The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-08-05

FOR MEMBERS or CONGRESS
M Dssyics-6EoRGE ". McCRARY.
eseond Dssrtd-coI. WILLIAM SMITH.
R..,tA Dstrid -wIIL1AH LOUaHsIpaE
ktffA District FRANK ". PALMER.
NFfA DtsfsxS4--
br;Jndpe.ofl Circ,sa Conyf.
JOHN B. DRAYER, Of Henry County
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
These two words embrace the policy Of tho
Democracy. This is no idle charge. Tho
proof 10 conclusive.
Sweeping accusations are so usual in poli>
tics that intelligent people are not DISPOSED
greatly to regard them. The defense Of Truth
and Right is rendered thus the more difficult.
There have been so many false alarms Of
Wolff that when danger really comes
there may we'll be fear that the warning CRY
will be disregarded- that the flock will be left
10 perish.
There are potent facts, and tendencies that
thinking and observant men can discover for
themselves and that no dust~throwing and
lodging Of demasoguery can conceal. These
facts and tendencies work themselves out de-
spite tho clamor and furious denials Of poll
ncisns, When the Democracy surrendered
TO the pro>slAvery spirit, the friends Of free
government said the coalition would be dan
serous TO the Union. and the proper growth
Of the nation. Border ruiiianism in Kansas.
. reign Of terror in tho South, and ultimate
rebellion and secession proved that the
prophecy was correct. Rather it was no
prophecy, il was only foretelling the inevita-
able. Poison will kill. Republicans de-
clared that Democratic doctrines and prac-
tice tended to sedition and treason, and Re-
publicans were right
Seymour taught sedition to the New York
rAbble, and draft riot came Of it. Effect
follows cause.
The present attitude of the Democracy is
plain, and its tendencies clearly discernible.
That party, North and South, was unit in
spirit and views before the war. The South
ern slaveleaders dictated the party policy
A strife - to personal leadership led to .
factions strife, and the running Of two Demo>
cratic candidates in 1860. But when the
Southern Democracy arrsyed itself in rebel
lion the Northern Democracy went back to
its old lovs-it gave back its sympathy to the
South, and the longer the war continued, the
stronger that sympathy grew. The union be-
tween the Northern and Southern Democracy
il ~ cordial and complete now - it ever was.
The only hope Of the Democracy for success
IN the nation is through the vote of the South.
This will make Southern leadership Of the
Democratic psrty as complete and absolute
~ 10 the years before the war. The South will
dictate the policy ifths Democracy should sue.
coed in electing Seymour and Blair. All thing
point TO this. Seymour, one Of the old
dough-face and pro-slavery leaders Of the
Northern Democracy, is the candidate fol
President. Frank Blair, on : platform Of hi.
own making, that reconstruction shall BE-
Overturned BY the bayonets, in order to give
rebels rule in the South, is the candidate fol
Vice President.
The Democratic platform declares the re-
construction acts ''usurpations, and uncon-
stitutional. revolutionary and void
Wade Hampton, : member Of the commit.
sss that framed that platform, explains thu,
ths secret understanding with which it va,
framed and the construction which the South
ern Democracy demand it shall bear he
Gays:
.'As il wac my good fortune to be on the com
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interesting to you perhaps to learn the details By
which it was perfected, and the views Of those
who made it, Al You arc aware, the COMMITTEES
on Resolutions consisted Of one member from each
State. On assembling, il was found that very
great difference Of opinion existed. Among othel
resolutions offered were some declaring that tn,
right Of suffrage belonged to the States, and THU
was announced to b good Democratic doctrine
afresd to the proposition, but at the same tims
said that Il seemed to mo that they had omitted
one very vital point 10 declare to what States ihs
doctrine applied. thought il was necessary Il
guard and lsE;. that aselafation, and to ths end
We might know at what time we could 20 hach
and ray who were the eitisens Of the statss
asked that they would declare that these ques
uons belonged to the States mp to the year 1895
Gentlemen were there from North, South, Eas
sad West, and by all We wsrs met by sxtrem,
eordisiity. They said they were willing to Civ,
a. everything We desired; but Ne OF the Soutl
must remember that they had heht 70 make, ant
would not b policy to place upon that platform
that which would engender prejudice 1t the North
They, however, pledged themselves 70 do all il
their power to relieve the Southern States IN,
restore to ~ the Contribution ~ il had sxistesl-
~ ~ wsrs met In ssch kindly spirit could no
but reeiprocate II. ! know that | wss Represent
Ing tho feelings Of my people when did so, an,
told Them that would withdraw I'll tho rsso
lutions fhAt I had offered, and NO doubt othe
6oathsfn delegates would do the same, and voul