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St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21
st. Charles, Iowa, August 81, 1856.
The Presidential Campaign.

We agree with a contemporary (the
Boston Herald) that there is neither
taste nor sense in inaaming the pub
lie mind in the present political can
vass. We therefore content ourselves
with giving agreeable items of fact
rather than indulge in offensive and
eliminating language. Just now there
appears to be much enthusiasm among
politicians and political journals, and
we regret to say that by far too great
part of it is zeal without knowl-
edge. AS the campaign progresses,
we trust people will be cooler, mas
much as they will be forced to think,
however much they may be disinclin-
ed to it, at present.
The sober and rejecting part of the
people must remember that during the
period which will elapse before the
question shall be decided, every kind
OF trick and stratagem will be resort
ed to for the purpose of making polit-
ical capital. Of that which is pub
lished respecting the Presidential can
didates, it will not be prudent to read
more than one-tepth, nor safe to be-
lieve more than one-fourth of what
you do read.
ALPS fair in politics is the practi.
cal motto of the dav. AS the cam.
paign progresses, roorbacks" of ev-
cry shape, hue and size, will be inven-
ted, and those who are misled by them
will be sadly disappointed, and if they
bet upon the representation Of party
papers they will stand a fright smart
chance" of losing both their candi-
date and their money.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21
Golllll,ullit tations.
For the St. Charles Republican Intelligen cor
The Prairie.

When for the first time, I stood
upon the edge of the prairie upon
which now reside, it was about noon
of beautiful October day. We emer.
ged from the woods, and for miles
around saw stretching forth one broad
expanse Of clear, open land. l stood
alone, wrapped in that peculiar sensa'
ton that man only feels when behold
ing broad, rolling prairie for the
first time-an indescribable, delightful
feeling. o, what a rich mine of wealth
lay outstretched before me /!
No plough or spade has broken the
sod for ages no magician has appear
ed with the husbandman's magic wand,
and said. to the coarse and useless
grass that has grown for centuries, BE
gone give place to the lovely Ceres
with her golden sheaves.
Little does one know or think, as he
digs in the corn among the stones OF
New England, what vast quantities oi
such land lie waste in the west, and
how few are there to improve them
and what is worse, how indolent a
great portion that few are. Talk OF
the country being sickly why, the
worst epidemic that ever ragged in any
country is that idlcness which fixes
itself, incubus-like, upon the whole
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21

Voting for President in various pub.
lie gatherings, on steamboats, and rail.
roads, at picnic parties, Snday school
excursions, &C., seems to be a delight
full pastime with political zcalots
Here are some samples /:
From the Boston Bee (Fremont and Johnston).
"a vote was taken at ladies' quilting, in
Amherst, Mass, on the 10Th inst, with the
following results: For Fremont, o; for Fill
more, 2-both widows; for Buchanan, Ian
ancient maiden lady"
From the Times buchanan and Breckenridge.)
ga vote of the convicts in Sing Sing State
Prison, was taken the other day, when the
vote was found to be unanimous for Fremont -
From the Ledger Gilmore and Donelson.)
Yesterday a fishing party went down the
harbor, and shortly after going out they took
a vote for the Presidency, when their unani-
nous suffrage was given to Fillmore An hour
after, when three drinks had been taken, the
vote was repeated, and the whole lot went for
Buchanan. A chowder followed the fishing
sport, at which several original packages
were discussed, and the vote was third time
taken, and all went for Fremont. The excite
ment was great, but on sober second thought
a reconsideration was moved and it was voted
to return to first principles"
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21
of an extraordinary fertile

pepulatlOn OF an extraordinary fertile
soil.
But who that ever undertook, ever
satisfied his inquirers as to how a
prairie looks while in state Of nature?
The reason is that there is nothing
analogous, to which one can compare
it, in thickly-settlef-acountry. But
let the reader fancy the country with
which he is best acquainted in an old
settled region, entirely destitute of bull
dings or fences, or, in fact, any mark
of civilization, with all the hills redu-
ced SO as to make a gentle-rolling
surface, the woodland to remain as It
is, and the entire surface of cleared
land covered with grass, that upon the
upland thick and short, in the low lands
one or two feet high, and in the
swamps four or five feet, and he may
have very faint idea how a prairie
looks.
Gently undulating, applies to all
prairie countries within myknowledge.
Sometimes, though rarely, hills occur
that are too steep to cultivate convent
emily, and sometimes rocky bluffs.
But general characteristic is desti-
tuition of stone.
One very prominent feature of a
prairie is the constant and ever-vary-
ing succession of flowers from spring
till fall. RI
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21

In view of the family connection
between Col. Fremont and Col. Ben
ton, it has been a matter of surprise
to many that the latter should support
Mr.. Buchanan for the Presidency. Oh
course, Old Bullion would have it that
it is principle and not seltishness which
governs him. The Missouri Democrat
Col. Benton's organ, says in reference
to the nomination of Mr.. Buchanan by
the Cincinnati Convention
"For this glorious result the people are
chiefly indebted to Col Benton, who remain
ed in Cincinnati during the sitting of the con.
vention, and worked night and day for Mr.
Buchanan in opposition to the efforts Of The
bogus delegation from Missouri"
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21
politital.
CLAY & CALHOUN.

