The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-03-28
THE COPPERHEAD GENERAL
CANDIDATES.

THE COPPERHEAD GENERAL
CANDIDATES.
| 1t has been pretty we'll understoo,
for the last three months that Genera
Mcclellan 10 to be the nominee Of th'
Copperhead National Convention at Chi
cago. This movement simply transfer
the tactics Of the Democratic leaders o.
Iowa during the last Guberna;ional cam
paign to the broader field Of Nationa
politics, and the Presidential CONTEST
And it is but fair TO expect that the same
principles aud results will be exhibited
IN the broad ield Of the Union which ~
witnessed in the local contest at our State
election.
General Tuttle. an unquestioned loyal
man, gallant soldier, and = successful
Gsneral, who personally avoved himself
in favor Of vigorous prosecution of the
war. was put upon the track by his par
ty. He was personally very popular. and
bis record was unexceptionable to the
people OF the State up TO the day that he
consented to be candidate. and received
the endorsement of Byington, Dean aud
other Copperhead confreres. The entire
strength of the opposition, the Democra
cy, was brought out to the election and
pulled, and General Tuttle was beaten
thirty thousand votes BY his competitor,
and only led bis Copperhead associates on
the ticket few hundred votes.
Now, General Mcclellan does not stand
50 fairly, aud is not anything like as pop
ular, taking the country over, as General
Tultle WAS 10 the State of Iowa. Tuttle
was successful General, Mcclellan an
unsuccessful soue. Tutte's record was
purely loyal, without a faint of Copper.
head sympathy. while McClellan's most
intimate friends and associates are notori.
Gus Copperheads. and his letter in behalf
Of Judge Woodward. during the Guber-
national election Of Pennsy places
him Enthusiastically in black and white on
the record as partisan of the sympathetic
wing Of the Copperhead Democracy.
In view of this comparison Of great
things with small and of the accomplished
and overwhelming defeat of the party in
this State on precisely the same principles
and with similar tactics to those about to be
resorted to in the great National struggle,
what hope can the sensible men of the
party entertain of success in the Presi-
Dental contestY The strength of parties
and OF candidates for that campaign has
already been tested in portion Of the
field sufficiently large to furnish fair in
dication Of their relative strength through
out the Union. La the recent election in
New Hampshire il was we'll understood
that the opposing parties were under the
leadership of Lincoln and Nc McClellan.-
nC vi LiuIOiu CdEIl6Q tlc
State by near six thousand majority,
against popular majority against their
candidate TOR Governor last year, the two
opposition candidates at that time having
pJiied larger vote than the Uuion can
diJate.
Under this view of matters it is very
clear that the Copperheads can have NO
hope of success, except through d,vis-
ion Of the Union party. They know full
well that if We remain united We shall
defeat them, even IN ore overwhelmingly,
in the Presidential election than We did
in the Gubernational elec ton last fall
Shall the loyal men of the nation then
unite in Convention and select their can
didale and elect him, or will they rather
divide their strength and thus aid and
abet the traitors Of the South, and give
the Copperheads of the North assurance
of victory in the Presidential campaign.