Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-08-27
The Conservative V>ters of phe
III Congregational Dfstelct
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upbu ~ I1v0S VI V00 OuIOuo toO stAset"~s
feeling between States, snd esf ssuntry's .
future welfare could unite irrespective oi
parties ties or political sntecedents. From
lie Claire. Princeton, and other points on the
river the number was incssssed to upwards
os 100. while . still larger nsabsr ~ rsach-
I'd Clinton by other means u conveyance
and waited to greet The boat load from Scott
end M6sestine eosnlies. The Musatins
delegates are confident that they can bsat
shs tladicais IN thsie csunty, H. G. msn
vote going strongly agsinst the Radicals.-
The boat arrived at Clinton q one e'sloek.
snd vas greeted by lively tune AFsm The
Lyons basd which aecempanisd ~ dele
g.sss y piass dTomsssa& suos1 on wssf
Third street, where proper arransementa bad
Ices made fpr ths onsvsntien Judging
iron tbsss psseeas ~ wsss soavinced that
this was no party novsmsat. being csmpDs-
I'd Of tho<s whs Nd formally tsss bieles po.
li.isai sssmiss but whs bed ssw enc object b
SstSasss, be ih'Ilhst serds, a(l6tes1as end
eoaassy> alive rspohliaAns laying asi9s party,
sad taiting sheis 'stsssgth Nt ~ brsservs.
sien u repablieAa principlas aad tneaitu.
8eas. ID ~ ssa -
On notioo of. ". Stsvast, Col. wo.
10. Sasn wss sleetsd, BY seclsnstisa. .perm6.
neat Chairman Of the Con,ention, who
took ths sand and called ths msssing "a
|esler. pn a,stln. ~ follSvise gvios Psss'
idents, ess fsoa sash county in The Die.
trict, were elscts by scclAmation: n. o.
Davis, Of Scott; Martin 1. Rodesss. Of Clis.
ton; Aassl Hsnphrey. of kuscaiine; 0ss.
Green, sf Linn; A. J. Muntse. u Jsnes
Charles N. Dunbar. Of Jackson county n.
9. spence, Thomas Grow, q Clisseo ; end
g. n. Hunt Of Scott. were appointed Sec
rstaries.
In sceordahoe With motiop. The follswiao
gsnllsnsa wsse sppsinted committee on
sesolutisss: J. r. Fairbanks, Of jackson
Major Purcell, ofnsscatine; David H. Seott,
Of Clinton; J. w. Stewart, Of Scott; n. A.
McKelveya Of Cedar. These gentlsrhea
withdrew for business, and the bsnd com.
heAced playiSe ! aatisnal air, sfsss thish
the Prssidsus: ef ths meeting. having an
souncsd the convention - ready ior ball
nsss. Ms. Wash Conss, u Scett, nenluated
Hon. John P. Cook - candidate ibs Con.
ersss. This wss earned By aeslAnatios.-
IL rsspssss u rspsatsd sal1A NJ. Csot
| teek ~ slanl osd nAds ths spsaing spssca
sf ~ napaisa. b bs;soy rssiswiag ths
prsssaA issues and principles before ths
peopla NJ folio sing are ssos Il the
principal peiats, y ws took shsm q III
meeting, and ., sspsr4ed by ths Gazette:
N. csst thaaksl ths Cmvsstlse - III
confidence they had % nnaiqously express.
| ed IN him; and, whiIe no had, ~ weeks and
months, positively declined The honos Of {
nomiNation for OOngreea, he q 1ast yielded
against his own interest and inc!fnatiou,
solely on the ground that 50 many Of his
old friends insisted that IN the present
crisis no man had the right 70 refuse q
serve his old constituents and BIZ country
where there was 90 much at stake Affecting
the future peace and prosperity Of the ma
ton. ts
Mr.. Cook remarked that hs stood by and
% bic cid plat(orn-"The Union, the Con.
st,tution, and the Laws,"--a eue.idsa, radi.
cal party Of disunionists we're preaching
revd)ulioh and tranpline The ,eoGstAdtion
under their feet, With the open and svowed
object Of retaining party aseendancy and
the cou1rel ef ''sp0iA". "a IL
He was opposed 10 taxation without rep.
rcssntation; end no peaisical organi tion
ccuA rule this country another year, whils
repudiatihg the gseat cardinal principle
upon which this Govesumsnt ~ framed.
The States lately @ rebellion had laid
| ooWt teSie arGns Aod Ace06eosdnua, lhem.
(eele4Rhlpped and cenQpure1, lnd their
attempted revolution failure. They bed
% ameoded thsie oeGnaie laws - 70 abo)id
olavury forever, and have acknowledged that
they eve full and unqusli0e4 'Nayty ~ the
Cssslimflp9 snd, tho, ~ oe - Federal
Government.
A rsdisal copgssss nov t:'ls ths:s stss.s
that thsyseeS s6sl ~ .oaion, and this ia
The ~ oe shs iact thass ~ AaeoOsried "a
|a w r. ~; ;yvan - ea9 tAsn n ths
WSsa u,osrsss - absst = ed5ssn, !.
admieted ~ Tsoasssse dslsgnlieqs q IT,
erouad thAe ~ 0mtD noa s1spes1 ~ pre-
Dosoo massachusetts, - tho Ooo0elt1lio6, -
dsleestion thal va slsee.d, & ,sAield b
borss IN aind, b. Th0d. 6tassne : Ce.Au
Territory VfIDosluW n 1865 hat Snes
having boon Declared by tho sndiun1s. q
onoo6 6DNk9G OutUfeoW VnioG n