Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-08-23

DemOcTALlC P1pSts -" iS1"S"' - =.
The Unlon Party.
The Iowa City Reporter has finally
concluded to leave the Republican party.
For several weeks it has been very IN
certain in its course, but now it come
out fair and square in favor Of Union
State Convention and Union nomlna-
lions. As our readers may not happen
TO know, the Reporter Is owned ny Penn
Clarke. The Reporter left the Demo
cratic party about year ago, and went
over to the Republicans upon prlnc'-
pies" as its proprietor said and now
after having been q Republican about
one year, and done all in its power to
Law the foundation for this sectional
strife which is now raging, it slides ont
Of the Republican party and "upon prin-
ciples" again, we presume, goes IN for
Union Party. Mr.. Clarke has long been
. Republican, but he has come to the
conclusion that there is not enough pa
triotism left in its CARCASS for him, land so
be leaves it. We can but concur in his
belief, and honor him for leaving the Re
publican organization. ltinproves him
very much in our estimation. With all
the earncstncss of newly fiedged con-
vert, the Reporter goes IN for the
Union Convention, and advises every
body else to do the same. All parltzan-
ship is denounced as being entirely out
OF place in this hour OF national peril. 1t
has an entirely new vision. Its denun-
citation of "Union savers" last year is be-
ing atoned for.
We observe in the Reporter a call for
q Union Mass Convention at Iowa City
on Saturday next, for the purpose OF
sending delegates to the State Union
Convention. The call is signed 10y one
hundred mon ~ both nart,"s We
should Judge from this that johnson
y
county will be heavily represented at
Des Moines on the 2sth inst.
We notice that similar movements
are taking place at other points III the
State. What the Convention will
amount to remains to be seen.
Federal Or soncrs at Richmond occupy
three large tobacco factories, and in the
main are unemployed and we'll cared
for. The prisoners are not allowed to
converse with outsiders, but converse
freely among themselves. Some few OF
the prisoners have been put to work
about the premises digging drain, car
rying water, tending the wounded, NC.
The Wig says that it has been suggest
ed they be taken South to Fort Sumter,
but there does not appear to be any in
tention Of this kind. The same paper
suggests that the prisoners are subjects
for missionary labor and that the South
ern priests should try to cosvert them.
A GRAVE QUEsTIoN.-In another
column will be found an article from the
Chicago journal, based upon extracts
from the World, and the Herald. The
question, as to whether President Lin
coin is equal to the emergency in this
crisis, is becoming very grave one,
and is arresting the attention Of people
of all parties throughout the Union,
and, when 50 seriously raised by the
conservative Republican press, assumes
more than the usual degree Of impor-
lance.
GRATIFYING FROM CANADA. - The
Kcnnebec Journal says that lion. Ma.
than Dane, State Treasurer OF Maine,
has received communication from a
number OF gentlemen residing in Canada,
PtOpOStuS w tOAC OVueiuSI dUlC pUItlUu
Of tie loan lately advertised, and offer
ing handsome premium therefor. They
stated that the offer was made az an ex-
preston of sympathy for the great cause
IN which the loyal States are engaged.
GENTLEMAN who has just returned
10 the North from Texas, by the way Of
rev Orleans, says the corn, grass, wheat
ano Gotten crops of Texas appear yerv
excellent-better than for manv previou,
years. lie also represents the sugar
crop OF Louisiana as very promising.
EVERY soldier who loses hi. ,u,
through neglect, or throws it av.v !.
henceforth to have its value dednctod
from his wages.
INDEFINITELY Posi- PoNED,-The John
son Comfy Agricultural Society hay,
postponed its annual exhibition inde6
nitely, on account of the soldiers havinf
been rendezvoused 1t the Fair Ground.