The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-04-21

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The Democratic party ezs having their own
troubles, and il addition 70 the diversity of1
views ~ ac9s4 growing IN q the quss-
ton Of Reconstruction and tie extensions Of
suffrage to the negroes, other questions Of =,
Les seaesl eharaatsa - rsa.sieg sEik and
division in their ranks. In Ksatucky the
rsguhf DsmocssissicU Convention wssc0ntfolled
by the rebels and nominatsd rsbsl gmpa-
-thisers, and rebel military sAAesss, q candi-
dates cavtheir tiekst. ThsIUu Democra-
CT, under the lead Governor BrAmlstts,
and Lieutsnant Cove nor JssoeE bowed, Or
ganired, and put ticket inuilths FIELD
which is supported BY the Louisville Dend
crat, and other Influential papers of the State.
The Northern Democracy sympathise with
The setel tickss. b Kensucly, Of essfse. and
$40 veSy binei upen the Unisa DssnOcracy Of
that State. The chances are that jed. Davis
subordiuates and minions NH b ssccsasfnl,
and that the party, throughout the country,
viii rally around The rebel lsedss,y bat IN do.
ing SO many Union Democrats, - wen
in the North as in tbS SoutAarn States, win
follow the example Governor Branlesie,
and the Union Democrats Of Kentucky, re-
pudiate the party, bolt the ticket, and nomi-
nate one Of their own, or unite with the
Union Republican party, to Escape the DOM
ination of the rebels.
There 10 trouble in New York, also, and
the anti. Tamnanyites, who soussitase q
strong and influential section of the party, in
The city, and have frequently elected
their own ticket or defeated she Taunany.
ties By supporting the opposition ticket, 10
now in open rebellion against the regular
party organization. Their organ, the Cts.
sen. says: -Aa@
"we, Of the Union Democracy, have hoisted
the black Tag OF perpetual rsyolt, and sha Meth
or expect TO receive nor 70 give sAs quarter
through all the coming pears. wsshAll elect men
representing our own convictions wherever that 10
pcssibiei and whsssser such dbl not b possibls
In the immediate present, then our first last, and
only objset shail b 10 the dsfsst Of what
ever ticket shall be cursed with the Cagger- Tam
many brand We ahan beat the Tanmany nomi-
nees this month in every Senatorial District of eur
city-for NO such persons b allowed to frame
State Consultation under which we and our
twenty tesrsI and we shall beat die csgger- Re-
zeney machine next smbss--hitting It with
the hammer Of 90 heavy m adverse najority, that
Anfiquarisns vhe may desire 20 pick up some Of
its fragments win have 10 engage IN the business
with powerful microscopes
Let whateyer may happen hsp-we have At
last found that; to beat the Tammany Ring We
have previously or simultaneously to beat The
Cagger- Regency Ring; : and TO this business we
apply ourselves ~ jcyossly - bsidsgrooms to the
bridal. The Independent aad conservative repre-
senfatiyes Of this city have bssa sa6luded from
the State Convention Of their party, for no other
reason than that Of having been weak enough,
last November, to support John T. Hoffman for
Governor--s nominee in whose sslection they had
never been consulted. This error was . generous
enc, but must never be repeated"
In Iowa, where neither faction OF the party
have any regard TO principle, or any inds.
pendenee, they will probably unite upon
the Kentucky or the Connecticut basis, and
after swinging around the circle, for several
years, under various aliases, Is "People' 6
Party" Union Party" /" Soldiers Party y
johnson Party" will at last resume their
old name. But the party is essentially
FUSED up" and "played OUT in Iowa,
and will be recognized under any name il
may assume, as the party which sympathised
with the rebels, and opposed the Govern
ment and the war, and metin National Con-
vention at Chicago, and pronounced the wal
for the Union failure. 1t matters not
whether such party be united or divided, i,
can do nothing in the patriotic State of Iowa,
whose gallant and heroic soldiers earned sc
proud name for our State, in the war 70,
the Union.