The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-19
THE JOHNSON COsvrHrIoU.


Now, that it has passed away, we can see
the full proportions Of this Convention; and
its most patent characteristic is its complete
insigni6cance; the triviality of its action. /,
was an ignuus fatuus, glowing for an instan,
m political marshes, and then going out in
darkness.
The Convention was imposing in numbers.
There Was congregated the representatives. OF
the ultraist Copperheads ofthe North; thither
had journeyed from the South ex.rebels who
had been in the military and civil service Of
the Southern eonfederacy, and who for four
years we're fighting and swearing they would
accomplish the overthrow Of the Government,
or die in the last ditch And vet all these
elements were manipulated and kept under
by the ring, composed of few RENEGADE
Republicans. There were present, saws q
Philadelphia correspondent call the ele.
ments which ever despised the North or ha-
ted the flag, or aided in the war upon it; and
yet oil agreed that for the sake of obtaining
power they would cover up all that could on.
crate against their securing it, There we're
present there those that composed the Chica
60 Convention, and added to these were the
rebel element from the South; making The
Philadelphia Convention just by that much
worse than the Chicago Convention. The
only difference was the better strategy tia,
prevailed at Philadelphia. The treason that
was talked at Chicago was only thought and
nnexpressed at this johnson Convention
had speaking been done, it would have been
worse than that at the four years of. failure
oonventicle, for while at the latter there were
none to openly vindicate secession as right
the Southern delegates at this Philadelnbi.
Convention were prepared to do this. We
quote this from the special dispatch to the
chicago 1r76nne, to show how the machine
was run. 1t refers to Doolittle's summary
suppression Of General Patton's resolution.
IT was by constantly ruling out such re.o
iuaons, without particle of regard for the
rules which Doolitile himself proposed IN
the hrst day, that the unruly elements were
kept uuder and harmony secured. Tbonsb
half dozen delegates were on the Hoor, IT,
ing 10 secure recognition by the President
ne PAD no attention, but announced the read.
ing OF the resolutions, and the instant the
reading was finished, he rose and said:
,oeoaemen OF the Convention, you have
49, ane Iesoiuuonsi as many of You as are
IN favor OF their adoption Viii saw ave Ev.n
the usual form, Are you ready f1r tba ans .n
uonY was ignored, and the matter m ,ssol,,,
hons was declared disposed Of The ssn..
rae resolutions we're applsuded with v.rv,ns
energy. Those regarding the rehel d.h,
least" securing the
There were all the elements for ;nternec;ns
STRIFE present, and they we're kept under by
The rule OF ':the ring" BY preventing All
speech making and debate, and by bs.,v al
Journment whenever there appeared sion. ~
. row. y
There we're full democratic d.le..,;,n,
there from the North; full delegation. Of ar.
rebels there from the South. The Convep,
aon was run BY renegade Republican. who
Clam that they stand upon the last enunc;..
ted Republican platform. Does .pv one
suppose thssthe Copperheads and Southern
rebel democracy have come over to III. .n;r;,
ana principles of that Republican pl.,foru,
adopted 1t Baltimore7 That, in on, or
State, CLAGrrr, and CHARLES MAsox .nd
DoDor, and Ed. JOHNSTON, who were del.
gates remaining in the johnson Convention
have abjured their political creed and pr;..;
pies, and have arrayed themselves upou ths
platform of 1864, upon which Mr.. Lrscors
ana Mr.. JOHNSON were electedY Not . b,
o. ". 1t isapnsrent, then, that all this but.
.ernut and rebel element kept quiet at Pbil..
deiphia FOR the sake. of fostering /. movam.,,
to which they la.ak for ultimate succ... -
tney viii make their own platform and no,;cv
and not call upon Mr. RAYMOND and ",
DooLrrrLE to do il for them.
But it viii be said that vALLAsprcHAr. .n1
s-Af DEAN, and Woop were not in the CON.
vention. But thy were not turned an. ~
IN the letter of Mr. vALLAxp,eHA. ,a.;,.;..
Is delegate, be gires tie letter Of n. com.
mi,'es appointing him, which recorn;... i.
hsni 70 b admitted = member. sna 80,
snao.sss hi' loyalty. Aud wass d;f.s-s.
w. II MAKE to the Union men of Low. ~,
lean went out when CaABIrs NAsor ~
DODGE, and Ed. JOHNSTON, and tba -. :,
the delegation stayed INF Are these ~. -. =
that the loyal people Of Iowa win looI - -. !.
mold political policy for themi W. ,nn.S
bend not. pp's'
hn easy enough for DooIr1r1E and rA,
xosD 70 issues addresses and send out dat.
forms II is vastly more didicalt for them 4
control the political action Of ths p,eo.,.
This they cannot do. In their meeting ~,
were not representative q the Repahliea.
party FOR it has aHursd then. They ~,
mot representatives Of IL Coppsrhsad Dsu-