The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-09-23
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RAYu0HD D0LTs EM1 TICK1T.
We have not seen the New York Tsmel
recently, but We infer from IN editorial q
the World that it has kicked out Of the
traces, and refuses to support Bully noslss
srY's State ticket in New York. It i SD
commentary on the affecting exhibitions Of
brotherly love ct the ''arm.in-arm" conven-
ton, to zee some of the prominent actors in
that ..melo-dramatic performance. But his
tory is full of the Inconsistencies Of nah~
kind, and our own observation has taught
every one Of rs that few practice, in.perfec-
ton, the virtues that they preach and CON.
mend to others. Still for the honor of .
convention Of such lofty prstensiona, it .
greatly 70 be regretted that whls it had Il.
ready sunk into universal contempt under tho
scornfnl derision of the outside world Of
friends and foes, it, members should nov
fall TO belsboring each other. The only
merit which that famous convention could
possibly claim. ~ still appertaining 70 It, to-
wit: the beauty Of brotheriy love, il now
married and lost BY the unseemly quarrel
which has broken forth in New York.
The World says:
sTo come, then, 1t once, to he point Of our
accusation: Mr.. Raymond has decided 70
bolt the Conservative nominations made ct
Albany, and to crawl back on his knees into
the Republican party. He published, yester-
day, : long editorial IN tAs spirit Of the fol-
loving extract:
There are thousands and tsns Of thou
sands Of Republicans in this State who long
for the restoration Of the Union, and Who d.
mand that it shall be effected By loyal ads
herence to the letter and spirit Of the Consti-
tuition, and by the admission TO their seats in
Congress of loyal men from loyal States, who
can take the oath prescribed by Law. But
they will be quite likely to prefer taking their
chances Of securing this result from the Ac>
ton of the Republican party, modified as it
may be by reflection and moderate counsels,
rather than seek it in the way marked out for
them by the Albany Democratic conven-
ton
at has been evident, for some time, that
the Times was trying to swallow its shame
and play the deserter. 1t ia now certain that
it has decided to use the little influence that
is left it to defeat Hoffman ard elect Fenton.
We accuse Mr.. Raymond, in putting his pa
per on this course, of acting in bad faith.
We do not make this grave charge lightly,
but deliberately. To avoid misconception
and show that it is not flung out ct random,
or in passion, We will define it With some e.
actness and point out the ground on which it
rests. Mr.. Raymond's obligations to the
Democratic party as participants with him in
the present conservative movement have been
so recently assumed that if, with his usual
levity and fckleness, he Immediately throws
them of, his coHrse il so in keeping with his
character, that it wonld be ridiculous to COM
plain. If Democrats fancied he would keep
faith with them any longer than he felt it
would be for his interest, they should lay the
blame of their disappointment upon their
own credulous simplicity"
After much more in the same strain the
World continues:
"The other pretext of the Times for its
treachery il that two-thirds of the State CEN
tral COMMITTEES, appointed by the convention,
are Democrats. The Times itself will not
pretend that the representation of the Re-
publicans as the central committee is not very
much in excess of the proportional number
Of votes they are capable Of bringing to the
support of the ticket. Their reasonable
claim to places of honor is measured by the
proportional strength at the polls; and in this
view, they we're treated with more than fair
ness, were treated with great generosity by
their Democratic associates.
"Having shown that there is nothing solid
in these trumped-up excuses for per6dy. We
will attempt to state the real reasons. Mr..
Raymond is editor of the Times, and the
subscribers Of that journal have been desert-
| ing by thousands and transferring their names
to the Tribune, since Mr.. Raymond fully
committed himself to the PHILADELPHIA
movement. They would have equally desert.
ed if the call of the Albany convention had
been issued jointly by the two committees
instead of issued by one and endorsed by the
other; have equally deserted if General Dix
had been nominated instead of Mayor Hoff-
man; equally if the Republicans had had one
half, instead of one-third, of the names or
the central committee. The thousands o.
new subscribers to the Tribune have not lefl
the Times on any such trivial grounds q,
these. II was not the husk they objected to
but what was within the husk. 1t was not or
account Of any pretended unfairness to the
Conservative Republicans BY the ALBANY con.
vention, that Mr.. Raymond was turned GU. O
the Republican National committee, like ,
ram out of tulip preserve;' dismissed by hii
associates as an apostate and q renegade tc
wander at his own sweet will in deviou,
| and disconsolate paths where his fleece is tori
of by brambles. He bleats piteously for tht
fold he deserted. He ought to be thank,
ful for the circumstances of which ne com
plains; for il these excuses for aiding The
tenton ticket were not at hand, he would
be under the hard necessity of finding 9th,
ers.
"If it were our habit to deal in predictions
we should runslittle hazard in predicting tina,
Mr.. Raymond's treachery to the Albany tick
ct will neither restore HIM to the place from
which he has been elected by the Republican
National committee, nor bring him back bis
lost subscribers, nor secure him q new nomi.
nation to Congress Having irrecoverably
forfeited his standing with the Radicals, he
now foolishly forfeits it with the Conserva.
tives; as if, after having burnt his candle hal
out at one end, he could restore its lost length
by lighting 1t at the other
So it seems, after all the false pretenses to
the contrary that the Conservative Republi-
cans and soldiers are only to have Offices o.
honor and profit in the new party in proportion
to the number of voters they furnish to it,
ranks. And that the practically rule forthe party
In the future is to be that Rebels, Copperhead,
and Conservative Republicans shall have the
Offices of Government in fair proportion 4
their voting force in the new conglomeratee
party. We do not question the fairness o.
this principle, and we confess that it is non.
OF our business, but il strikes us that the Low.
81 soldier and conservative Republican ele
ment will have but a beggarly invoice o.
"bread and butter" under the new dispense
ton, in the midst Of the overwhelming rush
of Rebels and Copperheads into the Phils,
delphia- begotten party.
THE SOUTHERN REsPONsE.
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