Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-08-15

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dressed 70 Siephes Hempstesd, chairman
Of the late State Conveatioo, wherein be
enters considerably into the discussion
Of the great question OF tho day. Tor
shioh, on account Of IL great length Ne
have not room to-day. That portion Of
the letter referring to the acceptance Of
Tho nomination il - foIlows:
I should have bsss tsttss pleased II
some Other nsme could have stood most
pro@iaspt in this contest; bot ~ mine
hes beso selected for thst purpose BY
your Convention, it may stand there
ststsvsr be the consequences 70 myself.
With the regularity q tho call 10 pur.
suasce Of which the Convention assem-
bled, / have not concerned myself. l
recognise among the member Of that
Convention many with whom / have
iosg acted and with whom ! AN proud
70 Be assooiated-men who ! know are
influenced in the course they have taken
BY the lofty motives Of patriotism. They
have declared their sent'ments which on
this oil important subject accord
substantially With my own. No other
body OF men Of like numbers and char.
.oter have - yet taken the field in this
State, around whom the conservative,
,esce-Ioviog, un'oo-supPorting cit'sens
can rally to express their views and
~i.hes to the world.
Nor is it merely because yours WAS =
Democratic Convention that now give
nv assent TO continue it, nominee. Que
great leading object with me has swsI.
lowed up al others. And should any
.ther Convention hereafter assemble
styling itself Democratic or otherwise
whether called regularly or irregular
y, provided they adopt platform =
yearly coinoident with my own opinions
~ yours is, and provided they chow ,
prospect Of occurring . stronger popular
vote than that which will probably sup.
port your ticket shall with the great
est willingness withdraw from the con.
test, and not only leave the field unob.
,tructed to the nominees Of that Con-
vention, but will to the utmost Of my
sbil,ty, exert myself to secure their soc'
cess It 10 time to deal with substance
and not mere ndnas.
In the propriety Of one or two Of your
resolutions do not fully concur, hut ~
these are upon minor points, which do
not affect the great absorbing issue, tina
difference Of opinion is uni,nportant to
me, snd hope will be 80 to Others.
The Judge SCENE to have culled out
such planks Of the platform - he likes.
and takes position on them. On the
subject Of the oonstitutionali,y of the
State bonds he is almost entirely silent
merely limiting that the resolution con-
corning them is, to his mud, improper,
and at the same time irrelevant to the
great question at issue. He affects not
to attach any Importance to the question
as to whether the State has q right to
issue and sell its bonds for war purposes.
We could have hoped tor clearer ex.
preston on this head, but it seems that
it WAS too tender point to admit Of dis
cussion, and we are left with the im'
preston that he does not endorse that
portion Of tho platform. He alludes to
not meet his approval, but leaves The
public in the dark as to which they are
and what his views may be concerning
them.
Judge Mason does not entirely com.
NIT himself to the Mahony Convention,
but plainly states that fany other Con.
vention, whether Democratic, union, o.
otherwise, shall meet and lay down q
platform which as nearly comedies with
bis ideas as the one under consideration
and which shall stand q chance for car.
rying stronger popular vote than tina,
which will support the present ticket,he
shall unhesits,ingly withdraw, leave the
field unobstructed, and what is more, en-.
ter into the campaign as supporter Of
the new nominees.
Whether such ticket will be placed
in the field remains to be seen.
COUNTY Taxes. - The Dubuque
Herald states that the direct tax upon
this State will cost Dubuque county the
handsome sum Of $2O,9ll.7l. That be.
ing the case With that county. it is fsi'
to presume that Scott county will come
in for about $4,000 OF it. BY adding
this to the usual tax, our Scott county
readers will be able to determine how
much their taxes Of next year viii
amount to.
Tar NATIONAL HYAN COMMITTEE
The Committee upon . prize nationa
hymn, after reading hundreds Of verse;
and listening to scores Of tunes, TN,
none we'll suited Tor . national By mu