, 1866-09-08

fire, and tho war bccame interesting. There
Fas cordial reciprocity IN the ueo Of hlss-
phemy, roctiuinstions and heavy invective.
Meantime, the undercu1Tent against the
nous every day. The Dubuque Democrats
were, against them. Tho Copperheads Of
Harrison and Union counties were against
them, almost to man. Fusion With the
war Democrats had been tried IN 1861. and #
bad fhiled. It Vas tried In B93s and It
1868, and the result was oyeEwhe1ning rout.
It was tried with the subsidized Posaums. In
1866, and the majority for the Republican
ticket WIS well-nlgh twenty thousand votes.
These Were discouragdng prccedents, plainly
teaching the lesson fhaf fhe Democracy, In
had lost its distinctiycneas, and
wholly lost IT,. power. in the
State. lie Grand Bylngfon, Of Iowa City
Laurel Summers, of LeClairc /: NJ. Bahbitt,
of Council BlufIs, and other distinguished
should be suffered at the hands Of fusion. A
State Convention was called. It met few
. days since at Iowa City. haTe already sent
you report of lts proceedings. The full
ticket which that Convention made Will
iowans Iss as ana saGpst W subtract thst lumber rom
the Benton Copperhead consolidation.
The situation, then, Ia clearly understood.
The strength Of the johnson element Is
divided between the warring factions and
am happy to say. that the strength Of the
Victorious. Three months ago. maay Repnb-
llcans could lave been found who were
clinging hopefully to the skirts of the Ad-
nlinistration. They could not believe that
President johnson, who had practically u.s.
serted his ,prtriotism through the war, Ind
party, false to his oath Of office, and
! infamously and Infinitely false to
! his country! 1t was very hard to give full
| recognition to the fact VIC had all been be-
trayed. At that tfme, three or four Repub'
| vince themselves and their readers that
johnson was but temporarily alienated from
| the political associations which made hin
| Vice President. They condemned the spirit
| Of denunciation which had taken hold OF tht
masses Of Republican citizens, and dcprcca
! ted the idea TINT the immense patronage q
| the President Gould not be kept inside Of The
old Lincoln organization. Those journals to
day are more radical In their hostility Il
My Policy" than any other organs Q
Repnb1icanism IT. the State. They sec clearly
the rocks toward which the nation is drift
in@. They have heard from the Memphi
riots. They have hcard from rresidcn
Jol,nson's New Orleans butchcry! The,
heard the walls which have come up from al
parts oftllc South from tho victims Of re
lcntless and .treasunable policy. And in th'
1eyu1sfon Of feeling which comes from al
acute consciousness OF having been betrayel
by pretended friend, they hardly hay'
words where. It'll to express their intlnit
ahhorreuce Of the b1ood-stained tnalefhctor
the White House!
You can sec at a glance, then. that POS
Offices, assessoFships: collectorships: and jt
sticia1 offices in the gift Of the President, VII
fail to drive the great masses Of Iowa Reput
licans from their loyalty aud devotion to fre
government. II Is possible that, here ar
there, Republican may be found who's
soul has been dcneralizcd and brutalizcd b
loavcs aud fishes, and whose feet are treat
inE the highway which leads to Johnson M
to He'll! But let ulc tell you, dear friend
Of the TRlnrSE, TINT the loyal men Of th
State hare been tried In tue furnace, an
have been purified and strengthened by tt
ordeal through which they have passe'
They have been triumphant in every battle
and their victories are never more complc'
then when the combinations against the
arc most vigorous and most nlaleyolcnt+
TuABnEua.