Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-09-27
The Abolition ..WhO
Suffers?

Suffers?
The last weeks Republican informed
its readers that ga State Convention of
Abolitionists and Van Buren, democrats, .
would be held in this city on the GOTH
Now, as our readers at a distance were
not allowed the privilege, either of wit
Messing the proceedings of this grave boz
dy of 'aLolitionists and Van Buren, DEM
. ocrats," or Of enjoying peep at the still
more grave and rueful countenances with
which the wing leaders here regarded the
detection from their ranks of those whom
their organ is pleased to term democrats, ,
we suppose it will naturally fall to our
lot to inform the public in relation thereto.
First, then, we must crave the pardon of
our wing friends for medling in a family
quarrel between themselves and their
abolition and disaflected wing brethren,
as it is matter which in no way con-
Germs u.s. Like the woman when bruin
and her husband were fighting, we don't
care which whips. But we do care
when the impression is attempted to be
conveyed, through the wing press here.
to the public abroad, that any portion Of
the democracy Of Iowa, no matter how
small or insignificant, are so fool-hardy as
to rush blindly into a scrape, which, like
skunk fight, can only have the effect OF
covering those who interfere in it, with the
same nauseous and sickening odours
which the combatants are characterized
for emitting. But for the denouement,
which we will give in plain, unvarnish-
ed statements Of the facts of the case.
AT the meeting which was held on the
evening Of the 18th, preparatory commit
tees were appointed. Not solitary in
dividual: wing or democrat, participated
in this meeting, with the exception of one
wing, DR.. Galland, of Lee county. This
individual stated that he was "recognized
as wing in good SANDING OF course,
we believed him; for nothing can better
ensure ''good standing in the wing party.
than certificate of a ''good kicking out
of the democratic party, in consequence
of his unfitness to associate with honest
men.
In all the succeeding meetings, more or
less wings participated, but very few in
comparison with the abolitionists, who
were about forty in numbcr-about the
size of the late wing State Convention
They made quite as respectable an appear
ance, many Of the delegates possessing
as many outward marks of intelligence,
but less signs of low cunning than their
brethren of the Wing State Convention.
In general they wore the same singular
and remarkably peculiar faces which we
. have been accustomed to see on such oc-
caslons, from time immcmolial. There
were but two men in the Convention
who claimed TO be democrats. One was
certain DR.. Anderson, Of Lee county
of whom we cannot speak; the other, an
uncertain "to be or not to Le'' sort of in
dividual of this city, also member Of
the medical profession, who although he
went over to the wings at the late election
bodily, is not much Of anything-certain-
ly nothing to speak Of, although it appears
that at least the abolitionsts have not lost
all respect for him, they having intimated
in the Convention that his refusal to act
as an elector was not through any disre-
spect for the poor darkies, and conse-
quently, as one of their speakers patron
izingly declared to the convention, the
substitution of another name in the place
Of his, was "not through want Of respect
for him" on the part OF the abolitionists.
The speaking was quite animated, and