The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-09-22

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vention, who spoke a. all, uttered senti
ments consistent with the platform, ant
fully avowed determination to stand BY
the Administration in its vigorous prose
cutlon Of the War and Col. Stone him
self in his acceptance, stands pledged t
every principle and sentiment thus adop
ted and avowed. Gen. Tuttle is the
candidate Of party which adopted ir
Convention a platform Of principles
avowing opposition to the means adopted
by the Government to suppress the Re.
bellion, and every resolution that speaks
of any such measure, declares an un-
qualified opposition to it, and there is no
word of commentator or approval Of
any measure. Every delegate to the
Convention, who spoke at all, uttered
sentiments of hostility to the Govern
ment, and of unqualified opposition TO
every measure of the Administration,
calculated to aid in the vigorous prose,
tion. of The War. The President of the
Convention was, in 1860. opposed to the
Democratic party, being then " Breck
inridge Democrat" and now, still con
sistent with himself, a peace Demo.
crat,' and openly and avowedly oppos-
ed to the war for any and every purpose,
and whose bitterness in the denuncialion
of every act of the Administration, is
only equalled by that which he and his
associates heaped on the Patriot Douglas
in 1860. The President, in this in.
stance, as in most Conventions, was the
representative Of the views of a controll-
ing majority of the body. as was abund
anlly shown by the speeches of delegates
made both out of and in the Convention.
One other fact in connection with the
convention, shows the unanimity of sen,
timent of hostility to the Government,
despite the difference of preferences, for
candidates, and that is, that the commit
Tee on Resolutions, although a majority
were in favor ofNhe nomination OF Gen
TUrTLE, yet with perfect unanimity, they
reported platform consistent with the
views of the President and ide ntical in
sentiment with the platform which the
convicted and exiled Traitor Vallandir-
ham Of 0 iio, stands upon and approves.
After the Convention had adopted the
platform, there arose a bitter strife be.
tween the friends Of the candidates for
nomination-LE GRAND BYINGroN and
General TUrTLE-the former being
recognized as the most open, persistent
and bitter opponent in the State, OF the
war, the Administration and the Govern
ment the latter being alike recognized
as the gallant leader Of the "bravest OF
the brave" at Doneson. The friends
of BYINGToN denounced General TuTTLE
for being engaged in the war, and de,
clared he was guilty of having " imbru
ed his hands in the blood Of our breth
ren of the South and that no true
Democrat could support man "whose
hands were wet with the gore Of his
brethren" or who, like General TUTrLE,
was either playing false to the govern
ment or 10 the Democratic party )" that
to hold commission (as Gen. TUrTLE
does under the President, to secrete
fugitive slaves, and send negroes tc
Illinois in violation Of the laws, and assis
in the arming of negro brutes for the
butchery of the women and children O
the South" was wholly inconsistent
with being n candidate Of the Democrat
ic party. The friends of General Tur
TIE in reply to these assaults. simpl,
apoloqized for his being in the service
" that he could not resign because Of th'
difficulty in procuring proper certif
cate" and finally that it was "polic,
with the Democrats to stay with tn,
soldiers, to prevent their ever being uset
against the Democratic party of tn
North" But not one man in that Con
vention claimed his nomination becaus
he had volunteered into the service G
his country, or was tho hero Of Donel
SON." or brave soldier, or the gallan
defender of the glorious flag Of on
country, or that he was a sound Demo
crat even, but simply on the ground this
he could secure a good soldiers vote,
and was in other respects stronger tha
his competitor for the nomination
When / reflect upon the course of th'
Convention, | can but exclaim-M
God has il come 10 this, that to secul
a nomination in Democratic Conver
ton man must apologize for havin
served his country upon the battlefield
and borne victoriously her glorious bar
ner against the assaults OF the most inf;
4 mons rahali;an tha world eyar saw R,