From Col. Benton's second volum
of Thirty years in the United State
Senate we make the following extrac
touching the debate between Mr.. Cla,
and Mr. Calhoun, personal and politi
cal, leading to expositions and vindi
cations of public conduct which be
long to history A. D. 1888:
For seven years past, Mr.. Calhoun
while disclaiming Connection with any
party, had acted on leading measures
with the opposition, headed by Clay
and Webster. Still disclaiming any
such connection, he was found at the
extra session cooperating with the ad
ministration (Mr. Van Buren's). His
cooperation with the opposition hao
gwen it the victory in many eventfu
contests in that long period his CO
operation with the Van Buren, admin
istration might turn the tide of victo
ry. The loss or gain of chief who il
a nearly-balanced state of parties
could carry victory to the side which
he espoused, was an event not view
ed without vexation by the party
which he left. Resentment was al
natural on one side as qualification
was on the other. The democratic
party had made no reproaches-(l
speak of the debates in Congress)- =
when Mr.. Calhoun left them they de.
bated questions with him as if there
had been no cause for personal com
plant.
Not so with the opposition now,
when the course of his transit was re
versed, and the same event occurred
to themselves. They took deeply te
heart this withdrawal of their leader
and his appearance on the other side
1t created feeling of personal resent
ment against Mr.. Calhoun, which had
manifested itself in several small side
blows at the extra session and il
broke out into systematic attack al
the regular one. Some sharp passag
es took place between himself and Mr.
Webster, but not of kind to lead to
any thing historical. He (Mr. Web
ster) was but slightly inclined toward
that kind of speaking which mingles
personality with argument, and les
sens the weight Of the adversary's ar
gument by reducing the weight Of the
speakers character.
Mr.. Clay had turn that way, and
certainly great ability for it. Invec
tive, mingled with sarcasm, was one
Of the phases of his oratory. He was
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21

The published Private Correspon
dence" Of Henry Clay enables politi
clans to adduce the opinion of that
eminent statesman as to the fitness oi
two of the present candidates for the
Office of President. Of Mr.. Buchanan
Mr.. Clay said, he was not so honest
and sincere as General Cass. Of Mr.
Fillmore he said, he preferred him to
either Webster or Scott, because he
had been tried and found true, faithful
honest and conscientious, in the ad
ministration Of the executive govern
ment.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21

JOSHUA JACKSON,
Justice of the Peace,
Office ON Clark Street, one door South of the
st. Charles Hotel
Collections made and acknowledgements tar
ken. All business entrusted to him will be
promptly attended to.
(e1m3] ST. CHARLES, FLOYD CO., IOWA.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21
For the st. Charles Republican Intelligencer.
Ny Daughters Birth Day.
BY A. b. +. HILDRETH.

Daughter on this returning natal day,
A fathers heart some token would bestow,
That to thine own though family, shall convey
The fond emotions that within it glow.
Five years have passed, my child, since first
Thine eye beheld the light of earth
And on thine infant mind dim visions burst,
OF joy and sorrow, even from thy birth.
Disease hath fiercely come, and slowly gone,
And thou hast felt its trace upon thy frame;
But now in thy new home, this Junes bright morn
Thy laughing eye and prattling tongue proclaim
Thy favored lot and all unconscious still
OF the sharp thorns along life's pathway stream,
With roseatc hue dOst tinge each transient ill
A passing shadow on the sunshine thrown
Alas, my child life is not always bright:
Youths fa;r,- i.esms shall soon be past to thee
Darkness shall follow where there hath been light
Nor mays thou find refuge then in me.
Then, as thy mother taught thee, may the prayer
Now softly lisped, at shadowy hour Of night,
Go meeky up to the Great Fountain-There-
And He shall give thee, never failing light.
Child, may'st thou long be spared, blessing here
Walking the pathway that the good have trod
Then, summoned hence, before the throne appear
To meet, in peace, thine other Fathcr-tiod.
st. Charles, June 23 1856.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21

