The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-06-10

)t Gives mp t0o eaAoy0tO00.S
Il. This being the state 81 Ainss Is between
taetwo parties ia Ps.nsylvania, no one who
| = not over s4sgutne = ~ tsslings, CON ss'
| - any rsaeonAhIe Olain - hsr vote for the
aeniuse % 10 OhsflsstOn Convention. Al
lssPa!aeahls = the Tact nay b, II 10 better to
look i II the facs. Il JoarnAl.
| Thus squarely does the Journal Of the
9th, give mp the ssKeystone" State. having
in the same article demonstrated tho Absurdi-
y 81 entertaining any hopes Of the Empirs
Stats. And how does tho editor Of the
Jo1ynal hope to carry the Presidential elsc-
ton IN 1860 without PennsylvsniA and Now
York 2 How, with the base Of Tho Demo
cratic arch torn up and the keystone knocked
ont, does he expect it to stand in proud and
majestic triumph Never in oil our history
his = President OF the United States been
elected against the combined votes OF New
York and Pennsylvania. But nov tho editor
Of the Journal talks Of supplying their
place BY carrying Iowa for the nominee Of
the Charleston Convention. Ay, Iowa, the
first State TO wheel into the Republican ranks
By ~ overwhelming majority, which has
been steadily increasing from that day to
this, and viii reach twenty thousand votes !.
least against the nominee Of The Charleston
Convention. Desperate indeed, beyond q.
preston, must DO the condition Of party
which bases ito calculations Of success UPON
sucb wild and idle hopes sbd fsnoies Is are
INDUCED BY tho editor Of the Journal.
A Neyre Inaicsea Ter Ropbing the
mail.
We understand that the Grand Jury now
IN session here have found bill Of indict-
| mems against negro for robbing the u. s..
| mail.
This will furnish the District Court OF tho
United 6trtes, nov in session here, and the
Federal Judiciary generally another oppor-
tunity 10 demonstrate the logical and
straightforward consistency Of Democratic
principles in relation to the colored race
The Supreme Court, in the bred SCOTT de-
cision, hold that . descsndsnt Of the African
roo in this country 10 simply chattel, .
property in live stock, like horse, an or, or
~ best 10 "entitled to no rights which white
men are bound TO respect" But in this case
A. in the matter Of apportioning population
for Representatives in Congress, tho negro
isno longer regarded simply in tho light Of
property, like horse or On OF, and, though
allowed no rights, is held to some obliga-
tions under the law, and We doubt not that
Judge Love will hold that he has . right to
board and lodging in the Penitentiary which
white men viii be bound to respect, under
the pains ane penalties Of contempt against
the majesty Of the Court and the law.
| ca Notwithstanding the general assent to
the sentiment Of the popular air, "Old vir-
ginny never tire" it would seem from the
results Of thei election that the old thing
ia getting tired Of supporting the Democrat
ic party atlsst. Five Of tho regular nomi-
nees for Congress 10 that State were defeat
ed, and four Of them by boiling independent
Democrats.
When Was it ever known before that
Nbolssrs" from the party defeated the regu-
lar nominees in the Old Dominion? DEM
ocracy is evidently undergoing process Of
Generalization and disintegration even in
Virginia.
CHARAcrERIsriCAiLY DoUGHTAcg.-The Lo-
cofoco State Convention Of Ohio passed .
resolution condemning the re-epsning Of the
African Slave trade, but took care to oiFset
that by another endorsing and commencing
to public confidence those who advocate the
revival OF the slave trade and denouncine
those who oppose it.
| 0J-A Grand Military Encampment is to
DO held 1t Lafayette, Ind, at which tho Mil.
itary Of several Of the Western States are "a
be largely represented, on the lst, End and
4th Of July.
cTThe Mississippi above Dubuque 10 re.
ported higher than il has bsen for years.
much damage has occurred in the destruction
of Saw Mills and tho loss OF lumber on thu
tributary streams.
] a. There is report brought BY gentle
man direct from Utah, that great excitsmen,
prevails amongst the people. The Mormon
have succeeded in defeating the judicial On.
thorities and now they are mastering in lsrg.
companies iu military array.
@The Peoples Convention Of Pepnsyl.
vania assembled in Harrisburg on the 9th
elected their officers and appointed their com.
mittee on platform, in great harmony and
enthusiasm.
From WashSngton.
/ WASHINGTON, june /.