Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-10-24

On the first page Of this issue we pub
Iish the correspondence between the
committee appointed at the late Fusion
meeting and Henry Altman, Esq, Chair
man Of the State Demo ratio Executive
Committee, Austin Corbin, Esq, chair,
man Democratic State Central Commit
tee etc. The result Of this attempt at
fusng is plain TO be secn from pcrusal
of the correspondence now IN question
1t now appears that all attempts to con-
Aolidate the vote Of the three parties op.
posed TO the election Of Lincoln end
Hamln have amounted to nothing-that
the entire plan from beginning to end
has fallen through, and that for the
present, at least, we may look for moth
ing better than constant civil war
among the factions, and a triumph OF
the Lincoln men by increased maorities
AS far as Iowa is concerned we can see
no other possible result. AS to the
Causes which have brought about this re-
suit, there will be more or less dspnting
and elimination, without any possible
good resulting therefrom.
1t would have pleased us at tine prop
or time, to have seen hearty, thorough
and complete fusion Of the different fac
tons 10 this State but the time when il
should have been attended to was al
lowed to pass by-either faction, gcncr-
ally speaking, taking no pains whatever
to close up the breach, but on the con-
trary dcvoting their time and energies
TO Increasing the distance and heaping
up distractions to peaceable adjustment
and friendly cooperation against the
common enemy. Which OF the factons
have been most at fault we will not pre-
tend to state-in fact, as the matter now
stands, it makes but little difference
Let it be written down that tor the
present there exists in Iowa no hope OF
a fusion between the present factions
let 1t also be noted down that the pros
poets for "a future coalition are not
Frightening far from being auspi-
cious. The good that might have been
done by concert Of action and unity of
purpose, we will not discuss any more at
present. We look upon the entire mat.
ter of fusion in Iowa as toregone con
clusion-as used up affair. Although
we have repeatedly expressed ourselves
IN favor Of a union of the factions for the
sake of the Union, we have all the while,
or stree this latter movement was inau-
gurated, felt that there were barriers OF
very considerable magnitude in the
way, over which it would be next to i'm
possible to pass. What we alludc to,
any one can easily determine.
What now remains to be done The
path in which the parties are to travel
is plain enough; each is to take its own
course, and travel on without being able
to accomplish anything in this election.
In its divided form the Democratic par
ty of Iowa will wake up on the morning
of the 18th Of November, and find Itself
AS badly defeated as it was in the Presi-
dental campaign of four years ago. This
is a settled point.
But we would say TO our Democratic
friends that though there is a permanent
division on the PRESIDENTIAL vote, there
is none on the State, county and town
ship candidates, that we are aware of,
and therefore every one should exert
himself to elect their candidates. Let
no one remsin idle for 4 moment If we
as party, cannot carry the State, let
us do our best to carry good share of
its divisions and Subdivisions. Let DO
Democrat be discouraged at the result
of the Union movement, but rather take
courage, and labor all the harder for the
candidates in the field
We recommend the correspondence
spoken of on the first page to the peru
sal Of all, that it may be seen where the
fusion movement ended.
Marked Papers.
We have received lately several cop
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