Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-05-14

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| y, tha1 thess = - candidate 10 nomi
sd5isI tyshs Dsnossasie party, n op
positios 70 NJ. Lake. You do not ssy
uhg = = e b regrssssd, and the only
rsasos offered, 20 far - | have heard, j,
thas the Republicans have made party
uOmioatiou.
S'yF6s hat they have nominated !
map = , Psssisan, asd for this they
should = ashamed, and will Be At nc
distant day. Ordinarily, the fact thai
such pomination we're made, would
b : sa6lcient reason Why The Demo
crsts should Plees = opposing candidate
in the field, because il il only BY such
mssns that party organisations can Be
maintained. And II It we're desirable
now, TO keep party spirit alive, and party
lines drswu, there would be no hesita-
ton a. to the course to be pursued. Il
10 because it 10 deemed insxpedieot and
improper thst party organizations should
be regarded that no nomination is made.
The County Committee, - have rea.
son to know, took very considerate pains
to ascertain the sentiment Of the Dem
ocratic people and became satisfied
that the popular sentiment is against 1t.
Now while it is certainly proper that the
vacancy shooId be filed BY Republican,
it 10 unfortunate that he should have
been nominated Is . party man. He
should have been placed before the peo-
pIe in such . manner as would have
made it proper for all to vote for him,
without compunction Of political con-
science on the part Of any.
We cannot readily put of or lay aside
party feeling or party prejudices, espec-
tally is it difficult SO soon after the vio-
lent contests in these latter years wit
messed. 1t is too much to expect nov,
from Democrats that they will cheerfulIy
vote for q nan nominated as q strictly
party manly the Republicans. For
this cause, Mr.. Leake will probably re-
ceive very few votes from our party |;
while if he had been selected BY the
Republicans as their choice, and placed
before the people as "Union man"
Democrats would have supported him as
cheeriulIy IS men OF his own party, even
more SO perhaps-for with Us no jeal-
ousies could have been excited, il be-
ing conceded on our part, that as the
vacancy was OF their party, aud the
majority al powerful in the county, they
had the right to select the person.
But while Democrats may teel unwil-
ling to vote for Mr.. Leake, it by no
means follows that we should nominate
= party cand date against him. Ii he is
lot a suitable person, one should be
found, if possible, who will run, not as q
paTtlzan, but as conservative, Union
loving man, one who desires to see this
Government maintained, perpetuatcd,
our institutions preserved, and all laws
enforced everywhere. / do not wish to
be understood as intimating that Mr..
Leake is not such a man-on the con
trsry, | haye reason to believe and do
believe, that the gentleman is, with the
great body Of Democrats North-and
the real Union-loving Republicans,
ready to stand by the Administration
and with Gen. Scott, against the influ-
ence OF that dangerous element in the
Republican party, which seeks, not to
uphold our constitution, maintain our
Union and enforce the laws, but to use
the power and influence Of the General
Government to lay waste and destroy
the entire Southern portion Of our CON-
mon country-men who in order that
they may be revenged upon a political
adversary, would blot out the Constitu-
ton, set all laws at defiance, and intro
iuce to this country practices the very
thought Of which would cause Sepoy
to blush tor shame.
Freely, for one, l confess that ali /
wish 10 know Of any candidate now, is
whether he will aid to strengthen and
sustain che Government in its efforts to
preserve Our country and its institutions
by means soithin, and not without the
Constitution and the laws. | believe
that the President is thus disposed and
that the war IN which we are now en-
gagged, is by him carried on in the spirit
OF patriot, There are persons, neither
tew, nor without influence, who aided 10
his election, aud who desire him to pros.
ecute the war in the spirit Of a savage
to the one or 10 the other of those two
parties must every Northern man at
tach himself. No Democrat can hesi.
tate where he shall stand, the party must