The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-06-04

lrxau, the Toledo plale,l
posT g sarp.. CoxYrupir . hasfs
fWieh il IN the State ny hen aa Hsss
ch;caeo one day, and that enc
WV Sd me. Ny ears WIZ sl,inneo w t.e
any c. Grant: whichever way ! ih,neo
lois saw nothin but Grant badges anu
4 g j, medals; the bands WIZ all piasin t.ns
s,ar Spsngleu Banner and sich,and even 'ne
..reet organ grinders he'd sttooned fheis iytes
q lie sanle Abiisbun melodies.
On my arrival askt vishus boy wen
snowd WIZ Dimecratic from ne 'ae. lna '.. nis
I;,,la sb;rt wood hev hung out uv his little
,snts 81 he'd he'd any Shirt ef he Good show
No where the Ablishnn Convention Nuz
holdin itself ~
.sJ,,s in that yer Eildin,' pintin. ez ne
smoke, 20 rnther gorgus edihee with stee,
pie 10 it. s#v.,
entered it. aud WIZ surprised. no. GUY :.
be fswness ny the delegates gu Inc s, hocI. ~.
1T their peeoolyer appearance iney a'eu
look like delegates 10 any conveRshun ! hsa
ever attended. Their noses wuzn NV Ihe
~ ~. ba,I bean accustomed to They WIZ
ali solemn laokin chaps with gold spsctsciess
IJack coats. high foreheais and whiEe neck
e,ehers IFS this tho. to myself, inc
inform delegates wear at Republican con-
shens?' ....,..
At this pint turned to MAJ sittin beside
me, and in an undertoue askt wich wnz ahsa
an the last ballot, coifax or Wade?
aSir,'i sed he, care 700 Johnson post
tnaster?' -. \.
Tam sed l, defantly, "how didst de-
termine that pint!
..Bv yoor BREATH sed he. nYoor miss
taken in The place, my friend. This is Meth
odist Conference
That wicked ard perverse boy bed inten>
shenally deceived me.
Unable 10 obtane admission into the opera
Honse. I whiled away the rosy hoarsa y,sit'n
the delepashen rooms. The lngeany dsie,
ra.ben offered me water when intimated
Unz athrst. The Ohio delegashen knew me
an site. and rekested me TO dust ana the
CsIiforny deiegashen, Nv wich expected
better things he'd the impudence TO oner me
vine. Wine Wine to feed SIGH 9 nose ez
carry about. Wine to satisfy the crayens
nr SIGH stumck ez mine! FaughEi Ana
the man who did it he'd bin in Cal!orny TWEEN
IL wears
7 .tired into q friendly hostelry kept ~
Dennis O'Shaughnessy, and at his hospitta-
ble bar so,aced myself with three fingers W
Kentucky sns.enauce.
There wuz no enthoosiasm among.the ciii-
zeus nv Chicago wich materially feit among
The s.loon keepers. W ch in remembrance Nv
the Demokratic conYenshun Nv 1851, had
made extra preparashuns. ~nz gloomy, sac
and disappointed. These places, garnishs
far the occasion, WIZ sad and lonely. ihe.e
sps an entire absence az that gentle gurgie
wieh to me IA so pleasin-thero Tuz none Nv
the generous noses and faces, lighted ap WIN
.he radiance born nv the bari. wich | am S.
accustomed 70, No, Chicago wnz no place
/ for me.
! It's the last Republican conyenshuD shell
! eyer attend. The idea Nv conference sittin
| in the same city with cenvenshnn. he
/ idea nv mingin politics with reiigion. WIN
I there be conferences in Moo York in Looiy!
| Msthipks not, onless, indeed, my church
| shood decide to hold one.
On nv return We wuz set'in in Bascom Z
a dscussin the nominashens. Ueekin 70
gram wuz indignant = Good Heavens.
| sed he. with horror in his sain.ed face. g Kin
! it hs that men professn nasbenei views wood
! offer SIGH insult to Kentucky ez 10 nominate
sieh a man ez Grant, who, sword IN hand,
! devastated her fertile fields. and piled the
bodies Nv her nootral sons who resisted his
advance mountains high? Kin it he that
/ = Easy, peekiu." replied !. study
| stidiy Don't take posishen rashly. il
amt Improbable that We msy hev to nomi'
nate Hancock or some other soIer. 10 thai
event-bu, I've sed ennH.
