulous Of the pros-
pective plumber in store for the successful
ones. Douglas and Wise rely upon episto.
larry missives, while Hunter prefers more
artful dodge. The names Of these aspirants
arc legion, % that il il difficult to anume-
rate their peculiar modes of conducting the
contest for the ssloaves and fishes" The
Era says:
ga white rose for the House Of Lancaster
aud red rose for the House Of York, served
az badges Tor the paFties in the civil feuds Of
medieval England; but in the free fight
which now RACES in the ranks OF the ever
harmonious Democracy, the colors OF the
rainbow would not be sufficient to distin-
guish the combatants. We suggest that, in
place of varieties of the rose, the high con-
tending parties substitute the plants or other
productions peculiar to the sections in which
the several Democratic isms prevail. For
instance, MIR. Stephens, with his African
slave trade, would Of course adopt the cot
ton plant, as symbolic of his cause. Mr..
Wise, with his slave code for the Territories,
would take the tobacco plant or an oyster
she'll. We should be at q loss to suggest a
badge to the friends Of the President, with
his bred Scott decision and Leoompton
fraud. The people Of his own State have
repudiated him, and would not tolerate the
idea OF his assuming to represent any Of the
great interests Of agriculture, manufactures
or mining. Possibly, however, the whiskey
distillery, in which his friends ore peculiarly
interested, might furnish an appropriate
symbol. But this point should not be deci-
ded without giving a fair hearing to the sup
porters Of Mr.. Douglas, who cherish an equal
interest in that branch OF home industry"
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6Tlt is only by cooperation, concession,
and the forbearance Of impracticable ideas,
that success can be assured. To achieve il,
the Opposition must unite and sink those diff
ferences Of opinion which are, from educa-
, ton and conviction, in their very nature, ir-
, reconciable. Similar differences existed
, when the Constitution was formed, and yet
! they were harmonized and subordinated to
attain the great good of more perfect Union.
, -lPhil. North American.
The North American proposes an impos-
, sibility. Should the Republicans OF the
North "sink those opinions" which are in
conflict with the opinions entertained by the
Opposition in Kentucky, for instance, the
party would itself s'sink' beyond the hope
of resurrection. The Republican party can
only retain its vitality by maintaining it's dis
tinotive principles. To abandon those prin-
cples would be TO abandon its organis alton,
and to give to the Democracy an advantage
which would render opposition as impotent
North - il now is South Of the Potomac
(Albany Eve. Jour.
Mrs. PaPtingson . n DANA gea Goods.
"Ahp' said Mrs. Psrtington, - she stood
locking at the plscards stuck ell over the
front of a store advertising damaged goods
for sale, ''ths 10 what IL meant By Mr.. ia
qnents where he says, Sweet are the uses of
advertisements , but"-and here she ran
against the word damaged making it two
words instead of ons-ssbut though the goods
are damaged, / don't see the use OF putting
it quite so strong--so much stronger than the
goods are dare say Ike here pulled her
sleeve, at the same time kicking dog on the
nose, which was smelling hex ssridicule," as
she called it.
O. Among the notable men who were born
or have lived in Nevburyport, Mass, are
Kew. Drs. Tying and Spring, Of N. Y; Jacob
Little, the N. Y. broker who breaks so often;
Prof. Parsons, OF Harvard College Col. Al
bert Pike, tho eccentric poet Of Ark; the
hon. Caleb Gushing, and Lord Timothy Dex-
ter, the genius who once made fortune by
sn'ppirg warming pans and mittens to the
West Indies, and once wrote an illiterate
book, without punctuation, but several pages
OF points at the end, with the direction to
the reader to "salt and pepper it as he
cnused.,