The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-01-09
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Ma Esss ]: YesQ Sday II q sr-shest
Aandi " postsd / bal Zen places
Ia oa{ ity Balling on In uoasakho ware in
favor Of organising the 6 Democratic Party"
to NIT It I O'Clock 10 Pioneer Block for
lhss purposes Iant1 : DenSmat, Of ~
modern school, but being informed that there
was "phun ahsad," ! attended. A fey
minutes past six--thsre not being over thir-
y 81 forty III the Han tho meeting wss or
gani.sd BY the eieetionsof Df. HOEfnDAr, g
chairman. After . few remarks By two or
three Of tho faithful, RAsxtx-ths one who
was moi elected Delegate to Congress- i'm
trodposd resolution which IN sabstaacs y
as follows:a sfse6 6 ~
Resolred, That We Ak upon the 9Th day Of
january to organize the Democratic party
OF Nebraska and ms good Democrats, and
~ in duty bound, We will sustain the prin-
cipics and doctrines ut TINT time laid down.
After this was introduced, came the "tug
Of war - and such wrangling, disputing,
and fighting, Ia Kilkenny oats, was never
surpassed except in Old Tammany itself.
RAsklx said be wanted the party organised
as soon as possible; whilst many others OBJ
jected, one of whom was HADLEY D. JoHN-
SOY, the oldest Democrat in the Territory.
At his demurring to the movement, some Of
tho leading wire-pullcrA tried to read him
out of the party, but they were informed
that he was too old a "stick - to be ostra-
cised By any Of them, and they soon let him
have his own way. PoPPLEroS, tho big gun
Of the party, was in favor or the movement ;
and Gen. EsrABRouK said he had been in
favor Of it for the past year. PUETr, OF
Daootah, was opposed to it; and SrRlcK-
LAND, Of Sarpy, and MoRroN, of Otoe coun-
ty, gave in their experience, and desired to
DO confirmed as supporters Of the move
ment. JOHNSON again rose and thought that
the few who were here assembled were not
authorized to form party for a Territory
which extended from the Missouri to the
Rocky Mountains, and from the Kansas line
to Queen Vic's possessions. But STRIck-
LAND said he thought there was no difficulty,
and quoted the passage Of Scripture
:" Where two or three are gathered togeth-
err &c to sustain his position. Another
of the'anxious said that was sacrilege, and
that the Bible ought not to be brought into
the controversy, MS it was not reliable au-
thority on such subjects. So
But notwithstanding all the opposition
that was urged against it, the resolution was
adopted. But some Of the brethren took
occasion to say they were DoUcLAs, and 9TH
ers, that they were BUCHANAN men. 1t was
also proposed to give three cheers for each
of them, but it was not done, and it was
well for them it was not, as they would GER
tainly have split before they organized. Ono
of the principal reasons urged against the
organization WAS that there would be no op-
position to combat with. But lie back, and
watch us, Mr.. Editor. We, too, will soon
organize, and they shall know that there are
those here who cannot be gulled into the
support of bogus Democracy by tho siren
song of d" Popular Sovereignty" Never,
no, mover! Yours, for Republicanism.
PoTAroE BUG.