Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-25


Sitting in u. Chicago Convention the
ether day, and observing the management
If the af,ir-,hc varping and managing,
Oh. 6ne,so and buncombe. 1t naturally
brOusa. up tho question: Who are these
u.nsv;nr men OF the Republican Convsn-
ton ,o-dayY Who are they who nov con
40, thu des,nies o. the party and shape
i,.eud,, Are ihoy the men that we're
...n h.rs in Chicago, eight years ago
nm similar occAsionS Not ct all. The
n.,vss saw here then have lost The rsins.
Thar party being one without any fxed
principles, with no definite object in view
save the attainment Of power, and the Sc |
curing Of the spols OF Office, il has drawn
10 its ranks-an no wonder eithsr-tne
very scum ofsll parties and isms OF the
country. The very dregs Of the Demo
cratic par,v il times past constitute the
leading e,smen, in this Convention day
IN. leading elements OF tho republican
party.
WHO'S that man in the midst of'thc IL
llruls delegation, who seems to be guild
inc spirit here, John Logan buster
iug bully-a man whose var antecedents in
tmaisly Identify him with secession and
rebellion. lls is dirty work" Logan Of
tho Democratic party, who naturally
slou shsd of into tho embrace of radicslism.
Over in the New York delegation sets
John Cochrans. He Was star among the
New York roushs--an unprinciplad Thin
BILE rirger. who having gone his length in
the Democratic party naturally dropped OF
like rotten apple and fell into the arms
Of raslicalism.
There sets Lane, too. Of the Indiana dele
xa,ion-onee an uprorious .ofhcs hunter in
the Democratic pasty--but seeing better
chances elsewhere tosk his hat and lsft
aud nov isa manager In the radical break
down.
Ths,e are but samplss Of many more Who
managed the onvsntion-nsssly every
one Of whom were rsasgAdss from the
Democratic party within the past 6vs Or
si1 years. Handy single man u them
we're in the Convention eight or even four
years Aso-and tho men Who eight and four
years ago managed affairs. these have been
pushed aside! by the adventursrs-these
bold, brAxsn faced Office seekers from the
Democratic party-men who have no more
sympathy with any pure principles now
thar they had years sso-men who arc de
tsrminei to be on the winning side merely
for the spoils that side affords.
Looking beyond the Convention and int,
tho general party fold and the old Demo
crate party scum is plainly censpicuou
in political management Tsers IL BE,
Batter, whose conduct while sflilliatin
with Democrats was n source Of keen an,
bitter rcproach. Now he is radical ma
nate. At Charleston eight years ago b
siood by jeff Davis and denounced Doug
las-evsn TO the bursting in sundcr OF tn
party he pretended to represent. lie urge,
she south into SECESSION, that no might b.
al.sd"r he went into the radical ring TO
the same purpose bold, brascn. unprin
clped man.
There 10 John w. Fornsy--now a. bri,
liant luminary in tho radical rumpus-s
lev years ago an unprinciplsd Office -hunte
in the Democratic limos. Hs was An incu
bus with tho Democracy. but in the radica
atmosphere. alsng With Cameron, Butler
Logan. Drake and Geary he "shinss ant
sunks. and ssinks and shines like q rotten
macksrsl by moonlight"
What wonder then seeing these pelit
oal guerrsllAs fastening upon this party
and distracting its lines that many Of thsil
old leaders like Chase and Trumbui
Grimes and Fcssendcn back out in disgust,
No wonder they desert tho sinking ship Of
rsl'calism. aud look for a place to WELD
;heir strength elsewhere. As NO heard
ioreibly remarked by Republican in the
New York delegation rooms at tho Sherman
House in Chicago las. Thursday evening
"thcse new made Republicans arc beggars
upon horseback. riding us to the devil.
Aye. and they will ride you to tho devil
ride any party 10 the devil into whose
rAnks they may enlist.
IL is well. Troy seek only for Office /;
lot them have it and its enjoyment. They
sow the seeds from which will spring up a
RIPE harvest Of thorns that will sting the
organization to lite death. So may it be.
Tns radicals arc making great gains,
surely. Dead Duck Fcrney points them
out IN his two papers Doth dsilv) Of Mon
day last. On that day, in addition to
Judge Chase, Msssrs. rssssndsn, Tsum-
bull, Grimes, Henderson, Fowler, Van
Wrinkle and Ross. reads cut Of III. party
The following leading radical journals
New York Ecenias Fast, Chicago Tribune,
Cincinnati Csmm~cisl, Prsvidsnss Jcsvmsl,
Springfield Repsbliean. Bridgeport Stand.
ard, Buffalo Advertiser Buffalo Erprsss
aud Hartford Coxrans. The Pms ssys the
loss Of these journals and the prominent
Senators 10, intact, a gaia. No doubt Of
that Il 10 decided gain for the cause Of
Justice.
TmADDsus Srsvsxs On ras BusLs.-Ths
Lancaster (rsnn.,) Inssllissnesr, published
At the homo OF Thaddsus Stevens thus a.
tadss to phase Of his character, which will
hs exceedingly gratifying to the pious
prsschsrs Of the gospel Who have been his
special enemies and antagonists. 1t ssys
"During oil HE life Thaddsus Stevens
las openly scoded st the Chrisian religion.
4 lev ysass siucs. while trying ease II Z
own 10 another part Of tbiS State, he and
some other lawyers were convsrsing one
tserin-. when one CT the party adduced
10 Bible ~ authority for some statement
had made.
Oh said Mr.. Stevens; the Bible is no
athority. Il il nothing but the obsolete
lsiory ola barbarcus peopls.'n
Tue Washington CORRESPONDENT OF the