Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1844-12-07

- "01eS 1ASSShS
etRI.IxGruNs SATURDAY., DEC. !, 1874.
CxlebrAaSsM Of the Triumph:
Tie cs'ybration Of the triumph of Polk,
Dsllss and Democracy, over Clay, Fre-
mEhMysen and Federalism, which took
place in our town on Wednesday last,
waf one Of the finest. best got up, and best
managed shi:gs Of TIE kiud, ever witness
e ~ The WeA. Il may well be regarded
- IN esa in the history Of Burlington; for
naahing equal or approaching 10 it was
ever before witnessed ia her wide and
h.ndsone streets. By sumo il may not be
acesned good tas:e to refer back for COM
nrison 70 Tie whig celebrstic.. Of ls4O,
when mast Of the big and some of the lit
y de coons q the Territr. ) fnllowed through,
our Pr.nc'pL ssree.s. with steady and SOL
emn tread, > wrctchcdly constructed log
czbia, inside cf which was confined the
god d their ilo'atry, ss,ha, same old coon, %
with other devices and banners 10 match;
but IA describing the fine display made by
Tie democracy OIL "Wednesday we cannot
avoid doing SO, if for nn,hing csc than the
contrast which it Affords. Those anonc
US who witnessed and rccullcct r.. rid;c,-
lous mummery practiced BY our opponents
On ta'e occasion alluded 10 cannot but feel
highly gratified at the credit which the
comparison reflects on the good taste and
good temper Of the democracy, as evinced
~ I'll The details Of their celebration.
Y The number in attendance from the
counfry was very great-double as grea,
= ras anticipated, from the shortness Of
ihe notiee given. We were never So
soscibly struck with the strength, cal, and
reliabae frmness Of the democracy Of Old
Des Moines, Is upon this occasion. Here,
with - i were but q moments notice,
were assembled four or FIVE hundred ol
aOnr honest farmers, with faces beamine
with smiles, and hearts swelling with
gratitude to that Providence which rules
sihe desinies Of nations, for the great VIC
siory which they had assembled to celebrate
--nen free from all selfish aims, having
- personal interest at stake in the issue,
= -
out Keeling and acting solely for the CON-
sann good, and in their souls exul,ing over
he Brilliant triumph achieved BY the re-
spablicans Of the And as one destined "a
add Z least fifty years to the perpetuity Of
oar republican form Of government. We
ares espssud ofthe democracy Of our county,
laad grestful that our lot has been cast
siaoag them. They constitute > banda
phalaax-a kgion--as immovabls as Gib-
faliaFrss iasincible as the troops Of Wei
1g9oa.
= noA sumptuous dinner, prepared by
CaP. Wightman, was served MP in the
;new packing house Of E. d. Rand 4 Co.,
- the west end Of town, at 8 o'clock, en-
ssbles set with plates for lire hundred
fefsoss. Not one halt, however, could
yet near the table at once, and all could
ast ssen succeed in squeezing themselves
ieao the house; but the tables being loaded
wth abundance, all, we believe, managed
to SATISFY The cravings Of their appetites
before the arrival Of night.
And now, evening being at hand, came
ehe 8splay Of torches, tr.nsparencies,
reeksts &c. The night was exceedingly
fSssabls. the atnoephere being heavy and
humid, md blackness like that Of Erebus
prevailing everywhere. The procession
we formed 4 the place where the dinner
NJ served ap, and, preceded by the Ger.
aaahsna, ina carriags drawn by four hor-
-, narclsed TO town. Next came large
Transparency, on canvass. well lighted up,
and bearing several we'll conceived and
WI szeculed devices, the moat prominent
sfswhich was painting of the high
combed cock, surmounted with the motto,
Tvs eror Hhen lis day." Another side
xas covered with the constellation oi
Anesissn stars; and on the third was a
large single star, underneath the WORD
sfexas u large letters. Then came
The. smaller ransparencies, sixteen il
asnhrs heing one for each State whicl
60 ~ soee FOR Mr.. Polk, and on,
fa lowa-<he :sns Of the State repre-
&sted teing printed on The transparency
Rshie3 ahese, and stretching out for sew
eEsl hssdsed yards, came the torches
one husdred in number-al.e beautiful el
fsct produced by which it is impossible 70
Us to describe. Those only who witness
ed = kusw isoS to appreciate il UroI
reaching town The houses Of most of ou
dfmccfaiic citizens were found to be illu
n,inted-~sny very fully and handsomely
Nthsk:xheu masching through our streets
soil npire, and shout, and huzza, Bur
lin6ton seemed "a Be and was envelopes