The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-09-14
DEMOCRATIC FIRE LIT UP !
GREAT SMOKE. BUT LITTLE BLAZE I!
TREMENDOUS FLASH I'm THE PAN

TREMENDOUAE FLASH In ri PAN
II is not At al surprising that the slsdge
haansr blows Of Senator Harlan walked up
The Democracy. The camp Of the "harmo-
aisss" was invaded ruthlsssly stirred up
Harlan poksd ahArp stink into the hornets
snt, regardless Of The feelings Of the hornets,
and % Friday and Saturday last they were
baasiss aboat like mad. Great posters were
issssd calling on the faithful to rally. The
old war-horss, Judge Mason, and the young
but mettlesome nag, Gibson Browne, were to
be trosted into ths bull-ring, (as little Doug.
would say,) and wouldu't they make the fur
~? They were champions before whose
doughty blades the plumes of such puny foe
men - Rev. Harlan would 60 down like chat
before the wind. The Democracy was def
ant-was anticipatively jublant. Look out.
You whining, canting Methodist minister -
Look out, you sneaking, niger loving, ANAL
gsmating black Republicans We are just GO
ing to blow you sky-high! We dom. intend
to leave much more than grease spot Of
you!
Well! Saturday night came, and with it,
in due time, rousing bon are near Main and
Fifth. People gathered in from all sides to
see the fun. In front Of Austin's store three
boards were assiduously stretched across two
barrels. On thus Democratic platform ]. p.
Hornish, Esq., was mounted as Cbairman.-
lie said the object Of the meeting was to hear
some speeches from the candidates. Uesita.
ting . moment, be added that several parties
(meaning gentlemsn) - Mr.. Mason and
Browne would speak. When this Important
and classical announcement was finished,
there did arise small cry for Mason. Some
voices called for Browne. Mason was look Cd
for, according to the bills, but Mason didn't
come. So Browne took the stand and, after
brief exordium, pitched in msdias res.
We expected something from Browne. We
were prepared to report him in some detail.
We had been led to suppose that he would
say something pertinent, in logical, bust
ness-like and pointed manner. But We were
disappointed. Either he was not well pre.
pared las he Intimately or the subject waa
too tough one to handle. He halted and
stumbled badly, said "fellow .citixenso abou,
every fifth word, was very lame in his logic
though profuse in bis assertion, told anec.
dotes without any perceptblc application
and doubtless rejoiced that be Was done whsr
he quit. Yet there was some method about
him, and taste Of the classics. Browne ey.
identity has systematic and orderly mind
too much 50 to reproduce the stale sophisma
OF Democracy with the true Democratic gus.
to. And there vas the trouble with him.
H'e labor, hoe opus est. Deliberately to sc,
about making the worst appear the best i,
not congenial to clear. minded man. MIR
Browne Vas out Of his element in attempting
10 dress up and make respectable the mon,
strous sophsms Of patent Democracy, ant
consequently be cavorted and fummuxed lik,
stsfn-whsel dinkey on q sand. bar, or like
small whale in shallow water with a shorl
after him.
But Browne was in for il; he had yolun
teered to skin Senator Harlan and do hin
brown. lie found it bad job, but he mad
brave show. His FIRST point was that Har
Ian had grossly falsifed the record when b
asserted that our fathers meant what the
said in declaring SHAT all men are create,
free and equal" Browne asserted bold
tsnd said he could prove i. BY the documen
that our fathers did not hold or maintain
that negroes were equal to white men, in on
way. The sentiment in those DAYS Was alto
gether aud universally different. To prov
this be went On to give . quite new and orig
inal history Of the ordinance Of 1857. I'll
objscs Of that ordinance, he said, was to o.
care 70 Virginia tho everlasting monopoly 9
the slave trade! Therefore, our fathers di
not believe that "au men were created fre
equal" therefore Harlan had state
n -, Ard tho R.pubLasas we're i
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