St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-07-14
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From tie Dubuque Times.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION
DIS MONIES, June %, ls59-1l M.

DEAR TINES The long agony is
over! Democracy has been i'll labor,
and the results are a double-headed
platform, and the capture of several
candidates, neaIl Y every one of whom
had declined any place on the ticket.
Dodge has been forced to q surrender,
despite his reiterated retusals. Ma
son, too, unwilling to be slaughtered, :,
had declined several invitations. Will
son, lahoring under the impression
! that the people OF the whole State
could bC dragooned just as the major.
ity are in his own peculiar strong
hold, doubtless went in willingly "On
his muscle" The remaining candi-
date for Judge remarked in his speech
| this evening, that the nomination was
honor enough for him He seemed to
convey the impression that he thought
| the affair would advertise his business
as an Attorney. and thus prove bcnc-
fetal even with his inevitable defeat.
The platform is a wonderful piece
of mosaics. Tine whole afternoon was
consumed in its construction, during
which a contribution was taken NJ
for the new Democratic organ. VIII
Tomlinson made a ranting spread
eagle speech, in which he told the
faithful they must "sheli OUT and
they accordingly "shelled" After a
prolonged fight in the Committee
Room, the tall form of Ben Samuels
appeared with the platform. Ben
showed the visible effects of the strug.
gle he had gone through in getting
the platform to his liking. The reso
lutions-though artfully framed-en
dorse both Douglas and Buchanan
This is done by praising the principal
measures of each, without apparently
making personal and direct reference
to either. This dodge will be easily
ventilated by the Republican press
and speakers, and will share the fat,
in reserve for Augustus Cesar. The
Douglas faction boast that the plat
form is silent in regard to Buchanan
while it goes the whole figure for Gu
ba, by implication, endorsing the thir
ty million swindle that Slidell an'
Buchanan attempted to force througl
the last Congress. This is but one O
, the many little lodges by which tn
. Democracy hope to deceive the voter
next fall-all of which will becom
apparent upon examination.
One thing is little singular" Re
!, publican extravaganza is dropped
and the "nigger" is again promi
nently intcrpolated as a part of tn
| Democratic creed. / really though
! as Ben's oily tongue luxuriated owe
, this his favorite topic, that he was sc
. ing to be one of the candidates him
self. He was the chief cook in pre-
e senting this beautiful dish Of chowde
5 to his party, and the cullered puS
{ son" in the Democratic platform owe
his existence to logical Ben.
e 1t was announced through tow
4 that there would be grand Dem'
cratic rally at Sherman's Hall thi
i evening but the audience were yer
t, slow in getting out, and the speaker
0 slower still. 1t was long after
p o'clock before any Of the promise
G speakers could be secured Messel
d gers had to be dispatched to all Ii
IT hotels in search of Samuels and Cla:
d get. Wilson and Mcfarland. "Ol
Timber" and other pillars of the pa
!" ty. Babbilt returned his thanks brlc
T. ~ "for the honor, &c. One or tw
T. small guns were brought out, and a
ter family fzzling away for an hot
&c on more, "our Ben" was finally dra
e. ged from his comfortable hotel qua
!" ters and made to face the music. l
.e characterized himself as the "gre
G. defeated" though he probably mea
y to say that he had sustained gre
t. defeat He then talked about mou
st tain streams, gorgeous scenery, foal
N ing torrents, and many other strikii
things, but said very little on the su
ip ject Of Democracy. He Dragged tn
W the platform squinted in duple dire