Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-03-24

DkMoCkAfiC CoNv vESTioS.-lhe OemOcrotlc
City Convention for the nomination Of can
didates for City Offices will be held next
Saturday. 1t will be delegate Convention,
and delegates are to he elected to represent
the different wards ct ward meetings the
evening previous. The Democracy are de-
termined not to be troubled by the Irish any
more. ~ they were last year in mass nom-
mating Convention. The Irish living prin-
cipally In one or two wards can elect what
delegates they please, but they will be out
voted two to one by the American Demo
cratic delegates. The Democratic leaders
did not dare to attempt to hold Delegate
Convention last year, but taking advantage
OF the TACT that good many Irish have left
the city, they are now proceeding to inau-
gurate the Irish-choking system. Last year,
after the uproarous Democratic City Conven-
tion. at which no nomination could be made,
and an adjourned meeting had conse-
quently to be called, the leaders swore ter
rible osths that they never again would be
interfered with by the Irish, or submit to
dictation from them-and this was simply
because the Irish, out-voting the American
Democrats, wanted two Irish candidates on
the Democratic tickets. The party leaders
are now abiding by their oaths They are
determined to give the Irish no voice in ma
king the nominations, for they will have no
voice under this delegate system. We shall
be somewhat surprised if Irish voters quietly
submit to this choking process If they do
they will find in the Conv ention one. or pos
slbiy two wards. represented by Irish dele.
gates. and all the others by the very men
who resisted and cursed them last wear be-
Uynn ntnl vrs~ - .:As
Democratic ticket. If the Irish yield this
time, they will have to submit to Delegate
Conventions, where they may talk and
swear as loud as they please, but won't be
able to do anything for their own protec-
tlon. If they receive any favors it will be
by the charity Of the Democratic leaders, not
by force OF their power to obtain justice.
Gazette Of yesterday
1t does not require any great degree Of
discernment to discover the true intent of
the above piece Of characteristic misrepre-
sentation and deception, with which the
Know Nothing editor of the Gazette attempts
to curry favor of the Irish democrats of this
city. But that kind Of game will not win
just now. The idea Of having a delegate
Convention this spring was not, as our
conscientious neighbors intimate. for the
purpose of out noting Irish democrats, but for
the purpose of making our nominations
without any of that vexation and delay in
cident upon mass conventions; and what is
more, the idea of having the city Conven-
tion composed Of delegates from each ward
instead of the masses was first brought up
and recommended by one Of the leading
Irish democrats of this city. This matter
was introduced by him in meeting of the
democracy of our city, and was adopted
without dissenting Irish voice. There was
none, nor is there to be, any yielding" Of
the Irish Democracy about the matter.
Whatever may have been the troubles in
the democratic party in this city last spring,
We must inform our neighbors that noo the
entire party is a amit--will work as one man
and will knock the sands from under the
feet of the Republican candidates at the
next election in a way and manner that
they do not dream Of We do not wonder
a the fears of the Republicans regarding
the unity Of the democratic party in this
city; nor are We at all disposed to notice
the above endeavcr Of their organ to dis
tract and destroy that unity. But you are
too late by far, gentlemen. The democracy
Of Davenport has none Of that party wrang-
ling in its organization that is now distract
ing the Republican party of this city; We
are bound together by one strong tie, and
are laboring in common cause, 80 You had
better direct your efforts towards whipping
your own boilers into line, and not try to
brace up bad cause by pointing out imag-
mary difficulties in the Democratic ranksL