The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-09-02

hams exclusion therefrom, which may be re-
Fgsrded as the Marayrs own expositioh a
the whole transactions, o. the Empire IS re-
cognizea as ms organ We pnplsP ne ar
ncle. II appears thereby tha1 e!iandigham
regarded the Eo9venRon - 2 little game to
break up the Union party put ne begins TO
reach the CONCLUSION ina. Is whi break up
the CoPperheso psrty. ne follows the ar
neie; - s.84x.<.sssxs4xn
THE pprLADELrHrA cosvESr1ox-MR. VAL
4 LAEDieHAA.
The Hamilton fButtler Co,otyl Yrxe Tel.
eoranh co,r Mains ~ M. VallenA;ghamle
Withdrawal from the PHILADELPHIA Conyeution.
This ia natural. Mr.. Y. has a GOOD yioht
IN = seat - snv on. else Whesher IA Al
we'll in declining 10 take : seat. !, Il another
Question. The TeieorcpA savs thst M -
WAS san error Of ;wdgrsenf. rendered all o.
worse nv the ventlemans reputation Tor t,es
l;t;cal sauaeitv.', Not so. He distinctly D.
dare, thst his Withdraw nl Va asninS "a
own ..dal;harate conventions of Iiuhf And
s5ntv - and done in tieference To the 4 aIm6si
uoauimous opinion and desire Of friends. . :
He did not, as the Teleraph says, leave thSs
( Democracy OF the District without renpesen.
tation. Judge Gilmore, regularly an.
pointed deleeate. rat in tAe Conyentios.s
along with r. A, Hendrickson Esa.. Of But
who took Mr. VS. place, thus making ~
is1eaation full. Perhaps the Democrats q
the District would have nst nothing if they
E had sent No REPRESENTATIVE At Ali. Bnt M
matter. The Convention was not Demczd
cratic Convention, and the Democratic party
il hound Nv neither ;ts platform nor - !, Al.
dress, As in reference to the President
acts and policy so as to these, It accepts
what is consistent with it, own time houoresll
creed and what Ii approves, and rejects. the1
residue. Asto the charge Of t.yacIlistien, -,
If it were true, Mr.. Y. might o veil submit
to the reproach for the frat time H. his life.
Bat is Il yacillatic, to decline setting M one ~
own opinion or opposition to the wishss and
opinions of thousands of undoubtfai friends "A
We think not. .,ess
The statement Of the Teleqraph that the
card Of admission was riyen to NV. al
1.-THE compromise of withdrawal is both uns j
generous and untrue. II was issued before
Mr.. VS. most intimate friends knew that be
even hesitated about taking his seat inl
the Convention. And he had both spoken
and voted in the Joint Ohio delegation the
day before, without any questions beng
raised. 1t would have been very t'tbfR1
salve" indeed and this fact Of itaeli ought
to have rescued NJ. Vallandipham from the]
,,insiuustiou And besides all this, Mr. 4
HsssfS-d himself BY q careful cans
49, ss,srsl delegations, that he would
be retained n. his seat BIZ . large majority \
The subsequent rsception By the Conventionl
Of Ais name and of the resolution Of the Chic
delegation endorsing him, proved that be was
right in his conjecture.
And now let me say to our friends Of the /
True 7siegrspa. thai they do not apply the I
censure ia the right place. The first capital
mis.ake was made by the Democratic Sena>
tors and Representatives who joined in the
call for the Convention, whom they ought ID
. have known, and some Of them did know,
that it's score, purpose, in spite Of disclaimer,
was TO break up she DemOcrssie party. This