The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-01-25
The RossfIFactton.

Inc New FORK Herald does not speak very
patroniEingly Of the "National Union Com
mittee" and its Presidential movements. Its
grand factotum would seem to be a man
named "F. VIM. Walker" whom the Herald
styles Gan ex-minister, agent for Days rub
Der patent, and now correspondent for one
of the journals" Of New York. After pub
fishing the wordy and unimportant circular
set out BY this Committee, under the frank
of poor George Briggs, the Heralds corres-
pendent says:
"The National Union Committee met at r.
VIM. Walkers rooms tonight. and compile
ted their national committee. A large mum :
Der OF letters were received from pers ons
who are toutside from any healthy political
organization The complaint seems to be
that most Of them are old fossils, without
political influence. Great promises are made,
but little is expected, "a THE GENERAL opfr-
ION r. THAT THR REPUBLICAN CALL FOR MA
fIoNAL CONVENTION TAKRs THE WIND OUT or
THE SAILS or ANT ORGANIZATION IN THE NORTH. !"
The political suicides Of the present day
are more numerous than at any previous Pc
Rod in our history. A great number of the
most talented and cultivated of our public
men are now out Of the field OF politics, idle,
and almost useless. Everett and Winthrop
may be taken - specimens Of the class
Various motives have operated to lay them
aside. Pride Of position, disinclination to
recognise the influence and in any degree to
fall under the lead Of new men, is one rea-
son; but the principal one is stubborn, blind
and silly refusal to SEQ and to admit what Is
as plain and undeniable rs the sunlight, that
the slavery question is the substantial issue
of the times. They cannot be made TO see
it. They tciA not see iii or il they do really
understand the fact, they resolutely refuse
to admit it. The public has no employment
for men who mulishly refuse to recognise the
character OF the work it has to be done. And
so they stand, on their dignity and in their
pride and blindness. Tshy are dead men
'fossils !" men OF talent and culture, bu.
mole-eyed and weak BACKED, looking forever
to the past that will not return TO them re-
fusing to understand the present, in which
N~~y y aAN~ sASy 0IN iuu VA Iuh0tfOU,
or their ambition comes to exceed cir PAL
try pride, perhaps they will learn sense. and
conclude to enter the geld Of living politics.
II they cannot be Democr ats, they are in .
fair way to understand, after time, that
the Republican party, which they turn up
their aristocratic noses at, is really the party
thas meets the actual, natural and unayoida.
bse issuss of the day, and they must be Re-
publicans, or nothing. II they choose TO
persist in their blindness to the end, the are
can Is we'll dispense with their services !.
they can forsgo its honors and rewards, and
the satisfaction Of having contributed to the
promotion Of the public welfare. II is diff.
hcult TO say Of them which is the most re-
markable, the weakness which refuses TO 40.
knowledge the Office and Importance Of the
Republican party, or the grsenness which
Tails TO perceive that the ssUnionn NOV enent
at the North is the most transparent OF hum
bugs.