The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-07-14
The Copperhead Convention and Ticket

JOHN L. DfIlOH, u SCVtt SUs
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The COpperhead Convention and Ticket.
Gy The Copperheads of this State
met in convention on Wednesday of last
week TO nominate a State ticket
Delegates were in attendance from SO
counties, and the convention was only
about half as large as the Union Conven.
ton. There were two factions in the
convention, and there was a beautiful
ii lie fight among the Happy Family :"
before they got through. What may be
termed the SEYMOUR men, were for the
nomination Of Gen. FUTILE. The Peace
party, or MAuoNY men, fought him bit
terly, and put up LEGR.ND BYINGToN in
opposition. On the third ballot both
parties claimed the election Of their can.
didate and then arose what the cores
pendent Of the Chicago Tribune terms a
% magnificent row." The MAHoNY par
ty denounced FUTILE in open conven,
ton, as renegade Democrat, for going
into the war, while the FUTILE men re-
crimnated with bitterness upon the Ma
HoNY1TEs. The row continued until
nearly two O. clock in the morning, when
the MAnoNY party took up MATUR1N L.
FISHER, of Clayton County, and succeed
ed in nominating him.
Mr.. FISHER has been Superintendent
OF Public Instruction in this State, and
is man Of good character, and of much
information While, as an educational
man, he is probably unexceptionable, he
possesses no force or element Of charac-
ter which fits him for the Executive
chair. He has no record, so far as this
war is concerned, but the fact that he
was the choice of MAHoNY and his friends,
proves conclusively that he is opposed to
The prosecution Of this struggle to the
extent of SURPRISING the rebellion. He
is man who would simply be clay in
the hands Of the traitors of this State, to
be moulded as they list Every man
who would throw an obstacle in the way
of the government in the prosecution of
the war, should vote for FISHER, for in
that way car he best labor for the tri-
umph of rebellion.
The nominee for Lieut. Gov. is JOHN
F. DUNcoMBE, OF TT. Dodge, better
known as " Ridiculous Pomposity." He
was an elector on the BREcKINRIpGE
Ticket of this State, and besides being
mentally very sh low, is one OF the bit,
terest partizans and most despicable Sc
cessionists in the State. We want to see
" Old Enoch take him through the
State ard exhibit him.
The nominee for Supreme Judge is
CHARLES Mason, who probably has no
claim TO be considered a citizen of this
State, being located at Washington, pros
ecuiing claims before the Commissioner
of Patents. This has been his business
for years, and certainly for large share
OF his time lie has been living in Wash
ington with his family. He is natural
arstocrat, devoted to Slavery, was a
BRECKENRIDGE supporter in 1860, and
his letters to the Dubuque Herald, from
Washington, show that he is bitter CD.
ponent Of the government. Judge Dill
LON will beat him so badly lie will
scarcely be heard Of in the canvass.
This ticket is pure MAnoNY ticket.
Ii is not one whit less obnoxious 10 loyal
men than would be the nomination oil
MAHoNY. No friend of the government,
no one desiring to see the rebellion
crushed. can fail to spit upon and de.
nounce it.
The platform we have not seen, but
was informed by one OF the delegates
that j. was modelled after the New York |
resolutions. lis denunciations are main.
ly. If not wholly, for the government,
and not word is said as to the prosecu-
ton Of the war. Ii is calculated 10 give
all necessary comfort to the Rebels.