The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-06-19

lror the Nonpareii. !
The Harmonious" Democracy Of Potto-
,cattamie in Convention Contest be-
tueen Col. Palmer and Col. Test Test
in the Ascendaney-Palmer becomes
boisterous but yields Col. James becomes
Eloquent-Col. A. c. Ford taken into
full Communion: ...-.-.--
Council Bluffs has been blest in the last
eighteen months, with a number OF interest
ing exhibitions. We have had several thea
tres, circus, slight finland, Niger doings,
and recently, but not the least interesting,
was monkey dressed in red coat, exhib-
ting on the streets man with hand organ.
But the exhibition of the harmonious"
Democracy at the City Hall, on the 5th inst,
far exceeded in deep and thrilling interest,
any performance which We have ever been
favored with in this city. l intended to
have given You history of it earlier, but a
press of other business delayed the matter
till this week. 81.
The object of the meeting, understand,
was to appoint delegates to the State and
District Conventions. So they called it a
Convention. Two townships were repre-
scented. Whether it was intended to be
delegate or m ass Convention, l could not
tell, for Crescent Township was represent
ed by delegates. and Kane Township by
m asses. At any rate, precisely at O'Clock,
P. NJ, a little before or little after, am
not certain which, on the aforesaid day,
the meeting was called to order, and Col
JOHNSON, of the Crescent City Oracle, was
appointed to put motions, and keep order.
(if possible) and Col. CARPENTER, Of the
Council Bluffs Buglc, was appointed CHIEF
Scribe.
Whereupon, on motion of Col. PALMER
a committee of five was appointed to draf
resolutions expressive of the nom sense Of
Che meeting. The "motion putter' ap
pointed Col. PALMER, Col. JAMES, Col. A
j. WILLIAMS, Col. LARIMER, and Col. TEST
said Committee, who retired to some secre
cloister, where the pockets of the irst-nam
ed Colonel on the list, were disgorged of al
immense roll of manuscript, which would
have been reported without reading, but fo1
Col. TEST, who thought it most prudent t
scrutinize them little. And after care
full examination and due deliberation, tn
committee concluded they were all right bu
two, which endorsed the settlement of tn
Kansas question by the adoption of the LIE
compton Constitution. TEST, however dis
senting on the 4th resolution. So they agreed
to report the whole batch, save only tn
aforesaid Lecompton resolutions. Where
upon, the Committee returned, and tn
chairman thereof, proceeded to read to tn
meeting in a loud and audible voice, thei
report. After he got through reading tina
portion which the Committee had agreed up
on, he read his resolutions on Lecompton
which the Committee, from expediency, hat
ruled out, which he said he would offer a.
an amendment to the others. After consid
cradle discussion, in which no one seemed
willing to express his real sentiments, on,
of said resolutions was adopted and tacket
on to the heel of the others, as an amend
ment.
After the adoption of the amendment
Col. HooToN moved to adopt the whole mess
''Lecompton" and all. The resolution.
are all published in the Buyle, but fearing
they may not be generally read, will give
very briefly, the substance of them.
The first resolution pitched into tho Re.
publican administration in Iowa, like bull
frog into mil!-pond. 1t gave those in
power, particular thunder for expanding
moro in carrying on the wheels of State
than was required when the population was
but 100000. And wound up with the usu-
al cant about the ghost of s'blecding Kan
sas," and declared on that question that the
Republicans always got the advantage OF
the argument, and therefore it was not ex-
pedient to discuss it.
The second resolution gave the Republi-
cans fits for paying the State Printer for
working for the State-gave the extra ses-
sion of the Legislature '.jcsse'' for voting
the members thereof, $l00 extra pay, with
out giving tho Democratic members twice
as much as tho Republicans got-and con-
demned, in unmeasurcd terms, the act of
the last Legislature, requiring an investiga-
ton into the frauds of School Fund Com
missioners, especially when such Commits
sioners happened to be Democrats.
The third resolution was rather chicken
hearted affair. 1t expressed great fear that
the Republicans would appropriate all the
10000 acres Of School lands, and the %
sections of University lands, before the
Democrats would have a chance, through
JAMES d. EAps, to get another rip at it.
The fourth resolution was aimed as a di-
rect stab at Ed. JOHNSON, but to persons
unacquainted with the facts in the case, it
would appear only as broadsidc aimed at
the Lunatic Asylum at Mount Pleasant, and
at that town generally. This resolution
called forth an interesting and angry discus
sion, an account Of which, will give in
another place.
The fifth resolution was a doleful moan
ing over the miseriss and expressions Of
Western Iowa, occasioned by the neglect of
the Republican party to redeem it from the
thraldom of piebald Democracy.
The sixth resolution gave Cook & SARGENT
and CooLBAUGH Il Books u side wipe for
buying 100000 of Iowa State bonds at
par, when they only draw seven per cent.
Invertebrates the aforesaid Cook & SAR-
GENT and CooLBAuGH & Brooks had lived on
Wall street in the City of New York, instead
of Burlington and Davenport, in the State
of Iowa.
The seventh resolution pledged the undi-
vided efforts of the Democratic party, to
route the Republicans from power in this
State, and to elect men to Office who would
divide all the public money coming into