The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-10-16
tCorrespondence OF the pes Noines Citizen
ALTON AT COUNCIL BLUFrs.

DENOMINATION AT COUNCIL BLUFrs.
A correspondent at Council Bluff, fayors
us with an account Of demonstration, OF
the 'unterri6ed' Democracy a. that place.
On the 18th inst. Portent0us posters had
announced, weeks beforehand, IN intended
visit OF Gov. Richardson, and Judge Hall.
Of Nebraska. BY the aid of a horse. r,c.
and County and District Nominating Con,
vention to be held ut one and the same tim.
quite respectable gathering was made nm
by Nebraska and Pottawattamie, What!
ever else was accomplished, tho de.
Inonstratiun failed to harmon;ze n.
'faithfuP' Of Pottawattamie, who co,
sadly by the ears in nominating o Countv
Clerk. John II. Sherman was Nominated
for County Judge, by acclama,ion; and G.
r. Kellogg was re. nominated for Clerk
The friends of Isaac Alden allege tina, h.
was defrauded Of the nomination 10. ClerL
and vow vengeance.
Our space does not permit us to give in
full the spirited letter before US, bu, we can
not forgo the privilege Of making few
quotations.
Col. Abraham II. Palmer, (of Iowa Cir,
notorie:y,) appeared to take upon himself
the duties and responsibilities Of ayond ush.
ev Of the occasion. .. -,
The venerable usher then arose and said.
FELLOW CIrIzESs:-l will now INTRODUCES
Governor Richardson of Nebraska, who
will expend some Of his thunder for your
editcation in the storming of the .trone
holds of Black Republicanism and Know.
Nothingism. The Governor had battlea
loud and long for the Democratic parrv.-
We invite your attention to what the Gov.
ernor will say on this proud, patriotic. soul
stirring, and glorious occasion.n -
Governor Richardson then spoke for abous
an hour. lie proclaimed his deep rooted
aversion to the negro, or the black man.
lie asserted the physical impossib,lty of hi,
elevation. The Governor said he felt soma
deilcacy in speaking of local matters here.
in lowa-said the Free Masonry Of soldiers
forbade him saying much in reference to
Col. Curtis. He said Col. Curti. and nv
self were fellow soldiers in Mcz;co.'
A voice-And you did not run? No sir,
said the Governor. (We thought the usual
forld face OF the Governor pu, on A dcener
hue about that IN momcnt.l
No poin! was ma ie by the Governor. No
new spring was Touched by him. Tho old
tale OF what the Democratic party has dons
for the nation was his principal theme.
Speaking of the row in the County Con-
ventIon, our correspondent saws
The elements of war--of Democratic car.
naee-the blue blazcs Of bad whiskev juss
tapped-the squibs Of t.eason-the pop.
guns OF anarchy-the bull dogs Of the Com
s'itution-and the rooster that crowed in
the morn, are each and all ready TO open
such a serenadc in Pottawattamie, as will
tr'gEten away forever every owl of tho
wood and so shame the little grey eagles Of
the slope, that they will not leave a Quill be-
hind in their flight with which the great un-
terrified may write their immortal names in
lowa's history. With the Western Comet's
tail for fan, and q few more thousand
barrels OF death o. mile tiistant-whisky.
the Democracy of Puttawattainie might cool
OIL and become harm on;ous. The heat is al.
most white. Nothing but fuel can save the
Democracy of Pottawattame. Shades OF
Buchanan and Douglas recede. Let the
hobgodhns pitch into each other!
The Democratic portion Of the Lcgisla-
t"rc OF Nebraska met again at p. NJ
Ch'et Justice Hall was first upon the boards.
1t Is not the Office of our pen to narrate tho
sensclcSs-!ncoherencies Of lie insane, nor.
10 speak of the freaks of Dame Nature in
any OF her works. Suffice it to say, our
eyes have beheld G,:s Hail To be re,nem.
bered, 'the light Of his countcnanee' is only
10 De seeH-to be forgotten, ii triI aeuer.--
lhe sense OF seeing takes the place OF ali
the other senses while Gus is on the nostruut
we heard HIM not. In mute wonderment
We sat and las far rs our thin and sallow
lace could) reflected back the crimson hues
OF the Chef JUSTICES glowing face. "
his g,5oer,Sh We remember not one syllable.
Our humanity was suggesting the query
whether ice was plentiful Il! the Pacific Ilo.
Tel, wh n Gus quilted the stand. To our
mind It seemed impossible tta. so much ap.
parent heat within Il scull, so small, could
be Kept pent up without somo cold exterior
Applications being made through the night.
1t was plainly visible about that hour, Is
O'Clock, that whisky had warmed into cx-
is,ence the dormant; fires Of patriotism in
many bosom. In noEc WAS its potent
power more plainly seen than in the slender
usher OF the day-the pensiouer on Buchan.
ans bounty-the war Lorsc'-the marble
pillar of Iowa's Dcmocracy-A. Ii. Pal
mer.
The finale Of Saturdays doings at Coun-
Gil Bluffs had now appronehrd. The pen
s1oner before alluded TO, (who, by the bye,
was prime mover in the conveyance hi,her
Of the eaut,fui delegation from Ncbraska,> }
ascended the stand. and il thunder tones,
commenced as follows:
1t has been hiused here o-,'iy, that Gov.
Richardson, of Nebraska, run whrn he was
ut Mexico. The Black Republican organ Of
this plaee-the Nonpareii-has hintrd the
same thing in its columns. will tell YOU,
fellow citizens, how the Governor run in
Mexico. Tie broke through the most invin-
chile portions of the enemy's phaanx, md
bay onet and sabre in hand, fudsht his way
clean through the enemy's ranks, and seized
upon"-llere the plaudits Of Council
Bluff doggery keeper, and the Democratic
members of the Legislature of Nebraska,
became deafening, so We concluded to finish
the speech of Palmer ours. Ives the biq-
gest jug Of uhishy in the cellars beneath the
Halls Of the AlUnteSun,ds. The Receive
of Public Monies ut Council Bluffs retired.
His i'll timed defence Of the Governor
brought the latter gentleman to his feet
HIS good na,ured phiz had put on hiicous
scowl. lie raved, md While he raved hs
said, 'Any man who says ran when was
at Mexico, is a liar in his teeth, and deep
down in his his heart We feared for the
personal snfety of httle Maynard. We be-
gan instinctively to look after him, and I'M
our searches we encounted Lssander ":
B'bbi,t, the editor Of the Ruglc, whose facs
We could scarcely recognize from the facs
ii biusled. Yes, Colonel Babbitt hlushed!
For whom We did not stop to ask. We hard.
ly stopped to think. We suppose, however,
that Babbi,t bushed because his stock Of
whisky had got so low, and; in anticipation
of the natural Advance in its price after
the Nebraskians then and there present
we're removed again across the turbid waters
OF the MISSOURI.
SPEAKING OUT IN DREAMS,
A correspondent Of the Richmond Dis
patch-a remarkable good paper for its size,
by the way-tells the following in letter
from one Of the Springs:
An amusing incident occurred IN the cars
Of the Virginia and Tennessee road. which,