The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-07-18

Inaa been chosen, the Sian
| ne had been an easier job Finch sna III, ut
Wooo were the chief fugIers of the I'LL, III,
.l,e?. Lhey married. their cards viii,
oheir usual want of discretion. Wi,h I'm ,.h
voting power and the eclat in tbe;. - the
.hey allowed themselves to be ont,a;s sof,
ny the cunning old Jesuit from, TII ".oIeu
ihsy were sure OF success and tbor"i ue.
the more lily prepared for the desaat e .tl,
overlook them. Finch declared 49, .i"t
movement had been progressing for wael,a q
" ene acton OF the Convention hr
laSiig Iuttie the candidate. A messy
ger nad been sent to futile to secnre IN
assent 10 the use of his name. That no;rs
liau oeen gained, and Tuttle was wijI{fnn ~
accePt upon almost any platform. bnt ~ !"
p leI!eo tne seymour platform to that az ~
phio. 1--WE Tear that the General has f.taI
~ compromised himself in the estimat;a att.
OF loyal men, and has the mortifcat;nr, y,
see that the sacrifice was unayailina 70
1t is the general belief of the TuttIa No.
that they were cheated out of the non,;n eh
tion. They claim that their man wac fa;a
iy selected on one of the ballots. and of FL.
there seems to be but little doubt R ,,ia
lnformalltles and irregularities were char
ed by the Mahonyites, and they com
eo systematic effort to stave off the count
ana prevent an annunciation of the result
as final. Under cover of this fire H..
withdrew Byington, with his own consent
and asked the acceptance of Fisher %
compromise candidate. The TuttIa No.
raved and stormed and insisted that tbo;r
candidate was fairly nominated. But tho
chairman was against them and their as
tort failed. Another ballot was had. Tuttla
Martyrs were victorious. 1e
Hours after the most of our citizens war,
aped, these closing scenes of the Democrat
&c convention We're enacted. At what hour
In the morning it closed its PROCEEDINGS
mas not yet TRANSFERRED. The Guhernatoriai
contest being over, the rest followed as !,
matter of course. The futile men ab,n.
doned the field, as their military candidate
ought to have done before he entered il if
Hibernicism may be pardoned in consid-
ering subject that called forth all the
rich brogue' of this and the neighboring
localities. Mason and Duncombe are fff
of the Fallandigham inter-
est. They glory in the shameful fact. and
publicity. 40
The platform of the Convention is before
you; and as a part of the history of the
times, trust that you will give It place
that your readers may see how faithful the
traitorous creed of Vallandighaln has been
copied.
1t is worthy of note that there seemed to
be much less OF struggle over the plat
3 =, =, sIci .he S'nuiuates DeSetting pain
ful suspicion that the conflict in the Con
vention was less one of principle than one
Of personal preference. Against the plat
form, was the place for true men to take
their stand. Men who could not adopt that
platform could not be fifty represented by
4 loyal candidate. In point of fitness and
personal worth, the Convention made
choice of the best man named. That is not
saying much, l grant you. But, whatever
nav be conceded with REGARD tn tba ,,ar
'onal worth of Mr.. Fisher, few would have
he temerity to pronounce him fitting
for the Gubernatorial Chair, in 2
line like the present. DIES MoINEs