The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-02-29
Capital cerrsspsnasncs.

VENT Democratic Conventoa occupied
the whole OF it, and never once made q
! reference TO Washington, whose birth day it
was. The Father of his Country is mo-
where with the sham Democracy Of the pres
! emit day. For Washington and his oompeers,
Jefferson and Other mcn of his time, Demo
Gratis substitute Calhoun, Buchanan, Toombs,
Davis and Douglas.
Patterson, OF Muscatine, was temporary
President Of the Convention, and Col. Pres
ton, of Linn, the permanent Official. The
Convention was large, stormy and noisy, and
the two wings, Buchanan and Douglas,
strove with each other for the ascendanoy.-
1t is needless to say that the friends Of the
Little Giant were too numerous for the rep
rescntatives of the present black admins
sration of the Government.
After numerous motions, contertions and
swissings Of idivduals, backing in and back
ing ont OF black and blue and gray and
white spirits, Samuels of Dubuque, Dodge
of Des Moines, Finch of Polk, and Baker OF
Clinton, we're elected deleg ates at largo, and
VIM. III. Pusey, I. w. Clagett and e. H..
Thayer from the Congressional Districts.
The committee on resolutions reported q
series of propositions. One OF them 40.
proves OF the capture, trial and execution OF
John Brown and his associates, and regards
the whole trial as tempered NTH mercy
What resolution What falsehood What
an outrage on Christian civilisationl An
old man, weak from his wounds and unable
to stand up, unable to hear the Indictment
read without prop, without counsel except
such as the Court provided, ia hurried into
trial before q prejudioed people and pre-
JUDGED judge and jury; he is not permitted
to have two days time to get his foreign
counsel; he is tried, condemned and hung
in criminal hurry, without precedent in
this country.
Reddington, of Keokuk, not satisfied with
the regular resolutions, presented several
others. The first was adopted, and the Sec
ond withdrawn. The second approved Of
the late resolution and speech of Douglas
in favor Of an alien and sedition law, more
abominable than the old alien Law OF John
Adams. 1t was thought too much to pass
such resolution, although Baker, Samusls,
and others, stated that they approved Of the
sentiment of it. After awhile Reddington
got it up again, and made the Convention
swallow it. 1t was bitter pill, but they
took it down, as Douglas is expected to take
down the Charleston platform.
One of the regular resolutions pledged the
Convention to support the nominees of the
Charleston Convention, but waived the plat
form. But this did not satisfy the Admins
tration men, and thereupon j. NJ. Walker,
son Of Armstrong Walker, presented
resolution pledging the Convention to sup.
port the Charleston nominees, and the prin-
ciples to be enunciated in the PLATFORM
Samuels objected rs unnecessary; Baker
moved to lay on the table, and Clagett OBJ.
jected because the resolution contained
grammatical error |! ~
Thereupon Walker re-mounted the stand,
made a capital speech, and charged Clacett,
Baker and Samuels with favoring men and
deserving principles. lie took Clagett par
ticuiarly to task, and called him ssthe great
teacher OF grammar from old Lee," but he
challenged him to define the error. Clagett
writhed and twisted and almost groaned un-
der the lash, and volume Of laughter went
up absolutely torturing to the delegate elect.
Clagett then said that be was not willing to
say he would support any principle that the
Charleston Convention might enunciate;
that he had his own principles and so had
his party. Where was the grammatical OBJ
jection2 There was none. 1t was ruse to
sacrifice principles to men, and so 10.
Street stated.
Clagett, confused, presented substitute,
pledging the Convention to support the ac-
ton Of the ConUention. Does this mean
the principles Of the platform, and that
was contended, and IL so, what did he do
with bis objection?
MIR. Rippey, of Dallas, then presented
resolution in favor Of Homestead. This
was voted up, but what becomes of Breck-
enridge and others Of the Democratic Uni
ted States Senators who have always op-
posed tho Homestead
MIR. Rippey introduced another resolution
expressive OF the right of the people in a
Territory to elect their own Governor az we'll
as regulate their domestic institutions in
their own way. Divers Democrats objected,
among them Samuels and Finch, Charleston
delegates. Finch said be was very much Of
SCATTER sovereignty man, but he must ad-
nit that the Democrats 80 much stretched
principle sometimes as to break it, and this
was an effort Of the kind. He said be was
] Opposed To the RESOLUTION. ard insiakAd A0wat