The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-09-17
"DODGE'S SIDE SHOW.
Opinions Of the Press.
From the Knoxville Journal.

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Opinions Of the Press. .,
From the Knoxville Journal.
Ye great Babbitt ye Bugle tooter makes
o speech by thunder, he does. And such
. speech, "Oh, ye Gods and little fishes !"
And such an audience, "gimlet holes and
little breeches!"
Ye Rabbit squeels, ye Babbitt yelps, 20
Babbitt barks-so do his whelps.
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Then, Oh then were these dirty Black
Republicans annihilated. Then was Elwood
eclipsed, Dodge dlstanced, and Samuel'
championship surpassed. We Republicans
were arraIgned, yes arraigned by the great
Colonel, put upon our trial, the evidence
adduced against us-and such an over
whelming mass Of incontroverttle facts
brought in array against Us, on charges of
theft, of robbery, Of wholesale plundering,
as to riyet conviction, and stamp US with
the brand of infamy. Oh! Colonel, We
beseech you to spare US! Gentlemen, of
the Democratic State Central Committee,
for Heavens sake draw the Colonel oF!-a
few more such speeches, such Arrangements,
such incontrovertible proofs will drive so
many of US into insanity, that it will require
an Insane Asylum in every town in the State
to accommodate our necessities.
Ye Babbitt nrraigned our State Printer
for stealing the paper upon which certain
Republican circulars were printed. 81
charge HIM with stealing the paper. lie,
Teesdale, dare not, and does not deny it,"
But, seriously, We great Colonel, INDUCES
in some Of the slliest twaddle and bases:
fabrications ever uttered against US.
lie admitted that he had taken (stole) nine
thousand dollars from the public treasury,
over and above his three thousand dollars
per annnm salary, and that Pierce had
turned him out of Office for the offense, and
that suit was now pending against him for
its recovery. Surely, it is exceedingly ap-
propriate for such "A man to camor for
retreDchment and reform, to complain Of
high salaries. A man who has f!ched FIVE
thousand per annum from the National
Treasury over and above his Legitimate sal
airy Of three th Susand dollars per annum.
Two thousand dollars is too high for the
aborious duties of Supreme Judge, bu.
eight thousand per annum is moderate
compensation for We great Culonei's ser
vices, as an officer of the General Govern
ment.
space to We great BabbIt..
Ie Rabbit closed by feeling exhorta-
ton to the brethren to be faithful.
From the Oskaioosa Herald.
Lvsander W. Babbitt, the Democratic
candidate for Lieutenant Governor, held
forth at this place on Monday evening. He
commenced by saying that he was not
speaker, a remark which he demonstrated
to the entire satisfaction Of his hearers be-
fore he closed his duh aud prosy talk. After
Mr.. Babbtt his made his appearance in
various parts Of the State, We presume We
shall hear no more, by implication even, Of
his peculiar fitness and qualifications to
preside over the deliberations Of the Board
of Education. AS he, himself, makes no
pretcnsioOs to literary culture, we shall
make no criticisms Oh the severe mangllng
which Mr.. Buchanan'S English received at
his hands.
Mr.. Babbttt sung the old son. of " Re-
publican Extravaganza in a very prosv
tune. Elwood or jim Baker is very much
his superior in this particular line. The
Insane Asylum, as usual, constituted the
principal complaint. He stated that the
Legislature which established the Insane
Asylum, was Republican. The truth is, the
Republican party had no existence at that
time, (Jan. 1859 and in the Senate, the
majority was Democratic, and that body
was presided over by Ma,urin l.. Fisher, an
uncompromisiug Democrat. In the House,
there was an Anti Nebraska majority. Bah
Bit made g, eat ado over tile card recently
issued by E1- Gov. Grimes. which Rabbit
termed ''secret circular" that was found
only in the hands of Republican candidates
for Office. This "sccrct CIRCULAR was pub
lshed in full in the Herald two weeks ago,
and has been also published N nearly all
the Republican papers in the State, vet
Babb!tt tried to make his hearers believe
that the publication was private one. and
shat he had been very sharp in getting sight
of one ''for half hour .'' Babbitt is Ger
sainIy we'll posted on the political literature
of the day We find the
general impression current in this commu-
nifty that Rabbit is the weak est brother vet
put forward by the Democracy. Insignif-
cant in appearance, bungling in speech, with
a moral and political record that will not
bear the closest inspection, there is not, SO
far as we know, single qualification in bis
history or character to recommend him to
the people. However, he does very we'll to
run along side of Augustus Caesar Dodge.
They are quite well matched. Though, of
the two, i. is our opinion that Rabbit has
more brains, but less Spanish polish.
From the Ottumwa Courier
Babbtt is candidate for Lieut.. Governor,
editor of a Democratic paper at the Bluffs,
has some fine race horses, got rich out of
little jobs or perqusites in the Land Office,
and has proved his qualifications to lecture
on public plundering and for the position
he seeks, by pocketing $4,000 of public
funds, for which he was turned out of Office
by the same party, and sued for the money.
lie read his speech from n big account book,
looking something like the poll book that
J. c. Hall accidentally discovered in his
saddle bags, and rehenrsed Will Tomlnson's
and Sensation Trimble's "Awful Disclo.
sures," of the last canvass, about as stale
to his audience, rs anything we'll could be.
The Insane Asylum, the everlasting Peter
Morlarity and Jim 1horington were his
staples. lie made the cost of the Asylum
only 81 900, 200, and the State debt $780,
600! These are samples. He only had the
Asylum three times too steep, and the State
happens to have q surplus of $4,000 odd
dollars on hand, if Mr.. Babbitt will only
allow delinquent taxes to come in, and if he
won't, Judge Flint of course won't insist
upon setting off delinquent taxes against
our county debt, BY and by. Mr.. Rabbits
rule will be in the way slightly.
a. An Intelligent German, who heard
the speeches last Tuesday, being asked what