The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-11-06

Rfs0uvAY ROo0o . Consultation with
DivsfA Ana Dsnarv Leaders u ths
Den.sssaav,-TAs gksssArs TAsy H.
solved A.A che Consultations they ala
net Arrive -.
Moo York. fWicHIs THE CITADEL
Nv DfMocRAcY),
October %, 1868.
fwdx called u Moo York suddintly to act
a. wat mite BE- called oonsultsr, the more
properly AMI s1sctly spsskin, . coroners
joory, on tho bpdy, Of the Dimocrisy Of this
wunst peaceful but now terribly distracted
country. w met at mite with closed doors,
(suthin like four or Eve Of usl, and we were
not 40 cheerful organizashun q hev seen.
To siIence NJ drank our whisky-in silence
We smoked oar 6igArs-in silence our heads
wua bowed. :. Finally the cheerman Of the
lneetin-hs who he'd called us-riz and re-
markt that j hAd been evident to him for
eotae month"; Tint the Dimocratir ship WIZ
IN troublsd ,wstsrs. The seas vuz rough;
the closds vas lowerin; the thundefs wuz
f6friblss 1hA Etenha WE peefcin; and the
old .ship-aot o staunch - she wunst wuz-
he'd srYang leak and vss barely kespin her
self Above waAef. Bad piiosin had driven
her upoa asvssAl rocks, Vermont. Maine,
Ohio, Pennsyasany, Injsany, and West Vir-
tiny, Ma , Nuzp Ain 70 the most obtoose OBJ
eeTver Inv S3eol0 0uuS 10 utuf oI ENC "oulu
70 deeA - Nossmbss with I'll on board
Th1f Htns 4onaA somawher in the ship,
yisA muQt b thrown overheard. The orig
inAlJos18 HI : pbals pfsparsd for his re-
: ons, ID ovsf6o1s 30 .ass IS, whale or
no whale. Ihn1 10 mite with some degree
Nv accpsaly deGerpiAe iess who wuz that j O.
nah, be he'd A1dreaek 10 the principle mem
bers Nv the party confdcushu) letters-askm
their views. Them lsstsrs he'd bin answered
aa1 b wood read thsir answers- The first
vuz from Horashe Seymour, our gallant
standard bearer, and red y follows:
nsee Ur1oA, n. Z, Oct, 20, 1868.
OrR - aeasptid the nominashen unwillinly,
e. NJ facs that wuz psrpetooAlly bathed in
ssss0 s9Rsbestly ettests. 1 shood not hev
labored 20 despritly for il. tho, had known
that my eSteamed colleague Blair wnz to hev
ben put upop the ticket with ne. He hezn't
character ssu9. The fact is, he is weakness
itself, HH hasa't got the discreshun onto
which pride myself he ism honist; and !,
what 10 nose, he hAsu, tthS faculty Nv making
peofa6 believe that III 6iss hoaist, wich wood
do % we'll; he hezn't got the gentlemaniy
carakeristiks wich il 10 necessary to candida.
SyJel M resi.lhnDd ard 10 writ the Rrod ;.
A041&e}; Whlh een sblottin the paper
vtt0 1k6 II wske, ! - feeveds - asssrt
that 0inral Blare il the Jonah nv the Demo-
cratic ship, and he must be thrown overheard
TO still the waves. Skood this be done, and
shood it ssve the ship, will be his whale. He
kin rattle around in mo till vomit him
ssh3rstn souaghiSh aud dry spot. Blsre
nust DO thrown overheard TO strengthen the
party. God bless you.
- se1 HDRAsHo SsYMoRE.
The nsxt WIZ from Ginral Blare:
Sr. Loufs, Oct. -, 1859.
SIR-I agree With you that shthin must be
did. The pE1epsct isn't enoOungin By NO
means. Seymore i the Jonah in The Dino
,sekie ahip and Is must b throwed over.
board to save it. Shood this be done, and
aAaqh swe thereby succeed, | will be his
whale. 4 respectable Turin mishun, wich
would require rsspectsbility without brains
-wich is to eay department. without brains
Good 30 psryided Tor him. But overheard
Ssymors masf g e ssrsnsthsa tha ticket.
FRANK P. BLA1R.
The next was from Hon. John Morrisey.
.1nlTkse h6lnisas6nn u BSymore And
Bla<e .vus bad 90. The tickit Inns no
eeonqeh, and / 81 aos riskin . dollar on q
Withdrew en- sbsth pst nev horooe on IL IL
sraoh, - svsh q tAis late day ut % 10 in In
4g2hofe and Blare must be throvni
syoe1Sa that ~ may hss utrpne ticki,
onqeadns4uecssd i will Yuosss m1s iniloo.
nAeet 0IvSSmb Ol blacesiA - Mo- York
Ou.eom Haaee. Bnt overheard they muat
both 80. sa ions N0ainsrY. r. Cue
Then W opened one from IA EIcelisn n.
8a+D = ~ s,Ad o,,u,e, f..s
never been miseAken) tAaa the Ccnstoo.h.n
which hsv vainl1 aa11e0ptid to aave- !. -
danger; 20 much % that il il probably nov
out NAlb>N0. y do AaytAinR ~ il, Il i.