The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-08-01
PARTY NOMINATIONS.


Some of our Democratic cotemporarie
are very much opposed to party nomin
tions, because they know that as part
they are dead, and they dare not come o,
nope, oy tne Union oouge, to secure
few Offices and to destroy the Repub!ica
party. The State Journal, of Des Nome.
the leading organ Of its party. in its issu
OF the 18th ult., referring TO the SO Gale
"Peop les Convention" which our CO
temporary seems to favor, says:
"Thc conservative Union men Of tn,
State have called their convention on The
25ti,. for the purpose of comforting in
regard to nominations II there is d
disposition among the conservative men
OF the State to unite upon a ticket and
w''pe out Repubttcaaism, this is a suita-
bic occasion to accomplish it,
Whether the editor of the Jouynul was
drunk or sober, there is 10 doubt that he
told the truth whe0 he gave it as the
principal object of the " Peoples party"
''to wipe out Republicanism." Are the
"conservative Republicans" in favor of
Giving up their organization for one to
be controlled BY men who have always
and continually lied about the party, its
objects and its members? If the men
who propose to organize and manage the
"People's' party are disposed to prose.
cute the war and sustain the national ad-
minstration, as they profess, why is it
SO necessary to oppose the Republican
party? DO the latter oppose the war?
Dothey fail to sustain Mr. Lincoln whom
they placed in :'owcr? Is their loyalty
doubtful? If not, why this opposition
end attempted reorganization All these
questions Il pub'can' can easily answer
Tor themsels :, aud decide also whether
1t wou.I proha iy advance the cause for
which W are battling 10 State and nation l
to have it said th3t in even one of the \
Suites Of the northwest the Free Labor I
party which placed Mr.. Lincoln in the t
presidential chair, bad been unable to c
,ut,lye the irst year Of his admiuls,ra.
lion.
The following which we clip from the !
Des No'nes Register, shows the feelings d
Of the tue a,riot
"a few days ago Gen. J. C. Bennett, Il
Of Polk City. formerly a Dernocra re-
celved pressing Invitation from gen. a
'lemaa III Charlton, in I.ucIs county, to
o'n the Peoples" party, which Is to e
Old It's State Convention in this city on !
he 10Th inst: The Gen. promptly re- !
urn"d the following answer: :,
"As to political matters, | can only
say, dislike TO Do anything that can
'bstruct, III ANY respect, the present ma,
'lonal or State Government 1t is dan
Ierous to tamper with politics in such
times as these. and where the Admins. {
tration, either Stale or national, i no, i
decidedly bad. We had better sus.aln it.
Any opposition z ives the enemies of our
country courage. Both the president
and the governor have done all ia their
power to subdue the instruction. and
sh"H ho'd up their hands and help item
enJorce the iams'
We know Of no good reason whv the
should not nominate and
elect their candidates a. usual IF the
Democrats are so devoted to the Union
as they claim to be, and we don't deny
that they are, they will be just as strong
Union men if the Z Republicans do eject
their officers. Ga Il e other hand. bv
'oandonlns our party principles under
the present circumstances. we would lust
do what is most desired by the wicked
Souttern reJetii0n
30 far as We know history, a party has
never behcaded itself Voluntarily aud ,
and We have yet to find the t
place where the Democrats are ia a ma !.
GRITTY, and are in favor Of giving up their ,
'arty organization. During the Mexican c
var, the Democratic party, which was t
hen IN power, never sought to fraternze O
With the Wing party in such a way as is +,
proposed now, though the latter farty i
ook an active and patriotic part 10 the
var.
The Democrats know that our next .
legislature will district our State for
congressman, aud they care much more g
bout controlling that matter than tbey =
o about preventing the little excitement u
ttendant upon political contest. 81