The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-10-23
TIN DEmocaATIs RoUT.


the third Of November.
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Thu DEMOCRATIe ROUT.
CnARos all along the line!
Seymour has started off on his speaking
tour. That's wild Chase for the Presis
dsncy. Now, a. in 1861, Horatio has gone
fishing, but he won't catch Salmon.
Our modern Hora.io has found his Octo-
Der watch, like that ghostly one in Hamlet:
at is biting and An eager air. Novem-
Der will bring regular blighting frost.
A Washington dispatch says there is the
best authority for saying that Andrew John
son don't want Seymour taken of the ticket
nor himself put on. Was Andrew johnson
in his cups or his hic-cups when he said
that?
The result Of the deliberations Of the Ken
lucky Democracy in their present tribulation
is to draw of the Democratic candidates and
have dictator. Kentucky is very Demo
cratic State-it is the banner State Of the
Ku-Klux Democracy-and it is the State
which wants Government by the people over
thrown in this country.
The New York World has risen superior
o its grief, and runs this tilt against defeat.
Ii must have some sly reference to Blair and
his ku-Klux by 'revolutionists:
TITS the ,.iness Of leaders to lead. It is
never 30 mrc he duty Of statesmen to be states
men ~ when n.jority Of tbs people demand,
and a large n ority Of tho people do demand,
that ley shall - mar.haed and so led as to
assure the victory which belongs to Thorn; so mar
| ehAled and 80 led - TO put TO ronte and utterly
destroy the rsvoutionists and tho usurpsrs who
have brought tbs structure Of the Government. to
its present chaos, and Ill our present ca'amities
uptn free and prosperous people The crisis is
supreme But the hearts Of the Democracy do
not fail them They stand stesdfast, conscious Of
the fA.eful issues which hang trem ing upon the
hour. and await the inspiring voice and the au
thentio word.
The Cincinnati Gazette says that the call
for change Of candidates first went from
the Democrats Of that city.
The New York Sunday Mercury says that
Chase would have been nominated at the
New York Convention but for Mr.. Pendle-
| ton, who was determined to rule or ruin. 1t
hopes now that Pendleton is laid on the shelf
| forever.
Mr.. Seymour says he didn't kill Cock Rob-
| in. He says ''the Democracy cannot hold
me responsible. persistently and repeat
edly declined the nomination
| The New York Herald suggests . tickle.
for the Democracy. 1t says lie. Seymour and
Blair resign in favor of Grant and Collar.
| rue NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF BLAiR's LETTER.
The World says that prejudice and hostility
| have been excited against the Democratic ticket
by misrepresentation of Bair's letter. The let
ter speaks for itself il has been printed in full in
the Republican papers. There il the very text,
and every man can read IL for himself 1t is re-
dolent Of treason it contains the essence OF rebel
lion. Il happened once in our experience In 10 Urn
alism, that distinguished man msde speech, Of
| so uncommon character, that before printing it,
va thought it due to him that the notes sho uld
pass under his own revision. He read the report
corrected il and gave such positive orders print
it, Just as he had gave it to US, that did not
venture upon the friendly Office of altering Z
word. Immediately his friends charged Us with
| msi epressnting him and making him ridiculous
Gen, Blair has been ''misreprssented' in the same
way. His letter has been printed just ~ he wrote
IT. Providence Journal.
CAN'T MAKE THE PEoPLR BEL EVE 1T.
Somsthing more than ordinary aeans must BE-
| devised to reach the minds Of the Conservative
men still lingering reluctantly in the Republican
ranks and following, With heavy hearts end an <,
lsus fears, the men Who have usurped II lead.
ership. They must be disabused Of the seliei in.
stied into them, that the Democratic party in
tends proposes TO resnrt to any violent reyolu-
tionaYy means to remedy existing evils. or TO e
one step beyond the Constitution and the laws.
Washington IntelliSsncer.
LAUGHING AZ TEE SILLY WORLD.
| No one is louder in denouneins the folly Of tn.
| New York World than President johnson, who
| laughs 81 tho crowinge Of Radicals. He say,
! another saca victory annihifates them party
| Judge Chase, in abiding TO the subject this even
ing expressed his api.hment that any one pre-
tending TO have particle Of political ssgaoity
should be guilty Of the folly exhibited in the col
umns Of the New York World.
Warrington Correspondent Of Boston Post.
The Philadelphia North american says il
is now almost certain that at least ever
Northern State will be for Grant and Col
fax.
The Democracy show their characteristic
stupidity in their clamor for change Of can
didates. II isn't only Seymour and Blair
it's the Democratic party that the people re-
pudiste.
The Boston Post is mad At the proposition
to swap horses in crossing Seymour's tide, y
/, says pluck and sink with the ship.
The Knoxville Press slaps ito friends 10 the
face thus:
We have lined two Consressmsn in Pensyi
yan'a. thre in Ohio, and lost one in Indiana
The ku-k tlan and Lieut.-Gen. n. B. For.
rest, late T. :. A., can thank themselves for THU
result. Had they scssesssd any sense ct ali, Of
even known how to hold th1ir tongues like Grant
We would have swept al three Of these States.
Tho Knoxville Tenn Herald, says the
only ray Of hope left il nov is that Gran. will
Tylerizs.
HoHBs1 coHvHssIoB COOP Yos rEH SOUL
To the people Of Maryland, outside Of the once
| seekers and the pot-bouss politicians, the deci
sion OF the Northern States amosnts 70 nothing
We enjoy at present the rights and liberties BE-
queathed 10 By orr fathers. But for our Cypress
cd brethren Of the South feel the keeneet gym.
patty, and - the late selections in the North seem
to evidence determination to ccnsien them for
years to come 70 the dsspotism under which they
languish, We must look this possible fact in the
face. Baltimore Gazette.
But all in vain. The popular vote Of three Of
the largest States has sustained Congress and
ovefthrown, so far ~ they can, al Constitutional
Liberty IN the South. These are the fscts Of the
case. II bscomes rs TO look them ~ calmly and
dtspsssionately We ean - The facs. The meas
urs Of our cup ID almost full to the Overlooking.
IL n.