The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-21

the ssEvB of m electtOn ma %0jo9 Ine
loyal elect into the. Devils support and fSom
their faithful adherence to the GoveEnnent
and freedom. Be not deceived, my country
men 1t is the same "Old Serpent" with
its devils nature and rebellious record. WI
have said It WAS ghostly.s Behind the con-
vention Of "all persons opposed to negro
suffrage and the election of Stone for Gov
ernorn was grinning skeleton, the ghost OF
the Chicago Convention. Ithas been voiceless
since the last Fall election, when loyal men
straneled and loyal soldiers bayonetted the
accursed thing but its spirit was still there
and ever the same. Before it was hushed by
the determined patriotism of the people and
the invincible valor and overwhelming sue
cesses of the national soldiery it prated of
failure, and of the Lincoln despotism Of tho
vandalism of the boys in blue of the inhn'
mainly of Union officers; Of Brute Butler
and " Beast Sherman sent up compassion
ate walls for "our Southern brethren and
threatened "a FIRE in the rear" upon our SOL
diers. These gentlamen that run the name
less, skinless snake machine At Charleston on
Saturday passed no resolutions. A year ago
they would have endorsed the Chicago Plat
form and Mr.. Pendleton, the secession candi-
date. They would have adopted the Doerr
and Johnston's 81 six months armistice" pol
icy, denounced Mr.. Lincoln, read Gen. Sher-
man lecture for laying waste southern homes
and cities, and thought the soldier vote clearly
" unconstitutional
In order to give the proceedings of the con-
vention and the delegates appointed wider
notoriety than they would otherwise have we
give them the benefit of our circulation. We
want the soldiers, whose support they court,
and whose votes alone they expect to give
responsibility and strength TO the action and
ticket of their Postum Convention at Des
Moines on the oath inst, to know the I'M
doubted, simon pure, and genuine Butternu'
character of the materials Of which the con.
vention is to be composed.
When the Charleston machine met Gen.
Holman THAT "General" isn't military
muchly. He was pettifogging sppointee Of
the Pierce Administration out among "the
Saints, - where his incompetency gained
for him salary, and prefix that sounds
martial, and who also served his country as a
sutler, "a "four-years- of failure I" copper
head Of the most approved character, called
the convention to order. On his motion,
DIR. A. NJ. Carpenter, Dr. J. NJ. An
derson, Harvey Lusk and C. c. Bauder
were appointed to select delegates to the
Des MONIES Convention. They did their
work and selected the following persons,
who were unanimously appointed. 1t
is list. for the most part, of such una
dulterated copperheads as will send JOY to the
hearts of the Hardshells, and find favor with
Laurel Summers. Thayer, Valandigham, jeff
Davis, or any other man of secesh prociivi-
ties: Jackson Township sends Thomas ".
Ciagett, n. &. Hedges. Z. j. Leech, William
Patterson. j. =. Hornish and Lewis Collins.
1.-THE wrong pew, oh. Lewis.) Montrose-Z
b. Bowers Jetferson-rheo. Goodrich !;
Northumberland Johnston, George Wright /;
Green Bay-M. H. Rogers; West Point
" llham Werner; Denmark-M. Thompson !:
Pleasant Ridge-Geo. G. Hamilton: Marion
John Bell; Cedar-Boyd Pease; Harrison-C,
e. Bauder; Van Buren-R. r. Cassidy !:
Des Molnes-L. s. Cherry: Charleston-P.
NJ. Lowden; Franklin-Godfrey Eichorn /:
"ashington-Henry Dye.
Our esteemed Mayor, Col. Patterson. being
one of the delegation, and having been also
one of the Vice Presidents of the Chicago
it is expected that he will urge
upon the Possum Convention the unanimous
adoption of the following notable plank of
that celebrated Platform, under threat of
taking personal offense and boiling the Con-
vention if it refuses to do it:
Resolred, That this Convention does ex.
plicitly declare, as the sense of the American
people, that after four years of failure to re.
store the Union by the experiment of war.
during which, under the pretense of military
necessity, or war power higher than the Con-
the Constitution itself has been dis
regarded IN every part, and public liberty and
private right alike trodden down, and the
material prosperity of the country essentially
mpaired-Justice, humanity, liberty, and the
public welfare demand that IMMEDIATE
EFFORTS BE MADE FOR A CESSA-
ZION OF HOSTILITIES, with view to an
convention of the States, or other
peaceable means, to the end that at the ear
hest practicable moment peace NAV be re.
stored on the basis of the Federal States.
1t is at least hoped that the Convention will
not intimate that the rebellion has been sup
pressed. COL p. having "Resolved'' that the
war to suppress it was failure, any declare
ton to the contrary would seem to make our
worthy Mayor guilty of having Resolved, a
Ialsehood; very mortifying predicament for
50 excellent christian gentleman to be
placed in
Soldiers, and loyal men Of Iowa, these But
lernut gentry, with the odious record of four
years Of hostility to the Administration and
the efforts OF the Federal army to suppress
treason and rebellion by force Of arms. nov
come to you and ask you to affiliate with them
politically They ask you to endorse their
men, their principles, and their record. Win
you do it7 Let your answer be an emphatic
and overwhelming Mol uttered at the Polls
1t the ensuing election. An answer that shall
throw confusion into copperhead ranks and
teach demagogues that it Is not safe to be the
enemy OF the dovernment in contest for the
preservation OF the Governments life.