The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-06-28
National USetOse Ticker.
FOR PRESIDENT,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
FOR YIcx pREsfDExr
ANDREW JOHNSON.


The recent pronunoiamauto of the ex
ecutive committee. of the National Demo
a cratic party. ordering the postponemen
of the Convention from the 4th of July {,
the asth Of August, dssignstes the part,
as the ConserUotiUe Democratic party
Can any one tell why the word was intro
polated in the name of the party .Wha,
has been the meaning Of Conservative, il
our politics for the last half score of years
Aside from the old fogy odor, which
always inheres in the word, its general
aceeptation has been and is pro-slavery
-coueervatives are the conservators OF
slavery. Hence the new word, added to
the name Of the party, conservative demo-
cratic, means pro-slavery democratic par.
ty.
For years past, the party has been ir.
cinlng more sud more to pro-slavery
platform, but never, until now, had it
sunk so low as to take that position and
even to change its aacisn. name in order
to indicate its change of position. Au.
guste Bslmonte. the representative Of
the banking aristocracy of New York,
and the agent Of the Rothschilds, is now
the chairman of the Democratic Execu.
tive Committee, and the manipulatoY of
the party, and it is well that the name
should be changed in order to indicate
tie change in its nature.
The main object of the continued ex-
istence of the Conservative Democratic
party, is to conserve the rights of rebel
Shareholders to their human chatteIs.
Hence, the representatives. of that party
In Congress voted against the repeal of the
Fugitive Slave Law. They voted all the
more earnestly against the repeal of that
infamous law, because they knew that.
under it's provisions, from fifty to hun.
dred thousand colored soldiers, now fight
ing under the stars and stripes, in de-
Tense Of the Union, are liable, at any mo-
ment, to be arrested and dragged back to
bondage. Bul these conservative dem.
ocrats in Congress, not only voted to re-
tain that law in force on the statute book
and to secure its execution against our
colored Union soldiers and their families !;
they went still further, and in effect voted
for the eternal slavery of the black man.
Yes, there stand the names of all the
representatives of this conservative dem
ocratic party in Congress against the
proposition to allow the people and
the Stats to vote on an amend
mens of the Constitution to prohibit sls
very. The leaders Of the party are SO
thoroughly committed in favor of slavery
that they will not allow the people even
to vote upon the question. They hold
that that provision Of the Constitution.
from which they infer the constitutional
ity of slavery is not only the most import
ant provision of that instrument, but tha.
it is so excellent provision that the
people onght never to be permitted to
change it or even to vote upon it. 1t
stands like the laws Of the Medes IRE.
pealable. tits the constitutional charter
of the "Divine Institution" and the con-
servative leaders will not permit mere
"mudsills" to invade the sanctity Of lis
privileges at the ballo. box or elsewhere
The Conservative Democracy are chiefly
interested to conserre an institution ont
of which this great rebellion grew and by
which it is vitalized and cherished. In
other words, the traitors Of the south are
fighting in the field for slavery and the
Conservative Democracy of the North ara
oontending in their conventions, in the
councils Of the nation and in our political
campaigns in behalf of slavery and the
rights Of shareholders. Both wings Of the
Democracy are united in defense of sla.
very-the southern wing by warlike,
and the northern wing BY peaceful mea-
sures.
On the occasion Of the pleasure ex.
cursion upon the Key City at Dobuque
Friday, one of the deck hands attempted
to spring from the shore to the boat, lost
his balance. fell overheard and vas drown
ed. His name was AcCauley. He leaves
. wife and two children
The gallant Col. B. Weaver, lsts 81
I'd Iowa ipfantry, assumes temporarily
the editorship Of the Bloon6sld Union
Guard. For three years hs has used hia
sword in the service Of his Goveranent
against traitofs. He nov ssbss,ss1ss IL
pen for the sword and continues the same
good work. Success to you therein. Col.
onsl.
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