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


ana done therein about tho nomination for
rovernor. Our readers will find the de-
scription interesting. Those who are. ac-
quainted with Silas A. Hudson, will be
delighted to learn that he is reisddle DEM
ocrat-so reliable aud veracious. indeed.
that ne was made Ambassador to Tuttle.
ana OF course made a satisfactory report
from the General!
EVENIEG SEssIoE.--The Convention met
anu the committee on Platform reported.
An exclted discussion arose as to the ar
rahgement OF the words-'sSecession and
ApoiltIon some contended that as aboli-
tlon was the cause of secession. it should
ue nrst named. The Convention adopted
ene Platform as reported, and Us it appears
IN "a another part of our columns.
Inc nomination. for Governor was then
IN oroer. On the informal ballot LIE Grand
bylngton received 1856: James M. futile,
lol: charles Mason, 104 necessary to a
cnoice, az. On the first formal ballot, LIE
Grand bylngton had 1874 James M. futile
"a Charles Mason % Duncombe 2:-ne-
cessary to a choice, 235. Charles Mason
was then withdrawn. The second ballot
was then taken. TheSecretary announced
tnaI the vote had been taken and counted
Wnile lnere was some confusion about his
table, that as he had it recorded it stood =
For For James M. futile, l31; for LIE Grand
byIlSton, rs necessary to a choice 40
Stllson Hutchins then declared that there
were mistakes in the report of the Secreta-
Ty that IN the confusion the vote of two
or Ihree counties were enormously recor-
oeo, ana that Ellington had in fact a ma
Jorlty OF six. He demanded another haI.
lot, and the Convention by an almost nm
anlmous vote, resolved to proceed to the
fourth ballot.
ID. .. Finch then mounted the stand TO
prove that Gen. futile was a Democrat and
would accept the nomination. We saw
with surprise Hutchins and Mahony urg-
ihS the turbulent delegates to come to or
DER and hear Finch. We suspected then
what subsequently proved true, that thew
knew Finch would put his foot in it, and
ruin Tuttie.
Finch said, as soon as Stone was aomina-
tea, few Democrats about Des Moines
and some from abroad had a consultation
ana resolved to send a messenger to Vicks-
burg, to get the consent of Gen. Tuttle to
the use OF his name, and the platform up
on which he preferred to stand if he was
that James M Ellwood. the
Chairman of the State Central Comrittee
and M. ID: McHenry proceeded to Burling-
ton, ana there made an arrangement with
one SIlas A. Hudson, reliable Democrat,
to proceed to Vicksburg to confer with the
General to return to this Convention if
posslbie-if it was not possible, to telegraph
from Memphis or Cairo to VIM. r. Cool
baugh, Of Chicago; and that the dispatcb
was sent to Coolbaugh for the purpose of
avoiding suspicion on the part of Republi-
can telegraph operators and that as fur
Their guard against such suspicion it was
agreed that in all dispatches the word "soE-
d'cT' should be used instead of ssplat-
torn; that this explanation was necessa-
~ to an understanding, of the following
dispatch which was then read:
CHICAGO, July 5, IS63.-D. O. FINCH. Des
Mones:-'Hhe General win accept and ore
fers the New York Soldier.
VIM. f. CooLBAUGH.
Hon. Ed Johnston, of Lee county. then
appeared upon the stand and corroborated
what had been said by Finch in regard to
he mission OF Hudson, adding that he was
tlso instructed TO see II any arrangements
,ouid be made to secure for the Democratic
ticket, a part Of the soldiers vote He then |
'ead az extract from u letter which he said |
he had received from Gen'l futile in De-
;enber last, in which he declared his oppo-
'ltiOn to the war as intensified by his expe- I
fence i'll it, and his entire want of conf
fence in the President. and his regrets that |
Douglas mad not been elected also another
which he had received from the General in
February last, with reference to this nom
nation, in which he declared that he would
axe nothing but "a regular democratic
lomination;' that he was yet member of
ne OLD Democratic party, and would be as
ong rs 1t had an organization; that he in
ended to vote the ticket nominated by the
and sincerely hoped it would
'eeiectcd. Mr.. Johnston said these extracts
we're from private letters.
Hutchins then took the floor and made
cathing speech. He declared that General
futile was either playing false to the Ad-
ninlstratlon or TO the democratic party;
nat Whlie holding a commission under the
resident, and secreting fugitive slaves,
ending negroes to Illinois in violation Of
Ter laws, and assisting in the arming of ne
no brutes for the butchery of the women
MI children Of the South, he was writing
'Todte letters and cabalistic dispatches to
e used byanintriguingState Central Com
nittee to secure Il nomination from the
Democratic party. "And them said he.
the General tells his friends he prefers the
'ew York Soldier" We have adopted
he Ohio "Soidier''-the platform upon
.hich the Democracy Of that State have {
laced the gallant Vallandigham. Can {
lenient l.. Vallandigham, who from the ,
eginning of this unholy war has denoun-
ed 1t, and is now suffering the vengeance {
an Administration which could not in- {
midate him, stand on the same platform
'ith Brigadier General James M. futile, Il
Tho has supported the barbarous policy of {
lie Administration, and who proposes now {
, continue that support unless we bribe
I'M from 1t by gubernatorial nomina- {
on? Is he to be nominated by the in i
'igucrs of State Central Committee, when 6
lie delegation from his own county, headed
DR.. Bailey, whom you all know as a ,
einocrat who has suffered imprisonment I
" his principles, will not give him sin i
.e vote? II he is opposed to the Pres;-
ents policy why in the name of common I
onesty does he not resign? The man who |
III take the pay of a Brigadier General j
y work which we cannot Justify, will stab /
le Democratic organization. We do not !
lsist upon the nomination. of Mr.. Bying-] I
M M Inc Democracy of the North East
~ De satisfied with Maturin L. Fisher or :
ny oIner man whose Democracy it is not
ehaS;st;y 70 prop up by private letters and \
auaiIstic dispatches Democrat who S
i to this mar and unequivocally oppos- t
~ u, VIII De impossible to make any renort :
;n the 81 speeches subsequently, made. Jen. +
ings OF dubuque, Mahony, Negus of left :
'son, Steward, late of the old Can;taI
rison, and others denounced the no,n H,,oi
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