! Well at all eyencs,a sed the Deekin,
its most hoomiliatin thing to her thrown
/ in cur faces Infamous propoaishen TO pay a
| debt inkerred a infamous attempt TO enb-
iooe .ts ns-tc pledge ourselves to pay debt
unconstitooshonally injured and IN
Deekin,'. sed i, yoor zeel do admire.
but yeor RELY indisereet. 1t may be found
necessary in order to carry Moo York to
nominate Belmont man, who will be pledged
to this very thing. Go little SLOW
Well, however tha. may be, it 5 a burnin
shame to throw into keniack's face Abo-
lishnist--two Of eni in faet-ana -
Deekin Il spoke this time severely
sns m asys ..y pssoaSabe, hat that noble
triot. Cheef Justis Chase, who hez been q
fritelal AbIishnis and who. eff he runs, will,
for obeus reasons, make us swalier at the
bepiunin d porshen nv bis heresies. MAJ be
cur candidate. Say nothin, Deekin. that
yool's hey to take back
Feelin that rite here wnz asplendid chance
for an improsin discourse on the nacher, OBJ
ticks and aims nv Democracy. opened out
onto EN-.
"Dimoericy," remarkt, SIS distinguished
cheelly for its elasticity in adpatiu means to
ends. One wood suppose that the Post uhis
is its cbeef end. In one sense il is. Dimoc-
r;sy is willin to sacrifice anything which it
hez for Post Gifts. 1t might rs,se Deekin
Poerams ire 10 sejest the nominashun Nv
Heneock, on eckonnt of his slawterins, or
B4imout's candidate, on ackount w his IN
sistin on payin the nachne debt, or Chase
wha hez bin in his da suspected Nv bein
tainted with ablisLinsm. But, my brother
ing, let il he remembered that success is the
main obiick. Success is what Baseom wants,
that !, bein cosstinyood in offs, may hev the
means TO pay for the liquor ! consoom, and
to avoid the necessity nv bein eontinyoOaliy
rekested to chalk it down, which practice he
esteems disgnsiin, and one which greatly in
ereases bis labors. Capt. McPelter wants
success that he may continyoo to hev Asses
| sors, Collectors and Reyenoo officers With
! which he kin divide the profits nv the s2tax
| on The whisky he makes, and Deekin Pogran
! wants success that he may hev his nigger
| agin, or at least that he may hev the priyi-
| iege or hirin en-, for 81 per month"; deduct
| ing % cents per day for every day Is absence,
without no Burow offiser or other military
satrap hanging about to modest or make
! afraid Success is the main pint, and Ell
i Hancock is the way, walk ye in It'll CHASE
or Seymour is the way, walk We ditto, for
| with either nv these men all these we'll hev.
/ When they come TO US they leave their
former selves behind.
But meihinks hear one say, Hancock is Z
| soijer, Seymour q anti-repudiator, and Chase
| q AbIishnist! Wat Nv that? They may be
wat they like when they go into Office assoi
siashnn with us fetehes EN- sooner or later.
| Kin 700 tech pitch and not be detiied? Doc
| litsIe, Cowan, snd Dixon vuz Ablishnists
| When they split from Abiishnism-t mini,
thev fell into our embraces-.hey became q
4 satisfactory Democrats ez Good wish. The
road down is easy one TO travel. It's easisl
to slide than to climbe, wich is the reason
Why so many more are damned than saved
Democracy, like Bascon's new likker, holdi
. man when it gi,s him. Jobnson wuz : good
enutf Ablishnist till he called onto ~ fol-
help, aud then he WIZ lost. Let Chase stal
/ With MS : week, and he'd forsit I'll his Old
ideas, you bet. Shood you poke that siivel
pitcher At him the niggers give him q
Cincinnati. for detendin = fugitive, and he'd
swear like Peter he never saw it-nnly
diferin from Peter in that he'd stick 10 it
And there is no goin back, fpr the primo;
~ ones. Their reinorse kind y drives q
.ssps. and deeper, till they finally are worse
- ~ ,shey originally enz ~ pa. Lei
-, ''i :, !, .n never reject any help ~e kir
source, it II finally asss..s.s,s =, 80 "a Z. :.
us. Remember johnson, b.,i..., = s''s ~ :.
e swose. when they started 81 p.. sns i.i1oa