Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-03-06

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Council at Wilton.
MR.. EDITOR 1T came to pass, in tn
second year of the reign Of our present Pos
fMaster, that the time drew nigh for the elec
ton of our getty Fathers" who were t.
rule in majesty our far. famed city the ensu
ing year. And it was noised abroad anon!
the weaker brethren that pretty warm tim
was expected; therefore the ssunterrifed'
took council together as to the best means O.
preserving the Union, and of course, clectin;
the Dem ocratic ticket.
And there arose great question among
them as to who should be chief, and issu,
the call convening the wise men together
When straightway II certain Waite, (not raj
for the wason,) the same being mighty
man of valor and distinction, also a follower
OF Blackstone, stood up and declared in a
loud voice that on Wednesday evening, ut
the "Wilton House, the faithful would be
expected to congregate, and for the purpose
of proving his own fidelity and disintcrest-
edness, at once proceeded to post notice at
the most conspicuous place-viz, the p. o.
favoring grand rally. On the night fol-
lowing, all things having been made ready,
mixed multitude of Scribes and Pharsees,
denominated by some the "happy family"
gathered together at the place appointed,
which was supposed to be all g Wright"
from the fact that the visages of cetain am
bilious noblemen plainly indicated that the
smell Of (poor) whisky was both odious and
repulsive to that portion which had been able
(from emoluments of ofice) to procure a
costlier and better article; and one disciple
in particular looked and felt as though he
could not Pass more down his receptive Or
gans without seriously impairing the har-
mony which always should prevail at such
important meetings.
Therefore, by mutual consent, they at once
proceeded to nominate the rulers. 1t was
even whispered by the unconverted (who al
ways will steal in among the saints) that
they actually elected chairman to preside
over their deliberations; yet it being denied
by others, it is yet in doubt. Probably,
however, considering the fact that so many
of the brethren spoke in unknown tongues,
a chairman was deemed useless. The null
titude now began to make nominations, and
all progressed exceeding fine until the ques-
ton arose as to who should keep the keys of
the treasury. And they cast lots, and the
lot fell upon certain Roman, who, with
eatmagnanimity and self-sacrifcing spirit,
at once suffered himself to bear the burden,
not for his own glory, but that of the party.
Now it was limited among the wise men that
this would never do-that the nominee, al
though good Democrat, and could drink
his quart Of ale rs quick as any member of
the party, might, by his heretofore great zeal
in recruiting the town treasury by fines i'm
posed upon him under the Maine Law, some
what damage his friends, and cause their
overthrow. And they reasoned among them
selves, saying, What shall We We do to be
saved in this trying emergency? And as
they grew sorely vexed, one more wise than
the rest prevailed upon the unsophisticated
cause of their griefs to decline the honor,
which, be it to his honor said, he immedi-
ately done.
Now the chief spokesman, heretofore men
toned, having been selected as suitable
candidate for clerk, much against his will,
(beipg very modest man, scorninS Office
seeking, yet always willing to serve his
country when called upon by the voice of the
peope,) was loudly importuned by tho elders
for a speech, knowing full we'll that, having
put to flight so many Black Republicans by
the keenncss Of his logic, he must have few
charges left, which might be fired into their
ranks indiscriminately and with telling ef-
feet. Whereupon, wouldbc clerk aforesaid
mounted the stand, and, amidst tremendous
applause, for the space of fifteen minutes
pictured the wrongs done to the ''elect'
(would-be) by those enemies of our coun ry,
the Black Republicans, in such style that
tears dropped by quarts from the eyes o. all
the candidates. He (the speaker) told them
Jim Buchanan was trying his best to settle
this controversy about Kansas, but those un
godly sinners of the opposite party were
bound to keep up the agitation for the sake
of capital. Here four of the ''unterrfed'
were SO overcome that they Immediately
pulled bottle out of their pockets and
liquored.] Yes, brethren, continued tho
speaker, they are responsible for all these
wrongs, and have resolved (sincc my NOM
ination) to do all can to sustain the Prcsi-
dent. The speaker here was himself much
affected, probably in view of his own re-
sponsibility.] The peroration VIC cannot
e-cribe-pen could not do it justice; but
after thanking the brethren for the confidence
reposed in him, declared (whether elected or
not) he would faithfully fulfill the Office of
Clerk of the Board of Trustees to the best of
his ability. | am told that this last clause
of the speech WAS heard two miles. Now,
the rest of the acts of the caucus and all that
they did-how they tried to elect their ticket
and couldn't are they not written in the
minds of a goodly portion of the inhabitants
of Wilton? MEMO.
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For the Journal.
Wilton Election.
WILTON, March l., 1858.
EDITOR JOURNAL Our charter election
has just passed, resulting as was anticipated,
viz: Republican victory, or rather, we
slou d say, in the outspokcn sentiment Of the
peoples.
The idea of carr ying politics into little
town election like this seemed quite prepos-
terous and absurd to tn ,se who had the good