bany, on his way home to Buffalo, he
was escorted to the steamer by nu.
merous delegation. The boat in which
he took his departure was gayly deco.
rated for the occasion, and hundreds
of ladies crowded the upper deck, wa.
wing their handkerchiefs, and greeting
him with smiles, as he embarked. He
expressed himself more astonished and
delighted at this than any other dem.
onstratioc he had met with.
Mr.. Fillmore addressed the ladies OF
Brooklyn, several hundred of whom
assembled to welcome him to that
city. He said:
81 have, for once in my life, been taken
completely by storm, without having had an
opportunity, or even a moments grace per-
mitted me in which to prepare my defence.
But, ladies of Brooklyn, l am ever proud to
be met and surrounded by such throng of in
tellect and beauty as / see here present. /
have always heard that America was cele-
brated for the beauty and superior intellect of
her daughters, but never so much appreciated
the truthfulness of this remark as have du-
ring my sojourn in foreign and distant lands
1t is there that first became convinced of the
loveliness and intelligence Of American beauty.
had always been told that Brooklyn was
celebrated for two things above all others, the
beauty of her daughters and the number of
her churches but never before so fully ap-
preciated the business and reality of that celeb
rity as at the present time
The New York Express says:~
"If to be a fovorite of the ladies is an indi-
cation of success, Mr. Fillmores election is
certain for these angelic beings have so far
as delicacy would permit, We'd with the gen
tlemen in showing their preference for ''New
York favorite son.
But the Express and it's party must
bear in mind that the angelic" gentle
men, on the other hand, are no less
enthusiastically bent upon "giving
them jessie" Have they read the ac-
count of the demonstration at Col.
Fremont's house, where the enthusiasm
of the gentlemen overleaped the cold
formalities of gallantry, and demand.
ed sight of Jessie, and would not be
pacified till the lady of that popular
candidate appeared upon the balcony
and bowed her assent to The plat
form
Then there is the affable Mr.. Bu-
chanan, who divides with Mr.. Fillmore
the homage of the ladies. He is gal
liant gentleman and bachelor, and is
just now said to be by no means incor-
rigible. So long as the fortress is ex-
pugnable he will be beloved and be-
sieged by the "angelic beings"
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21

Mr.. Fillmore received notice of his
nomination for the Presidency by the
American party, while in Italy. On
his landing in New York he met with
q glorious reception by his friends.
When taking passage thence for Al
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21
G. G. REINIGER,
Attorney & Counsellor at Law
Real Estate Agent,

ST. CHARLES, FLOYD CO., ....... IOWA.
Is prepared to attend with efficiency to all
business pertaing to his profession,
In Northern loaca 4. Southern MiMnesOta,
Gives particular attention to Home and For
eign Collections, and to the
PURCHASE and SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
Moneys Invested and Loaned
AT THE USUAL RATES.
Good references will be Cheerfully given on
request.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21
The Canadian Witness, published at
Montreal, thus speaks of Col. Fremont:

@AOASASA2 SAAuo 0HS0h0 Va WI = AOAuOlVs
"He is the Nimrod, and Crusoe, and Colum-
bus, and Pixarro of the present generation Of
Americans, all in one. He has been dozen
times we suppose across the Rocky Mountains,
and has had hundreds of hair breadth escapes
among Indians and grizzlies and such like. He
conquered California contrary to order, and
was dismissed from the United States service
therefor. He is, in word, wholly self-made
man, and his life has been one continued ad-
venture, requiring intrepidity and judgment
at every turn, whilst to crown all, he is only
forty-three years Of age, being the youngest
candidate ever proposed for the Presidency
When we add that he is q man of indomitable G
resolution and unquestionable integrity-that
he was born and bred in South Carolina-and
that he is son-in-law to Col. Benton, otherwise
called old Bullion, Gen. Jackson's right hand
man--we think our readers will agree with us
that he stands fair chance Of being President
of the United States"
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21

FERGUSON & STANLEY,
Dealers in
RaRDWARE, TOOLS, CUTLERY, S7O YES,
Mails, Iroa Glass, Farming Ulensils, &c.,
and Manufacturers of
Tin, Copper 4 Sheet-Iron Ware,
Mill Street, Opposite the New Hotel.
e. CHARLES, FLOYD co. IOWA.
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BLODGET PAPER CO.,
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Manufacturers Of all kinds and qualities of
Paper and Paper Hang1ngs.
Also, 4orden, Aouldings. Statuary, Fire Board
Prints, Window Shades, &c.
III WIN. n. SHAW, Agent.
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