Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-06-24

the abolition State Convention 1T Des
Moines. The ticket is composed Of the
persons now. holding the. Offices, with the
exception Of Lieutenant Governor, where
Eastman, tho present incumban,, for some
reason withdrew, and a man by the name
Of Cue has been selected in bis place.
He has been a member OF the State SEN
ate for four years past, but being of an
ambitious turn Of mind, and the region
round about Davenpor. presenting poor
field for his enterprise, the market being
already overlooked with bis kind of men,
he removed, q year ago, to Fort Dodge,
for the express purpose Of lettering bis
political condition, and be has done it, if
nomination for Lieutenant Governor
may be said TO be worth anything at all.
Governor Stone is on the track again,
and if he has good luck will prob.
ably keep up with the balance Of
the ticket, although that may be oper to
doubt. he is one Of those men whose
virtues see all Of q negative character,
and whose mind is Of sufficient capacity
only to entertain the narrow par.izan big
otry, and ennity, and prejudices charac.
teris.ic Of one horse politicians. He has
done but one thing worthy Of commenda.
ton that We are aware of, and that was in
having Iowa allowed for her excess 10
quota, by which draft vas avoided bu,
in this matter he was only an instrument
in the hands Of Adjutar. General Baker,
while in point Of fact the real credit Of
getting the State out Of the draf, was no
more due to him than to any Of the rest Of
us who staid at home, the brave men who
had enlisted and gone into the service
being the real parties deserving Of the
praise. Bat We have no doubt the pul,i
clans will attenp. to rob them Of it, and
use it for political capital to boost them
selves along. The fact viii no, be forgot.
ten, either. that this same Stone establish.
ed lot of test oaths When he was FIRST
indicted into Office, by which any citizen
Of Iowa was debarred from holding even
the most petty militia office unless be
bound himself to and subscribed the doc.
trlnes and actions Of the party Of which
the Governor was q mem her. And now
this man, who institutes test oaths in
Iowa, wants all Of US to vote for him.
As usual northern Iowa and all our
abolitionsts 10 this section, big and little,
are suubbsd ~ efectual!y as they have
been for the past ten years they do not
get even . smell, much less candidate.
The Ssate.makers Of the central and
soathern part Of the State have gobbled
up everything for themselves just as they
always have done, and just as We suppose
as they always will do We notice that
some delegate from Dubuque'-tbey
would not even mention bis nsme-want.
ed to make q motion for ! State Commit.
tee, for the laudible purpose of putting
himself upon it don b.less, but the conven.
ton would not listen to him, and adjourn.
ed in the face Of his motion, thus treating
him with as much respect as they do the
great republican majorities" of which 40
much has been said.
The resolutions are Of the old hue.
drum style, With the exception Of one at
tsvors striking the word white from the
Constitution, so as to ALLOW the nj ,e,s
and Indians to vote. The assembled 400
lltlonls.s received all the usual common.
places, not forge ting to " % the 'suittest
execution Of JEFF. Davis, and disfranch.
is'ng all those who skedaddled on account
OF the draft. The proposition for striking
out the word white" however, was no, in
the resolutions as reported to tho .conven,
ton, . majority of tho com mittee refusing
to entertain it; but it was included by a
subsequent motion, the convention decid-
ing they wanted the. nigsers and IL ia,,s
by a vote Of 54a to 236. 1t was but
short time since thu, this very question
was submitted to a vote Of the people Of
the State, and j: was, We might say,
almost unanimously rejected, SO few were
there who voted for it. Bat now the ab,.
'l'lon leaders see at work these sure causes
among the people that will soon lead 10
the total overthrow of their party, and the
return to SQUAD democratic principles, and
1t IS but natural tina, they should seek to
fortily themselves by the negro and Indian
vote, for we suppose both are inoladed.-
They affirm the "equali,y of all men under
the law and as indians are men we shall
soon have the dusky savsges, who massa.
cred the women and Children as Spirit.
Lake, voting at our elections, If his new
doctrine Of the republican party prevails.
No doubt, however, if even such extra or.
binary measures as these will save them.