Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-03-24
Nebraska Meeting.


Nebraska Meeting.
We were not present at the meeting on
Friday evening last at the Court House, but
having carefully collected accounts of it's
proceedings from friends and opponents Of
the bill, We proceed to give them.
Tho meeting was stated in the hand bill
to DO called &c for the purpose Of contemplu-
ting how the Nebraska Bill, now under con-
sideration before Congress, conforms to the
sentiment of Equal Rights to all the States
Of tho American Confederacy and it was
signed !" Friends of tho Union.,
About rundown on Friday evening, FOUR
persons assembled at the Court II ouse; -
they were John G. Stein, VIM. A. Drury,
S. NJ. McKibben, and DR.. Charles p. Has
sings. $50 s...
On motion Of DR.. Hastings, john G. Stein
Was chosen President, and Wm. A. Drury
elected Secretary, by q unanimous vote
Tho meeting being thus organized, DR..
Hastings proceeded to pull from his pocket
voluminous set of resolutions, and began,
in what the Secretary terms his " thunder
ing tome to read them to Mr.. McKibben,
the. solitary representative of the majesty,
the power and the imaginary presence Of
TEE PEOPLE, for Mr.. McKibben, tho audi
sncc's consideration, hoping, doubtless,
that said audience would take them under
his mature consideration, and pass them
unanimously L. Gay Then the resolutions
were tosbe forwarded to Washington as the
voice of Muscatine!
By the time the Doctor had finished read :
ing, the whole number present had increased
to twelve. The resolutions were immedi-
assly put to vote and carried, only nine of
those present voting.
The Doctor then laun ched into a sea of
patriotic words, on which for over On hour
foated his feet of light-draught thoughts.
The Sccretary's description of this physic- al
effort 10 90 felicitous that we cannot avoid
quoting that portion of his report which
tells Us about the Doctor " shswing in his
usual dixnifcd md graceful manner, and
in his grand, eloquent end laundering tone,
the Consciousness of tho chickering's and as
sailings by the opposition to the s'Nebras-
ka Bill" There! if DIR. Hastings can
sleep easy Of nights, after inaicting that on
hsSecretary's conscience, then we must
admire the elasticity at the expense of the
quality of his conscience. ess
{, Tho Secretary closes his report by say
ing-ssAfter the Doctor had continued his
speech for upwards of an hour, the FEW
onfies aad opposition uho had gathered IN
among tho CROWD (!!!) became somewhat
restiys. and showed signs Of desire to
advance few of their negative and aboli-
tion fault-fndings when the meeting ad.
journed.''
Now the fact is, that after DR.. Hastings
speech had proceeded sometime, tho reading
Of the resolutions was called for. They
we're read, when the Doctor RECOMMENDED
his speech. Mr.. Butler inquired of the
President the object Of DIR. hastings speak
ing, If the resolutions were already passed.
The President replied that it was for the
eiifeafion Of the audience. DR.. Hastings
here interrupted Mr.. Butler, and claimed
the floor. Mr.. Butler appealed 10 ths.Chair.
The Chairman decided in favor of DR.. Hast
ings. An appeal to the house was taken,
and the decision Of the Chair overruled.
Mr. Butler then spoke for short time,
in energetic terms the course Of
the Chairman and the speaker who had just
taken his seat. Tie thought they had not
Actsd IS true citizens or consistent mel.
Mr.. O'Conn,r moved th.t. the. Chairman
be requested to vacate his seat. The mo-
lien was carried, but not complied with,
slough is created much noise and confusion.
An adjournment was finally procured,
when Dir. George Porter was chosen Chair
man, and Mr.. G. w. Woodward elected
Sec, stary. s..
Z Tbs msstins was then addressed by Dir.
who stated tho object of the
meeting 10 be to hear what the people Of
duscatine had to say about the Nebraska
Bill. He was interrupted by DIR. Hastings,
y uO uStu tuo Gail NaS LOT tue IIleuuS Ot TUT
bill. /. Mr.. Woodward replied by reading the
sail ~ published, which effectually sileneed
The Doctor.
Mr.. Woodward thea introduced the series
II resolutions to be found III to days paper,
md commented upon them with much ear
lestness. He was followed by Mr.. Butler,
VI. 0'Connor, Mr.. Burnett, lion. John A.
Parvin, MIR. ID. G. Cloud, Mr.. Usher, DIR.
Eaters, Rev. Mr.. White, Mr.J Carskadden,
md others = all denouncing Mr.. Douglas
md his bill.
An invitation to participate in the dis
,ussion was extended to the friends Of the
ill, Of which Messrs. McAuley and McKib-
ZEN svailsd themselves = the latter declaring
bat be had not understood the nature of
No call; that he had supposed it called for
messing Of the friends Of the bill !, that,
. ~ ell On the contrary appeared to be
1drsDssd 70 tAs citi.sRs Of Muscatins,