The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-02

than il il unjust and unfair to our cohsistent I'D
herents, whose services and labors, under al
circumstances end prospects, have atteeted the
integrity of their profession. tAq is'ii pue 20.
If there isany Republican, known 70 be such,
without regard to Office or the hopes of prefer.
nneDt, who Is qualified to discharge the duties Of
District Attorney, he should be nominated. Any
other course would be unjust, and might endan.
ger our ticket. Let us seek harmony among,
and do justice to, ourselves and thus insure sue.
9he wisdom Of the Gates manifesto is ! very
apparent to the Mahony party and gives great
satisfaction. The secession papers in the Dis.
trict republish it with great glee and join the
hue.and cry With spirit We cut the following
from the Fort Madison PlAindealer: 4 d ID
DlsTRIcr PRosEcUToR.-The Gate City, under
date of July 22Od, had . severe article against
the new cover, y Tracy for District Prosecutor.
We fear the Gates opposition will nominate
him. Howell ought to have sense enough to
let the thing alone. Or if the Gate thought
proper to say anything on the subject, it would
have been we'll to have reprinted its criticisms
against Tracy, which appeared last fall, when
the District Attorney suppressed newspaper
in this county, and converted it into State
School fund organ-that article must be repub.
lished, it il q very fine electioneering document
But the Gate City is entirely too fast-Tracy
out of bis own mouth more than once told US
that he desired to be an Independent Democrat
ic candidate, first in March, then in May, he ex.
and his desire for their support. 81 '1.'s' ,
Tracy-Jcshua Tracy abandon the Dsmocra.
cy for the sake Of Office, impossible -particular.
ly soin view of the fact that this Is going to be
agreat season for Democratic triumphs. Does
any body know that Tracy|oshua Tracy has
intimated that he would be candidate before
the Republican Convention for District Prose.
cutor !? This ID = joke on Republicans and
Islander on Tracy, and We fear the design is to
injure the prospects Of our man q an Indepen.
dent Democratic candidate. -
Howell, in order to defeat Tracy, would have
him present his claims to the Republican Con
vention--a Convention in which be has no sym.
patty. For We but speak the words By US an.
Morised to be spoken, when We say Joshua Ira.
81 informed us that he really desired to be On
indepeadens Democratic candidate. 10 "a :
The animus Of this attack upon Mr.. Tracy,
from both political parties, is we'll illustrated in
the following extract from q private letter re-.
ceived from Lee county, Friday last: ,...57 y
y .sit..sr.E nt In t., Fl. MADISON, July 70. 4
# ** 1t 10 feared that Mr.. Tracy will con.
troll the action of the Judicial Convention to
the prejudice Of those Republicans Who have been
in the party, since it had an existence, and who
are entitled to the important Offices by princi-
pie and precedent. right and justice. :, ~ =
Our county will claim the District Attorney.
But # beaten by thorough going Republican
and one whose sincerity and devotion to our
cause cannot be doubted, we will cheerfully
support him. will Say, however, that unless
this ia done 'tLser will not be, reprcsented IN
the JudiciaLD Convention unless assurances are
given that none but out and out Republicans
will be nominated, 70, TO-, ,sssauoEr 4
! There is no use of giving further extracts in
illustration of this subject and little use in COM
menting. We have no knowledge in regard ia
Mr.. Tracys chances Of getting the nomination,
and have Sustained from giving any opinion a.
to the propriety or policy Of giving him the
nomination. We supposed that Was what the
Convention was called to do We supposed
that body, upon its assemblage would have full
power and jurisdiction in the case, and We are
wiling to abide ito decision. That Mr.. Tracy j.
: candidate before that Convention We canno,
regard, with the Nahonyites, - a hanging Of
Tense. We 90 no great crime about it. Recoe.
mixing the fact that all old issues are dead, W
have invited Al loyal Democratic to unite viii
us upon tho platform Of a earnest and homes,
support Of the Administration in the 'prosecu
ton Of the war. The President has even called
Democrats to gil Cabinet Offices. !, It does moi
tally we'll with this invitation, nor speak vel
for their sincerity, that Republicans in L.,
county threaten to mutiny in advance in cas-.
NJ. Tracy is nominated The spirit of tn,
threat ID exactly that Of the rebellion and
the case quite analogous. Leo county clainl
the District sAttorneyship. II it 10 no,
given to her, but 70 Joshua Tracy, then L.,
county viii disregard the nomination. Thric,
virtueus Lee county! Nagnaninous Rspubli
cans, who only sanction the nomination of 10
cal favorites! .l3HTS
We do not assert that kr. Tracy should q
should not be nominated. We have advised n.
delegate 70 vote for or against him. We hav'
attended no primary meeting and said no Wort
pro OF con. Letan this be decided in Conven
ton. The editor Of this paper processes nj
halffaoed fellowship. His loyalty to his coun
Try and 70 his party ID unconditional and no
narrowed down to county limits.
% Any man who has the heart to talk part
poiitics IN these times would be mean eaousl
80 enter into quarrel with bis family relatives
At bis fathers funeral, about the division Of th
old nan's property.